UK Fines Apple Over Breach of Sanctions Against Russia
The UK fined Apple’s European subsidiary £390,000 after it made payments to a Russian streaming platform.

The UK fined Apple’s European subsidiary £390,000 after it made payments to a Russian streaming platform.
Last week’s cyber-attack affected cloud infrastructure hosting the European Commission's web presence on the Europa.eu platform.
French company Mistral AI continues towards an ambition to build 200MW of data center computing capacity in Europe by the end of 2027.
Netflix will reach over 1 billion monthly active users globally by 2027, while YouTube will approach 3 billion users worldwide, according to Omdia.
Infobip has supported thousands of startups and scaleups from over 120 countries in the first five years of its Startup Tribe Program.
Hrvatski Telekom has become the first company in Croatia to be awarded the Golden HRIO, the highest national recognition for sustainable business.
The European Commission and consumer protection authorities from 23 Member States, as well as Iceland and Norway, released the results of a screening of online discounts during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.
Swisscom-owned Fastweb + Vodafone will terminate its Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Italian tower company Inwit.
Apple started age verification rules across its services in the UK.
Arm unveiled its first in-house data center processor, shifting away from licensing chip designs for other companies to use their own production silicon.
Global TV shipments remained flat year-on-year at 61.5 million units in 4Q25, despite a sharp decline in China, according to Omdia.
The Italian national postal service provider has sent a cash and share offer for Telecom Italia (TIM) worth €10.8 billion.
The US administration unveiled its national AI legislative framework that aims to create uniform security and safety guardrails while also attempting to preempt states from enacting their own rules.
Omdia’s Core Market Tracker reveals that Communications Service Providers (CSPs) increased their 5G packet core network investments by 83% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2025.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime and INTERPOL launched a new initiative to fight financial fraud.
Global tablet shipments declined by around 3% QoQ and 4% YoY in 4Q25, marking a clear step into a more mature phase for the market, according to Counterpoint Research.
The UK government will finance £2.5 billion in funding for AI and quantum computing development.
A new study by Juniper Research forecasts that operators will generate $3.1 billion globally from RCS for Business traffic in 2027, up from $1.2 billion in 2025.
Telecom Italia formed a joint venture with Swisscom’s Fastweb + Vodafone to build and manage 6,000 telecoms towers in Italy.
Research from Omdia reveals that the semiconductor market surpassed $830 billion in 2025, marking the second consecutive year of more than 20% annual revenue growth.