TelcoNews UK - Telecommunications news for ICT decision-makers
United Kingdom

Author profile

Mark Tarre headshot photo

Mark Tarre

News Chief

Mark Tarre is an editor and journalist with experience across newsroom, public relations, and digital publishing. He has worked across different organisations on editorial and content-led projects. He holds a journalism degree.

Email Call LinkedIn Our team

UK Stories

Written by Mark

AllPoints Fibre adds Sky Ethernet to aquila platform
Network Infrastructure

AllPoints Fibre adds Sky Ethernet to aquila platform

AllPoints Fibre adds Sky Business Wholesale Ethernet to its aquila platform, boosting UK coverage and simplifying access for channel partners.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
Shoppers ditch baskets over delivery fees & friction
Digital Transformation

Shoppers ditch baskets over delivery fees & friction

Shoppers shun online baskets over high delivery fees and clunky checkouts as retailers plough cash into loyalty schemes and shiny AI tools.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
UK firms boost travel & AI spend as ad budgets fall
Digital Transformation

UK firms boost travel & AI spend as ad budgets fall

UK firms ramp up travel and AI investment in 2025, even as advertising spend plunges 28%, signalling a sharper focus on productivity.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026

Global Stories

Written by Mark

Unlimit names Michele Fung as new Head of Asia Pacific
Disaster Recovery

Unlimit names Michele Fung as new Head of Asia Pacific

Unlimit appoints Hong Kong-based Michele Fung as Asia-Pacific head to drive regional expansion in increasingly competitive payments markets.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
Arctic Wolf unveils Aurora managed endpoint tools for MSPs
Ransomware

Arctic Wolf unveils Aurora managed endpoint tools for MSPs

Arctic Wolf launches Aurora managed endpoint defence, rapid-response SLA and MSP admin portal to help partners scale security operations.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
Gartner warns misconfigured AI could halt G20 power
Robotics

Gartner warns misconfigured AI could halt G20 power

Gartner warns a misconfigured AI in cyber-physical systems could knock out critical infrastructure and power in a G20 nation by 2028.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2026
Rapid7 crowns Orro APJ Partner of the Year for 2026
Customer Experience

Rapid7 crowns Orro APJ Partner of the Year for 2026

Rapid7 names Orro its 2026 APJ Partner of the Year as four other Australian security specialists secure top regional award honours.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
Nium adds three C suite leaders to drive global growth
Crypto

Nium adds three C suite leaders to drive global growth

Nium strengthens global payments push with new chiefs for risk, technology and marketing as AI, stablecoins and regulation reshape the sector.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
Microsoft patches zero-day flaws in latest Windows update
Identity and Access Management

Microsoft patches zero-day flaws in latest Windows update

Microsoft rolls out fixes for 55 Windows flaws, including six exploited zero-days hitting Shell, MSHTML, Word and key desktop services.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
Anthropic unveils Claude Opus 4.6 for deeper coding work
Generative AI

Anthropic unveils Claude Opus 4.6 for deeper coding work

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6, boosting coding, agent workflows and pro tasks with a 1m-token context window and benchmark gains.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
CodeRabbit unveils Issue Planner to sharpen AI briefs
DevOps

CodeRabbit unveils Issue Planner to sharpen AI briefs

CodeRabbit launches Issue Planner beta, embedding AI prompt planning into Jira, Linear, GitHub and GitLab to cut failures from unclear briefs.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
Calero unveils AI assistant for telecom invoice insight
Data Analytics

Calero unveils AI assistant for telecom invoice insight

Calero launches AI-powered assistant to give TEM and MEM teams instant, conversational insight from complex telecom and mobility invoices.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
Wordly launches Workspaces for everyday AI translation
Unified Communications

Wordly launches Workspaces for everyday AI translation

Wordly debuts Workspaces to bring its AI translation and captioning platform from big-ticket conferences into everyday corporate meetings.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
Trane Technologies to buy LiquidStack in AI cooling push
Manufacturing

Trane Technologies to buy LiquidStack in AI cooling push

Trane Technologies will acquire AI-focused data centre cooling specialist LiquidStack, expanding its liquid and rack-level thermal management range.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
Submer buys Radian Arc to build sovereign telco AI edge
Unified Communications

Submer buys Radian Arc to build sovereign telco AI edge

Submer buys Radian Arc to fuse liquid-cooled AI data centres with telco-embedded GPU edge, targeting sovereign AI at carrier scale.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
Myriota debuts AssetHawk satellite tracker for remote assets
Unified Communications

Myriota debuts AssetHawk satellite tracker for remote assets

Myriota launches AssetHawk, a 5G NTN satellite tracker promising decade-long battery life for monitoring remote fleets and equipment.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
Mastercard enlists Schmeichel to back Click to Pay
Surveillance

Mastercard enlists Schmeichel to back Click to Pay

Mastercard taps Peter Schmeichel to front a UK push for tokenised Click to Pay checkouts, aiming to end manual card entry by 2030.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Written by Mark