Infrastructure

Furukawa Electric has unveiled a substantial fibre network investment plan valued at approximately 100 billion yen, or around US$635 million, aimed at expanding optical fibre and rollable ribbon cable production capacity across four countries. The Japanese industrial and electrical...

The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF) has committed a combined US$82.8 million in private debt financing to expand telecommunications infrastructure in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and strengthen a pan-African fibre-optic network, supporting digital connectivity across...

For decades, mobile connectivity has depended almost entirely on terrestrial infrastructure. Cellular towers, fibre backhaul, and radio access networks have formed the foundation of modern telecommunications, delivering voice, messaging, and data services across increasingly connected societies. While these networks...

Artificial intelligence is transforming far more than enterprise applications and digital services. Its rapid adoption is fundamentally changing the infrastructure that supports modern communications, creating unprecedented demand for high-capacity networks, low-latency connectivity, and scalable digital ecosystems. As organizations deploy...

The evolution of wireless communications has traditionally been measured by improvements in speed, capacity, and coverage. As the industry moves toward sixth-generation (6G) networks, however, the focus is shifting from network performance alone to network intelligence. Artificial intelligence is...

Intel has announced its membership in the Open Confidential User Data Utility (OCUDU) Ecosystem Foundation, hosted by the Linux Foundation, in a move aimed at accelerating open and interoperable radio access network infrastructure for next-generation wireless communications. The announcement, made...

Telesat has signed the largest contract in its history, a roughly C$1.63 billion agreement with Canada's Defence Investment Agency to provide the Canadian military with secure communications across the Arctic. The Telesat defence contract also finances a significant expansion...