Part 4 of 5 of the deep dive "It's time to pick up the smartphone". The replacement arithmetic, why the dependencies survive even with new phones in every pocket, and five scenarios for how this plays out.
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Christian Triantafillou Schade— Digital pioneer, tech reporter, corporate revolutionary. Christian Triantafillou Schade covers Europe's push for digital sovereignty from the public record. He consults on process improvement and tooling.
Portugal’s government has renewed restrictions on 'high-risk' 5G suppliers after a new security review, maintaining a policy that effectively excludes Huawei from the market. The decision, adopted under Decision No. 1/2024, was confirmed by the Presidency Ministry and follows a classified assessment completed by September
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Cisco and NVIDIA launch on-premises Splunk AI platform
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Cisco and NVIDIA introduce the Cisco AI POD for Splunk, enabling Splunk AI to run in on-premises, private cloud and air-gapped environments. The platform combines Cisco infrastructure, NVIDIA accelerated computing and Kubernetes-based architecture, addressing data sovereignty and regulatory constraints. (NUPATH)
Cisco and NVIDIA launch on-premises Splunk
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It will take a generation to switch Europe's phones. Start now
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Roughly 350 to 400 million smartphones sit in EU pockets today, and only a fraction of them (110 to 134 million) come up for replacement in any given year, and the replacement cycle has stretched past 40 months. Nearly one in five phones already in use is second-hand. Those
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Cisco and NVIDIA launch on-premises Splunk AI platform
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Cisco and NVIDIA introduce the Cisco AI POD for Splunk, enabling Splunk AI to run in on-premises, private cloud and air-gapped environments. The platform combines Cisco infrastructure, NVIDIA accelerated computing and Kubernetes-based architecture, addressing data sovereignty and regulatory constraints for enterprise AI deployments. Splunk AI Assistant is
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Cloudflare dominates CDN use among European companies
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Analysis of 44,143 European companies using a content delivery network (CDN) finds 89.6% rely on Cloudflare, with Amazon CloudFront at 3,112, Fastly at 1,299 and Akamai at 396. The concentration raises questions about digital sovereignty and infrastructure resilience across Europe. (CIPHERCUE)
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Draghi Report sees only 6.4% of tech recommendations implemented
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Two years after Mario Draghi’s report on EU competitiveness, only 6.4% of its digital and telecoms recommendations have been fully enacted. The slow implementation risks weakening Europe’s tech sovereignty in AI, cloud and 6G, with telecom reforms stalled and cost-creating measures prioritised over investment-boosting actions.