Germany/UK Privacy Crackdown: HateAid filed a criminal complaint over Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses and retailers, arguing the devices can be hard to distinguish from normal eyewear and may violate Germany’s rules on covert recording; meanwhile UK courts moved to ban the devices inside court buildings. Network Resilience & Safety: Nigeria’s NCC urged road contractors to protect fibre during civil works after reporting 5,000+ fibre cuts in six months, warning that damaged links can disrupt banking, government services and emergency communications. Infrastructure Finance: Bank of America announced an 18-month plan to mobilize and deploy $250bn for US digital, energy and core infrastructure—explicitly including data centres, telecom networks and semiconductors—echoing similar moves from Morgan Stanley. Subsea Connectivity: Google unveiled “Americas Connect,” adding three new subsea cable systems centered on the Dominican Republic to boost redundant international capacity for the Caribbean and Americas. Public Safety Comms: Inrico deployed an integrated PoC dispatch and radio solution for municipal traffic operations in Brazil, linking field teams to command centres with voice, data and location services. Regulatory Cybersecurity: The Philippines’ House approved a National Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Act to strengthen defences against ransomware and attacks on essential services. Mobile Revival Watch (Nepal): United Telecom Limited (UTL) says it plans to restart operations and launch 5G if its licence is renewed, after seeking interest and penalty waivers on large outstanding dues.