Global Developments

Global Data Privacy & PETs Developments (June–July 2025)

The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025 and updates UK GDPR with predefined “recognised legitimate interests”, higher PECR fines up to £17.5M or 4% of global turnover, and new Smart Data portability and digital identity frameworks. The European Commission extended the UK’s EU adequacy decision by six months to 27 December 2025 to reassess data protection adequacy. EU policy in May 2025 proposed GDPR simplification for SMEs, exempting organizations with fewer than 750 employees from processing records unless high-risk processing occurs. India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) entered into force in July

10 July 2025

Global Photonics Technology Developments and News (June–July 2025)

A global research team led by Japan’s NICT demonstrated 1.02 Pb/s transmission over 1,808 km using a 19-core fiber and custom optical amplifiers. NICT, ASTRODESIGN, and Fujikura deployed a multi-core fiber system with eight 4-core fibers (32 cores total) enabling uncompressed 8K video across a 300 m link at about 70 Gbps per stream. In early June, NICT and Sony announced the first practical 1,550 nm VCSEL using quantum dots as the gain medium, promising cheaper, lower-energy lasers for fiber-optic links. MIT unveiled an optical AI accelerator chip for wireless networks, a photonic processor using an optical neural network that

9 July 2025

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Network Function Virtualization (NFV) – Global Developments (June–July 2025)

On June 12, 2025 Ericsson unveiled Ericsson On-Demand, a fully managed 5G Core-as-a-Service delivered as SaaS with Google Cloud, using GKE and AI-powered operations with pay-as-you-go pricing. On June 30, 2025 the U.S. DOJ approved HPE’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, conditioning divestment of Aruba Instant On WLAN and licensing out Juniper’s Mist platform source code to a third party and foreseeing a 2025 close. In July 2025 Deutsche Telekom formed a new internal cloud division focused on data sovereignty and European cloud independence. On July 2, 2025 Latvia’s LMT announced a collaboration with Ericsson to modernize its core

9 July 2025

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Global Battery Tech and Energy Storage Developments (June–July 2025)

BYD field-tested solid-state EV batteries with nearly 400 Wh/kg energy density, enabling about 1,500 km ranges on a 12-minute (80%) charge, with prototypes in real cars and aims for industrial scale by 2030. Nissan plans its first solid-state EV in 2028 as part of a broader industry push including Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, CATL, and Stellantis. Kalmar (Cargotec) launched a second-generation Li-ion battery system for heavy electric forklifts and port equipment, delivering 10 hours of operation and improved thermal stability. Global EV sales through May 2025 reached 7.2 million units, with China contributing 4.4 million and May 2025 alone at 1.0 million,

4 July 2025

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