AI & Cloud Google North America April 9, 2025 Google Cloud ramps operator agentic AI Google Cloud boosted the agentic AI ecosystem by launching a new marketplace and an agent-to-agent protocol to allow them to communicate with each other across various telecom and enterprise environments. By Mike Robuck
Apple Devices North America Regulation April 8, 2025 Analysts issue iPhone price warning Reciprocal tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump could lead to a $350 increase in the retail price of the iPhone 16 Pro Max, CNBC reported, citing UBS analysts. By Mike Robuck
Network Tech North America April 8, 2025 Globalstar names leaders for key divisions Apple-backed Globalstar named two former Qualcomm executives to lead its terrestrial spectrum and network service division, and its wholesale satellite capacity business as it looks to expand its commercial satellite offerings. By Mike Robuck
North America April 7, 2025 US pays SpaceX, Blue Origin, ULS $14B for space defence Space X, Blue Origin and United Launch Services scored contracts worth $13.7 billion in total to cover US government national security requirements in space. By Michael Carroll
AI & Cloud Meta North America April 7, 2025 Meta takes AI fight to rivals with new release Meta Platforms released its newest Llama 4 AI models on Saturday (5 April) following two delays, stepping up the fight with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Chinese competitor DeepSeek. By Kavit Majithia
North America Operators April 7, 2025 Rogers sells $4.9B stake in network to Blackstone Rogers Communications agreed an equity deal worth CAD7 billion ($4. 9 billion) to sell a minor stake in its wireless network to private equity firm Blackstone. By Mike Robuck
Greater China North America Regulation April 4, 2025 Trump extends TikTok deadline again US President Donald Trump lengthened a deadline by an additional 75 days for China-based ByteDance to sell the US operations of TikTok or face a ban, which marked the second time he granted an extension. By Mike Robuck
