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Capacity's Saf Malik is joined by a panel of guests to discuss the news that SES are to acquire satellite communications rival Intelsat. -
Microsoft has announced significant commitments to build new cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand.
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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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Global satellite operator SES has agreed to acquire Intelsat for $3.1 billion (€2.8 billion euros),
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Future investments into Ukrainian telecoms infrastructure are expected to be both “heavy” and “indispensable” for the country, given the essential nature of Kyivstar’s services, a spokesperson for the company told Capacity.
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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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AtlasEdge has entered the Portuguese market with the acquisition of two adjacent sites in Lisbon that will deliver more than 20MW of IT load.
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Huawei’s rotating chairman Eric Xu says the Chinese company aims to seize strategic opportunities in AI and advance its All Intelligence strategy.
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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has agreed to acquire a 51% stake in Saudi Telecom Company (stc’s) carve out towerco TAWAL.
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Colman Deegan has been named as the new European CEO for global network provider Zayo Group.
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In a letter, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called for the European Commission to develop regulations to protect against quantum computers being used for malicious purposes.
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Auramo will replace Giorgio Migliarina, who has been serving as interim CEO since September 2023, on July 1 of this year.
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Virgin Media is using Starlink’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite technology to provide mobile backhaul for some of the country’s most remote locations to accelerate its Shared Rural Network (SRN) rollout.
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Awasr AMS-IX, and Alliance Networks have teamed up to launch the Oman Internet Exchange at Equinix’s MC1 data centre in Muscat.
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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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The US has plans to award Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) US$6.6 billion in grants and up to $5 billion in loans to help the company build factories in Arizona.
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Microsoft AI, the newly launched Microsoft organisation that is tasked with helping the company advance its consumer AI products has announced it is opening an AI hub in London.
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Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI could raise around US$3 billion from investors, giving the company a value of $18 billion.
