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.

Buying an artificial intelligence tool does not, by itself, constitute business transformation. “Artificial intelligence is effective only when it is integrated into practically the entire business process,” Krešimir Mlinarić, CEO of Span Evolve, tells ICTbusiness Media – ICTbusiness.info. For him, the central challenge is organisational: businesses must rethink how work moves from one stage to another.

Oppo has announced a strategic plan to significantly increase its investment across Europe over the next three years.

Siniša Krajnović regards artificial intelligence as one of the most consequential technological changes of the present era. “This may be the biggest change in the history of human civilisation,” Siniša Krajnović, President of the Management Board and CEO of Ericsson Nikola Tesla, tells ICTbusiness Media – ICTbusiness.info. His assessment reflects the scale of the transformation now facing companies whose operations depend on software engineering.

The European Commission (EC) has expressed concerns that KKR may have submitted inaccurate or misleading data during its 2024 investigation into the acquisition of Telecom Italia’s fixed-line network assets.

Spanish telecommunications group Telefónica and Portuguese telecommunications and IT company NOS Comunicações have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in developing advanced digital technologies for European defense and security applications. The agreement covers secure communications, advanced connectivity and digital services intended to support military operations, autonomous systems and other emerging defense requirements. The partnership also reflects the growing importance of telecommunications infrastructure in Europe's efforts to strengthen technological sovereignty and improve interoperability between national defense systems.

Artificial intelligence is no longer a specialised experiment in web development; it is part of programmers’ daily work. “There is no job in which we do not use artificial intelligence,” Hrvoje Nekić, CEO of WEB Marketing, tells ICTbusiness Media – ICTbusiness.info. He sees the change as both a productivity opportunity and the beginning of a different relationship between users and software.

Daytona, the technology company led by Croatian entrepreneur Ivan Burazin, has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round that values the business at $1 billion. The round was led by FirstMark Growth and brings total capital raised to $91 million. The company is building infrastructure that enables autonomous AI agents to execute complex digital tasks in their own computing environments.

Cybersecurity maturity varies considerably among Croatian businesses. “Some entrepreneurs have a higher level of awareness and implementation of cybersecurity, while others are at a lower level,” Martina Dragičević, Director of Regulatory Affairs, EU Funding and Wholesale at A1 Croatia and a participant in the Croatian Employers’ Association’s ICT cybersecurity coordination, tells ICTbusiness Media – ICTbusiness.info. The gap becomes particularly important as regulatory requirements expand.

Artificial intelligence is moving deeper into business operations, but control over company data is becoming as important as the capabilities of the models themselves. Businesses must decide which applications warrant a private or dedicated environment and which can be handled through standard public cloud services. “The decision is not driven by the size of the company but by the kind of data the AI works with,” as Tibor Pakozdi, founder and CEO of AI.hr, points out for ICTbusiness Media - ICTbusiness.biz. 

Apple’s inaugural foldable smartphone is encountering supply challenges that surfaced just minutes after preorders commenced.

Software development is undergoing a structural shift, with boundaries between previously distinct roles becoming less rigid. “The entire software development lifecycle is changing. Nothing is staying quite the same,” Hrvoje Gorajščan, CEO of Q agency, tells ICTbusiness Media – ICTbusiness.info. He sees the transformation as an opportunity, but not as a straightforward story of programmers producing more code.

Rimac Technology and ECOBLOX have announced a Joint Development Agreement to deliver a Modular Data Center (MDC) solution.

Hrvatski Telekom has been awarded the EcoVadis Gold Medal for Sustainability, achieving a score of 84 out of 100 points and placing within the top 5% of companies assessed globally over the past 12 months.

The Bosch Group is allocating €100 million in fresh capital to startups within Germany.

“Recent AI-driven cyberattacks were an early warning shot,” Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis cautioned.

Artificial intelligence has opened a new period of experimentation across IN2’s engineering teams. “We decided to let the genie out of the bottle, and month after month we are watching what happens in different teams,” Ivan Gabrić, CEO of IN2, tells ICTbusiness Media – ICTbusiness.info. The approach reflects an effort to discover practical applications through development work rather than wait for the technology to stabilise.

Ericsson reported a robust revenue increase in the third quarter of 2026, with performance bolstered by expanded sales within its Networks division and the implementation of effective efficiency measures.