Growing Enterprise and Sovereign AI Demand Will Fuel Telco GPUaaS Revenue Growth to US$21 billion by 2030

Telcos globally have a large opportunity to expand their business beyond connectivity and become the backbone of AI infrastructure for national or regional AI demand. According to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, the telco industry is set to generate over US$21 billion in GPUaaS revenue by 2030. This revenue growth will be driven by the continued growth in demand for GPU compute by enterprises and the growing requirement of AI sovereignty by governments.

30 masts upgraded in Wales as part of SRN

30 mast upgrades have now been activated in Wales as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN), making 56 for the whole of the UK in total.

The boost to coverage has been carried out by upgrading existing mobile masts which previously only connected EE customers and anyone making 999 calls, and now coverage from all four mobile network operators to the equivalent of over 2,500 km of roads across Wales is being piped in.

Joanna Cavan OBE to join NPL on secondment from DSIT to lead UKTL

Joanna Cavan has been appointed as the new Managing Director of UKTL, bringing two decades of experience to the role. She has a proven track record of strategic leadership and cross-sector collaboration in some of the most complex and high-profile technical and operational delivery environments in the UK and internationally, across national security, regulation, and the technology sector. 

Former U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty to Hacking and Extortion Scheme Involving Telecommunications Companies

A former Army soldier, who was most recently stationed in Texas, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to hack into telecommunications companies’ databases, access sensitive records, and extort the telecommunications companies by threatening to release the stolen data unless ransoms were paid.

Oracle ups European sovereignty play with $3bn investment

  • The US cloud giant is to invest $2bn in Germany and $1bn in the Netherlands
  • The move comes hot on the heels of recently announced plans to invest $5bn in the UK
  • Oracle has also been partnering with a growing number of telcos to support their own sovereign cloud ambitions

Oracle continues to tap into Europe’s growing demand for sovereign cloud and AI solutions with plans to invest a total of $3bn in local infrastructure in Germany and the Netherlands over the next five years.

Tech Meta CEO Zuckerberg says first AI data supercluster will come online in 2026

  • Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he plans to invest “hundreds of billions of dollars” into artificial intelligence compute infrastructure.
  • The company plans to bring its first supercluster, Prometheus, online next year.
  • Zuckerberg has been on a multibillion-dollar AI hiring spree in recent weeks, highlighted by a $14 billion investment in Scale AI.

KT's plan tops rival SKT's W700b pledge following massive data breach

South Korean telecommunications giant KT said it will invest more than 1 trillion won ($724 million) over the next five years to fortify cybersecurity, amid heightened consumer concerns following a massive data breach at bigger rival SK Telecom.

The planned investment surpasses SKT’s 700 billion won pledge announced on July 4. SKT, the country’s largest mobile carrier, made the commitment following a large scale cyberattack and subsequent data breach of customers’ USIM data in April, prompting calls for an industrywide security overhaul.

Boldyn Networks drives further sustainability progress and climate action in 2025

Boldyn Networks (Boldyn) launched its 2025 Sustainability Report: Transforming Connectivity for a Sustainable Future. The report outlines the strides made across Boldyn’s sustainability commitments, as the company continues to bolster responsible innovation in digital infrastructure.