Croatia’s fixed broadband market in 2025 was marked by intense competition among operators, visible technological progress, and a gradual shift toward very high-capacity networks, primarily FTTH infrastructure. This is clearly confirmed by the “Barometer of Fixed Internet Connections in Croatia,” published by nPerf in January 2026, covering measurement results from 1 January to 31 December 2025.
Meta Platforms recorded revenue growth in the third quarter of 2026; however, strong top-line performance was tempered by significantly rising operational costs.
Qualcomm has confirmed it will implement an unspecified number of job cuts following its recent annual employee performance reviews.
The rise of artificial intelligence is increasingly raising questions about control over data, infrastructure and business processes, rather than simply choosing the most advanced model. “The real value of AI does not come when a model answers a question, but when it reliably completes a task and delivers a result that justifies the investment,” Marko Dagelić, CEO of Datum, tells ICTbusiness Media – ICTbusiness.biz. Datum is developing a model that combines computing resources, cloud environments, an AI platform and agents, with its partnership with DataBox providing a foundation in domestic infrastructure. In this interview, Dagelić explains the difference between storing data in Croatia or the European Union and achieving genuine operational independence from a particular technology provider. He also discusses practical applications of agentic automation, from WhatsApp bookings to business document processing, alongside security and human accountability. The conversation addresses GPU system costs, energy availability, capacity utilization and the conditions under which investment in AI data centers can be sustainable. For Croatian technology companies, he sees an opportunity in combining infrastructure, systems integration expertise and regional demand, rather than trying to compete head-on with the world's largest platforms.
Japan has committed $20 billion to build two new semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the United States.
Nokia has reported a significant increase in both revenue and profitability for the third quarter of 2026.
Amazon has announced plans to allocate €16 billion toward its German operations in 2027.
Global electric passenger vehicle (EV) sales demonstrated robust growth in the second quarter of 2026, increasing by 16% to reach 5.8 million units, according to Counterpoint Research.
The total value of digital wallet transactions will rise from $9 trillion in 2023 to surpass $16 trillion in 2028, a rise of 77%, according to Juniper Research.
Telefonica accelerated growth during the second quarter of the year.
AMD announced revenue for the second quarter of 2023 of $5.4 billion, a gross margin of 46%, an operating loss of $20 million, a net income of $27 million, and diluted earnings per share of $0.02.
Huawei Cloud's Pangu-Weather Model, an AI model for global weather forecasting, is now available on the website of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).
IBM completed its acquisition of Apptio after receiving all required regulatory approvals.
A new study from Juniper Research has selected Shanghai as the leading smart city in Asia in 2023.
Telecom Italia has finalized a series of leadership transitions within its enterprise and technology divisions, with the newly appointed executives assuming their responsibilities this week.
Meta Platforms recorded revenue growth in the third quarter of 2026; however, strong top-line performance was tempered by significantly rising operational costs.
A1 Croatia ended the third quarter of 2026 among the markets contributing to service revenue growth, while A1 Group’s international operations once again drove consolidated performance. The quarterly disclosures, however, do not provide separate financial amounts for Croatia: there are no Croatian revenue, EBITDA, EBITDA after leases or capital expenditure figures for either the quarter or the first nine months. Croatia’s performance can therefore be assessed through the operating trends identified in the report and through the aggregate international segment, but not through a standalone Croatian profit and loss account. This distinction matters when comparing A1 with other operators in the Croatian market.
Microsoft is continuing to expand its digital sovereignty capabilities through Microsoft Sovereign Cloud, bringing together public cloud services, customer-operated private infrastructure and partner technology environments. The new capabilities are aimed at organizations managing sensitive data, critical information systems and business processes subject to strict regulatory requirements, including government agencies, financial institutions, healthcare providers, energy companies and other critical infrastructure operators.
IBM, in collaboration with Siemens, has announced new research intended to advance nanostack architecture, a novel transistor framework introduced earlier this year.
Samsung forecasts double-digit profitability in its mobile division on a full-year basis.
The German government prepared an amount of €20 billion to be distributed by 2027 to bolster the semiconductor industry.
America Movil increased its stake in A1 Telekom Austria by a further 5.5% for an undisclosed sum.
Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 7.8% year over year to 265.3 million units in the second quarter of 2023, according to preliminary data from IDC.
T-Mobile US reported post-paid phone additions of 760,000 in the second quarter of 2023.
IBM and open-source AI platform Hugging Face announced that IBM's watsonx.ai geospatial foundation model - built from NASA's satellite data - will now be openly available on Hugging Face.
