Openreach appoints Managing Director for Complex Engineering
UNITED KINGDOM 09:33

Openreach appoints Managing Director for Complex Engineering

Openreach has promoted Garret Kavanagh from his role as head of Openreach Northern Ireland to Managing Director for Complex Engineering, effective April 2026. In a post on LinkedIn, Openreach said he would focus on completing the UK full-fibre network roll-out and delivering Ethernet connectivity in more complex, rural areas. Lauren McGaughey will now lead the Openreach NI team on an interim basis until a replacement is appointed.

Breko appoints three new executive board member to reinforce know-how in challenging market
GERMANY 09:32

Breko appoints three new executive board member to reinforce know-how in challenging market

German industry group Breko has announced new appointments to its executive board. The additions are TWL-KOM CEO Melanie Brill, WEMACOM/WEMAConnect managing director Volker Buck, and the managing director of TKRZ, which is a subsidiary of the town of Emsdetten's utility in North Rhine-Westphalia, Inga Oehl. The appointments strengthen know-how at board level from the municipal, data centre and publicly funded open access fibre sectors. Breko president Norbert Westfal said that the organisation needs a stron

Deutsche Telekom signs wholesale partnership with Glasfaser Ruhr
GERMANY 09:23

Deutsche Telekom signs wholesale partnership with Glasfaser Ruhr

Deutsche Telekom has signed a wholesale partnership with Glasfaser Ruhr, the network operator and subsidiary of Bochum city council's utility company in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia. Under the agreement, 60,000 households in Bochum will have the option to purchase Telekom's products on Glasfaser Ruhr's fibre-optic network by 2029.

Arcep spells out risks to open internet from generative AI
FRANCE 09:17

Arcep spells out risks to open internet from generative AI

France's telecom authority Arcep has published a new report marking the tenth anniversary of net neutrality in Europe. The report draws on interviews with around 50 experts and on technical tests conducted with Peren, a governmental agency focused on digital platform regulation and algorithm audits. This analysis was commissioned to assess the risks to open internet principles arising from the development of generative AI. Arcep president Laure de La Raudiere highlighted the need for regulation to address t

Macra urges cross-sector collaboration to build Malawian digital system
MALAWI 08:59

Macra urges cross-sector collaboration to build Malawian digital system

The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has called for cooperation among different sectors and stakeholders to build a resilient digital ecosystem. Acting director general Mayamiko Nkoloma held discussions with the Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC), Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), Azam Media and Judiciary. He said that despite work towards the digital agenda, progress is slow because sectors tend to work as individuals, which leads to duplication of efforts.

Italy's Edison cuts FTTH by EUR 5 a month
ITALY 08:50

Italy's Edison cuts FTTH by EUR 5 a month

Italian energy group Edison has reactivated an offer designed to persuade more users to sign up to the fibre broadband service it launched in 2024. Under the promo, new subscribers can access the company's FTTC and FTTH service, dubbed Edison Wi-Fi, for under EUR 20 a month.

Vantage Data Centers raises GBP 254 mln in debt for Cardiff site
UNITED KINGDOM 08:43

Vantage Data Centers raises GBP 254 mln in debt for Cardiff site

Vantage Data Centers announced it has raised an additional GBP 254 million in securitized term notes due May 2029. The offering included GBP 200 million from a tap of its existing Class A-2 Notes while GBP 54 million was raised from the new Class B Tranche. This builds on Vantage's debut public issue in 2024 in British sterling, which raised GBP 600 million. The proceeds will be used for refinancing debt associated with Vantage's data centres in Cardiff. 

FiberCop and Milan Polytechnic ink network research deal
ITALY 08:22

FiberCop and Milan Polytechnic ink network research deal

Italian wholesale fibre FiberCop has partnered with the Polytechnic University of Milan in a strategic initiative to advance next‑generation network infrastructure. The collaboration includes joint research and training programmes designed to foster innovation across Italy's telecommunications sector, aligning academic expertise with industrial application and national digital transformation goals.

Netflix agrees global pay-TV rights to Sony films
GLOBAL 08:19

Netflix agrees global pay-TV rights to Sony films

Netflix has struck a deal for early access to new films from Sony Pictures Entertainment. In the exclusive multi-year agreement, Sony's feature films will stream on Netflix worldwide following their cinema and home rental release windows. Netflix's access to the so-called Pay-1 window will start rolling out gradually later this year as individual territory rights become available, with full global availability on Netflix by early 2029. As part of this deal, Netflix will also license rights to select library

Lionsgate sells streaming platform Lionsgate Play Asia to founder Rohit Jain
ASIA 08:12

Lionsgate sells streaming platform Lionsgate Play Asia to founder Rohit Jain

Lionsgate has sold the Lionsgate Play streaming platform in South Asia and Southeast Asia to Rohit Jain, founder and former president of Lionsgate Play Asia. Under the terms of this multi-year deal, Lionsgate will continue to license the 'Lionsgate Play' brand name to Jain and provide ongoing access to the studio's library of film and TV content.

Uniti raises USD 960 mln in fibre-backed notes offering
UNITED STATES 08:10

Uniti raises USD 960 mln in fibre-backed notes offering

US operator Uniti Group has raised another USD 960 million in debt financing with notes backed by revenues from its Kinetic fibre network. Issued in three series, the notes carry an average interest rate of 5.689 percent and will be due for repayment in 2031. They are secured by certain residential fibre network assets and related customer agreements in the states of Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio and Texas. Uniti said it intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, whi

CapitaLand India Trust inks second hyperscaler agreement for Mumbai data centre
INDIA 07:56

CapitaLand India Trust inks second hyperscaler agreement for Mumbai data centre

CapitaLand India Trust (Clint) has secured a second long-term agreement with a global hyperscaler for Tower 2 of its Navi Mumbai facility. This deal brings the Trust's pre-leasing total to 53 percent across its three active developments in Navi Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Chennai.

AUSTRALIA 06:54

Keppel secures 720 MW data centre powerbank site in Australia

Singapore-based global asset manager Keppel has secured rights to lease a 123-hectare site near Melbourne in Victoria with up to 720 MW of gross power capacity, expanding its Asia-Pacific data centre powerbank to more than 1 GW. The agreement with Lightwood Group allows Keppel early access to the site for planning, power and water contracting, ahead of long-term leases by its private data centre funds. The scale of the site could support cumulative investment of around AUD 10 billion over time, including cu

JAPAN 06:24

Ready Server enters Japan with AT Tokyo data centre deployment

Singapore-based hosting provider Ready Server has launched operations in Japan, deploying infrastructure at AT Tokyo's CC1 data centre in Tokyo. The move makes Tokyo the company's third live region, alongside Singapore and Hong Kong. The Tokyo deployment is hosted at AT TOKYO CC1, a carrier-centric facility that houses multiple telecommunications carriers, internet exchange points and network service providers. Ready Server said it will use the site to establish direct cross-connects with networks including

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 06:18

SKT advances to next phase of Korea's national AI Project

SK Telecom (SKT) has confirmed that its specialist team has progressed to the second phase of South Korea's national "Independent AI Foundation Model" project, following the successful evaluation of its large-scale language model, A.X K1. A.X K1 is a 519-billion-parameter model, making it the first domestically developed AI model in South Korea to exceed the 500-billion-parameter threshold. 

JAPAN 06:15

IFS and NEC to launch sovereign cloud and industrial AI services

Sweden's IFS and NEC have announced a joint initiative to develop cloud and industrial AI services for the Japanese market, aimed at modernising core systems used by capital-intensive industries while addressing economic security and data governance requirements. The companies plan to begin service delivery during Japan's 2026 financial year. Under the collaboration, IFS will deploy its IFS Cloud platform on infrastructure hosted in domestic Japanese data centres, with NEC supporting the build and operation

UNITED STATES 06:08

Lightpath reports growth in AI-related fibre contracts across US

US wholesale fibre connectivity provider Lightpath, a JV between Altice USA and Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, has reported a "significant increase" in contract awards linked to AI-driven infrastructure deployments, saying it secured USD 252 million in AI-enabling total contract value during 2025. The figure represents a rise from USD 110 million awarded in 2024, bringing the operator's total contract value over the past two years to USD 362 million.

UNITED STATES 06:03

Resolute CS extends Equinix Fabric to enterprise last-mile connectivity

Resolute CS and Equinix have announced a collaboration to automate the design, pricing and ordering of global last-mile access for enterprises, integrating these capabilities into the Equinix Customer Portal. The partnership brings Resolute CS's Nexus platform into Equinix Fabric, allowing customers to connect on-premises locations to Equinix data centres and onward to cloud environments through a single interface.

AUSTRALIA 06:01

SG.GS appoints Ben Cooper to lead Australian and Pacific operations

Singapore and London-based wholesale carrier SG.GS has appointed Ben Cooper as Senior Vice President, Global Network Strategy & Pacific Region to lead the company's strategic growth across Australia and the Pacific. The move follows SG.GS' service expansions in North America and Eastern Europe and the carrier said this "signals a major investment in Southern Hemisphere connectivity".

AUSTRALIA 05:57

Australia's under-16 social media ban sees 4.7 mln accounts blocked

Major social media companies removed access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children under 16 in the first half of December to comply with Australia's social media minimum age, according to initial figures gathered by the eSafety Commissioner. The government agency said the result was an early indication that major platforms are taking "meaningful actions" to prevent under-16s from holding accounts. 

NEW ZEALAND 05:53

New Zealand banks join operators to block phishing sites

Banks, operators and digital platforms have teamed up with a New Zealand start-up to boost efforts to disrupt and block phishing websites before they can harm customers. The initiative began as a pilot led by ANZ NZ bank and operator 2degrees, and now includes Kiwibank, TSB, One NZ, Spark and Trade Me. The aim is to detect, validate, block and disrupt malicious domains within the first hour of a webpage going live.

SINGAPORE 05:48

Kaytus launches integrated liquid-cooled data centre offering

Singapore-based Kaytus has introduced a one-stop, end-to-end liquid-cooled data centre solution aimed at operators and enterprises building infrastructure for AI workloads. The company said the offering is designed to address the complexity of deploying high-density, liquid-cooled facilities while improving energy efficiency. According to Kaytus, the solution supports power densities of up to 15 kW per node and 130 kW per cabinet, with a stated power usage effectiveness below 1.1.

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 15 JAN

MTS Exolve reports increased demand for PBX services

Russian PBX services provider MTS Exolve, a subsidiary of the telecom operator MTS, announced that the number of applications to access its communications services platform from corporate customers grew by 30 percent year-on-year in 2025. Companies working in online retail, finance and utility sectors demonstrated the highest dynamics.

MOZAMBIQUE 15 JAN

Mozambique updates internet rules to allow temporary block for public safety

Mozambique's government has updated its Telecommunications Traffic Control Regulation, allowing the National Communications Institute (INCM) to temporarily block internet and other communications, reported daily O Pais. This measure can be implemented for up to 48 hours, partially, fully, or per subscriber, if there is clear evidence of fraudulent activity or an "imminent risk" to public safety or social order.

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