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| LSEG and Microsoft Transform Access to AI-Ready Financial Data LSEG and Microsoft announced the next step in their multiyear, strategic partnership: transforming access to LSEG-licensed financial data and powering the deployment of agentic AI with data that is secure and accessible through an LSEG-managed MCP server. Through this collaboration, agents built in Microsoft Copilot Studio and deployed in Microsoft 365 Copilot can be enabled with LSEG data. |
| Zain KSA and Huawei Roll Out 600 MHz 5G SA Zain KSA and Huawei announced that they have completed the commercial deployment of 5G standalone on the 600 MHz frequency band in Saudi Arabia. |
| Oracle Announces AI Assistant and New AI-Powered Features Oracle announced new AI-powered capabilities for Oracle Fusion Data Intelligence that help customers quickly and easily gain the most value from their enterprise data. |
| Oracle Launches Oracle AI Factory Oracle announced the launch of the Oracle AI Factory, a new comprehensive set of customer and partner support services that help organizations keep pace with the rapid advancements in AI. With tailored solutions and services focused on measurable outcomes, the Oracle AI Factory enables customers and partners to deploy AI faster, modernize their technology stack, and transform IT on a global scale. |
| IBM Announces New AI Agents on Oracle Fusion Applications IBM announced new AI agents now available on the Oracle Fusion Applications AI Agent Marketplace. The three new agents are designed to help Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications customers achieve new levels of operational efficiency. In addition, IBM plans to release complementary agents for Oracle customers built with IBM watsonx Orchestrate for HR and supply chain to help clients across industries transform businesses processes. |
| Bharti Airtel Announces Strategic Partnership with IBM Bharti Airtel announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with IBM to augment its recently launched Airtel Cloud. The partnership is expected to bring together the telco-grade reliability, high security, and data residency of Airtel Cloud with IBM's leadership in cloud solutions, and advanced infrastructure and software technologies designed for AI inferencing. |
| IBM to Acquire Cognitus IBM announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cognitus, a leading SAP S/4HANA services provider, with industry-specific, AI-powered solutions. |
| Nokia Enhances Critical Railway Infrastructure Nokia announced that LTA will deploy its IP/MPLS and fiber Optical LAN solutions as part of an expansive video surveillance upgrade to its critical railway infrastructure. The Nokia solutions will enable LTA to significantly enhance its CCTV network used across Singapore’s heavily utilized railway system serving millions of passengers per day. |
| FLAG Improves Undersea Connectivity with Ciena WaveLogic 6 Ciena announced that FLAG is leveraging Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme across two segments of its India Connectivity Mesh, Chennai-Singapore and Mumbai-Singapore. FLAG is using Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme solution, powered by WL6e, to upgrade capacity on these segments to transport 400GbE client services and, in the near future, 800GbE client services. |
| EXA Infrastructure Expands Infrastructure with Ciena Ciena announced that EXA Infrastructure is using Ciena's optical networking solutions to expand its infrastructure in the United States with a new route from Ashburn, Virginia, to Atlanta, Georgia. To meet the demands of the data center connectivity market and prepare for the transformative impact of AI, the new route offers up to 400 Gb/s connectivity for customers, including large hyperscalers and enterprises, and provides on-net circuits to data centers across the Atlantic. |
| Oracle and NVIDIA Accelerate Sovereign AI NVIDIA and Oracle announced they are deepening their collaboration to bolster sovereign AI initiatives and accelerate government digital transformation worldwide. |
| NVIDIA and Oracle to Accelerate Enterprise AI Oracle announced a new OCI Zettascale10 computing cluster accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs, designed for high-performance AI inference and training workloads. The cluster will deliver up to 16 zettaflops of peak AI compute performance and harness NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet, the first Ethernet platform purpose-built for AI, enabling hyperscalers to interconnect millions of GPUs with unprecedented efficiency and scale. |
| NVIDIA DGX Spark Arrives NVIDIA announced it will start shipping NVIDIA DGX Spark, the world’s smallest AI supercomputer. AI workloads are quickly outgrowing the memory and software capabilities of the PCs, workstations and laptops millions of developers rely on today, forcing teams to shift work to the cloud or local data centers. |
| Ericsson and e& Egypt Sign Agreement Ericsson and e& Egypt announced that they have extended their long-standing partnership through a four-year agreement focused on modernizing and expanding e& Egypt’s network to enhance 5G readiness through an ambitious cloud-native transformation program. The expansion will lead to enhanced user experiences by introducing new services and accelerate the adoption of Voice over LTE at e& Egypt. |
| Ericsson and e& Sign MoU Ericsson and e& announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at GITEX Global 2025 held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to collaborate on enterprise connectivity by deploying the Ericsson Private 5G solution. |
| Ericsson and Vodafone Announce Partnership Ericsson and Vodafone announced a five-year strategic partnership to modernize Vodafone’s network footprint using Ericsson’s high-performing programmable network solutions across several key markets. |
| Nokia Extends Partnership With Vodafone and Vodacom Nokia announced that it has maintained its role as Vodafone’s strategic partner in Europe and Africa as part of Vodafone’s five-year radio access network investment programme. The deal follows Nokia’s recent RAN agreement with VodafoneThree, part of the largest privately funded telecommunications infrastructure project in Europe. The move supports Vodafone’s ambitions to deliver next-generation connectivity across Europe and Africa, enabling an inclusive and sustainable digital society. |
| Cisco Releases AI Research Cisco announced the release of the results from the third annual Cisco AI Readiness Index. A small but consistent group of companies surveyed, the Pacesetters, about 13% of organizations for the last three years, outperform their peers across every measure of AI value, captured for the first time in Cisco’s global study of over 8,000 AI leaders across 30 markets and 26 industries. |
| Adtran Launches Mosaic One Clarity Adtran announced the launch of Mosaic One Clarity, a new artificial intelligence solution designed to help service providers simplify network operations and improve efficiency. Built on Adtran’s REAL AI platform, the new Mosaic One module is already in several customer trials. |
| Cloudflare Collaborates with Leading Payments Companies Cloudflare announced that it is working with the world’s largest payments companies to create an authentication layer for agentic commerce. This industry-wide collaboration leverages the Web Bot Auth protocol, enabling AI agents to shop at millions of merchants globally. |
| SOLiD Unveils BARS Enterprise-grade In-building Connectivity for Middleprise The SOLiD BARS solution simplifies the delivery of enterprise-grade connectivity over quick and easy-to-install Ethernet infrastructure to small, aesthetically pleasing, remote units (RUs) installed throughout the building, providing quality coverage that just works. |
| Oracle and Duality Deliver Privacy-First AI Oracle announced that Duality Technologies secure data collaboration platform is now available in Oracle Cloud Marketplace and deployable on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This enables government, defense, and intelligence customers to secure their data collaboration for mission-critical operations with OCI’s built-in security and interoperability across specialized government, sovereign, and classified cloud environments, including Oracle Cloud Isolated Regions. |
| Oracle Unveils New Defense Members Oracle announced the second cohort of the Oracle Defense Ecosystem, a pioneering global initiative designed to accelerate technological innovation and strengthen the capabilities of the defense community across the United States and allied nations. Established in June 2025, the Oracle Defense Ecosystem brings together leading startups, scale-ups, and established enterprises to drive AI and cyber innovation and enhance national security. |
| Oracle Collaborates with SoftBank Oracle and SoftBank announced that they are collaborating to provide secure, compliant, and scalable sovereign cloud and AI services to organizations in Japan. To support critical infrastructure sectors, SoftBank will launch its new Cloud PF Type A, a suite of its own proprietary cloud and AI services powered by Oracle Alloy for the Japanese market. AI services will be introduced in phases, driving innovation and growth across Japan’s digital economy. |
| NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet Powers Meta and Oracle NVIDIA announced that Meta and Oracle will boost their AI data center networks with NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking switches. |
