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forbes.com - Anthony Lobretto - The Lines Between Telecom And Cloud Are Blurring
The Lines Between Telecom And Cloud Are Blurring
Forbes

Anthony Lobretto, Senior Vice President at 11:11 Systems, Network as a Service. For two decades, enterprise IT had a clean division between the two industries, living in harmony. Telecom carriers were the highway that moved your traffic to your…

bloomberg.com - Trump to Pick Telecom Lawyer to Lead DOJ's Antitrust Division
Trump to Pick Telecom Lawyer to Lead DOJ's Antitrust Division
Bloomberg

The White House is poised to nominate Adam Candeub, the general counsel at the Federal Communications Commission, to take over as the Justice Department's antitrust chief, according to people familiar with the plans. Justice Department staff…

rediff.com - Gulveen Aulakh - DoT's New Telecom Authorisation Regime: Simplified Licensing, AI for Fraud, Satellite Connectivity
DoT's New Telecom Authorisation Regime: Simplified Licensing, AI for Fraud, Satellite Connectivity
Rediff.com

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has unveiled a new authorisation regime, streamlining India's telecom licensing landscape by replacing multiple licences with a single permission, aiming to foster ease of doing business, integrate AI for…

koreatimes.co.kr - Jhoo Dong-chan - SK Telecom to deploy proprietary AI model in steel, auto parts factories
SK Telecom to deploy proprietary AI model in steel, auto parts factories
The Korea Times

SK Telecom (SKT) has signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) with steel manufacturer KG Steel and automotive parts maker KONEC to pilot its proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model in their production facilities — marking…

thehindubusinessline.com - DoT starts portal to accept telecom service authorisation, license migration
DoT starts portal to accept telecom service authorisation, license migration
BusinessLine

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Thursday has officially commenced the acceptance of applications for obtaining authorisations to provide telecommunication services, as well as for the migration of existing licenses to the terms and…

arstechnica.com - Jon Brodkin - FCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet
FCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet
Ars Technica

The Federal Communications Commission was roundly criticized today for proposing to scale back or eliminate E-Rate, a $2 billion-a-year Universal Service program that provides discounts for telecom services and equipment in schools and libraries.

seekingalpha.com - Rick Orford - Meta: An Inconvenient Truth The Market Hasn't Priced In Before Q2 (NASDAQ:META)
Meta: An Inconvenient Truth The Market Hasn't Priced In Before Q2 (NASDAQ:META)
Seeking Alpha

Meta Platforms, Inc. delivered 33% YoY revenue growth and 61% net income growth, but the stock sold off due to higher CapEx guidance. META raised 2026 CapEx to $125–$145 billion, compressing near-term cash flow, yet maintains a Strong Buy…

afaqs.com - Lloyd Mathias - The ingredient isn't the problem; market share is
The ingredient isn't the problem; market share is
afaqs!

There is a particular kind of corporate announcement that deserves more scrutiny than it usually receives. I'm not talking about an admission of wrongdoing, or a profit warning, or a recall. I'm referring to an announcement that says, 'We have been…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Hong Kong poised to take off with new space opportunity | FHKI Industry Connect | Dr Alfred Ng, FHKI Deputy Chairman
Hong Kong poised to take off with new space opportunity | FHKI Industry Connect | Dr Alfred Ng, FHKI Deputy Chairman
The Standard

The launch of Shenzhou-20 and the participation of Hong Kong payload specialist Dr Lai Ka-ying mark more than a proud milestone for the city. This did not only demonstrate Hong Kong's contribution to our country's space development but we should…

forbes.com - Slma Shelbayah - The Forbes CMO Hall Of Fame 2026
The Forbes CMO Hall Of Fame 2026
Forbes

T he 2026 Forbes CMO Hall of Fame marks our fifth annual class—a cohort defined not by the metrics of a single campaign or business cycle, but by an enduring influence that shapes the global practice of marketing itself. Admission to the…

theguardian.com - Alastair McCready - What is China's SpaceSail, and could it rival Elon Musk's Starlink?
What is China's SpaceSail, and could it rival Elon Musk's Starlink?
The Guardian

The project – officially called the SpaceSail Constellation in English, or Qianfan (Thousand Sails) in Chinese – was launched in 2023 by state-backed firm Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST), with the goal of providing…

forbes.com - Craig S. Smith - Distillation: The New U.S.-China AI Fight
Distillation: The New U.S.-China AI Fight
Forbes

No. Not this kind of distilling. America's most powerful AI models are now considered strategic national-security assets that China is allegedly trying to steal through a sophisticated technique known as distillation. On June 10, Anthropic quietly…

newswire.ca - Building AI-Optical Network to Drive New Growth in the AI Era
Building AI-Optical Network to Drive New Growth in the AI Era
CNW

SHANGHAI, June 25, 2026 /CNW/ -- During MWC Shanghai 2026, the AI-ON Summit, themed 'Networks for AI, AI for Networks,' was successfully held. The event brought together the Information and Communication Technology Committee of China's MIIT, the…

seekingalpha.com - Fidelity Investments - Fidelity Select Communication Services Portfolio Q1 2026 Commentary (FBMPX)
Fidelity Select Communication Services Portfolio Q1 2026 Commentary (FBMPX)
Seeking Alpha

Fidelity Select Communication Services Portfolio returned -7.53% in the first quarter, trailing the -6.79% result of the MSCI U.S. IMI Communication Services 25/50 (Media Linked) Index. Market leaders Meta Platforms and Alphabet struggled during…

forbes.com - Ian Sayson - Philippine Tycoon Lance Gokongwei Bets On Online Gaming With PhilWeb Deal
Philippine Tycoon Lance Gokongwei Bets On Online Gaming With PhilWeb Deal
Forbes

Airline-to-property tycoon Lance Gokongwei is investing into online gaming operator and infrastructure provider, PhilWeb, amid a boom in electronic betting in the Philippines. Gokongwei—president and CEO of JG Summit, one of the country's…

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