| SK Telecom Accelerate Expansion of AI Data Centers SK Telecom announced that it is evolving into a comprehensive artificial intelligence data center developer and entering the global market. Jung Jaihun, the newly appointed CEO of SK Telecom, unveiled the company’s vision during his keynote speech at the SK AI Summit 2025. |
| Tata Communications and NiCE Partner to Transform Global Contact Centres Tata Communications announced a strategic partnership with NiCE to revolutionise enterprise contact centre operations. This collaboration brings together Tata Communications Kaleyra’s AI-powered Customer Interaction Suite with NiCE’s industry-leading CXone Mpower CX AI platform to deliver intelligent, automated, and hyper-personalised customer experiences. |
| Akamai Inference Cloud Transforms AI with NVIDIA Akamai announced the launch of Akamai Inference Cloud, a platform that redefines where and how AI is used by expanding inference from core data centers to the edge of the internet. |
| Akamai Releases Research About AI Bots Akamai announced the release of a new State of the Internet report that reveals an alarming spike in automated traffic driven largely by AI-powered bots targeting websites across all industries. |
| Fidium and Ciena Supercharge Connectivity in Texas Fidium announced that it is deploying advanced optical technology from global high-speed connectivity leader Ciena to launch next-generation wavelength services up to 400G for its fast-growing DASH fiber network, connecting Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston. |
| Taara Deploys Optical Mesh Network in Rio de Janeiro Taara announced a new partnership to deploy the world’s first mesh network of high-speed wireless optical links to deliver fast, abundant and secure connectivity to schools, hospitals and city offices in Rio. Our goal is to bridge connectivity gaps across the city and provide fast, affordable connectivity to critical services like schools, hospitals, government centers, and in disaster response situations. |
| PacketFabric Unveils NetworkInsights for Reliable Networks PacketFabric announced NetworkInsights, a next-generation network intelligence platform designed to enhance reliability, transparency, and performance across its global infrastructure. |
| IBM Selected For Next Stage of Quantum Benchmarking Initiative IBM announced it has been selected for Stage B, the second of three stages of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative led by DARPA, the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. |
| Nokia and LMT Partner on Tactical Defense for the Baltics Nokia and LMT announced a strategic agreement to integrate Nokia’s advanced 5G radio technology with LMT’s proven defense solutions. This collaboration will result in a high-capacity, secure, and resilient tactical communications system specifically designed for dedicated use cases in the region. |
| ServiceNow and Figma Launch Strategic Collaboration ServiceNow and Figma announced a strategic collaboration to turn design vision into enterprise transformation. |
| ServiceNow and NTT DATA Expand Strategic Partnership ServiceNow and NTT DATA announced an expanded strategic partnership to accelerate AI led transformation for enterprises. |
| Telia Extends Ericsson RAN Partnership Ericsson announced that Telia has extended Ericsson’s Radio Access Network partnership across its mobile networks in Sweden, Norway, Lithuania and Estonia in a four-year agreement. |
| Telia to Enhance Networks With Nokia Nokia announced an agreement with Telia to enhance the communication service provider’s 5G networks. In an extension of the two companies’ longstanding partnership, Telia will deploy Nokia’s cloud-native, 5G Standalone Core in its networks in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia and Lithuania. In addition, Telia will use Nokia’s Radio Access Network portfolio to provide additional coverage and capacity for its network in Finland. |
| Nokia Bell Labs and KDDI Research Unite To Drive Innovation Nokia and KDDI Research announced that they have entered into a joint research agreement to accelerate the development of sustainable, intelligent and resilient 6G networks. By combining KDDI’s real network data and operational insights with Nokia Bell Labs’ advanced energy consumption models and features and expertise in programmable network architectures, the companies can jointly explore new approaches to energy efficiency and distributed core network design. |
| VIAVI and Calnex Simplify Open RAN Conformance and Performance VIAVI announced that it has partnered with Calnex to provide a suite of test solutions for the comprehensive testing of Open RAN products across the protocol, signal and timing domains. These testbeds simplify and reduce the cost of developing in-house Open RAN testing for pre-certification validation and can be set up immediately with no debugging. |
| CrowdStrike Expands the Agentic Security Workforce CrowdStrike announced the expansion of its Agentic Security Workforce, introducing new mission-ready agents that extend the Falcon platform and drive the evolution of the agentic SOC. Building on the first wave of agents introduced at Fal.Con 2025, new agents bring agentic automation to common Falcon platform tasks such as app creation and data onboarding, accelerating outcomes and liberating analysts to focus on the strategic decisions that strengthen security. |
| CrowdStrike Unveils Charlotte Agentic SOAR CrowdStrike announced Charlotte Agentic SOAR, the orchestration layer of the Falcon Agentic Security Platform. Charlotte Agentic SOAR orchestrates AI-powered agents across the security lifecycle, connecting context and data so they can reason and act dynamically together in real time under analyst command. |
| NCC Group and Dragos Partner for IT/OT Incident Response NCC Group and Dragos have launched a new IT/OT incident response service, a strategic partnership designed to enhance critical infrastructure protection. The service combines NCC Group's globally recognized Digital Forensic and Incident Response (DFIR) capabilities with Dragos's specialized OT cybersecurity technology and threat intelligence. |
| Business AI Partners with Beyond Now to Help African Companies Beyond Now announced that its Digital Marketplace will serve as the core infrastructure for Business AI, a South African startup on a mission to make AI trusted, accurate, and accessible for all businesses. |
| MetTel Deploys GSA Nationwide Network Transformation MetTel has announced the successful deployment of a comprehensive nationwide network transformation for the US. |
| NVIDIA and Samsung Build AI Factory NVIDIA announced plans with Samsung Electronics to build a new AI factory, representing a new era where intelligent computing and chip manufacturing converge. The state-of-the-art AI factory will combine Samsung’s semiconductor technologies with NVIDIA platforms to establish the foundation of next-generation, AI-driven production. |
| Nokia Extends SoftBank Partnership Nokia announced an expansion of its partnership with SoftBank through a new deal to supply advanced 4G and 5G radio access equipment in Japan. The agreement encompasses the modernization of existing network infrastructure and the expansion of 5G standalone coverage using Nokia's cutting-edge AirScale portfolio. The deployment will take place across Western Japan. |
| Cisco Launches Cisco IQ Cisco announced the launch of Cisco IQ, a breakthrough AI-powered digital interface that brings real-time insights, on-demand assessments, troubleshooting and personalized learning, automation and agents from across professional services and support into one powerful experience. |
| CrowdStrike Delivers Zero-Touch Discovery and Unified Visibility CrowdStrike announced new Falcon for XIoT innovations, delivering zero-touch asset discovery, real-time segmentation visibility, and unified insight across OT and XIoT environments. These innovations extend the protection of the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, eliminating blind spots and complexity while consolidating security across IT, cloud, and OT/XIoT environments. |
| CrowdStrike and CoreWeave to Power the Secure AI Cloud CrowdStrike and CoreWeave announced a major global partnership to power the secure AI cloud foundation for the agentic era and accelerate the march toward secure AGI. |