Hyperscale Growth Shifts Inland as AI Drives Power Demand

Texas and the Midwest are set to capture more than half of new US hyperscale capacity as AI demand pushes operators toward power-rich regions.

AMD: Memory, Not Compute, Is the Next Bottleneck in AI Data Centers

The company advocates for workload-specific memory architectures, such as LPDDR5X, to optimize energy efficiency and performance, signaling a shift away from traditional one-size-fits-all server memory designs.

African Development Bank approves $200m loan for Nigeria’s fibre Project BRIDGE

Nigeria’s push to expand its digital infrastructure has gained fresh momentum after the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a $200 million loan for Project BRIDGE, a major fibre-optic programme aimed at widening broadband access and strengthening the country’s digital economy. The post African Development Bank approves $200m loan for Nigeria’s fibre Project BRIDGE appeared first on Total Telecom.

Branded calling for businesses gets a Boost in US

Boost Mobile supports branded calls for enterprises using First Orion's technology as call authentication services pick up in Europe too.

Eurobites: Sateliot seeks €100M in Series C funding for space-based 5G push

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: TalkTalk sued by Ovo over deal that went sour; Nokia prepares ground for job cuts; Poste Italiane boss defends bid for TIM.

Ofcom Define High Density Areas for Sharing Upper 6GHz Band with UK Mobile and WiFi

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has this morning launched an additional technical consultation to support their recent decision to allow low power indoor WiFi signals and outdoor mobile broadband (4G, 5G etc.) networks to “share” access to the Upper 6GHz radio spectrum band (6425 to 7125MHz). The key focus this time is on how they’ll […]

Qualcomm expands strategic advanced driver assistance systems, immersive eyewear collaborations

Mobile technology platform provider inks deal with Snap company to expand decade-long collaboration on XR services, and with Bosch to make ADAS offerings for enhanced safety and comfort

Sateliot launches €100m series C financing round

Barcelona-based satellite operator announces investment that will see use in financing deployment of constellation and starts selection process for a lead investor in new round expected to close in summer

How the UK forgot open RAN and learned to love Ericsson and Nokia

Recent contracts awarded by VodafoneThree and VMO2 have ensured the UK will remain a Nordic duopoly for years.

KCOM’s UK Results Reveal Huge £530m Write Down in Value of its Assets

The incumbent broadband and telecoms provider for Hull, KCOM, which has also built their full fibre (FTTP) network across other parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), have published their annual accounts to 31st March 2025 and revealed a huge c. £530m write down in the value of their assets. The results give context to […]

Tax hikes bring new headwinds for China's telcos

After a flat 2025, China's operators are getting hit by higher taxes and tougher cloud competition in 2026.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk UK Sued by Ovo Over Troubled 2022 Customer Sale

Debt strained internet provider TalkTalk, which is currently trying to sell off its various divisions again (here), is being sued by another financially strained company, Ovo Energy, following a 2022 deal that saw the ISP acquire Ovo’s base of 135,000 (approximately) former SSE Phone & Broadband customers for an undisclosed sum (here and here). Just […]

Supermarket Chain Lidl Tipped to Launch UK SIM-Only 5G Mobile Plans

German supermarket giant Lidl (Schwarz Group) has reportedly announced plans to launch its own mobile (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) service in a number of other markets later this year, which could eventually reach up to 30 countries including the UK, US, France and Spain etc. At present there’s no shortage of MVNO options in the […]

BDUK Require Greater Clarity for Removing Premises from Project Gigabit Broadband Contracts

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has notified suppliers (network operators) to its £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme that they will, from 14th April 2026, be required to provide more details of the reasons for removing homes / premises (UPRNs) from the scope of an existing deployment contract. The contracts awarded under Project […]

Ookla Name Three UK as Top-Rated Mobile Network for Q3-Q4 2025

Network benchmarking giant Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service, has named mobile operator Three UK as the United Kingdom’s Top-Rated Speedtest Awards winner during Q3-Q4 2025. Ookla’s Top-Rated Awards typically use their sampled data set of Speedtest 5-Star Ratings to extrapolate and make inferences about consumer sentiment […]

Anthropic Targets AI Data Center Bottleneck With Claude Managed Agents

The company’s new managed agents aim to remove infrastructure bottlenecks, shifting control of complex AI workloads into its platform as enterprises push toward production.

Amazon Leo targets 'mid-2026' launch – CEO

Amazon Leo plans to launch services commercially by 'mid-2026,' according to CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon Leo hasn't revealed pricing, but Jassy hinted that it will undercut competitors such as Starlink.

Cisco optical innovations deliver high-density, power-efficient AI networking backbone

Less Than 10% of US Data Centers Ready for Production AI, JLL Says

As capital markets tighten and new financing models emerge, enterprises are confronting a key constraint: much of the existing data center footprint was not designed for production AI.

Global smartphone market inched up 1% in Q1 2026

The global smartphone market rose 1% in Q1 2026, despite ongoing supply chain bottlenecks and cost pressures, says Omdia. #pressrelease