DIDWW expands local SIP trunking to five new markets
GLOBAL 13:36

DIDWW expands local SIP trunking to five new markets

DIDWW, global provider of phone numbers and voice/SMS services, has announced an expansion of its local SIP trunking service to five new markets in Europe and Latin America. These are Belgium, the Netherlands, Iceland, Nicaragua and Colombia - taking DIDWW's local call terminate coverage to 57 countries worldwide. Tadas Urbietis, DIDWW's Carrier Relations Manager, said brining local SIP trunking to these new markets will help businesses operate locally in more areas worldwide. 

ST debuts intelligent MEMS vibration sensor
GLOBAL 13:25

ST debuts intelligent MEMS vibration sensor

STMicroelectronics has launched a MEMS-powered vibration sensor designed to bring intelligent monitoring to industrial plants requiring accuracy, reliability and energy efficiency. Product code IIS3DWB10IS caters to industrial condition monitoring, which tracks machinery health based on sensing data.

GMI Cloud and Magna AI partner to expand global sovereign AI infrastructure
GLOBAL 13:23

GMI Cloud and Magna AI partner to expand global sovereign AI infrastructure

GMI Cloud, a provider of AI-native GPU cloud infrastructure, has announced a strategic partnership with Magna AI to design and scale a network of sovereign artificial intelligence factories (AIFs), based on Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 platform. Magna AI was established through a partnership by Trend Micro and Wistron Digital Technology Holding Company (WDH), operating in collaboration with Nvidia. Magna AI projects will break ground later this year in Malaysia, Belgium and Romania. Other locations are currently

MediaTek and Samsung achieve 670 Mbps uplink in 3Tx 5G trial in n66, n77 bands
GLOBAL 12:54

MediaTek and Samsung achieve 670 Mbps uplink in 3Tx 5G trial in n66, n77 bands

MediaTek and Samsung have completed an uplink 5G trial connection using a five-layer configuration with three transmit antennas in the user device. The trial is said to be the first of its kind to leverage 3Tx in a multi-band setup, deploying the n66 band as the primary cell and dual n77 carriers across the five uplink layers. The n66 band was configured to operate with 30 MHz of bandwidth. When coupled with the n77 uplink, it produced a total uplink capacity of 200 MHz and data throughput of up to 670 Mbps

Cisco introduces Cloud Control interface as central foundation for running Agentic AI
GLOBAL 12:17

Cisco introduces Cloud Control interface as central foundation for running Agentic AI

Cisco has capitalised on the occasion of its Cisco Live US event to discuss its latest agentic AI advances designed to streamline critical IT and network infrastructure operations. The firm is rolling out a unified interface to bring all of its networking, security, compute, observability and collaboration products into a secure panel interface for improved visibility and agentic functionality. The Cisco Cloud Control panel provides a single data layer across AgenticOps AI and human users with the same oper

Keysight debuts wireless signal analysis testers
GLOBAL 12:15

Keysight debuts wireless signal analysis testers

Keysight Technologies has announced the launch of two RF signal analysis testers. The Pro XA6 SA6320A model delivers up to 8 GHz bandwidth for signal analyses with pre-set configurations for frequencies up to 67 GHz. This is coupled with an advanced RF measuring capability that spans wideband, mmWave, radar and electromagnetic spectrum. The Expert XA5 SA6210A supports measurements at up to 32 GHz, including wide analysis bandwidth up to 2 GHz and dual-channel RF measurements.

Motorola unveils Edge 2026 compact phone with 6.3-inch display
GLOBAL 11:56

Motorola unveils Edge 2026 compact phone with 6.3-inch display

Motorola has announced the launch of the latest model in its Edge series, a mid-range handset with a 6.3-inch OLED display, compared to 6.6 and 6.7 inches for the 2024 and 2025 versions. The panel has a 1.5K resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate and 5,200 nits of peak brightness, coupled with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.

Lumine agrees to buy Quortex video network business from Synamedia
GLOBAL 10:04

Lumine agrees to buy Quortex video network business from Synamedia

Lumine Group has announced an agreement to acquire Synamedia's video network business. The business will operate independently under its primary product name, Quortex. The deal is expected to close in the near future, subject to customary closing conditions and employee consultations.

Comviva data report highlights knowledge gaps around AI value realisation
GLOBAL 09:40

Comviva data report highlights knowledge gaps around AI value realisation

A survey conducted by digital platforms vendor Comviva shows that one fifth (21 percent) of respondents lacked a tangible methodology for measuring the impact of AI deployments. The survey polled more than 200 senior IT and business executives globally in telecoms, e-commerce and retail. This sample was evenly split, with telecoms and the other two segments each accounting for 50 percent of respondents, spread across leadership roles including chief marketing officer, chief commercial officer, and chief dat

Medusa's subsea segment starts carrying live traffic between Marseille and Bizerte
GLOBAL 09:20

Medusa's subsea segment starts carrying live traffic between Marseille and Bizerte

Orange has announced a new milestone for the Medusa cable system, confirming that the Mediterranean subsea segment linking Marseille (France) and Bizerte (Tunisia) is now operational. The completion of this project, dubbed 'ViaTunisia', was supported by an EU grant that provided funding to cover 30 percent of the construction and management costs. Orange installed the necessary landing infrastructure in Marseille and Bizerte in collaboration with Medusa's partners Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and Elettr

NGMN reports aim to convey 6G operator perspective on upgrade strategy, architecture and timings
GLOBAL 08:58

NGMN reports aim to convey 6G operator perspective on upgrade strategy, architecture and timings

The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN) has issued two publications underlining operator 6G perspectives in the run-up to standardisation. The first paper looks at potential 6G architecture candidates and examines migration paths both in the core mobile network and in RAN-enabled mobile sites. NGMN calls on the industry to heed the experience encountered in 5G roll-outs, arguing this requires early convergence to identify a favoured approach to 6G migration and prevent fragmentation in the marke

AI data centre demand to double optical laser component capacity in 2026 - TrendForce
GLOBAL 07:05

AI data centre demand to double optical laser component capacity in 2026 - TrendForce

Growing investment in AI data centres is expected to drive a sharp increase in production capacity for key optical networking components used in high-speed interconnects, according to new research from TrendForce. The combined monthly production capacity of electro-absorption modulated lasers (EMLs) and continuous-wave distributed feedback laser diodes (CW-DFB LDs) is expected to reach 50.7 million units in 2026, roughly double current levels, as suppliers expand output to meet demand from AI infrastructure

GLOBAL 06:42

Megaport to build global AI inference cloud across 1,100 data centres

Australian-based global network-as-a-service (NaaS) provider Megaport has announced four new AI infrastructure contracts with a combined total contract value of approximately AUD 458.9 million and plans to establish an on-demand GPU pool as part of a broader strategy to build a globally distributed AI inference platform. The company said the contracts are focused on supporting AI inference workloads and will require approximately AUD 369.5 million in capex, primarily for Nvidia GPUs, networking and storage

GLOBAL 06:28

DAMAC Digital says planned data centre landbank reaches 6 GW across 13 countries

DAMAC Digital has announced that its planned data centre landbank has reached 6,000 MW of IT capacity across 13 countries, spanning North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The company said its development pipeline now includes more than 35 planned sites as it expands to meet demand associated with AI, cloud computing and digital infrastructure services.

GLOBAL 2 JUN

Marvell introduces Teralyn T100 switching chip

Marvell Technology has introduced its Teralyn T100 switching chip, providing up to 102.4 Tbps switching throughput tailored to AI workloads. Marvell's chipset is built on a monolithic 3-nanometre fab process. The Teralyn T100 supports radix of up to 512 ports in scale-out data centre networks, as well as satisfying advanced scale-up requirements. Marvell believes that the expanded radix on offer will encourage adoption in larger AI clusters in order to limit latency and reduce costs of ownership.

GLOBAL 2 JUN

Ubigi signs French Formula 1 driver as brand ambassador

Ubigi, a brand of NTT Group subsidiary Transatel, has selected French racing driver Esteban Ocon as its brand ambassador. The international collaboration will see Ocon feature in digital campaigns airing from early June to promote Ubigi's travel eSIM offering. In particular, this sponsorship deal will target users embracing the mobile nomadic lifestyle embodied by Ocon, as a driver travelling for Formula 1 races across the globe.

GLOBAL 2 JUN

Sivers Semi, Global Foundries to collaborate on CPO silicon photonics

Sivers Semiconductors and GlobalFoundries have struck a strategic pact aimed at maturing advanced silicon photonics for AI infrastructure use cases, including interconnects based on co-packaged and linear optics. The partnership brings Sivers' laser array technology into next-generation optical engines and sub-assemblies built using GlobalFoundries' SCALE platform. SCALE is an abbreviation of Silicon Photonics Co-packaged Advanced Light Engine. An iteration of the light engine designed for CPO silicon proje

GLOBAL 2 JUN

Sequans promotes Norman Brodt as CFO

IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications has announced that Norman Brodt will replace Deborah Choate as chief financial officer on 30 June, when Choate will retire after nearly two decades with the company. Brodt joined Sequans at the start of 2025 and is currently a vice president in the finance team. In his previous career, he spent nearly six years at Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) before becoming CFO of the French-Chinese joint venture Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell. Between 2022 and 2024, he held the position

GLOBAL 2 JUN

Anritsu launches new test case for lower-layer 5G handovers

Anritsu has announced a new test case to validate lower-layer 5G handovers introduced in the 3GPP's Release 18 specification. Lower Layer Triggered Mobility (LTM) enables cellular handover based on Layer 1/Layer 2 signalling and recordings by user devices. LTM's introduction in Release 18 aimed to address a limitation in earlier 5G technology whereby handovers have typically been assigned to Layer 3 mobile infrastructure. As this element is responsible for high-level decisions in mobile connections, Anritsu

GLOBAL 2 JUN

Viavi introduces GNSS-disciplined oscillator with L1/L5 signal support

Viavi has rolled out a GNSS-disciplined oscillator built in the M.2 B-key form factor. Measuring 22 by 42 millimetres, Viavi's MuPNT GDO-1000 MEMS oscillator is roughly the size of a postage stamp and weighs less than 4 grams. Viavi says the oscillator supports accurate timings in applications with space and power constraints, including defence and airborne platforms, unmanned systems, data centre cards and telecoms equipment.

GLOBAL 2 JUN

STMicroelectronics raises FY sales forecast for data centre products on strong AI demand

STMicroelectronics said it anticipates higher FY revenues in its data centre product lines in light of surging AI infrastructure demand and improved supply chain visibility. The firm now anticipates data centre revenues in 2026 will arrive at about USD 1 billion, up from above USD 500 million previously predicted. ST's projection for data centres in FY27 has been lifted accordingly, with revenues now expected to increase twofold to approximately USD 2 billion next year. The company is scheduled to publish i

GLOBAL 2 JUN

DriveNets raises USD 410 mln in financing round to support AI fabric pipeline

Networking products company DriveNets said it has completed a USD 410 million Series D financing round, reaching USD 1 billion total capital raised. It will use the extra funding to scale inventory to support its growing artificial intelligence fabric pipeline and expand its heterogeneous AI infrastructure products. The funding round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Atreides Management. New investors AMD and Red Dot Capital joined alongside existing investors Pitango and D1 Capital Partners.

GLOBAL 2 JUN

Nvidia expands agentic software toolkit into physical AI applications

Nvidia has unveiled additional open source software tools designed to bring agentic functionality to physical AI applications. These tools are now available in the existing Nvidia Agent Toolkit software repository. Nvidia hopes to support the development of agent-executed tasks from complicated physical AI workflows, such as robotics, autonomous vehicles, vision AI and industrial digital twins.

GLOBAL 2 JUN

Anthropic submits draft statement for IPO

Anthropic said it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock. This gives it the option to go public after the SEC completes its review. The proposed IPO would depend on market conditions and other factors, and the number of shares to be offered and the price have not yet been set, Anthropic said.

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