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Ofcom has proposed blocking an Openreach commercial offer for the first time, opening a consultation into a discount scheme it believes could undermine competition in the UK's full-fibre market.

Amazon has filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission to launch up to 5,105 low Earth orbit satellites for a direct-to-device (D2D) mobile network, as the company moves to compete with Starlink in space-based connectivity.

Britain has roughly a third of the data centre capacity per person that the United States does, and the gap is set to widen rather than close. The government is targeting at least 6GW of capacity by 2030, up from around 2GW today.

CityFibre is preparing to raise £900 million ($1.2 billion) from its existing shareholder base, according to a person familiar with the matter cited by Bloomberg.

The data centre industry is pushing back against its "energy guzzler" reputation, arguing the real story is efficiency, not raw consumption.

Metro Connect Fall returns to Austin from 1-3 September, co-located with Datacloud USA and the Investment and Finance Forum.

AI isn't just another workload on the network, it's forcing operators to rethink how they plan, build and sell capacity altogether, according to infrastructure leaders speaking on a recent Capacity webinar.

FLAG, one of the world's largest privately owned subsea cable operators, has revealed a leadership change that will take effect on 1 October 2026.

The M&A panel at Metro Connect Fall isn't asking whether fibre consolidation is happening this year, it's asking how fast. That framing reflects where the market has landed: after a decade of aggressive build-out, several independent analyses now agree the fibre sector has entered a genuinely new phase.

ITW Africa returns to Nairobi from 7-10 September, running ITW and Datacloud tracks alongside dedicated summits on fibre, energy, voice and messaging, and investment.