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Akamai surges on big LLM deal as Cloudflare dims

Good times, bad times

HPE drops first Juniper x Aruba collab – self-driving Wi-Fi

NetAdmins can stay in the loop while they learn to trust AI to tackle some scutwork

It's always DNS: Denic says sorry for crashing Germany's internet

Major .de domains experienced hours-long outage after registry distributed faulty signatures

Astera speaks softly and carries a big switch

High-speed connectivity without NVLink baggage

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Vodafone dials up full control of joint venture with Three in £4.3B deal

CK Hutchison takes early cash as UK mobile tie-up moves ahead of schedule

Inside Amazon Web Services' plan to make networking disappear

The Register gets a look inside AWS' networking lab in Cupertino

Hope your holiday was horrid: You botched the last thing you did before leaving

That box-full-of-old-tech-you-should-probably-have-thrown-out-but-kept-just-in-case got a techie in trouble

Bandwidth hogs rejoice, Celestica's latest switch is bristling with 64 ports of 1.6 Tbps Ethernet

Networking kit arrives just in time for Nvidia's 1.6 Tbps ConnectX-9 NICs

Cloudflare says autocrats, wars and elections caged the internet in Q1

Iran went dark twice, AWS got droned, oh and TalkTalk broke something it refuses to talk about

Wind Telecom Dominican Republic and ZTE join forces to accelerate smart home innovation

Elevating residential connectivity with AI-driven network optimization and secure cloud-based home monitoring solutions

ZTE and XLSMART officially launch Innovation Center in Jakarta, accelerating 5G-advanced and AI readiness for Indonesia

Driving cross-sector digital transformation through collaborative 5G-A research and AI-powered network solutions

GoDaddy customer claims registrar transferred 27-year-old domain without any security checks

32 phone calls, 17 email chains, a 5-day ordeal, and no help during the daddy of all stuffups, claim those affected

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When robots join the race: 5G-A powers a new kind of marathon

Human and humanoid runners share the track as next-gen connectivity underpins real-time AI performance

Two men charged over series of arson attacks on 5G masts

Pair accused of creating literal flame war as bonkers conspiracy theories grow

closeup of a wireless router and a man using smartphone on living room at home office

US clarifies mobile hotspots part of foreign router ban despite rarity of American made consumer kit

Silicon often from US, but the kit from APAC and elsewhere

ZTE reports first-quarter revenue of RMB 35.0 billion, up 6% YoY, with computing revenue mix rising to 27%

AI infrastructure and international growth offset domestic carrier shifts as "Connectivity + Computing" strategy takes hold

To fix this Wi-Fi network, we'll need a crane

Won't somebody think of the children not being hit by a load of building materials?

TUIT and ZTE unveil new initiatives for student internships and tech employment

Empowering Uzbekistan’s digital future through international hackathons, AI integration, and advanced internship pathways

Phone-to-satellite use goes into orbit, growing 25% in 8 months

Still only a tiny slice of mobile activity overall

Hans Neff, Deputy CTO of European and American Regions at ZTE

ZTE highlights path to broadband monetization at FTTH conference 2026

Urges operators to shift focus from traditional network metrics to managing user experience and customer behavior

Support tech caught by 'Technician Aura': the bug that only hides when you're watching

All that kit, and the fix was simply stepping aside

IOWN Global Forum targets datacenter interconnects to scatter AI infrastructure

Fast WAN consortium thinks neoclouds are ripe for hookups

Cisco Wi-Fi boxes are filling their disks with 5MB of undeletable data every day

Fix for critical flaw is an OS update you may not be able to make because the junk data uses all memory

IPv6 carried half of internet traffic – for one day, according to Google

We're not half way there, we're still livin' on a prayer

Iran has something America can only dream of: cheap broadband

Shame about the internet blackouts and airstrikes

Cops hand Motorola £25M no-bid deal to keep 2000-era radios alive

Biz as usual for Brit public sector: ESN replacement is 12 years late and £3B over budget

QUIC will soon be as important as TCP – but it's vastly different

Deciphering the third transport protocol's four RFCs is a task to rival the proverbial blind man trying to understand an elephant

JR Central's forthcoming premium suite with illustration of PSZ noise suppression tech

Bullet train upgrade brings 5G windows and noise-cancelling cabins to Japan

Private Shinkansen suites are pulling up to the station in October

Not all networks can handle AI traffic – and experts are sounding alarms

Y'all been focusing on compute and forgot about how the data moves around

Amazon pays $11.5B to satisfy satellite-envy while cowering in Musk's shadow

Deal only comes with 24 operational sats, but also an Apple deal, spectrum licenses, and plenty of IP

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ZTE and CIMB expand strategic partnership to support 5G deployment and digital infrastructure across ASEAN

Leveraging tech leadership and strategic financing to accelerate 5G deployment and bridge the digital divide across Southeast Asia

Electronics industry says FCC's foreign-made router policy is a bit of a mesh

Trade group warns onshoring demands will leave Americans stuck with older gear

Infographic explaining south korea's universal data scheme

South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access

Everyone gets unlimited 400 Kbps access, oldies get expanded caps, and leaky telcos get their social license back

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Google wants more Intel inside ... its datacenters, taps Chipzilla for more SmartNICs

Custom ASIC biz now running at a $1B annual pace for Intel

ZTE powers Africa's digital evolution with intelligent innovations at GITEX Africa 2026

From 5G-A to AI-powered terminals: empowering Africa’s digital future with sustainable, end-to-end infrastructure

Uzbekistan and ZTE forge strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation

ZTE and Ministry of Digital Technologies sign MoU at MWC 2026 to modernize telecom infrastructure and explore 6G, Wi-Fi 7/8, and satellite innovations

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ZTE launches regional service center at Uzbekistan's IT park to boost IT exports and create high-skilled jobs

New hub at IT Park Uzbekistan to drive regional digital transformation, expand IT exports, and foster high-tech talent across Central Asia and Europe

ZTE empowers MiFibra to accelerate into the All-Optical 10G era

Large-scale XGS-PON deployment drives 5 Gbps services and multiple Ookla Speedtest Awards for Peru’s top ISP

Abstract illustration of information moving fast past some computer systems

No-Nvidia interconnect club delivers 2.0 spec before v1.0 silicon ships

UALink splits work on physical layer and protocol specs to speed things up, literally and metaphorically

US military contractor open sources tool for validating hidden communications networks

Maude-HCS from RTX (formerly Raytheon) helps model and validate hidden communication systems

AI search is atomizing our information, warns government digital designer

We must design expecting much of what we publish will be reinterpreted by 'systems we don't control'

FCC says it's making it easier for US telcos to ditch legacy lines

But critics say stopping some engineering tests is not the sort of corner you want to cut

ZTE and Kcell sign strategic MoU to boost terminal ecosystem and FWA services in Kazakhstan

ZTE and Kcell aim to bridge Kazakhstan’s connectivity gap

Explainer: Self-driving networks

Here’s how your next network will look after itself

Advancing smarter and more inclusive digital connectivity for Indonesia, Telkomsel and ZTE strengthen collaboration at MWC Barcelona 2026

Edge compute and AI get the spotlight as operators grapple with scale and service quality

ZTE achieves multiple awards at 2026 Lightwave Innovation Reviews, leading global AI optical network innovation

Full-suite wins underscore ZTE’s leadership in AI-driven optical and broadband innovation

Close up of a generic black broadband router showing green LEDs for internet and DSL connectivity

Country that put backdoors into Cisco routers to spy on world bans foreign routers

Unfortunately, there aren't many options unless you're Starlink

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SpaceX hits back at Amazon in orbital datacenter dispute

In space, no one can hear you being petty

ZTE HI-OTN achievements earn dual top-scored paper recognition at OFC 2026

Dual OFC honors highlight breakthroughs in ultra-wideband optics and distributed AI computing

Herotel brings 10Gbps-capable fibre to South African townships, with 3,000 customers already connected and 1 million homes to follow

Enabling schools, homes, and businesses to thrive with future-ready fibre

Iran's 'chosen users' get 'privileged access' despite internet blackout for masses

Civilians relying on Dutch shortwave radio broadcast for outside information

Switzerland built a secure alternative to BGP. The rest of the world hasn't noticed yet

SCION: Proven in banking and healthcare, slow to spread everywhere else

A view of Africa from space, with nation borders highlighted

AFRINIC accuses litigant of trying to ‘paralyse’ it

A 'web of litigation'

Openreach: Fiber can sniff out leaky water pipes – if anyone bothers fixing them

Distributed Acoustic Sensing tech uses broadband cables to pinpoint plumbing faults

Contractors working on behalf of Google Fiber begin laying cable in a residential area. Pic credit: Sharkshock / Sutterstock

Fresh indie broadband provider incoming as Google's fiber biz and Stonepeak’s Astound merge

Alphabet to remain 'significant minority shareholder'

Here's what the Passage M1000 chip looks like

Lightmatter says latest photonics will slash datacenter fiber bills in half

Latest optical engine may not be CPO, but it's still better than pluggables

Angry man's eye peers from face painted with Scottish flag / st andrews cross

Scottish broadband service looking a bit dreich, says UK outage study

Subscribers north of the border suffer the most long-running failures per £100 spent

China Mobile and ZTE jointly launch Scale-Across (GSE-DCI) solution, solving pain points of ultra-large-scale computing power coordination

China Mobile and ZTE enable high-bandwidth, low-latency cross-domain AI computing

Networks news | The Register

ON-PREM > NETWORKS

Latest news and analysis of enterprise networking and internet infrastructure technology

Akamai surges on big LLM deal as Cloudflare dims

HPE drops first Juniper x Aruba collab – self-driving Wi-Fi

It's always DNS: Denic says sorry for crashing Germany's internet

Astera speaks softly and carries a big switch

Vodafone dials up full control of joint venture with Three in £4.3B deal

Inside Amazon Web Services' plan to make networking disappear

Hope your holiday was horrid: You botched the last thing you did before leaving

Bandwidth hogs rejoice, Celestica's latest switch is bristling with 64 ports of 1.6 Tbps Ethernet

Cloudflare says autocrats, wars and elections caged the internet in Q1

Wind Telecom Dominican Republic and ZTE join forces to accelerate smart home innovation

ZTE and XLSMART officially launch Innovation Center in Jakarta, accelerating 5G-advanced and AI readiness for Indonesia

GoDaddy customer claims registrar transferred 27-year-old domain without any security checks

When robots join the race: 5G-A powers a new kind of marathon

Two men charged over series of arson attacks on 5G masts

US clarifies mobile hotspots part of foreign router ban despite rarity of American made consumer kit

ZTE reports first-quarter revenue of RMB 35.0 billion, up 6% YoY, with computing revenue mix rising to 27%

To fix this Wi-Fi network, we'll need a crane

TUIT and ZTE unveil new initiatives for student internships and tech employment

Phone-to-satellite use goes into orbit, growing 25% in 8 months

ZTE highlights path to broadband monetization at FTTH conference 2026

Support tech caught by 'Technician Aura': the bug that only hides when you're watching

IOWN Global Forum targets datacenter interconnects to scatter AI infrastructure

Cisco Wi-Fi boxes are filling their disks with 5MB of undeletable data every day

IPv6 carried half of internet traffic – for one day, according to Google

Iran has something America can only dream of: cheap broadband

Cops hand Motorola £25M no-bid deal to keep 2000-era radios alive

QUIC will soon be as important as TCP – but it's vastly different

Bullet train upgrade brings 5G windows and noise-cancelling cabins to Japan

Not all networks can handle AI traffic – and experts are sounding alarms

Amazon pays $11.5B to satisfy satellite-envy while cowering in Musk's shadow

ZTE and CIMB expand strategic partnership to support 5G deployment and digital infrastructure across ASEAN

Electronics industry says FCC's foreign-made router policy is a bit of a mesh

South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access

Google wants more Intel inside ... its datacenters, taps Chipzilla for more SmartNICs

ZTE powers Africa's digital evolution with intelligent innovations at GITEX Africa 2026

Uzbekistan and ZTE forge strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation

ZTE launches regional service center at Uzbekistan's IT park to boost IT exports and create high-skilled jobs

ZTE empowers MiFibra to accelerate into the All-Optical 10G era

No-Nvidia interconnect club delivers 2.0 spec before v1.0 silicon ships

US military contractor open sources tool for validating hidden communications networks

AI search is atomizing our information, warns government digital designer

FCC says it's making it easier for US telcos to ditch legacy lines

ZTE and Kcell sign strategic MoU to boost terminal ecosystem and FWA services in Kazakhstan

Explainer: Self-driving networks

Advancing smarter and more inclusive digital connectivity for Indonesia, Telkomsel and ZTE strengthen collaboration at MWC Barcelona 2026

ZTE achieves multiple awards at 2026 Lightwave Innovation Reviews, leading global AI optical network innovation

Country that put backdoors into Cisco routers to spy on world bans foreign routers

SpaceX hits back at Amazon in orbital datacenter dispute

ZTE HI-OTN achievements earn dual top-scored paper recognition at OFC 2026

Herotel brings 10Gbps-capable fibre to South African townships, with 3,000 customers already connected and 1 million homes to follow

Iran's 'chosen users' get 'privileged access' despite internet blackout for masses

Switzerland built a secure alternative to BGP. The rest of the world hasn't noticed yet

AFRINIC accuses litigant of trying to ‘paralyse’ it

Openreach: Fiber can sniff out leaky water pipes – if anyone bothers fixing them

Fresh indie broadband provider incoming as Google's fiber biz and Stonepeak’s Astound merge

Lightmatter says latest photonics will slash datacenter fiber bills in half

Scottish broadband service looking a bit dreich, says UK outage study

China Mobile and ZTE jointly launch Scale-Across (GSE-DCI) solution, solving pain points of ultra-large-scale computing power coordination

ZTE, China Telecom and R&J win the GSMA GLOMO "Best Event Activation" Award

AIR Net advances highly autonomous networks with full-stack Agentic AI

LTT and ZTE sign MoU to accelerate digital transformation and network evolution in Libya at MWC Barcelona 2026

ZTE and China Telecom unveil DGN innovation solution to forge differentiated connectivity foundation for mobile AI era

From traffic volume to experience value, ZTE AIR RAN & AIR CORE redefine the paradigm of network monetization

Bug that wiped customer data saved the day – and a contract

Cisco warns of two more SD-WAN bugs under active attack

ZTE and China Telecom win three GSMA Foundry Excellence awards with two proposals

Trump administration spoiling for a fight over global satellite regulations

China Mobile together with ZTE and JD.com, wins the GSMA GLOMO "Open Gateway Challenge" award

ZTE showcases industry's first AI immersive communication experience in the U6G band

China Mobile unveils AI clusters scale-across solution GSE-DCI and 115.2T router prototype based on packet spraying