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| Lumen Aquires Alkira Lumen Technologies has completed its acquisition of Alkira, an on demand networking platform. By combining Alkira with Lumens physical network infrastructure, the company aims to simplify network management for enterprises as environments grow more complex. The integration will create an AI ready network experience that helps customers manage traffic across cloud, edge, and data centers. It will also advance Lumens Network as a Service roadmap to improve efficiency. |
| Insygna Reveals How to Manage AI Agents Like an Extended Workforce AI native startup Insygna released its second Agentic Workforce Management white paper. Insygna helps firms manage AI agents via HR, finance, and procurement systems. The update addresses EU regulations and rising costs. As enterprises deploy thousands of autonomous agents, business leaders must manage their lifecycle. Award-winning Insygna is showcasing its platform in October 2026 and offering a closed beta program through the year. The paper is available at insygna ai. |
| Award Winning Film Director Launches AI Film Studio in Tokyo ALL IN CO LTD has launched ALL IN STUDIO, a Tokyo-based generative AI film studio headed by award-winning director Keitaro Sakon. To tackle Japan's high turnover rate among new graduates due to workplace mismatches, the studio aims to produce unique cinematic corporate stories rather than standard promo videos. They use tools like Runway and Kling while fully funding creators. To mark the launch, they released a short AI film called Cinema Continues and are open to global clients. |
| Cisco's New Agentic Platform Protects Critical IT Infrastructure Cisco has launched Cisco Cloud Control, a unified platform designed for both humans and AI agents to manage, monitor, and defend critical IT infrastructure. Serving as the foundation for Cisco's AgenticOps operating model, the platform provides a single view of networking, security, compute, observability, and collaboration within a single secure environment and data layer, ensuring humans retain ultimate control. |
| Verizon, BT Merge International Enterprise Operations BT Group and Verizon agreed to form a fifty fifty joint venture, combining their international enterprise operations into a scaled connectivity platform. Expected to complete in 2027, the new UK headquartered company will serve over three thousand multinational customers across more than one hundred eighty countries, representing four billion dollars in annual revenue. Martijn Blanken will become chief executive officer designate for the cloud and AI ready business on September 1, 2026. |
| FCC Announces Agenda for Upcoming Meeting FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the agenda for the July 22 2026 open meeting. Key topics include Upper C Band auction rules to expand wireless services and overhauling space licensing rules. The commission will also update broadband labels for consumers strengthen the robocall database to block illegal calls and close supply chain loopholes for dangerous equipment. Drafts are available online. The public and press can attend the meeting in Washington. |
| World's First Fully Holographic Athletic Tournament The World Series of Arm Wrestling is partnering with Soapbox to launch the first fully holographic athletic tournament. Fans can view life-size matches in their own rooms using Meta Quest, Apple Vision Pro, and mobile devices. Already famous on ESPN and RAYD8 TV, WSA will let viewers move around the table and change perspectives in real time. CEOs Gregg Sharp and Kevin Sellors noted this is the first exclusive holographic sports broadcast. Dates will be announced soon. |
| VodafoneZiggo Modernizes Operations with Comarch Fault Management Comarch Communications has successfully implemented its unified Fault Management system for VodafoneZiggo, covering both the operator's fixed and mobile networks. This deployment marks a significant step in centralizing network monitoring, streamlining operations, and elevating service reliability for millions of customers in the Netherlands. |
| AIGIP Announces AI Workforce Readiness Program AIGIP launched a five-course certification program to address a workforce gap in artificial intelligence governance. The curriculum is based on DOD and NIST risk frameworks. It offers pathways for corporate executives, compliance professionals, cybersecurity teams, public-sector leaders, and independent workers. The tracks certify professionals to manage AI risks, deploy responsible structures, and align operations with regulation. Complimentary enrollment is offered for a limited time. |
| AT&T Expands Build-A-Plan with Home Internet AT&T is expanding Build A Plan on July 7, allowing customers to customize their wireless service month to month and easily add high speed home broadband. Users can combine cellular options with AT&T Fiber or AT&T Internet Air starting at seventy dollars monthly. Unlike the fixed bundle of AT&T OneConnect, this updated program focuses on flexibility, budget control, and convergence, giving users the choice to adjust or remove services anytime based on current household connectivity needs. |
| Sprocket Security Launches AI Web Application Vulnerability Tool Sprocket Security unveils Apex, an AI penetration testing agent that perform autonomous, context-aware, unauthenticated web application testing, surfacing exploitable vulnerabilities at machine speed. Apex Tests for Real Impact Apex tests against the OWASP Top 10 categories and beyond, chaining smaller weaknesses into attack paths that demonstrate real, exploitable impact rather than theoretical risk. |
| Loftware & BearingPoint Transform Supply Chains with SAP Loftware and BearingPoint announce a global partnership to accelerate SAP-aligned digital transformation in supply chains, enhancing visibility, resilience, and compliance. The alliance will help organizations accelerate SAP-aligned digital transformation initiatives through improved product identification, traceability, and operational connectivity. |
| Gilat Secures $43M Sidewinder ESA Orders for In-flight Connectivity Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT, TASE: GILT) announced it has received additional orders of $43 million from a major in-flight connectivity service provider for its Sidewinder electronically steered antenna (ESA) terminals. Deliveries are planned over the next 18 months in both line-fit and retrofit configurations. |
| DE-CIX Deploys AI Internet Exchange in Stockholm CIX announces AI-ready Internet Exchange in Stockholm, strengthening digital connectivity between North America and Northern Europe by deploying Stockholm’s first AI-ready Internet and Cloud Exchange. The new deployment expands DE-CIX's Nordic footprint while strengthening digital connectivity between North America and one of Europe's most advanced digital regions. |
| Juniper Research: over 1B Agentic Commerce Surge Juniper Research announces agentic commerce users will reach 1.3 billion by 2031 a nearly 350% increase from under 300 million this year. Growth is driven by direct support from major retailers, increasing comfort with AI, and greater availability of agentic payment infrastructure. |
| Inductive Bio Accelerates Drug Prediction and Discovery with Anthropic Claude Inductive Bio, an AI drug discovery partner developing virtual chemistry labs, today announced that it has joined Anthropic's life sciences ecosystem and launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector that makes its ADMET (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, & Toxicity) prediction models accessible directly within Claude. |
| Cisco Boosts Speed and Experience at the Kentucky Derby Cisco partners with Churchill Downs to become the Official Enterprise Networking Partner of the Kentucky Derby, enhancing connectivity and fan experiences. This partnership represents a significant investment in the future of connectivity at Churchill Downs, designed to support next-generation fan experiences at future Kentucky Derby Weeks and other year-round events. |
| Inseego Prepares for Global Expansion Inseego Corp. announced several initiatives to advance the company’s international growth strategy to support its planned acquisition of Nokia’s fixed wireless access business. |
| Geonexus to Preview Cloud-Native Geospatial Integration Platform Geonexus announces the preview of its new cloud-native Geospatial Integration Cloud (GIC) at Esri User Conference 2026, enhancing GIS and enterprise system |
| Harness Launches AI Worker Agents for Software Delivery Harness unveils Autonomous Worker Agents, an AI platform for secure software delivery, automating tasks from code to production with robust governance. |
| Structure Research: AI Data Centers to Surge 66x by 2030 Structure Research announced in new AI infrastructure report, an unprecedented 66x surge in AI data center capacity to 150 GW by 2030, reshaping where capital, power and workloads concentrate. |
| GoNetspeed Expands Fiber Network in New Jersey GoNetspeed announced a fully funded forty three million dollar investment to expand its hundred percent fiber internet network to four new New Jersey communities. The expansion will bring symmetrical speeds ranging from five hundred megabits to six gigabits per second to more than thirty four thousand residents and businesses throughout Rahway, Clark Township, Linden, and Woodbridge. This marks the company second expansion in the state as it grows its footprint across eleven states. |
| Infovista Provides end-to-end Observability for Bandwidth Infovista’s VistaView solution has been deployed by Bandwidth Inc. (NASDAQ: BAND) to enhance voice quality and operational control across its global cloud communications network. Bandwidth powers mission-critical voice, messaging, and emergency services for many of the world’s largest enterprises and communications platforms, operating its own global Communications Cloud across nearly 70 countries. |
| Rocket Lab to Acquire Iridium Communications The transaction will give Rocket Lab an immediate foothold in space-based applications, including both proprietary and standards-based satellite Internet of Things (IoT) and direct-to-device (D2D), PNT, and critical safety-of-life services. |
| Verizon and BT Team Up for Multinational Connectivity BT Group and Verizon agree to combine their respective international operations in a 50:50 joint venture, creating a new company focused on multinational connectivity. |
