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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.

According to the Worldwide Software and Public Cloud Services Spending Guide published by International Data Corporation (IDC), public cloud services spending in Europe will total $229 billion in 2025 and will reach $452 billion by 2029, recording a five-year (2024-2029

The Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE), representing Europe’s leading sovereign cloud infrastructure providers, filed a formal appeal before the European General Court challenging the European Commission’s decision to approve Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware.

According to a newly published forecast report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, the Optical Transport market is forecast to return to growth in 2025 after declining 9 percent in 2024.

• Meets growing enterprise demand for embedded connectivity with a scalable, cloud-native platform
• Expands U.S.

• 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

• Increased access to proven operations support system(OSS) capabilities with a cloud and AI-native platform
• 360-degree visibility and control over increasingly adaptive and virtualized networks and IT environments
• Accelerated telecom digital transformations and enhanced customer exper

• Nokia Autonomous Network Fabric brings together all the capabilities required to accelerate the journey to full network automation in an open, cloud-native, multi-vendor environment. 
• Key features include a library of cross-domain correlated data products, telco-trained models (LLM/LAM/ML), integrated s

Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom will team up to build what they term as the world's first industrial AI cloud for European manufacturers on German soil.

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, global Network Security revenue reached $6.2 B in 1Q 2025, expanding 12 percent year-over-year (Y/Y).

US public cloud giant AWS has unveiled a new company that will run its European sovereign cloud operations, with copious vows about security and autonomy.

The future of telecoms doesn’t just depend on cutting-edge technology – it depends on people.  As the UK pushes forward with next generation connectivity, from AI powered networks to 6G infrastructure, one challenge looms large: a growing skills gap.

Microsoft has announced a new enterprise agentic platform called Microsoft Discovery, which purports to accelerate research times by giving scientists and engineers specialised AI agents to collaborate with.

Juniper Networks and ServiceNow have integrated some tools for a joint network and service automation product which they say is the first of its kind.

• The major hyperscalers have reported their first-quarter 2025 financials
• Synergy Research Group has collected all the data
• AI workloads have fuelled a 23% year-on-year increase in the value of the global cloud infrastructure services sector to almost $94bn

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Chip firm Intel and Arqit Quantum, which specialises in quantum-safe encryption, have launched a security solution in which even they “are outside the trust boundary.”

According to the Worldwide Security Spending Guide published by International Data Corporation (IDC), European security spending is projected to grow by 11.8% year on year in 2025.

To become a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) is the objective of the AI Continent Action Plan launched today.

Vodafone says it has more than doubled its number of Internet of Things (IoT) connections in the last five years, with a heart monitor becoming the 200 millionth.

Commercial space infrastructure firm Axiom Space will launch its first two Orbital Data Centre (ODC) nodes to low-Earth orbit (LEO) by the end of this year.

Ericsson and SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”) have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic partnership towards 2030.

• AT&T has successfully tested a new technology that can transport data at 1.6 terabits per second, which is four times faster than the current top speed on our network.
• For customers, this shows that AT&T’s network can now support faster and more efficient connectivity, improving the performance of in

• Breakthrough deployable via software upgrade to existing GEO satellites using available S-band spectrum to allow operators to monetize NTN services immediately

Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider building the future of networks, and Terrestar Solutions Inc.), Canada’s premier mobile satelli

Only 19% of communications service providers worldwide have fully implemented an integrated set of processes, platforms and governance policies required to support effective data modernization for AI.