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Microsoft has announced significant commitments to build new cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand.
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Plans for Google’s Honomoana cable, announced as part of its Pacific Connect initiative, have been expanded to connect New Zealand and add an additional landing station in Australia.
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Ofcom referred the £7.5 billion UK cloud market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for investigation in October 2023, citing several concerns around competition.
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The gold-tier Google Verified Peering Provider badge is for ISPs who offer Google Cloud customers a simplified alternative to direct peering.
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Google has announced a $1billion investment to expand its Central Pacific Connect Initiative, which includes delivering two new subsea cables, Proa and Taihei.
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At Nvidia’s GTC event yesterday, Microsoft and Nvidia announced an expansion to their technology partnership that will see integrations leveraging the latest Nvidia generative AI and Omniverse technologies across Microsoft Azure, Azure AI services, Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft 365.
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What's next after hyperscale? Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman gathers industry experts to explore.
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Amazon has agreed to purchase Talen Energy’s data centre campus, located next to a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
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Amazon will launch an AWS infrastructure region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2026, it revealed yesterday.
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ODATA, an Aligned Data Centers company and a provider of data centre services for Latin America, has announced plans to expand its operations in Mexico.
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As the world's mobile ecosystem descends on Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, Capacity keeps you up to date with all the industry partnerships and agreements announced at the show
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The European Telecommunications Network Operators Assoctiation (ETNO) has reiterated its cries that big tech is not paying its fair share of investment in European telecoms networks.
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Cirion Technologies and Qwilt have partnered to expand Qwilt’s global ecosystem of service providers to enhance its content delivery network in Latin America.
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TalkTalk Wholesale services will team with Zoom to power meetings, chat, phone, contact centres and webinars for customers across the UK.
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Vodafone and Ericsson have completed a live network trial at Coventry University which demonstrates the impact an optimised 5G Standalone (SA) network slice could have on mobile gaming.
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Adtran today expands its Mosaic One software as a service (SaaS) suite with the addition of DxTEL’s Fiber Gaming Network (FGN).
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Visually impaired tennis fans will be able to watch matches from anywhere on the court, courtesy of new technology from Vodafone and GiveVision.
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Türk Telekom confirms the launch of the next-generation TV platform Tivibu, based on its IPTV/OTT platform in Türkiye (Turkey), in cooperation with ZTE Corporation and and Netaş.
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Ubitus and Google Cloud have partnered to develop cloud streaming for the games industry.
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Bridge Alliance and Blacknut, a cloud gaming service, have formed a partnership to accelerate the growth and adoption of cloud gaming across Asia-Pacific.
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BSG, a communications platform provider, has unveiled Voice Bot, an AI-powered customer service solution.
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Kalaam Carrier Solutions (KCS) has been selected by Riedel Networks to provide connectivity networking services in supports of motorsport events in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
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Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters has pushed back on calls for an entertainment tax on streaming companies proposed by internet service provider (ISP) partners.
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stc Group has inked a long-term strategic partnership with Blacknut to deploy its B2B/B2B2C cloud gaming solution across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
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Unity and Google have expanded their partnership across their ecosystems to support studios accelerate the growth and development of their live games.
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Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone have filed to a create a new joint venture (JV) for mobile advertising services.
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Veon and Turkcell have partnered to deliver Turkcell's instant free communication platform, BiP, in Pakistan through Veon’s digital operator, Jazz.
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Comcast Corporation has promoted Jason S. Armstrong to the role chief financial officer (CFO), succeeding Mike Cavanagh who was named president of the company in October.
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Taiwan’s number one cable operator Homeplus has partnered with Ubitus to bring a cloud gaming service to its subscribers.
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Pioneer Media and its publishing partner Dynasty Gaming & Media has signed a gaming distribution agreement with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH).
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Infobip has developed an AI-powered chatbot for Uber that enables customers to order rides via WhatsApp.
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to Niantic’s Sarah Gilarsky on the importance of telco and content provider relationships, and the real-world metaverse
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Gaming remains a huge opportunity that players like Google cannot ignore, despite its recent shutdown of its Stadia streaming service according to Paolo Pescatore, TMT analyst at PP Foresight.
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A group of 16 telcos have called on Big Tech to share the costs of telecom networks citing the rising costs associated with energy crisis and EU climate goals.
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Indian operator Bharti Airtel is upgrading its live streaming, video-on-demand (VoD) and all other media delivery to its 400 million customers across the country in readiness for its 5G services.
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Twitter plans to sue Elon Musk after he pulled out of a deal to buy Twitter for US44 billion on Friday.
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Ooredoo Maldives confirms the launch of its international gaming platform, Ooredoo Nation.
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Gameloft Business Solutions, a provider of gaming solutions for carriers and manufacturers, confirms the launch of its 3GoPlay platform.
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The global video game industry is valued at over $300 billion - that’s more than the film and TV industries combined. But as revenues have grown, so too has the cost of creating these blockbuster games. Not only can development costs for AAA video game franchises such as Grand Theft Auto V, Call of Duty and Final Fantasy easily surpass the $100 million mark, but the video game industry has been slowly moving away from single-player games in favour of multiplayer experiences. Often because they’re easier to monetise, but also due to consumers favouring social gaming experiences.
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Swarmio has teamed with the Philippines’ largest telco operator Globe Telecom to launch its Ember gaming platform across the country.
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Cloud gaming and the metaverse are high on the list of priorities for UK gamers according to the latest research findings from Amdocs.
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STC Bahrain's cloud services have received a boost across the Middle East region after cloud infrastructure provider Radian Arc confirmed the deployment of a new PoP in Bahrain.