The ICT Trends: latest ICT industry news

Schurz taps Cisco's 8000-series routers

Schurz Broadband Group, which operates Antietam Broadband, Long Lines, NKTelco and Orbitel, said it will add speed, security and AI-readiness by deploying Cisco's 8712 routing platform. #pressrelease

BT pauses Starlink rollout as Ukraine scandal rumbles on

The fallout from last month's restrictions on Starlink usage by Ukraine's military has spread to the UK.

KT profit falls on slow wireless rebound

With its mobile business still recovering from the fallout of last year’s network security failure, South Korean operator KT saw its profits drop in Q3.

Vodafone has 'much more to do' in Germany, cuts 2,300 jobs

Vodafone reports strong growth on group level in H1 but continues to face headwinds in Germany, its biggest market, where it now plans to cut 2,300 jobs under a new savings push.

Verizon docks multi-site private 5G networks at Thames Freeport

Verizon Business wrapped up installation of multiple private 5G networks across ports, logistics centres and manufacturing facilities at Thames Freeport, which is one of the UK’s largest maritime logistics and manufacturing regions.

4GHz is the next battleground for spectrum-sharing

Spectrum policy defaults to auctioning national, high-power exclusive licenses. Dean Bubley argues that shared, localized networks could deliver wireless capacity faster, with less disruption and more flexibility.

Sparxity raises $90m following Series A funding round

The sparse compute company said funding will support chip development

PPL advanced stage data center pipeline hits 35GW in Pennsylvania

Agrees terms for 2GW QTS project in Salem Township

Equinix launches SG6 data center in Singapore

Company launches new facility following relaxing of moratorium

Vertiv partners with Infineon to scale power semiconductors for AI data centers

Russian cloud firm Beget rebuilds from scratch after data wiper attack

A data-wiping malware attack has forced Russian cloud services provider Beget to rebuild its cloud infrastructure from scratch, the company said.

Norway halts grid connection applications for new data centers

Seeks to limit rapid buildout while regulation catches up

Fireworks AI gets burned twice as customer data exposure widens

Inference biz pins latest breach on cloud provider and LLMJacking miscreants

Anthropic Rolls Out Mythos 5.2 With Improved Bug Hunting, Fewer Sandbox Escapes

Anthropic says Mythos 5.2 improves vulnerability discovery while showing a lower tendency to escape sandboxes in controlled tests.

Google DeepMind melds humans and AI agents to vet Signal's secure messaging techniques

Post-quantum handshake and Triple Ratchet get a formal security check

Orange CTO details the impact of AI on his job

Laurent Leboucher, Orange Group CTO, spoke to Telecoms.com about the many ways in which the AI boom is changing his priorities.

Veon chief demystifies AI

MWC26 DOHA, QATAR: Veon Group CEO Kaan Terzioglu sees no reason for connectivity to fail even in war zones as networks converge and AI changes the face of the communications industry.

Businesses expect 207% return on AI-led digital transformation spend

According to a GSMA report businesses expect to spend an average 9.6% of revenues on digital transformation between 2026 and 2032, with AI expected to account for the largest share and 5G second.

Binance Warns of iOS Sandbox Escape That Could Expose Crypto Wallet Keys, No Fix Confirmed

An iOS sandbox escape published on GitHub lets an app read other apps' files on iPhones running iOS 26 and 27. That puts seed phrases, private keys, and login credentials at risk of exposure to malicious apps, Binance warned today.

SAP patches ICM2SHELL and PROXYGATE maximum severity flaws

SAP patched 35 vulnerabilities in its November 2026 security updates, including four maximum-severity issues affecting its NetWeaver, Web Dispatcher, and Gateway software.

Turla hackers use new Cereal malware to spy on govt Exchange servers

The Russian state-backed threat group Turla has been using a new malicious toolset called 'Cereal' to intercept emails on Microsoft Exchange servers at government organizations.

Chrome Update Patches Exploited XML Zero-Day, Eighth This Year

The high-severity use-after-free in Chrome’s XML component was reported anonymously on November 6 and is already exploited in attacks.

Vanderbilt University hit in BYOD ransomware attack, data theft claimed

Vanderbilt University warns it is responding to a cyberattack claimed by the BYOD ransomware gang, which claims to have encrypted the university's databases and stolen sensitive student, employee, and research data.

N-able takes cloud platform offline after 30+ "zero-days" published

N-able has taken its hosted N-central environments offline and urged on-premises customers to shut down their servers after a security researcher publicly disclosed more than 30 alleged zero-day vulnerabilities, including exploits that…

Cosmic at SEMICON Europa 2026: Advancing High-Complexity Semiconductor Test Solutions

ALTOPASCIO, Italy — Nov. 9, 2026 — Cosmic Group will participate in SEMICON Europa 2026 in Munich, held concurrently with electronica from Nov. 10 to 13, 2026. Cosmic will be located at booth C1255.

PyTorch 2.15 tackles the 'one bad GPU' problem

Technical debt shoveled aside to make large-scale AI training more resilient

Ongoing labor dispute sees Micron pause construction at its $4.5bn memory fab in Taoyuan, Taiwan – report

Micron is latest memory chip maker to face pushback from employees over profit sharing bonuses

Two dead and five injured following fire at Panasonic chip packaging facility in Taiwan

Fire broke out at 2:00 am local time on November 4

DRAM demand stays strong, fuelling gains

DRAM revenue surged during Q3 despite minimal growth in shipments, as demand for AI and data centres continued to keep prices high, Counterpoint Research figures showed.

Viettel reveals homegrown security chip co-developed with Vietnam govt

Viettel Group and Vietnam's Government Cipher Committee revealed on Wednesday they have jointly developed a semiconductor security platform featuring VGC v1.0, a homegrown chipset that integrates a domestic cryptographic algorithm directly…

Cisco to link all future products to its SaaS-y Cloud Control management tool

Global rollout of unified portal finally happening in 2027

GSMA MWC26 Doha opens with call to align on global industry standards and close MENA’s connectivity gap

Operators, technology leaders, policymakers and innovators gather in Doha today for three days of exhibition, collaboration and debate on the future of connectivity across the Middle East and North Africa.

CFIX secures VARA in-principle approval to expand into virtual assets

CFI Financial Group advances its digital assets strategy in Dubai as CFIX moves closer to securing a full Virtual Asset…

Mac lookalikes multiply as Linux raids Apple's wardrobe

New and revived desktops promise Cupertino polish, but our quick tests found a few seams showing

Oak Ridge labs gets hybrid quantum-HPC system to test qubit error correction

Co-design platform for quantum error correction melds IBM quantum kit with AMD CPUs and GPUs

Veeam warns of Software Appliance boot failures on AMD EPYC hosts

​Veeam warned customers about boot failures affecting Software Appliance virtual machines (VMs) on hosts with AMD EPYC processors.

Skylo boosts Vodafone IoT coverage options

Vodafone IoT added Skylo Technologies’ satellite access to its connectivity mix, bolstering coverage with a globe-spanning hybrid service model.

eSIM Market Outlook & Opportunities in IoT: 2026

Explore the 2026 eSIM market outlook, including SGP.32 commercialisation, RSP-capable iSIM, in-factory profile provisioning and the opportunities shaping large-scale IoT deployments. OPEN PDF IN BROWSER

The advent of 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Networks

Explore how 3GPP NTN brings satellite connectivity into the cellular ecosystem, enabling hybrid coverage for remote, mobile and geographically dispersed IoT deployments. OPEN PDF IN BROWSER

Beyond static forecasts: Finding hidden IoT revenue opportunities

A market forecast can show where IoT is growing. But how useful is it to a commercial team deciding which opportunities to pursue this quarter? In the first video of … Continued

Infineon’s Steve Tateosian Talks IoT, Consumer, and Industrial MCUs at OktoberTech

Sponsored: EDN's Majeed Ahmad talks to Infineon's Steve Tateosian on edge systems, application examples, and the growth of the market.

IoT Global Awards 2026 winners announced

Recognising innovation in iSIM, industrial AI and fleet technology, the winners of the IoT Global Awards for 2026 have been selected. Following a rigorous evaluation by an independent judging panel … Continued