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Shared Rural Network expansion removes Islay not-spots

Latest development in £1.3bn mobile expansion scheme sees mobile not-spots reduced on Scottish island as 4G site goes live, providing coverage from all mobile operators for the first time
UK falls behind on supercomputing amid slow investment, NAO warns

While UKRI has improved its oversight of research and innovation, funding remains fragmented and has been too slow to replace supercomputers
Openreach trials ‘pioneering’ fibre-optic water leak detection

UK’s leading broadband provider embarks on test of fibre‑optic leak‑detection system designed to turn cables into thousands of virtual sensors, claiming over two million litres of water saved each day
MTN launches click-to-deploy satellite service on AWS

Global network operator’s StarEdge Horizon launched on global online platform, claiming to be the first satellite connectivity service of its kind available for one-click deployment
Unreliable fleet connectivity driving employee exodus

Study finds fleets experience an average downtime of 25%, equating to three to four days of downtime per month, while a third of fleet operators still rely on hotspots from mobile devices to provide connectivity on the move
Altnets ‘force to be reckoned with’ in UK broadband

Research shows peers reaching around 19.7 million premises, with more than 3.5 million live connections, outperforming the major providers on customer satisfaction and value

This rise of the splinternet? Data sovereignty risks and responses

We look at the political, legal and economic risks around data sovereignty, the fears for digital dependency and massive hyperscaler penetration in the UK public sector
CES 2026: AI gets physical

Continuing our round-up of this year’s CES, we look at key use cases and how the generation of artificial intelligence and connected devices will evolve
CES 2026: Connected vehicles accelerate the pace of AI

In a round-up of this year’s CES, we look at the rise of connected vehicles, robotics and artificial intelligence, with prototypes evolving into real deployments

Photonics - Salience Labs: Plugging into 32-port all-optical silicon photonic switching- CW Developer Network

Photonics has many aspects, functions and roles when applied to the modern enterprise software stack. One of its primary first touchpoints is its ability to transform the networking layer of AI ... Continue Reading
NTT DATA: GreenOps & FinOps: From cost discipline to cloud sustainability strategy- CW Developer Network

This is a guest post written by Joe Cupano, global CTO, strategy & innovation, NTT DATA Inc. Cupano writes in full as follows... Today’s enterprises are faced with a dual challenge – balancing ... Continue Reading
Confluent dials into the millisecond economy: AI-native telecoms in the IQ era- CW Developer Network

Every great technological revolution is based on solid foundations and sound innovation techniques that result in robust products that stand up to hard-wearing use. Whether it’s on the ... Continue Reading
Persona graduates with candidate verification for job identity control- CW Developer Network

Identity is everything. From our own personal perspective as human beings, our identity matters more than at any time in the past… as we now enter a world where human digital identities can be used ... Continue Reading

How to build a truly unified and resilient security platform

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation, considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms.
Is AI our agent, or are our governments becoming agents for AI?

Yet more billions are being spent on agentic AI, despite warnings of its potentially extreme fallibility. Just who are governments serving when they spout the messaging of Big Tech companies?
Confidence in AI-powered cyber must be earned, not assumed

In security, familiar testing and validation approaches are not enough when it comes to AI. The question is not just whether an AI-powered tool works but how it actually behaves when it is stressed, manipulated, or forced to operate outside already ...