International

• US President Donald Trump is visiting the UK
• Digital infrastructure investments are among the related business announcements made to coincide with the occasion
• Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and more are to provide the technology that enables the UK’s sovereign cloud and AI services

• Introduces Nokia Mission-Safe Phone, a purpose-built defence smartphone for reliable mission-critical communications in the harshest operational environments
• Nokia also launches the upgraded Banshee 5G Tactical Radio, a rugged, portable, easy-to-deploy network hub, now with integrated 5G connectivity

• Nozomi Networks, a global leader in OT, IoT and CPS security, defends organizations around the world from cyber threats and operational disruption
• The acquisition accelerates Nozomi's industrial cybersecurity innovation while maintaining its heterogeneous approach to supporting customers and partners

The significant increase in data use marks the single largest year-over-year jump in U.S. history.

SpaceX has entered into a purchase agreement with EchoStar for 50 MHz of exclusive S-band spectrum in the US as well as global Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) spectrum licenses.

• New campus in Oulu, Finland – the “Home of Radio” – will deliver high-performance, resilient and trusted radio networks. 
• It is the world’s most advanced hub for the entire lifecycle of 5G and 6G radio innovation, ensuring that secure 5G and 6G networks are designed, tested and built in Europe. 

• Quantinuum is one of the world’s leaders in quantum computing
• It is working with a range of partners on multiple projects, including Japanese telco SoftBank Corp and Nvidia
• The company has just raised $600m at a valuation of $10bn

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• Nokia’s mobile networks chief, Tommi Uitto, says China is set to ban western vendors from its telecom equipment sector due to national security concerns
• Uitto wants the European Commission to get tougher with countries that haven’t yet banned Huawei and ZTE so Nokia can replace them

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Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) is a key concept being developed for 6G, which transforms cellular networks into radars and allows them to both sense their environment and communicate information about it.

Kontron AG, a leading global provider of IoT/Embedded Computing Technology and 5G cellular modems, is proud to ann

This offering is designed to ensure future-proof protection of data as it moves across networks

The network consists of a three-node QKD deployment, connecting three locations within ADGM’s jurisdiction, with quantum devices installed at each site

Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 1.0% year-on-year (YoY) in 2025 to 1.24 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

• Netscout has just published its Threat Intelligence Report for the first half of 2025
• It finds that telcos are significant targets of threat actors’ efforts, facing an onslaught of DDoS attacks
• Traditional defences are no longer enough as criminals make use of AI

• Nokia launches comprehensive high-speed, high-capacity, low-latency 5G-based mobile broadband radio in 1900 MHz band.
• Along with an optimized Nokia 5G standalone (SA) core for railways, the solution enables seamless migration to FRMCS on a global scale.
• It allows rail operators to in

Highlights: 

• The companies are aiming to merge AI accelerators, quantum computers, and high-performance computing to help solve a wide range of the world's most difficult problems

IBM announced plans to develop next-generation computing architectures based on the combination of quantum computers and high-performance computin

Unprecedented Forecast Signals an IT Transformation from Software to AI-Based Products and Services

Year-over-year spending, between 2025 and 2029, for Artificial Intelligence (AI), will grow by 31.9%, according to data from the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Artificial Intelligence IT Spending Market Forecast.

Huawei is on the Rise

According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, the Mobile Core Network (MCN) market experienced robust growth of 19 percent year-over-year (Y/Y) in 2Q 2025.

• New Duranta project, built off OpenAirInterface (OAI) community software to strengthen Open RAN ecosystems with neutral governance, structured support, and expanded collaboration between research and global communities
• Open end-to-end Networking stack now includes critical component in the deployment of Open

AT&T has agreed to spend US$23 billion on a raft of spectrum assets from troubled mobile challenger EchoStar, a move that will among other things lead to the latter decommissioning parts of its much-hyped radio network.

Research and consulting company STL Partners has revised down its outlook for mobile network API revenue – but it is still a lot higher than some other forecasts on the sector’s potential.

Senior insiders speak out against top operator leadership for lack of decisive backing and appetite to change, likely driving a network crunch by 2030, an RtBrick survey finds.