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Cordiant Digital Infrastructure, the UK's first digital infrastructure fund, has acquired its first digital assets.

The data centre industry is at a crossroads. Or rather, the applications and data upon which every business relies are at a busy junction - with more roads than IT teams could traditionally navigate. This whitepaper explains how colocation has accelerated beyond interconnectivity and why businesses are selecting multi-tenant data centres (MTDCs), which are becoming the cornerstone of fibre infra.

The UK's Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has outlined its priorities for the year ahead, saying that its new strategy "represents a real step change in both its scope and ambition".

Comviva has launched a "futuristic platform" it said can support telcos to leverage the business opportunities in digital, "without exposing them to risks or escalating costs".

New online live broadcasts, capabilities and technologies have opened up a huge market opportunity for carriers to seize, explained Gary Lu, president of network marketing & solution sales at Huawei, at the AirPON Commercial Release Conference.

Indosat Ooredoo has partnered with cloud networking firm NetFoundry to develop network-as-a-service (NaaS) solutions that can be introduced to the industry.

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Two bodies representing Europe’s telecommunications industry have called on EU institutions and national governments to take a series of actions as they prioritise digital technology across the continent.

South American nation Chile has introduced a new 19% value added tax (VAT) for OTTs and other providers of digital services, effective from 1 June.

Verizon partner solutions’ president, Eric Cevis, shares his views on how business leaders need to be involved more than ever before, to support customers and the global community.

MATRIXX Software has announced the availability of its Digital Commerce platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

South Africa’s MTN is deploying Parallel Wireless OpenRAN tech at more than 5,000 sites, bringing 2G, 3G and 4G connectivity into areas that were previously under connected.

As part of its European expansion plans, Voxility has launched operations in Spain and deployed a point of presence (PoP) in Madrid with Interxion.

Operation Digital Renaissance is TIM’s digital education project that will provide 1 million Italian citizens with training courses throughout all 107 Italian provinces in an effort to encourage the adoption of new technologies.

As 5G is set to advance the digital service landscape, Openet has today teamed up with Evergent to monetise and transform next-generational digital services.

UK alternative provider of wholesale full fibre infrastructure CityFibre has today announced that it has made its full fibre products available to Digital Wholesale Solutions (DWS) in 27 cities.

Juan Carlos Bernal, CCO, Telefonica International Wholesale Services, talks to Jason McGee-Abe, editor-in-chief, Capacity Media, during ITW about Telefonica's digital transformation and some of the current challenges facing the industry.

Digital Realty has officially opened Cloud House, the latest facility in its Digital Docklands campus of highly-connected data centres in London's Docklands area.

Telefónica International Wholesale Services (TIWS) has announced a series of actions to boost its digital leadership across the wholesale sector whilst simultaneously evolving its core traditional services and responding to new market trends.

HGC Global Communications (HGC) has completed the acquisition of digital technology and IT infrastructure solutions provider Macroview Telecom.

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has launched the Xyntac brand in order to better position itself in the market as a true global carrier.

Egypt is poised to become the African hub and the gateway to Africa, said the CEO of Telecom Egypt at Capacity North Africa in April. The telecoms industry has long known of the importance of Egypt to the world’s networks, situated on the main fibre route along the Red Sea between Asia and Europe.

Sparkle is transforming into a global connectivity and digital services provider so Jason McGee-Abe spoke to new CEO Mario Di Mauro about the bold plans ahead for the carrier.

Speed. Capacity. Opportunity. 5G is going to change everything. For telcos, this opportunity creates exciting possibilities, but monetising 5G will require new digital capabilities. This whitepaper will help you uncover how innovative thinking powered by modern technology is the only way to deliver on the potential of 5G.

Landmark Dividend has announced the acquisition of the Flexential data centre in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Openet has been selected by Indonesian telco operator Telkomsel to provide its Digital Business Platform (DBP).

Evoque Data Center Solutions, a global colocation services company, today announced that it is opening its data centres to multiple carriers.

Pakistani conglomerate Engro Corporation has revealed that it is moving into the telecommunications infrastructure game after creating a new business unit.

Due to the rapid pace of technology updates and innovations, the way enterprises are communicating with customers is evolving. Both the rules for businesses and expectations from customers have changed.

CoreSite Realty Corporation has launched the CoreSite Interconnect Gateway (CIG) solution, simplifying enterprises’ digital strategies.

Namibia’s national electricity provider, NamPower, has launched into the wholesale fibre-optic space.

HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC) has launched a next-generation international telco-service marketplace, powered by software-defined networking (SDN) technology.

Batelco has announced the launch of Global Zone, a carrier-neutral digital business platform based in a highly secure Tier III data centre.

MainOne has announced it will build and operate a metro fibre infrastructure project in two states of Nigeria, with support from Facebook.

Telefónica and Facebook have teamed up with IDB Invest and CAF (Development Bank of Latin America) to launch Internet para Todos (IpT) Peru to expand internet connectivity in Latin America.

Inmarsat has teamed up with Microsoft to enable global access to Microsoft Azure IoT cloud services via satellite connectivity.

edotco Group has strengthened its portfolio in Cambodia by acquiring 325 telecoms towers from South East Asia Telecom Group (Seatel).

Prime Minister Theresa May today welcomed the announcement from Equinix that it is investing £90 million in a new flagship data centre, LD7, at its London Slough campus.

Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica Deutschland are consolidating their strengths to speed up the expansion of their mobile communications networks.

Sterlite Tech is set to add 15 million km of fibre to its optical fibre cabling capacity, doubling it to 33 million km.

Philippines-based telecoms operator Globe Telecom has struck agreements with Amazon Web Services and Amdocs to implement an intelligent cloud-based customer engagement system.