ARD extends contract with SES Astra until 2039
GERMANY 08:38

ARD extends contract with SES Astra until 2039

German public broadcaster ARD is extending its partnership with the satellite operator SES ASTRA until 2039. As a result, the ARD's regional broadcasters will continue to transmit their TV programmes via satellite for the next thirteen years. The deal ensures continuity of ARD's programming via the Astra 19.2 degrees East orbital position until the end of the next decade, providing certainty for ARD viewers. Oliver Werner of ARD's technical unit said satellite transmission will remain an essential component

Autonomous offensive security company Xbow raises USD 35 mln
GLOBAL 08:32

Autonomous offensive security company Xbow raises USD 35 mln

Xbow, autonomous cybersecurity testing specialist, has secured additional Series C financing of USD 35 million from investors Liberty Global Tech Ventures, NVentures (Nvidia's venture capital arm), DNX Ventures, Accenture Ventures, Samsung Ventures and SentinelOne S Ventures. This extends a previously announced USD 120 million Series C round. 

Corning to build three additional US facilities to fulfil long-term Nvidia alliance
UNITED STATES 08:31

Corning to build three additional US facilities to fulfil long-term Nvidia alliance

Corning and Nvidia have announced a major commercial deal that will support the construction of three new Corning manufacturing plants in North Carolina and Texas to service hyperscale data centres powered by thousands of Nvidia GPUs. The multi-year partnership tees up a tenfold increase in Corning's US-based production capacity for optical connectivity components. This projected figure includes a 50 percent boost to its US fibre manufacturing output to meet demand from AI factory buildouts.

EU agrees more time to implement restrications on high-risk AI
EUROPE 08:30

EU agrees more time to implement restrications on high-risk AI

The EU countries have agreed to delay the implementation of new restrictions on high-risk AI systems. A compromise reached by the Council of EU member states and the European Parliament will see the deadline for applying the obligations for high-risk applications pushed back from August 2026 to December 2027, while certain embedded devices will have even longer to comply, until August 2028. In addition, the EU countries agreed to add a ban on so-called nudifier apps, which use AI to create sexual images wit

Corning boosts 2028 Springboard sales target to USD 30 billion ARR
UNITED STATES 08:19

Corning boosts 2028 Springboard sales target to USD 30 billion ARR

Corning has added further uplift to its strategic 'Springboard' sales target to end-2028. It said the decision reflects strong progress across all of its main target segments, with Corning currently on track to deliver its targeted USD 20 billion annual run rate for end-2026. The 2028 Springboard target now has been lifted to USD 30 billion.

Hispasat to connect 80 rural localities in Castilla-La Mancha
SPAIN 08:18

Hispasat to connect 80 rural localities in Castilla-La Mancha

Spanish satellite infrastructure operator Hispasat, now owned by state-backed ICT group Indra, has launched a project to deliver high-speed internet to 80 municipalities in Castilla-La Mancha. The initiative, promoted by the regional government, involves the installation of 209 antennas to improve connectivity in rural and sparsely populated areas where traditional infrastructure is limited.

Swisscom's Q1 profits fall on forex effects, Italian integration costs
SWITZERLAND 07:53

Swisscom's Q1 profits fall on forex effects, Italian integration costs

The integration of Vodafone Italia and currency effects had a negative impact on Swisscom's Q1 results. The company said that EBITDAaL increased by 0.8 percent year-on-year to CHF 1.30 billion, with growth held back by currency effects and non-recurring items in connection with the Italian integration. Excluding those effects, EBITDAaL increased by CHF 16 million or 1.3 percent in Q1. Group revenue fell 4.1 percent year-on-year to CHF 3.60 billion, including 1.3 percent lower turnover in Switzerland, and ne

Spanish mobile users port nearly 600K lines in March, M2M lines top 50 mln
SPAIN 07:49

Spanish mobile users port nearly 600K lines in March, M2M lines top 50 mln

A total of 599,196 mobile numbers were ported in Spain in March 2026, up 12.7 percent year on year, according to the latest mobile sector data from the CNMC that complements the regulator's fixed segment update. March saw the total number of active mobile (voice, internet) lines rise by nearly 1 million year on year to 62.6 million, with M2M lines more than doubling to 50.8 million.

Fastspeed enters mobile market with single DKK 99 monthly subscription on 3 Denmark network
DENMARK 07:46

Fastspeed enters mobile market with single DKK 99 monthly subscription on 3 Denmark network

Danish ISP Fastspeed has announced the addition of eSIM-only 5G mobile telephony to its range of services, using the 3 Denmark network. It is offering a single subscription providing unlimited voice service alongside unrestricted SMS and MMS, as well as 30 GB of data, for DKK 99 per month. In a launch offer, customers pay only DKK 49 monthly for the first six months. Fastpeed said 20 GB the data allowance can be used in the EU among other places, and the top data speed is 1 Gbps.

Snap doubles EBITDA in Q1 as sales grow 12%
GLOBAL 07:42

Snap doubles EBITDA in Q1 as sales grow 12%

Snap reported slightly stronger revenue growth in the first quarter, with sales up 12 percent year-on-year to USD 1.53 billion as it returned to growth in daily Snapchat users. Adjusted EBITDA improved strongly, to USD 233 million from USD 108 million a year ago, but the bottom line remained in the red, with a net loss of USD 89 million. Higher costs were driven by investment in its new AR glasses, with an update on its progress planned for June. Nevertheless, free cash flow more than doubled, to USD 286 mi

Sky extends Formula 1 broadcast deal to 2034 in UK and Ireland, 2032 in Italy
IRELAND 07:28

Sky extends Formula 1 broadcast deal to 2034 in UK and Ireland, 2032 in Italy

Sky said it has agreed a multi-year extension of its broadcasting deal with Formula 1, securing exclusive rights for Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland through the 2034 season and for Sky Sport in Italy through 2032. The new agreement adds five seasons to existing deals and ensures Sky will continue to air every Formula 1 race weekend session, including practice, qualifying, sprint races and Grands Prix, across its dedicated sports channels and streaming service Now.

Fortinet tops Q1 forecasts with billings up 31%
GLOBAL 07:27

Fortinet tops Q1 forecasts with billings up 31%

Fortinet has raised its outlook for full-year results after reporting much better than expected results for the first quarter. The SASE specialist posted revenues up 20 percent year-on-year to USD 1.85 billion, and billings jumped 31 percent to USD 2.09 billion. The adjusted operating margin reached 36 percent, four percentage points better than the top of the company's guidance range, and net earnings increased 29 percent to USD 0.72 per share. Free cash flow hit a new record of just over USD 1 billion. 

INDONESIA 07:10

Princeton Digital Group secures USD 856 mln for Indonesian expansion

Singapore-based data centre developer and operator Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has raised approximately USD 856 million in debt financing to support the expansion of its hyperscale data centre capacity in Indonesia. The financing includes a fully underwritten USD 456 million syndicated facility backed by a consortium of international banks – DBS Bank, HSBC, Maybank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Standard Chartered – as well as an additional accordion facility of around USD 400 million that is cu

ITALY 07:09

Sky Italia claiming EUR 1.9 bln damages from 2021 Dazn-TIM Serie A deal

Pay-TV broadcaster Sky Italia has claimed damages that could rise to EUR 1.9 billion from sports streaming service Dazn and Telecom Italia (TIM) following their 2021 deal to jointly air Serie A football matches, reports Reuters, citing documents released with TIM's first quarter earnings and unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Sky lodged the claim with a Milan court in recent weeks, following a 2023 ruling by Italy's antitrust authority AGCM that found the TIM-Dazn agreement for 2021-2024 restricted c

GLOBAL 07:05

Qualcomm upgrades Snapdragon 4, 6 ranges for H2 release

Qualcomm is updating its mid-range processors with new versions of the Snapdragon 4 and 6 ranges. The upgrades deliver greater support for new AI imaging features, game play and 5G, as well as improved battery life. They will feature in upcoming phones from Honor, Oppo, Realme and Redmi launching in the second half of this year.

SINGAPORE 06:59

StarHub reports lower Q1 earnings after consumer and enterprise pressures

Singapore operator StarHub reported a decline in first-quarter earnings for 2026, reflecting weaker performance in its consumer and enterprise segments alongside higher operating costs. The operator recorded total revenue of SGD 507.3 million, down 6.1 percent YoY, with service revenue falling 3.9 percent to SGD 445.7 million. EBITDA declined 22.5 percent to SGD 77.7 million, while net profit attributable to shareholders dropped 81.3 percent to SGD 5.9 million.

GLOBAL 06:49

Arm reports record Q4 with revenues up 20% on data centre demand

Arm reported record revenues for its fiscal fourth quarter to March, with sales up 20 percent year-on-year to USD 1.49 billion thanks to demand for Arm-based CPUs in data centres. Adjusted net profit reached USD 641 million, or USD 0.60 per share, up from USD 0.55 a year ago and near the high end of Arm's outlook. Over the full year, revenues jumped 23 percent to USD 4.92 billion, its third consecutive year of over 20 percent growth. 

ITALY 06:46

Telecom Italia Q1 revenues up 1.4% on Brazil growth, to launch TIM Premium offering

Telecom Italia (TIM) reported revenues of EUR 3.3 billion in the first quarter of 2026, flat sequentially and up 1.4 percent year on year, thanks mainly to growth at its TIM Brasil (+6.4%) and TIM Enterprise (+3.2%) units. The company's earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation after lease costs (EBITDA-AL) declined 2.7 percent to EUR 0.8 billion, while net losses widened to EUR 292 million from EUR 124 million a year earlier. 

UNITED STATES 06:38

Astranis raises USD 450 mln to scale GEO satellite production

Astranis has raised USD 450 million in new funding to expand production of its high-orbit communications satellites, as demand increases from telecom, enterprise and government customers for dedicated satellite capacity. The funding includes a USD 300 million Series E round co-led by Snowpoint Ventures and Franklin Templeton, alongside participation from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, BlackRock, Baillie Gifford and Fidelity Management & Research Company. A delayed-draw credit facility of up to USD

GLOBAL 06:16

Anthropic expands compute capacity with SpaceX deal, raises Claude API limits

Anthropic has announced a new compute partnership with SpaceX and increased usage limits for its Claude AI services, as it expands capacity for enterprise and developer customers. The company said it has secured access to all compute capacity at SpaceX's Colossus 1 data centre in the US, providing more than 300 MW of additional capacity, including over 220,000 GPUs. The added capacity is expected to support increased availability for Claude Pro and Claude Max subscribers.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 06:08

KT overhauls security governance with new centralised information security office

Korea Telecom (KT) is undertaking a company-wide overhaul of its information security framework, centred on a newly established Information Security Office, according to Newsis, citing company sources. The operator said it has consolidated previously dispersed security functions into a single governance structure led by a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), with responsibility spanning organisation, personnel and budget. The aim is to create a unified system capable of continuous prevention and pre-e

JAPAN 06:06

NTT Data completes core banking system integration for Fukui Bank

NTT Data has completed the integration of core banking systems for Fukui Bank and the former Fukuho Bank, with services on the unified platform commencing on 6 May. The integration consolidates both banks' systems onto the NTT Data regional bank shared centre, which is based on the company's BeSTA banking application platform. The project follows the merger of the two institutions and is intended to support ongoing consolidation among regional banks in Japan.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 06:04

LG Uplus reports Q1 profit growth driven by mobile and AI businesses

LG Uplus reported higher first-quarter profit and revenue, supported by growth in its core mobile business and expansion in AI data centre and enterprise services. Net profit rose 8.4 percent YoY to KRW 176 billion, while operating profit increased 6.6 percent to KRW 272.3 billion. Revenue grew 1.5 percent to KRW 3.8 trillion over the same period. The operator's mobile business remained the main contributor to growth, with revenue of around KRW 1.65 trillion, up 3.2 percent YoY, supported by an increase in

NEW ZEALAND 06:02

Sky NZ secures exclusive ECB cricket rights through 2030

Sky New Zealand has signed a multi-year agreement with the England and Wales Cricket Board to broadcast international and domestic cricket played in England and Wales to New Zealand audiences from 2026 to 2030. Under the deal, Sky NZ will hold exclusive New Zealand rights to ECB Home Internationals and domestic competitions, covering both men's and women's matches. The agreement is intended to provide year-round cricket content, particularly during the Southern Hemisphere off-season.

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