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| Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team Shifts into High Gear with SAP Cloud ERP SAP announced that the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team is leveraging intelligent enterprise solutions from SAP to drive operational excellence, innovation, and regulatory compliance as the sport prepares for the new 2026 FIA financial regulations. |
| Granite State Communications Deploys CHR Solutions Product CHR Solutions announced that Granite State Communications has successfully deployed CHR’s Omnia360e BSS/OSS platform to enhance customer service, simplify operations and expand digital offerings. |
| Ericsson and Drei Austria Launch Strategic Partnership Ericsson and Drei Austria announced that they have entered a multi-year strategic partnership to modernize the operator’s Core Network. This collaboration lays the foundation for faster, more secure, and energy-efficient connectivity while enabling the next wave of 5G capabilities. |
| Lightyear Releases Bulk Network Procurement Capability Lightyear announced its most comprehensive set of product updates of 2025. With this release, Lightyear users will now be able to create RFPs for hundreds of network services with ease, more effectively evaluate circuit diversity options, better track static IP address information, and more. |
| Circet USA Completes its Acquisition of Blue Streak and CCU Circet announced the completion of its acquisition of Gemini Communications and its subsidiaries, Blue Streak and CCU, leading providers of outside plant construction, maintenance, repair and event-related restoration services for top-tier U.S. communications operators. |
| Nokia Study Reveals Surge of ROI and AI-Enabled Use Cases Nokia announced the release of the 2025 Industrial Digitalization Report developed with GlobalData, which highlights that 87% of on-premise edge and private network adopters are seeing a return on investment in just one year while enabling AI-driven use cases. Additionally, 81% of industrial enterprises found setup costs lower, with over half saving at least 11%. Ongoing costs also dropped for 86% of companies, with 60% reporting savings of at least 11%. |
| DE-CIX Launches First Fully-Integrated AI-IX DE-CIX announced that its global ecosystem of exchanges is AI-ready, with the implementation of Phase 1 of their AI Internet Exchange to enable high-performance AI inference. |
| Gilat to Provide DoD with Transportable SATCOM Terminals Gilat announced that Gilat DataPath was awarded a contract to provide Transportable SATCOM Terminals in support of the U.S. Department of Defense through a prime contractor. The award includes multiple units of Gilat DataPath’s popular DKET 3421 transportable terminals and support services totaling over $7 million. Deliveries are expected by the end of 2025. |
| Digitel Extends Partnership With Optiva Digitel announced that it has extended its partnership with Optiva, signing a multi-year services renewal agreement, reinforcing its commitment to innovation and rapid growth. The renewal empowers Digitel to further leverage Optiva’s full-stack BSS platform, including charging, billing and provisioning, enabling Digitel to accelerate time to market and expand its product portfolio with the confidence of continued platform reliability and stability. |
| MainStreaming and BT Team Up MainStreaming announced a partnership with BT Group to deliver high-performance, scalable, and efficient video streaming across BT’s mobile and fixed networks nationwide. |
| D-Wave Announces New CISO D-Wave Quantum announced it is expanding its executive team with the appointment of security industry veteran Stan Black as chief information security officer. |
| Rigetti Signs MOU with C-DAC Rigetti announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, India’s premier R&D organization of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Through this MOU, Rigetti and C-DAC will explore the co-development of hybrid quantum computing systems to support government laboratories and academics pursuing quantum computing R&D. |
| Snowflake Launches AWS Deployment in South Africa Snowflake announced its growing footprint in South Africa with the general availability of Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud on Amazon Web Services Africa (Cape Town) Region, enabling customers to unlock deeper data insights powered by AI to drive business innovation, all while meeting the highest standards of data residency and sovereignty. |
| SAP Deepens European Cloud Sovereignty SAP announced a comprehensive new approach to digital sovereignty and AI innovation. Expanded offerings within the SAP Sovereign Cloud portfolio give European customers access to a comprehensive technology stack, including SAP Cloud Infrastructure and SAP Sovereign Cloud On-Site. |
| T-Systems Appoints First CSO T-Systems announced that Christine KnackfuB-Nikolic will take on the newly created role of Chief Sovereignty Officer. Her key responsibilities will include defining and implementing a company-wide sovereignty strategy tailored to customer-specific, regulatory, and geopolitical requirements. |
| DT and Motorola Prioritize Blue Lights Deutsche Telekom announced the introduction of a new communication solution for emergency responders in Germany, based on its LTE and 5G networks. Mission-critical information is given priority within Deutsche Telekom’s network. |
| T-Systems Brings Catena-X to BMW Suppliers T-Systems announced that it is supporting the BMW Group with a large-scale onboarding program for the Catena-X data ecosystem. As a certified implementation partner, T-Systems connects suppliers worldwide with Catena-X, regardless of their company size or level of digitalization. |
| Nokia Partners with Extreme Broadband Nokia announced that it has signed a contract agreement with Extreme Broadband and its wholly owned subsidiary, Open DC, to upgrade Open DC’s Artificial Intelligence data centers, ensuring superior security and network performance. This partnership supports Malaysia’s National Cloud Computing Policy and addresses the stringent requirements of the banking and financial services industry, positioning EBB and Open DC as key innovators in the nation’s digital infrastructure. |
| Cisco AI Technology to Connect and Protect Luna Rossa Cisco and Luna Rossa announced that Cisco has become the team’s Official Secure AI Infrastructure Partner. Luna Rossa will challenge at the 38th edition of the America’s Cup in Naples, Italy in 2027. Through this sponsorship, Cisco will provide Luna Rossa with its advanced security portfolio and unified technology platform, powered by AI, to help the team stay ahead of emerging threats, safeguard mission-critical operations, and enable real-time performance decisions with confidence. |
| Nokia Upgrades Vortex IP Edge and Transport Network Nokia announced that it has been selected by the Vortex Group to modernize its IP edge and transport network across Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat. The refreshed IP aggregation and edge networks will support increased broadband speeds and enable Vortex to expand services to underserved areas. |
| Uniphore Acquires Orby AI and Autonom8 Uniphore announced it has acquired Orby AI, Inc. and intends to acquire Autonom8, Inc., two AI-native companies that will enhance the capabilities of Uniphore’s Business AI Cloud. Both teams bring top AI research and engineering talent from DeepMind and Google, adding unmatched expertise and proven innovation to push the boundaries of Business AI. |
| Belden Launches Next-Gen Connectivity and Cybersecurity Belden announced the launch of several new products designed to enhance performance, security and reliability across automation and smart infrastructure environments. |
| Digitate Advances Native OpenTelemetry Integration Digitate announced natively adopting OpenTelemetry in its ignio platform, creating an integrated intelligent observability solution that takes the capabilities of traditional monitoring to the next level by enabling autonomous business and IT operations. The integration appoints Digitate as an official OpenTelemetry vendor, combining open-source data collection standards with sophisticated AI insights and closed-loop automation features. |
| Perficient to Deploy WRITER Agentic AI Platform Perficient and WRITER announced a landmark partnership designed to deliver meaningful business outcomes to the Global 2000 through AI transformation. Together, WRITER and Perficient will bring clients a unique, unified offering that accelerates the development and deployment of AI agents, driving productivity, innovation, and measurable ROI. |
| DataVisor Launches the AI-powered SAR Filing Solution DataVisor announced an upgrade to its anti-money laundering platform with the launch of the industry’s first fully unified AI-powered Suspicious Activity Report solution. |
