Telefonica Germany signs multi-year agreement with Tech Mahindra to build private cloud platform
GERMANY 23 JUN

Telefonica Germany signs multi-year agreement with Tech Mahindra to build private cloud platform

Telefonica Germany has signed a multi-year agreement with Tech Mahindra to build a private cloud platform. Under the contract Tech Mahindra will provide its end-to-end platform engineering and AI-backed operations to transform the infrastructure of Telefonica Germany. The private cloud platform will support the infrastructure and transformation of Telefonica Germany through compute, storage, backup, containers, GPUs and ransomware protection as a service.

Kazakhstan, Belgium sign agreements on AI, science and space technologies
BELGIUM 23 JUN

Kazakhstan, Belgium sign agreements on AI, science and space technologies

Kazakhstan and Belgium have signed a number of strategic agreements aimed at advancing artificial intelligence, science, digital infrastructure, and space technologies. As reported by Kazakhstan's Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, the documents were signed during the visit of Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Belgium.

Evroc, KPMG Sweden announce sovereign cloud partnership
SWEDEN 23 JUN

Evroc, KPMG Sweden announce sovereign cloud partnership

Sweden-based cloud company Evroc has announced a partnership with KPMG Sweden to provide a single, end-to-end pathway to operational sovereignty for companies in highly regulated and mission-critical sectors. The joint offering be based on the Evroc platform, the only fully sovereign cloud and AI stack in Europe.

Cegeka acquires cybersecurity specialist 3Point
BELGIUM 23 JUN

Cegeka acquires cybersecurity specialist 3Point

Belgian IT services provider Cegeka announced the takeover of 3Point, a cybersecurity and IT consulting firm active especially in the defense and public sectors. The takeover strengthens the recently created defense unit at Cegeka and its efforts to expand in the critical infrastructure market in response to growing demand for greater IT resilience in Europe. No financial details were disclosed. 

US government brings forward PQC migration date to 2030-31
UNITED STATES 23 JUN

US government brings forward PQC migration date to 2030-31

The US government has moved forward its recommended date for securing networks against quantum computer attacks. An executive order from the White House instructs federal agencies to adopt post-quantum encryption by 2030 or 2031 depending on the use case, earlier than the previous deadline of 2035. This comes as the US accelerates its efforts to develop quantum supercomputers. 

Cisco buys WideField Security to equip Splunk with SOC-grade agentic AI observability
GLOBAL 23 JUN

Cisco buys WideField Security to equip Splunk with SOC-grade agentic AI observability

Cisco is acquiring California-based WideField Security to bolster agentic AI-targeted security operations centre (SOC) workloads in its big data observability suite Splunk. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Cisco said WideField's core technology would dovetail with Splunk to inject in-depth context into monitoring of AI agent activity, including signals from the Cisco Identity Intelligence tool.

Firebird AI factory in Armenia nears completion of first phase
ARMENIA 23 JUN

Firebird AI factory in Armenia nears completion of first phase

Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the Firebird AI data centre, currently under construction in Armenia, is a strategically important initiative, reports Arka.am. The current activities and upcoming programs of the AI Factory were discussed at a meeting chaired by the prime minister, the government press service reported. 

Bending Spoons targeting up to USD 1.8 bln in US IPO
GLOBAL 23 JUN

Bending Spoons targeting up to USD 1.8 bln in US IPO

Italian technology company Bending Spoons is aiming to tap investor demand for software companies by raising up to USD 1.8 billion in a US initial public offering. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Milan-based firm confirmed that it plans to market around 58 million shares at USD 26 to USD 28, including 34.4 million sold directly by the company and a further 23.6 million offered by existing investors.

Orange Jordan wins contract to digitise 2026 national census
JORDAN 23 JUN

Orange Jordan wins contract to digitise 2026 national census

Orange Jordan and the Jordan Department of Statistics (DoS) signed a cooperation agreement to build the software and digital infrastructure for the 2026 General Population and Housing Census. This public-private partnership aims to maximize the efficiency, speed, and accuracy of the national data collection project. Under the agreement, Orange Jordan will deliver end-to-end technological infrastructure for every stage of the census.

Altice Labs pioneers AI-native telecom operations with NOSSIS One upgrade
PORTUGAL 23 JUN

Altice Labs pioneers AI-native telecom operations with NOSSIS One upgrade

Altice Labs is advancing telecom operations with the integration of AI agents into its NOSSIS One suite, aiming for "AI-native" and autonomous systems. Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for NOSSIS One expose specific NOSSIS One capabilities as standardised tools, built on TM Forum Open APIs. This allows AI agents, copilots, and intelligent assistants to easily access operational context, retrieve data, and perform actions across assurance, fulfilment, and inventory functions.

Kaspersky expands Australian distribution through Liva Telecom partnership
AUSTRALIA 23 JUN

Kaspersky expands Australian distribution through Liva Telecom partnership

Kaspersky has signed a distribution agreement with Australian broadband provider Liva Telecom that will see the cybersecurity vendor's consumer security products bundled with selected residential and business connectivity plans. Under the arrangement, Liva Telecom customers on eligible plans will receive Kaspersky Plus as part of their subscription, while Kaspersky Premium will be available as an optional upgrade. The companies said the rollout is scheduled to begin during June 2026.

Anthropic agrees supply deal, investment from Micron Technology
GLOBAL 23 JUN

Anthropic agrees supply deal, investment from Micron Technology

Micron Technology announced a strategic agreement with Anthropic that spans memory and storage AI architecture design, supply and demand, enterprise adoption of Claude across Micron and a strategic investment in Anthropic's Series H funding round. The agreement directly links the demands of frontier AI models to how infrastructure is designed, supplied, and deployed at scale, Micron said in a statement. 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 23 JUN

Anthropic opens Seoul office, expands partnerships across South Korea

Anthropic has opened a new office in Seoul and announced a series of partnerships with South Korean enterprises, startups, research institutions and government organisations as it expands its presence in the country. The company also signed an MoU with South Korea's ministry of science and ICT covering AI safety and cybersecurity cooperation. The agreement includes collaboration with the Korea AI Safety Institute on evaluating AI model safety in the Korean language and the exchange of information relating t

GLOBAL 23 JUN

OpenAI expands in cybersecurity market with Daybreak partner programme

OpenAI is expanding in the cybersecurity market with a new partner programme and upgraded GPT model to track bugs and vulnerabilities. GPT‑5.5‑Cyber is available to a limited group of "trusted defenders" to start, while the Codex Security plugin has been updated to help streamline the process of logging and patching security risks. The Daybreak Cyber Partner Program will work with other security vendors to expand access to the OpenAI cybersecurity tools in their products and services.

UNITED STATES 23 JUN

Microsoft plans 2 GW Texas data centre campus to support AI demand

Microsoft has announced plans to build a new data centre campus in Pecos, Texas, that will add approximately 2 GW of capacity to its global infrastructure footprint. The company said the multi-billion-dollar project will be developed over the next five to seven years and is expected to support more than 6,000 construction jobs at peak build-out, alongside several hundred permanent operational roles once the campus is fully operational. The company said the site will incorporate dedicated on-site power gener

JAPAN 23 JUN

KDDI Business ID gains single sign-on integration with Hennge One

KDDI's enterprise identity management platform, KDDI Business ID, has been integrated with the Hennge One cloud security service, enabling single sign-on (SSO) between the two platforms. The integration allows Hennge One users to access KDDI Business ID through SSO, extending Hennge One's identity management capabilities to services connected via the KDDI Business ID platform. KDDI Business ID is designed to provide centralised identity and access management for KDDI services and third-party cloud applicati

GLOBAL 23 JUN

NTT Data launches AI agent service for consumer goods product planning

NTT Data has launched an AI agent service aimed at accelerating early-stage product planning processes for food, beverage and consumer goods companies, with global availability scheduled from July 2026. The operator said the service is designed to support activities including idea generation, internal reviews and product concept development, which can traditionally take several months. The platform enables product concepts to be generated and structured in minutes for internal evaluation and decision-making

AUSTRALIA 23 JUN

Centuria raises AUD 300 mln to expand AI factory pipeline

Centuria Capital Group has launched a fully underwritten AUD 300 million equity raising to support the expansion of its AI factory business through neocloud provider ResetData and progress a pipeline of future data centre developments. The raising comprises a AUD 200 million institutional placement and a AUD 100 million accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer. Centuria said the proceeds would help accelerate existing and planned AI factory deployments, support customer onboarding and advance a pipeli

UNITED STATES 23 JUN

Digital Realty announces Kansas City expansion and new acquisitions

Digital Realty has announced a series of transactions valued at more than USD 1.6 billion aimed at expanding its hyperscale data centre development capacity, increasing its ownership of African data centre operator Teraco and growing its private capital business. The company has acquired approximately 1,440 acres of land at Astra Enterprise Park near Kansas City for approximately USD 475 million in cash and operating partnership units. The site is intended to support future hyperscale data centre developmen

GLOBAL 22 JUN

Mavenir unveils agentic telecoms layer built to TM Forum spec

Mavenir is preparing to launch a TM Forum-compliant framework for agentic telecoms implementations. The Agentic Service Assurance Framework complies with TM Forum's IG1251 and IG1453 specifications, and was announced ahead of the alliance's DTW Ignite event in Copenhagen.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 22 JUN

TrendAI launches in UAE

TrendAI, the enterprise AI security business of Trend Micro, has officially debuted in the UAE with a prominent brand reveal on Ain Dubai. This regional launch follows Trend Micro's global rebrand earlier 2026, which consolidated its enterprise cybersecurity business under the TrendAI identity.

GLOBAL 22 JUN

Radcom intros analytic design module with 10-second resolution to support agentic ops

Radcom has introduced an analytics configuration module in its network service assurance suite Radcom ACE. The Analytics Design Module (ADM) is used to define and configure network analytics, key performance indicators (KPIs) and alarm thresholds. Launching in Q3, ADM draws on Radcom ACE's assurance data and correlates it on the fly with Call Detail Record (CDR) sessions to create reliable datasets for analysis.

UGANDA 22 JUN

Uganda launches five-year strategy to raise e-govt take-up to 40%

The National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) launched its Strategic Plan, mapping out a five-year roadmap to modernize public service delivery for the digital age. The plan sets a goal to grow the proportion of Ugandans actively using e-government services from a baseline of 9.2 percent to 40 percent by FY 2029/30. This will be delivered through six strategic objectives spanning ICT infrastructure expansion, smart e-government access, cybersecurity and data protection, BPO and IT-enabled se

JAPAN 22 JUN

Turkmenistan seeks cooperation with Japan on AI

Turkmenistan has expressed its willingness to cooperate with Japan in the field of artificial intelligence. This was reflected in a press release published by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Japan following a meeting between Turkmen Ambassador to Japan Atadurdy Bayramov and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. The meeting also discussed issues of AI and digital transformation, the embassy said, and the sides exchanged views on expanding cooperation in economic, industrial, and technological sectors.

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