
Onecom launches Halo to automate customer and employee communications workflows. The platform combines voice, messaging, and email agents in one system, with subscription-based scaling and centralised management.

Nokia and KETS advance quantum-safe telecoms with integrated QKD systems. Their latest collaboration combines optical networking and chip-based encryption hardware in a live global demonstration platform.

Zango report says UK finance lacks shared AI governance rules. The research argues banks and payments companies are still building oversight models separately as generative and agentic adoption gathers pace.

Designit says telecoms are moving too quickly on enterprise AI. New survey findings suggest the industry is prioritising speed over organisational redesign, even though readiness may determine whether AI deployments create lasting value.

Cequence has launched tighter controls for enterprise AI agent access. The new Agent Personas feature in AI Gateway is designed to limit what autonomous agents can do inside enterprise systems, addressing governance and audit concerns as agentic AI moves into production.

Cyber Essentials has tightened rules on MFA, patching, and scope. The latest update sharpens automatic fail criteria, clarifies cloud and device scope, and leaves businesses with less room to treat baseline controls as optional.

AI is widening capability gaps across UK communications teams nationally. Murray McIntosh found stronger uptake in utilities, while highly regulated sectors remain much earlier in adoption and implementation.

Audion has raised fresh capital to fund its US expansion. The Series B will support its American launch, new hires, and further development of Audion AI for performance-focused audio advertising.

Studio Graphene expands into Ireland through Tribe Digital integration. The move gives the product studio its first Irish foothold and adds deeper design and experience capability to its wider digital offering.

NTU formalises Thailand partnership around entrepreneurship, AI, and workforce skills. The new agreement expands joint programmes with Thailand’s higher education ministry and Chiang Mai University across venture building, mentoring, and applied AI training.