The government of Taiwan reportedly plans to deepen its diplomatic relationship with Paraguay through a planned $200 million data centre investment, in a rare technology investment designed to strengthen the pair’s diplomatic relationship.
Bloomberg reported the date centre partnership, which is backed by the Trump administration, is targeting 10-megawatts of computing capacity. It is expected to be operational by the end of 2027.
The data centre will be built on government land near the capital of Asuncion.
The news site noted Taiwan will supply Nvidia chips and supporting equipment, while Paraguay brings cheap hydropower and basic infrastructure to the partnership.
Both sides are in discussions with the US International Development Finance Corporation over financing arrangements.
Sources told Bloomberg Taiwan’s International Cooperation and Development Fund has separately approached Google, Microsoft and Amazon about potentially investing in the project or taking up capacity.
Paraguay is one of only a handful of countries worldwide which still maintains formal ties with Taiwan rather than China, but pressure is growing domestically for a reassessment of the position as neighbouring countries have attracted substantial Chinese investment.
A regional Spanish government tasked Telefonica with a major overhaul of water metering systems, employing the operator’s NB-IoT network to connect 175,000 smart gauges to uncork a host of operational and management upgrades.
The operator is also tasked with installing the smart meters in the Castile and Leon region in northwest Spain. The upgrade covers real-time data collection along with remote management and monitoring of consumption in domestic and industrial settings.
Telefonica branded the scheme a “step towards data-driven prediction models”.
The project is being handled by the region’s Public Infrastructure and Environment company and involves Telefonica providing a platform to analyse meter data, a move expected to boost service accuracy across gauges from multiple manufacturers.
Telefonica Tech director of IoT Dario Cesena said it is providing “more and better services to customers” by combining its NB-IoT network with managed services.
The company explained the smart meters gather data hourly, boosting detection of abnormal consumption, operational efficiency and service planning.
Security is a high priority in the communications network and management platform: Telefonica highlighted compliance with “the standards required for critical government services”.
It added the smart meter programme contributes to the digital development of the Castille and Leon region.
Mistral AI is reportedly in early talks to raise around €3 billion, in a move which could value the French start-up at roughly €20 billion.
Sources told Bloomberg the terms of the proposed raise may still change, and the valuation could also move higher depending on investor demand.
The rumoured round would strengthen Mistral AI’s position as Europe’s main AI challenger by providing the company with more capital as AI players face rising costs for computing power, infrastructure and talent across the globe.
It would also mark a sharp jump from the €11.7 billion valuation Mistral AI secured in September 2025 when Dutch chipmaker ASML became the largest shareholder in the start-up with an 11% stake after leading a €1.7 billion Series C funding round.
The start-up has positioned itself as a sovereign alternative to US and Chinese AI players, targeting European governments and companies with plans to build out cloud computing facilities in France and Sweden.
Mistral AI recently also moved to target industrial customers including Airbus and BMW for services covering engineering and manufacturing.
The French player acquired Austrian start-up Emmi AI last month as part of efforts to expand its services to industrial customers in Europe.
However, the company still trails larger rivals as its models and chatbot have still not matched the adoption of offerings from US players OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Chinese competitors.
Last month, Anthropic raised $65 billion in a funding round valuing it at $965 billion, eclipsing OpenAI’s $852 billion valuation following its latest funding round in March.
Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week as Apple reset its AI ambitions at WWDC, OpenAI edged closer to a stock market debut and French operators agreed a €20.4 billion deal to carve-up SFR.
Apple lands Siri AI at WWDC as Cook takes a bow
What happened: During its annual WWDC event, Apple reset its AI strategy, unveiled a revamped AI-powered Siri and spotlighted new child-safety controls as Tim Cook delivered his final keynote as CEO.
Why it matters: Apple SVP of software Craig Federighi said, “truly helpful AI must be centred around you and your needs”, positioning privacy, personal context and deeper app integration as core pillars of the AI-enhanced Siri. The launch gives Apple a chance to overwrite a damaging run of Siri AI delays described internally as “ugly and embarrassing”. Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight, said “Apple had to address its shortcomings in AI, and WWDC provided some answers”, but added the company must deliver “a meaningfully better everyday experience, not just parity with rivals”. He noted many features will already be familiar to Android and third-party AI app users, adding iPhone users are “more likely to upgrade for better battery life, an improved camera or a bigger screen rather than to get AI”. However, challenges have already emerged. The AI-upgraded Siri and Apple Intelligence features have already been delayed indefinitely in the European Union (EU) over competition laws and blocked in China over local AI regulations.
On child safety, Wood called Apple’s push “a welcome and timely move” as concerns about online harm grow among regulators but said “stronger cross-industry safeguards need to be built into operating systems at a deeper platform level”. Cook’s farewell added weight to the event as he declared the iPhone will “continue to be the centre of people’s digital lives”, adding, “the best is still ahead”.
What happened: OpenAI confidentially filed paperwork for a US IPO, becoming the latest AI company to move towards a listing as the sector’s biggest players race to raise fresh funds.
Why it matters: The ChatGPT-maker stated it had submitted a draft registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), adding, “we expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it”. It did not disclose the size, price or timing of the listing and cautioned a debut may not be imminent “because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company”. OpenAI explained the decision involves “a complicated set of trade-offs”, but the filing gives it “the option to go public sooner if that ends up being best”. Reuters reported the company is targeting a valuation of up to $1 trillion, with a debut possible as early as September. The filing puts OpenAI into a crowded and expensive AI listings race; rival Anthropic confidentially filed for its own US IPO last week, while SpaceX launched a blockbuster listing. Aviva Investors’ head of multi-asset Sunil Krishnan told the BBC all firms all have a “vast need for cash” as “no one wants to be last” in a space where access to capital could prove crucial as companies fund AI chips, infrastructure and model training. Harrison Rolfes, senior research analyst at PitchBook, argued OpenAI’s $1 trillion listing is “a bet on a company that has never been profitable, in a market it is currently losing, with a cost structure it cannot change for at least another year”. He added this is “all while racing a direct competitor through the same SEC process in the same quarter.” Rolfes concluded: “There is no scenario where OpenAI pricing after a profitable Anthropic favours OpenAI.”
What happened: Bouygues Telecom, Free-Iliad Group and Orange signed a memorandum of understanding with Altice France to acquire and carve up SFR in a deal valuing the operator at €20.4 billion, setting the stage for a major reset of France’s telecoms market.
Why it matters: Under terms outlined in April, Bouygues will take 42% of SFR’s assets, Free-Iliad 31% and Orange 27%. SFR’s consumer mobile and fixed broadband operations will be divided between the three operators, while Bouygues will take control of the B2B unit. Completion is targeted for H2 2027, subject to regulatory clearance. Kester Mann, director, consumer and connectivity at CCS Insight, noted the move marks the biggest potential shake-up in French telecoms since Iliad entered the mobile market in 2012, cutting the number of major operators from four to three and reshaping competition. He said the agreement appears “a successful outcome for all parties” as Bouygues, Orange and Iliad all gain “important new assets in their pursuit of greater scale”, while removing a key rival will “reduce the competitive intensity of the market”. However, the biggest challenge will be to regulators show the deal will deliver “positive outcomes to the French market”. He noted that while that would once have been “a herculean task”, recent approvals in the UK and Spain suggest Europe’s stance on consolidation is softening.
Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week as Apple reset its AI ambitions at WWDC, OpenAI edged closer to a stock market debut and French operators agreed a €20.4 billion deal to carve-up SFR.
Apple lands Siri AI at WWDC as Cook takes a bow
What happened: During its annual WWDC event, Apple reset its AI strategy, unveiled a revamped AI-powered Siri and spotlighted new child-safety controls as Tim Cook delivered his final keynote as CEO.
Why it matters: Apple SVP of software Craig Federighi said, “truly helpful AI must be centred around you and your needs”, positioning privacy, personal context and deeper app integration as core pillars of the AI-enhanced Siri. The launch gives Apple a chance to overwrite a damaging run of Siri AI delays described internally as “ugly and embarrassing”. Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight, said “Apple had to address its shortcomings in AI, and WWDC provided some answers”, but added the company must deliver “a meaningfully better everyday experience, not just parity with rivals”. He noted many features will already be familiar to Android and third-party AI app users, adding iPhone users are “more likely to upgrade for better battery life, an improved camera or a bigger screen rather than to get AI”. However, challenges have already emerged. The AI-upgraded Siri and Apple Intelligence features have already been delayed indefinitely in the European Union (EU) over competition laws and blocked in China over local AI regulations.
On child safety, Wood called Apple’s push “a welcome and timely move” as concerns about online harm grow among regulators but said “stronger cross-industry safeguards need to be built into operating systems at a deeper platform level”. Cook’s farewell added weight to the event as he declared the iPhone will “continue to be the centre of people’s digital lives”, adding, “the best is still ahead”.
What happened: OpenAI confidentially filed paperwork for a US IPO, becoming the latest AI company to move towards a listing as the sector’s biggest players race to raise fresh funds.
Why it matters: The ChatGPT-maker stated it had submitted a draft registration statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), adding, “we expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it”. It did not disclose the size, price or timing of the listing and cautioned a debut may not be imminent “because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company”. OpenAI explained the decision involves “a complicated set of trade-offs”, but the filing gives it “the option to go public sooner if that ends up being best”. Reuters reported the company is targeting a valuation of up to $1 trillion, with a debut possible as early as September. The filing puts OpenAI into a crowded and expensive AI listings race; rival Anthropic confidentially filed for its own US IPO last week, while SpaceX launched a blockbuster listing. Aviva Investors’ head of multi-asset Sunil Krishnan told the BBC all firms all have a “vast need for cash” as “no one wants to be last” in a space where access to capital could prove crucial as companies fund AI chips, infrastructure and model training. Harrison Rolfes, senior research analyst at PitchBook, argued OpenAI’s $1 trillion listing is “a bet on a company that has never been profitable, in a market it is currently losing, with a cost structure it cannot change for at least another year”. He added this is “all while racing a direct competitor through the same SEC process in the same quarter.” Rolfes concluded: “There is no scenario where OpenAI pricing after a profitable Anthropic favours OpenAI.”
What happened: Bouygues Telecom, Free-Iliad Group and Orange signed a memorandum of understanding with Altice France to acquire and carve up SFR in a deal valuing the operator at €20.4 billion, setting the stage for a major reset of France’s telecoms market.
Why it matters: Under terms outlined in April, Bouygues will take 42% of SFR’s assets, Free-Iliad 31% and Orange 27%. SFR’s consumer mobile and fixed broadband operations will be divided between the three operators, while Bouygues will take control of the B2B unit. Completion is targeted for H2 2027, subject to regulatory clearance. Kester Mann, director, consumer and connectivity at CCS Insight, noted the move marks the biggest potential shake-up in French telecoms since Iliad entered the mobile market in 2012, cutting the number of major operators from four to three and reshaping competition. He said the agreement appears “a successful outcome for all parties” as Bouygues, Orange and Iliad all gain “important new assets in their pursuit of greater scale”, while removing a key rival will “reduce the competitive intensity of the market”. However, the biggest challenge will be to regulators show the deal will deliver “positive outcomes to the French market”. He noted that while that would once have been “a herculean task”, recent approvals in the UK and Spain suggest Europe’s stance on consolidation is softening.
The GSMA cautioned European regulations must be aligned to enable the infrastructure investments needed for the mobile industry to maintain steady growth in an already substantial contribution to GDP.
In a statement promoting the release of GSMA Intelligence’s latest regional Mobile Economy report issued ahead of the pending presidency of the European Union (EU) by the Republic of Ireland, the association reiterated concerns over network quality, 5G penetration and a gap in the funding required.
GSMA director general Vivek Badrinath noted the decisions taken during the six-month presidency and beyond “will ultimately determine how well we bolster the foundational role mobile technologies play in modern society”.
Improved mobile capabilities would also help determine “how well-equipped Europe’s digital ecosystem is to grow and compete with leading global markets”, he said.
GSMA Intelligence’s research indicates the mobile sector contributed €1.2 trillion to the EU’s GDP in 2025, up from €1 trillion in 2024.
It forecast the sum could reach €1.6 trillion in 2030, 8.2% of overall GDP compared with 6.1% in 2025.
The industry accounted for 1.3 million direct and 1.1 million indirect jobs at end-2025.
But the GSMA reiterated 5G accounted for 43% of mobile connections at end-2025 and highlighted a potential €270 billion shortfall in future funding needs.
Backing Politicians and lobbyists said they recognise the importance of mobile connectivity to the Republic of Ireland and Europe as a whole.
The nation’s Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O’Donovan said creating conditions which “allow Europe’s digital ecosystem to truly thrive is a high agenda item” during its EU presidency.
He highlighted the importance of getting politicians and industry players together to “ensure opportunities are not missed to drive European competitiveness and growth”.
Nicola Cooke, director of lobby group Ibec’s Telecommunications Industry Ireland, noted the sector is at “an important crossroads” due to pending digital networks and cybersecurity legislation, and vowed to step up efforts to advance investment “in this vital national infrastructure”.
SpaceX raised a total $75 billion in an historic initial public offering (IPO), pricing 555.6 million shares at $135 each with trading set to begin later today on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
The listing is the biggest of all time, more than doubling the value of Saudi company Aramco’s stock market debut in 2019 which raised around $29 billion.
In a filing, SpaceX stated it has granted underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 83 million shares, which could increase the total fundraising to $86 billion at a $1.78 trillion valuation.
Financial Times reported Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI company drew orders more than three times the amount on offer, with demand coming from huge asset managers, gulf sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds and retail investors.
According to the outlet, individual investors placed orders for more than $100 billion and will be allocated around 20% to 25% of the total shares sold.
Musk is apparently keen to place smaller shareholders at the centre of SpaceX’s ownership, leaving fewer shares available for big companies and accounts that tend to be prioritised in IPOs.
Through the funds raised, SpaceX is to pump cash into a plan to establish AI data centres in space, a Musk vision that centres on overcoming energy limitations on earth. The company is also plotting new satellite constellations to fuel Starlink, while it will also pay down debt after taking a $20 billion bridging loan in March.
FT added the $1.78 trillion market value makes SpaceX the priciest of the world’s top 10 valuable companies, with its shares trading at 92 times its $19 billion revenue in 2025.
Following SpaceX’s market debut, OpenAI and Anthropic have also announced intentions to also hold a listing.
Telecom Italia (TIM) received a €1 billion payment from the Italian state, refunding a charge from the late 90s the operator has been battling through the courts for years to get back.
The operator paid just over €500 million in a licence fee in 1998 and has been contesting that payment for over 20 years. The final sum awarded to the operator comprises the original amount with inflation and interest added.
In December 2025, the country’s Court of Cassation finally ended a long-running legal row, ratifying a decision made in 2024 to award the sum.
Telecom Italia noted the payment had been flagged in its accounts last year and will “have a net positive impact on the financial position for the current financial year”.
The payment draws a line under what has been a lengthy battle for the operator to get a refund on a fee paid in the wake of the Italian telecoms market being opened-up.
In a statement made in 2024 on the issue, TIM argued courts in Europe had “intervened on this issue on several occasions” with a court in Rome eventually ruling in its favour.
Google reportedly is in discussions with Samsung Electronics to manufacture part of its next-generation AI processor, which could include using the latter’s 2-nanometer production technology.
The Information reported Google plans for TSMC to produce the main computing component of its tensor processing unit (TPU), codenamed Icefish, while Samsung may manufacture a component which helps connect it to memory.
Reuters reported the tech giant is also working with chip designer MediaTek on the overall design. Icefish is still in development, with mass production possible as early as 2028.
Landing the deal would be a major boost for Samsung’s foundry ambitions, strengthening an effort to win more advanced chip manufacturing business.
Its 2nm process would allow more transistors to be packed into smaller chips, improving performance, energy efficiency and AI capabilities, Reuters noted. It added the South Korean vendor is also considering a second Texas plant to expand output.
The reports are the latest indication Google is looking to reduce its reliance on TSMC, which is struggling to keep pace with surging AI demand and could prove a bottleneck for the wider industry.
Earlier this week, The Information also reported Google is in talks with Intel to manufacture more than three million TPUs in 2028.
Dell’Oro Group predicted cumulative 6G RAN capex would exceed $500 billion and revenue $100 billion in the first six years of deployment, spanning the period 2029 to 2034.
The company expects 6G RAN to account for approximately half of total capex during the period and tipped the technology to follow an evolutionary path, building on existing network architecture rather than reshaping the market entirely.
Dell’Oro does not expect 6G to expand the overall RAN market, forecasting an overall CAGR of 1% between 2030 and 2034.
It envisions 6G developing from Massive MIMO, existing sites and wider channel bandwidths, so changing RAN economics in stages. Capex is expected to accelerate toward the end of the 20230s.
Stefan Pongratz, VP of RAN and telecom capex research, said the most likely scenario is 6G would follow the established generational pattern, despite growing momentum for a so-called “G decoupling movement”.
He asserted “operators are in a much stronger position today from a network capacity perspective than they were during the transition from 4G to 5G”, meaning total 6G RAN revenue “during the first six years of the cycle is projected to be 10% to 20% lower than during the comparable period of the 5G cycle.”
The company expects sub-7GHz and cm wave bands to be key in 6G deployments, though noted growing momentum above 7GHz.
NTT Global Data Centres (GDC) is reportedly seeking at least $1 billion in fresh capital to fund new development projects in the US, working with Citigroup to raise funds.
Bloomberg reported the company, which is a subsidiary of NTT Group, is selling stakes with the investment bank2sedxzsz`Ω in a development vehicle for new US data centre projects.
The size of the equity offering could increase depending on investor demand, and the company may also raise a credit facility alongside it.
The news site stated NTT GDC, which is the world’s third-largest data centre provider outside of China, has started sending marketing materials to prospective long-term investors including pension and infrastructure funds, with a formal sale process expected to launch in the coming weeks.
Bloomberg explained the establishment of a development company which owns and manages pre-revenue early-stage assets, gives data centre builders the flexibility to target a broader pool of long-term investors, who in turn can demand higher returns for taking on early-stage project risk.
The news site stated the talks are at an early stage, with details including timing and the final size of the fundraising subject to change.
In May 2025, NTT Data announced it bought land across North America, Europe and Asia to support nearly a gigawatt of planned data centre capacity, including new sites in the US states of Oregon and Arizona.
NTT GDC CEO Doug Adams told Bloomberg in March 2026 the company is working on 34 projects which will double its capacity within two years, with total capacity set to reach over five gigawatts within five years.
Also in March, NTT Data announced a multi-year plan to invest more than $10 billion by 2027 to deliver infrastructure capable of supporting dense AI workloads.
BT Group embarked on a mission to improve critical communications, launching a portfolio of services to boost resilience by providing prioritised access to 4G and 5G networks through its EE unit.
Mission Boost spearheads a namesake range combining BT’s mobile and cloud infrastructure, and security capabilities with services from a host of partners. The system puts essential communications first during periods of network congestion or high demand.
Partnerships position the set-up for use by organisations involved in key national infrastructure, emergency response and transport.
BT plans to evolve its range to include contact management capabilities and PTT. It positioned the move as part of a $40 billion investment in digital infrastructure spanning the decade to 2030.
Faisal Mahomed, MD of Critical Communications, said the Mission portfolio is BT’s response to the “increasingly complex environments” organisations find themselves operating in.
Electricity provider UK Power Networks is among the first companies adopting BT’s system: its director of Asset Management Kieran Coughlan said reliable connectivity is now essential to the running of its network, highlighting capabilities including the capacity to remain connected to staff in the field and tools to help turn the lights back on during power outages.
Operators are increasingly looking to reposition themselves as trusted central players in digital sectors by combining their infrastructure with third-party services.
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) teamed with federal, state and local agencies to ensure secure communications across host cities as the FIFA World Cup 2026 football tournament kicked off.
FCC chair Brendan Carr welcomed the start of matches yesterday (11 June), stating the commission’s public safety, enforcement and radio engineering experts collaborated with the White House Task Force, private sector communications providers and stadium operators to support robust networks throughout the tournament.
“This event will be an incredible showcase of America’s strength and spirit as we celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday,” Carr said, also thanking Task Force Executive Director Andrew Giuliani and the FCC’s own staff for their work on the effort.
On the public safety front, the FCC has been preparing for rapid interference detection and response during matches, helping ensure first responders and emergency communications systems operate without disruption.
The commission has also been working with federal, state and local partners to support lawful counter-drone operations under the Safer Skie Act and has issued 10 Special Temporary Authorizations for wireless devices and broadcast operations to aid global media coverage.
Wireless interference has been a central focus given the extraordinary demand placed on networks when large crowds converge in concentrated areas.
The FCC collaborated with industry partners to support high-capacity wireless and 5G connectivity in and around host venues, ensuring reliable operations for broadcasters, wireless carriers and media organisations.
To monitor the radio spectrum in real time, the FCC deployed a networked constellation of advanced spectrum sensors across all US venues, to enable remote monitoring and rapid identification of harmful interference.
The FCC is ensuring spectrum requirements for broadcast operations, public safety communications, event security and national security preparations are fully supported at the tournament locations.
It also conducted advance planning, testing and coordination activities with host cities ahead of the tournament.
The FCC noted these efforts lay the groundwork beyond the World Cup itself, strengthening national communications coordination frameworks in preparation for the 2028 Olympics and other future major events.
Ericsson ha presentado una suscripción de software orientada a integrar modelos de IA de nivel de telecomunicaciones directamente en bandas base y radios, con el objetivo de que los operadores puedan mejorar el rendimiento, la automatización y la eficiencia energética de sus redes 5G sin necesidad de incorporar nuevo hardware.
Según la firma, el software emplea modelos de IA diseñados para operar en tiempo real dentro de la RAN, con capacidades de aprendizaje continuo e IA de agente para operaciones de red. Ericsson ha precisado que sus modelos están concebidos para una inferencia de latencia reducida, con atención a la fiabilidad en distintos entornos RAN.
El servicio es compatible con Ericsson 5G Advanced en plataformas RAN especializadas y en la nube. La empresa ha indicado que el software utiliza sus chips en las radios y la última generación de computación RAN para asignar el modelo de IA adecuado a cada parte de la red, y que sus capacidades también pueden desplegarse en plataformas de socios.
Las primeras funciones ya están disponibles, y se añadirán otras a lo largo del año. Entre las iniciales figura un planificador basado en IA para la adaptación de enlaces, la formación de haces y la coordinación multicapa.
Ericsson ha señalado que la tecnología se ha probado en más de 15 ensayos en todo el mundo, con resultados que incluyen un rendimiento de enlace descendente hasta un 20 % superior, una eficiencia espectral hasta un 10 % mejor y soporte para hasta el doble de usuarios con alto tráfico. La firma ha indicado asimismo que la IA en la RAN podría alcanzar una precisión de predicción de cobertura de hasta el 95 %.
Marten Lerner, consejero delegado de estrategia de redes y gestión de productos de Ericsson, ha sostenido que la empresa está “redefiniendo lo que es posible en las redes móviles al brindar potentes capacidades de IA a los proveedores de servicios” y ha concluido: “Estamos dando un paso importante hacia las redes nativas de IA”.
Socios de Ericsson como SoftBank, Bell, SK Telecom y Rogers han destacado los beneficios potenciales del software en optimización en tiempo real, rendimiento de red, ahorro energético, automatización y soporte para servicios emergentes impulsados por IA.
Joe Madden, analista de Mobile Experts, ha apuntado: “Con una actualización de software, los operadores pueden obtener mayor capacidad, mejor visibilidad y servicios de localización más precisos de la red 5G que compraron hace años”.
El organismo de normalización ETSI ha anunciado la publicación de sus primeras especificaciones para la configuración de un sistema de identificación digital europeo, en lo que considera el inicio de una transformación relevante para la infraestructura de identidad digital en la región.
Según ETSI, 450 millones de ciudadanos de la Unión Europea (UE) se beneficiarán de los estándares del programa de la Cartera Digital Europea, una iniciativa orientada a servir como verificación de identidad y como medio para compartir de forma segura datos personales y de cualificaciones.
La primera versión publicada por ETSI incluye más de 24 especificaciones, y sus grupos técnicos trabajarán en nuevas durante los próximos 18 meses.
“Nuestro objetivo es lograr que las interacciones digitales en toda Europa sean lo más fáciles y fiables posible”, ha declarado Nick Pope, presidente del comité de Firmas Electrónicas e Infraestructuras de Confianza del ETSI. Ha apuntado que la organización cuenta con una amplia trayectoria en firmas electrónicas, ciberseguridad y gestión de datos de confianza.
ETSI ha explicado que la UE trabaja para simplificar el acceso a los servicios en línea mediante el inicio de sesión único, en sustitución de múltiples contraseñas. Los usuarios podrán almacenar y gestionar documentos digitales oficiales, compartir información verificada —como diplomas o licencias— y suscribir documentos con firmas electrónicas legalmente vinculantes.
El conjunto inicial de normas abarca perfiles de atestación, políticas de certificación y formatos de listas de confianza, así como protocolos para firmas remotas, verificación de identidad y almacenamiento de datos.
La UE espera que el sistema simplifique el acceso a servicios gubernamentales, sanitarios, bancarios, de viajes y educativos.
La GSMA ha advertido que 810 millones de mujeres en países de ingresos bajos y medios (PIBM) no utilizan todavía internet móvil, lo que evidencia el lento avance en el cierre de la brecha digital de género.
En su último Informe sobre la Brecha de Género en la Telefonía Móvil 2026, la asociación del sector ha constatado que 595 millones de hombres en los mismos mercados carecen de acceso a internet móvil. Las mujeres en países de ingresos bajos y medios tienen un 12 % menos de probabilidades que los hombres de usar internet móvil, lo que supone 200 millones menos de mujeres conectadas.
La posesión de teléfonos inteligentes sigue siendo una barrera relevante: las mujeres en estos países tienen un 13 % menos de probabilidades que los hombres de disponer de uno, lo que equivale a unos 210 millones menos de propietarias.
El informe ha señalado que el conocimiento sobre internet móvil es alto y prácticamente igual entre hombres y mujeres, pero que la adopción sigue viéndose frenada por el elevado coste de los dispositivos, la falta de alfabetización digital y las carencias en competencias digitales. Una vez conectadas, las mujeres ven restringido su uso por preocupaciones de seguridad, el coste de los datos y la mala conectividad.
La GSMA ha apuntado que las mujeres se ven afectadas de manera desproporcionada por las normas sociales y las desigualdades estructurales, entre ellas los menores niveles de educación e ingresos.
La brecha digital es especialmente acusada en África subsahariana y el sur de Asia, donde la adopción de internet móvil se sitúa en el 26 % y el 25 %, respectivamente. Estas dos regiones concentran más de dos tercios de los 810 millones de mujeres sin conexión.
En las zonas rurales la situación es más pronunciada: según el informe, la desigualdad de género suele ser entre dos y tres veces mayor fuera de los entornos urbanos. La disparidad es especialmente notable en África subsahariana, el sur de Asia, Oriente Medio y el norte de África.
De cara al futuro, la asociación ha estimado que cerrar la brecha de adopción de internet móvil en los PIBM entre 2023 y 2030 podría añadir 1,3 billones de dólares al PIB mundial. Asimismo, reducir la brecha general en la posesión y el uso de móviles podría generar 230.000 millones de dólares en ingresos adicionales para la industria.
La GSMA ha reclamado una acción coordinada en materia de asequibilidad de dispositivos y datos, competencias digitales, seguridad, servicios orientados a las mujeres y desigualdades estructurales.
Claire Sibthorpe, directora de inclusión digital de la GSMA, ha declarado que “se necesita hacer mucho más para abordar las persistentes y significativas brechas de género en la adopción y el uso de internet móvil”. Ha precisado que la IA y otras tecnologías emergentes están “creando mayores brechas e inequidades digitales”, lo que hace que la inclusión digital sea cada vez más urgente.
Telefónica ha gestionado durante 2025 más de cuatro millones de equipos procedentes de clientes, operaciones y oficinas bajo criterios de economía circular.
La compañía ha alcanzado así una valorización del 95% de sus residuos, lo que consolida la circularidad como un eje de su estrategia climática y de negocio.
Estos resultados se enmarcan en la hoja de ruta de la operadora hacia el objetivo de “Residuo Cero” en 2030. Según ha comunicado la empresa, presidida por Marc Murtra, la gestión de estos dispositivos ha priorizado la segunda vida de los aparatos: el 75% del total se ha destinado a la reutilización, mientras que el 25% restante se ha reciclado para recuperar sus materiales.
Detalle de los dispositivos recuperados
El esfuerzo de recuperación se ha dividido en tres grandes categorías de equipos electrónicos.
En cuanto a routers y decodificadores, se han gestionado un total de tres millones de unidades de estos dispositivos domésticos. En el ámbito de los equipos de red, Telefónica ha reutilizado más de 780.000 unidades, en línea con el compromiso de la GSMA de reciclar o reutilizar el 100% de los equipos de red recogidos. Por lo que respecta a los dispositivos móviles, la compañía ha recogido cerca de 95 toneladas de terminales y ha reutilizado más de 357.000 teléfonos, una cifra que representa el 15% del total de terminales que la operadora distribuye en el mercado.
Innovación y compromiso ambiental
Maya Ormazabal, directora global de Sostenibilidad de Telefónica, ha señalado que este modelo permite un uso más responsable de los recursos y reduce el impacto ambiental asociado a la actividad tecnológica. La reutilización de estos equipos evita la fabricación de nuevos productos y supone un ahorro en las emisiones de CO2 asociadas.
Además, la empresa colabora con sus proveedores para integrar la circularidad desde el diseño. Fruto de esta colaboración se han lanzado productos como el router Movistar WiFi 7, que incorpora un 70% de materiales reciclados y utiliza embalajes con certificación forestal FSC.
El gobierno español ha manifestado su oposición a la propuesta de la Comisión Europea (CE) de prohibir de forma generalizada y obligatoria el uso de equipos de los fabricantes chinos Huawei y ZTE en las redes de telecomunicaciones europeas.
En el marco de la negociación de la nueva Ley Europea de Ciberseguridad (CSA), España reclama mantener su margen de decisión nacional y la soberanía para determinar qué proveedores representan un riesgo estructural para su seguridad.
Los motivos de la oposición española
El ejecutivo, por boca del ministro para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública, Óscar López, defiende que las decisiones sobre la cadena de suministro tecnológico que afectan a la seguridad nacional deben permanecer en manos de los estados miembros y no de la Comisión. Según fuentes ministeriales, España apuesta por una clasificación de proveedores basada en criterios técnicos objetivos, proporcionados y viables que garanticen la seguridad jurídica, en lugar de vetos políticos supranacionales.
Además, el Gobierno español mantiene una posición política más cercana a China que la de otros socios europeos. El presidente Pedro Sánchez ha llegado a citar a Huawei como uno de los socios para el desarrollo de la tecnología 5G en España, evitando hasta ahora aplicar restricciones pese a contar con una ley de ciberseguridad desde 2020 que se lo permitiría.
Una postura diferenciada respecto a Europa
La posición española contrasta con la tendencia seguida por una gran parte del continente. Bruselas quiere que las recomendaciones vigentes se conviertan en obligaciones, estableciendo un plazo de tres años para sustituir a los fabricantes chinos en las redes móviles y extendiendo la prohibición a las redes fijas y satelitales.
Actualmente, varios países ya han adoptado medidas restrictivas en este sentido. El Reino Unido, Francia, Suecia, Portugal y los países bálticos, entre otros, han prohibido el uso de estos equipos tanto en el núcleo de la red como en la parte de radio. Italia, Bélgica y Alemania, por su parte, se encuentran en proceso de aplicar limitaciones similares.
España, en cambio, se mantiene como uno de los pocos países europeos de peso que se resiste a clasificar a estas empresas como proveedores de alto riesgo (HRV, por sus siglas en inglés), una categoría que la Comisión ya ha asignado a Huawei y ZTE por considerar que presentan riesgos significativos.
El impacto en las operadoras
Según Expansión, la postura del Gobierno cuenta con el respaldo de las grandes operadoras de telecomunicaciones, como Telefónica, Orange o Deutsche Telekom. Las compañías temen que una sustitución forzada de los equipos chinos implique un elevado coste económico y dificultades técnicas de gran envergadura.
Según datos del sector, el proceso de sustitución podría costar decenas de miles de millones de euros a escala europea. Las operadoras defienden que las decisiones en materia de seguridad corresponden a los estados y observan con preocupación el calendario de tres años que pretende imponer Bruselas, que podría comprometer el ritmo de despliegue de las redes y la competitividad industrial del continente.
La reforma legislativa sigue su curso en Bruselas, donde España intentará que el texto final respete la capacidad de decisión nacional sobre qué activos tecnológicos se consideran esenciales para la seguridad del Estado.
IT provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) teamed with Anthropic to accelerate enterprise AI adoption, with a focus on highly regulated sectors where accuracy, auditability and governance requirements have historically slowed deployments.
As a Global Premier Partner in the Claude Partner Network, TCS will establish a dedicated business unit focused on delivering industry services and AI expertise built on Anthropic’s Claude family of models, with early access to new releases.
It will also provide Anthropic’s Claude AI assistant to more than 50,000 employees across engineering, finance, legal, marketing, and sales.
The two companies will jointly go to market with AI capabilities across financial services, public services, life sciences, healthcare, aviation, telecom, and medtech.
The partnership also spans several TCS businesses and platforms. Diligenta, TCS’s UK-based life and pensions business with over 22 million customers, will use Claude to improve customer experience through agentic process transformation.
TCS iON, which conducts more than 75 million annual assessments across 1,500 cities in India, will deliver learning and certification programmes on Claude models to help build an AI-certified workforce.
K Krithivasan, CEO and managing director of TCS, stated enterprise AI value comes from understanding business context, orchestrating complex systems and applying deep AI engineering talent.
“By combining Claude with our industry expertise, engineering rigour and large-scale transformation capabilities, we will help customers move faster to production, especially in industries where trust, resilience and regulatory discipline are critical,” he said.
The partnership comes as Anthropic, now valued at $965 billion, looks to extend the momentum which has pushed its valuation above rival OpenAI, with both startups moving towards public listings.
GSMA warned 810 million women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) still do not use mobile internet, flagging slow progress in closing the digital gender gap.
In its latest Mobile Gender Gap Report 2026, the industry association found that in comparison, 595 million men in the same markets are not connected to mobile internet. Indeed, women in LMICs were 12% less likely than men to use mobile internet, leaving 200 million fewer women online.
Smartphone ownership remains a major barrier, as women in LMICs are 13% less likely than men to own a smartphone, equivalent to around 210 million fewer female owners.
The report found awareness of mobile internet is high and almost equal among men and women, but adoption continues to be held back by handset affordability, literacy and digital skills gaps. Even after women are connected, usage remains restricted due to safety and security concerns, data affordability and poor connectivity.
GSMA explained women are disproportionately affected due to social norms and structural inequalities, including lower education and income.
The report found the divide most acute in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where mobile internet adoption stands at 26% and 25% respectively. The regions together also account for more than two-thirds of the 810 million unconnected women.
Women in rural areas continue to face a sharper divide, with the report stating the gender gap is typically two to three times wider outside urban areas. The disparity is particularly pronounced in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
Looking ahead, the industry association estimated closing the mobile internet adoption gap in LMICs between 2023 and 2030 could add $1.3 trillion to GDP. Meanwhile, narrowing the wider mobile ownership and usage gap could generate $230 billion in additional revenue for the mobile industry.
It called for coordinated action on handset and data affordability, digital skills, safety, services designed for women and wider structural inequalities.
Claire Sibthorpe, head of digital inclusion at GSMA, said “much more is needed to address the persistent and significant gender gaps in mobile internet adoption and use”. She warned AI and other emerging technologies are “creating greater digital divides and inequities”, making digital inclusion increasingly urgent.
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