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Microsoft Azure customers across Asia, the Middle East and parts of Europe saw increased latency and degraded performance after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut in early September, forcing traffic onto longer, congested detours and exposing persistent vulnerabilities...

A sudden cluster of undersea fiber cuts in the Red Sea has forced Microsoft Azure and other cloud and carrier operators to reroute traffic, producing measurable latency and slower internet performance across parts of South Asia, the Gulf and beyond—an event that exposes how a handful of damaged...

Microsoft Azure experienced measurable increases in network latency after multiple undersea fibre cuts were detected in the Red Sea, forcing cloud traffic between Asia, Europe and the Middle East onto alternate, longer paths and exposing brittle points in the world’s physical internet backbone...

Multiple undersea fibre‑optic cables in the Red Sea were severed in early September, producing widespread slowdowns for Internet users and measurable latency for cloud customers — a disruption that exposed how the physical backbone of the Internet can become a single point of failure for modern...

Microsoft has warned that users of its Azure cloud may see higher-than-normal latency and intermittent disruptions after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer alternate routes while repair work and global rerouting continue. Background The Red...

Vietnam’s leading telecom titans have apparently decided to join forces—with less the flair of superheroes and more the seriousness of a boardroom agreement—to untangle the thorny mess that is digital safety. MobiFone, Viettel, and VNPT, three names as familiar to Vietnamese mobile users as...

GenAI-Powered Customer Engagement: Transforming Telecom with Amdocs and Microsoft As the telecom industry evolves, Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are under mounting pressure to modernize legacy systems and deliver personalized, efficient customer experiences. In the "agentic" era—where...

In a bold move signaling the future of digital telecom networks, Spanish powerhouse Telefonica and tech giant Microsoft have expanded their five-year strategic partnership. The collaboration is set to integrate Telefonica’s innovative Kernel platform with Microsoft Azure, propelling the adoption...

In an unforeseen twist to the telecommunications saga, Intel—long hailed as a titan in chip manufacturing—is now facing a formidable challenger. Ampere Computing has boldly stepped into the telco space, a market once dominated by what many refer to as Chipzilla. This move, announced amid Intel’s...

The telecom world is undergoing a seismic shift, and if you're under the impression that this transformation is just a speedier broadband package or shinier 5G towers—think again. Forward-thinking telecom companies are embracing a new business savior: artificial intelligence (AI). And no, this...

Introduction In a strategic move that's sure to have telecom operators across the Gulf sitting up and taking notice, Infobip, a global name in cloud communications, is upping its game in Qatar. By leveraging the Microsoft Azure Cloud platform, Infobip has successfully established local...

Scott talks to Wee Hyong Tok on how to analyze huge amounts of data with Azure Data Factory. Specifically, he shows us how to create a customer "churn model" so a theoretical telco provider can better understand how their wireless customers "churn" - why they leave and how they can get them...

LG’s First Windows 7 Phone Now on Sale! LG Mobile New Zealand has launched its first Microsoft Windows Phone 7 powered Smartphone, Optimus 7Q, exclusively on the Telecom network for Gen-i clients. More...