Nvidia-backed Perplexity AI, the startup challenging Google with its AI-powered search engine, is in discussions with mobile device makers to pre-install its new Comet browser on smartphones, CEO Aravind Srinivas told Reuters.

The move could significantly boost Perplexity's reach by capitalizing on browser "stickiness", where users tend to stick with browser apps that are pre-installed or set as default on their devices, potentially driving habitual use of the company's AI tools.

Technology advances and growing demand for high-speed internet access are leading independent broadband firms to feel overwhelmingly positive about the future, according to a survey measuring confidence in the sector.

Hello – I’m William Webb, an independent consultant at Commcisive. I mostly work on technical and strategic telecoms, often relating to regulatory activity, and I previously worked at Ofcom. 

What has taken up most of my time recently is The End of Telecoms History, a book I published last summer. The book was provocative and set out a thesis arguing that we have most of the communications we need; I explain why we have reached the end of telecoms history, and look at the implications in detail. 

• Civil airline safety is under threat as satellite positioning system signals are routinely blocked around China, Russia, Ukraine, Iran, across the Middle East and other parts of the world
• New experimental alternative to GPS shows the earth’s magnetic field can do the job just as well and with great accuracy
• An on-board black-box system fitted with quantum magnetometers, lasers and a single GPU chip exceeds required commercial navigation accuracy standards, 1,200% of the time
• Airbus and Google companies c

• More than 40% CAGR in new AI pull-through opportunities in front-end networks, opening doors for new and existing vendors

According to a recently published report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center industries, the explosive scale in AI back-end networks is driving the need for additional capacity in data center switch front-end networks for data ingest.

• F5’s 2025 State of AI Application Strategy Report reveals 25% of apps on average use AI, yet only 2% of enterprises qualify as being highly AI-ready.
• 77% of companies are moderately ready for AI but still face significant security and governance hurdles.
• 71% of organizations use AI to boost security, while only 31% have deployed AI firewalls.

F5, the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, unveiled its 

EXA Infrastructure, the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platform throughout Europe, connecting North America and Asia via the Middle East, today announced the deployment of a new fibre route connecting London to Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels. Integral to this project is a new consortium submarine cable, where EXA Infrastructure is the sole telecom consortium member, responsible for providing landing party and backhaul services.

• Collaboration to launch Aeris IoT WatchtowerTM into the Asia-Pacific region to help close security gap in cellular Internet of Things (IoT) networks

Bridge Alliance, the leading alliance for premier mobile network operators in Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Aeris Communications, Inc., a global leader in secure cellular IoT platforms and solutions, announced they are teaming up to offer Aeris IoT Watchtower, a

A foreseen digital Cold War between the two giants.

The FCC is moving to significantly enhance U.S. cybersecurity by suggesting new regulations that would prohibit Chinese equipment in undersea internet cables. The submarine cables, which account for 99% of worldwide internet traffic, are critical to both national security and the world economy.

Lancaster University spinout company Quinas Technology has won a 2025 World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Global Award.

The WIPO Global Awards recognise startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that use intellectual property (IP) as a driver for innovation, business growth, and positive social impact.