Research by MDS has found that 75% of IT and telecoms decision-makers plan to migrate toward a Unified Communications (UC) infrastructure within the next 12 months, signalling an important revenue opportunity for operators targeting the business market. However, 61% of those surveyed say they are uncertain about the tangible value UC will bring to their … Read more

AI Data Cloud company Snowflake has published the report Startup 2026: AI Agents Mean Business. In the report, eight leading venture capital investors from around the world share their perspectives on how AI agents are reshaping the business landscape and influencing investments in AI startups. Among the investors is Swedish investor Carl Fritjofsson, General Partner … Read more

Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei is seeking to bring leading international experts to the company’s Shanghai campus to gain an early advantage in 6G development. Speaking at an internal meeting, Ren described Huawei’s Qingpu campus in Shanghai as “beautiful and suitable for foreigners,” adding that if “700 or 800 foreign scientists” worked there, they would not … Read more

Cisco and NVIDIA have announced an expanded partnership focused on AI infrastructure. As part of the collaboration, Cisco’s Silicon One chip will be integrated into NVIDIA’s Spectrum-X platform. A recent Cisco survey of business leaders found that 97 percent of respondents view AI projects positively, while only 1.7 percent feel fully prepared for the transition. … Read more

Apple’s iPhone sales in China rose 8% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2025, but that growth came largely through aggressive pricing and temporary support measures, raising questions about its sustainability. Preliminary data from Counterpoint Research’s China Smartphone Weekly Sales Tracker show that Apple’s gains relied heavily on steep discounts and government subsidy programs rather … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/cofotoisme) 5G is on the horizon, promising data speeds that could rival fixed-line fiber connections. Achieving that level of performance will require operators to adopt new approaches, beginning with access to dedicated spectrum, which the FCC has recently made available. Tom Wheeler, former chairman of the FCC, summarized the potential this way: “Fifth-generation, … Read more

83% of business decision-makers surveyed in a study conducted by Cisco say that AI is a strategic priority. AI is likely to change how we work across most industries, but what does this mean for someone planning to launch an e-commerce business? AI cannot yet replace human work entirely, but it is already a powerful … Read more

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency that regulates interstate and international communications by cable, radio, television, satellite and wire in the United States, has released a pre-production draft of its new national broadband maps. These maps offer the most detailed picture yet of where fixed broadband service is and is not available nationwide. The … Read more

POPX has launched a new way for customers to engage with the company by introducing a model that allows organizations using ServiceNow to Bring Your Own License (BYOL). With the BYOL model, customers retain full control over their ServiceNow licenses while engaging POPX separately for delivery and managed services. This approach gives managed service providers … Read more

Twitter has revised its rules to curb the spread of dangerous falsehoods claiming that 5G causes COVID-19—misinformation that has led to mobile towers being burned and telecommunications engineers being harassed and attacked. On Wednesday, Twitter updated its policy to prohibit: “Unverified claims that incite people to action, could lead to the destruction or damage of … Read more