NOS has selected OpenVault’s Profile Management Application (PMA) technology to improve its customer experience for broadband subscribers.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that it will launch the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a new and independent cloud for Europe, to assist public sector clients and those in highly regulated industries in meeting the most strict regulatory data residency and operating requirements.

BT Group, Nokia and MediaTek have announced that they have completed trials of 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) technology with RedCap devices.

Colt Technology Services, a global digital infrastructure company, has successfully trialed Nokia's sixth-generation super-coherent optics to increase the scale and performance of its optical network.

Openreach, a company wholly owned by the British multinational telecommunications firm BT Group, has connected one million homes and businesses in Scotland to its ultrafast fiber network.

State-owned telecom firms in China are developing a $500 million undersea fiber-optic internet cable network to compete with a similar US-backed project, according to four people involved in the deal. The proposed EMA (Europe-Middle East-Asia) cable would connect Hong Kong to China's island province of Hainan and connect to Singapore, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and France.

stc Group, an engine of digital transformation in the MENA region, has announced that its subsidiary TAWAL has officially begun operations in Europe, following the completion of TAWAL’s acquisition of United Group’s telecom tower assets in Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia in April.

The UK has reached a significant milestone in its full fiber internet coverage, with over 52% of premises, equivalent to 15.4 million households, now having access to this advanced technology.

Gulf Bridge International (GBI), a global cloud, connectivity and content enabler, is deploying Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme, powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme, to increase GBI’s smart network capacity and performance. This upgrade will help GBI meet the demanding internet traffic requirements between the gulf cooperation council (GCC) countries, Europe and India. This will also help prepare the region for major upcoming sporting events – including the world’s largest football competition – in Qatar and the wider region.

Zain Global Connect (ZGC) is connecting the Middle East with Europe through the Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Marseille, France (J2M) submarine cable system. The investment marks ZGC’s first subsea cable ownership, in a portion of the state-of-the-art Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) cable system.