Telecom Talk

JULY 28, 2025

Further, in the price segment, Starlink will be way more expensive than what Indians pay for even the highest end broadband plans/connections. The telcos will help Starlink in distributing its connectivity kit across India through their retail presence. So it will only serve a small segment of the market.

Retail

Total Telecom

JUNE 19, 2025

Having brought together five businesses – Giganet, Jurassic Fibre, Swish Fibre, the original AllPoints Fibre, and Cuckoo – into a single group, APFN (a wholesale business) and Cuckoo (a retail business) now operate as self-standing companies, owned by Fern Fibre. Now that that process is complete, some leadership changes are taking place.

Retail

Total Telecom

MAY 20, 2025

According to the article, its mobile and broadband units are reportedly losing billions of baht each year because of high operating costs and intense competition in both markets. The prospective deal would see NT transfer ownership of all its customers to AIS, with the latter renting access to NTs networks to maintain services.

Retail

VoIP Review

MARCH 12, 2025

In a strategic move, Bharti Airtel has joined forces with SpaceX to bring Starlink broadband services to India. By partnering, both companies plan to offer reliable broadband, expanding coverage especially in remote regions. To facilitate this, Airtel plans to introduce Starlink equipment through its retail facilities.

Retail

VoIP Review

JULY 23, 2025

Verizon has raised its full-year earnings forecast following a solid second quarter marked by growth in service revenue and broadband expansion, alongside the benefit of recent tax reforms. While the company highlighted gains in fixed broadband and fixed wireless access (FWA), it was less forthcoming about its losses on the wireless front.

Phone

VoIP Review

MAY 26, 2025

In a landmark development for the UK’s broadband landscape, Netomnia and Adtran have successfully launched the first commercial 50G PON service in the country. This places them among the UK’s leading scalable retail and wholesale networks. billion in funding.

Bandwidth

Telecom Talk

JULY 28, 2025

ARPU and Customer Experience The minister also highlighted several persistent challenges facing BSNL, including competition from private telecom players, outdated technology, slow 4G rollout, low average revenue per user (ARPU), and service quality concerns, particularly in fixed broadband. This is for next year.

Mobile

VoIP Review

JUNE 22, 2025

APFN has announced the completion of its corporate consolidation plan, merging five companies into two standalone entities: a wholesale operation, APFN itself, and a retail arm, Cuckoo. He commended the efforts to launch aquila and merge retail operations onto a unified platform. Both are now under the ownership of Fern Fibre.

Platform

Blandin on Broadband

JULY 2, 2025

The FCC reports … In this Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) extends, for a year, the waiver pausing both the phase-out of Lifeline support for voice-only services and the increase in the Lifeline minimum service standard for mobile broadband data capacity. Mobile Broadband Data Capacity Minimum Service Standard.

Mobile

Telecom Talk

JUNE 27, 2025

Vodafone Idea stated, “As India’s digital economy accelerates backed by Digital India, Bharat Net and mobile broadband use, smaller businesses are exploring digital tools to enhance operational efficiency and expand their market reach.” ” Regionally, South India leads the digital shift with a DMI of 62.9.

Media

VoIP Review

APRIL 3, 2025

This strategic move marks an effort by the mobile operator to expand its fixed broadband offerings. While Lumos customers will retain their current fiber service, they are set to benefit from T-Mobiles robust support infrastructure , which includes retail presence and bundled offerings.

Mobile

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 17, 2025

Part 1: Explaining BEAD, Broadband Abundance? Part 2: Explaining BEAD, Trying to Bridge the Digital Divide As a brief recap, the nation has been working for decades to achieve universal access to broadband. Instead, Congress structured the BEAD program as a state and territory broadband grant program.

Internet

RCR Wireless

MARCH 12, 2025

Jio also noted that it plans to distribute Starlink solutions through its retail stores and online platforms Indian operator Jio Platforms, which is part of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, has announced an agreement with SpaceX to bring Starlinks broadband internet services to its customers in India.

Internet

Aatrox Communications

JULY 9, 2025

As a leading provider, Aatrox Communications is helping Sydney SMEs—from retailers to startups—cut costs, empower hybrid teams, and access enterprise-grade features like video conferencing and live chat through 3CX hosted solutions. Outdated PBX systems are doing just that—slowing growth and frustrating customers in today’s digital world.

Phone

IEEE ComSoc

APRIL 1, 2025

This deal marks a major milestone in T-Mobiles broadband growth and builds on the Un-carriers success in delivering best-in-class connectivity. By bringing more value and choice to the millions of Americans who have previously been underserved, T-Mobile continues to deliver on its mission to change broadband for good.

Mobile

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 7, 2025

“And now we’re showing how slicing can serve retail, healthcare, and first responders.” “We built this network to deliver personalized experiences on demand,” said Ulf Ewaldsson , T-Mobile’s president of technology.

Network

Aatrox Communications

JUNE 12, 2025

For small businesses in Australia—whether you’re a café in Melbourne, a retailer in Sydney, or a consultancy in Brisbane—effective communication is the key to success. Why It Matters Uninterrupted Communication : Employees can switch to mobile apps during office outages, ensuring continuity with mobile broadband.

Video conferencing

IEEE ComSoc

APRIL 16, 2025

35%) benefitting from its national brand and advertising, digital and retail distribution, ability to take advantage of the waiting list it has for FWA [fixed wireless access] in markets where demand outstrips supply,” the Evercore analysts added. If you need help with anything, customer care is available at the tap of a button.”

Mobile

Aatrox Communications

JULY 2, 2025

At Aatrox Communications , we’re helping Sydney businesses—retailers, startups, and service providers—cut costs, enhance collaboration, and thrive with 3CX hosted solutions. For a Sydney retailer or startup, 3CX IP PBX offers a cloud phone system that’s NBN-ready and built for growth, as outlined on our Business Phone Systems page.

Phone

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 3, 2025

Behind the scenes of America’s retail stores, warehouses, transportation systems, and hospitals, RAIN RFID enables the tracking and authentication of billions of items. This Expert Opinion is Exclusive to Broadband Breakfast. Broadband Breakfast accepts commentary from informed observers of the broadband scene.

Hospitality

Light Reading

MAY 21, 2025

Thai operator AIS said it has not reached an agreement with National Telecom amid reports that it is seeking to acquire NT's mobile phone and retail fixed broadband Internet subscriber base.

Retail

Broadband Breakfast

JUNE 18, 2025

Benefits include the ability for passengers to stream Netflix movies, play games online, and use digital applications for on-ship dining and retail.  The report also spells out the numerous benefits of increasing the frequency bandwidth, all of which work to modernize passengers’ cruise experience.

Bandwidth

Aatrox Communications

JUNE 19, 2025

For small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Australia—whether you’re running a bustling café in Melbourne, a consultancy in Brisbane, or a retail shop in Sydney, effective communication is the key to thriving on a tight budget. For a Brisbane retailer or Adelaide law firm, this means less time on tech and more on serving clients.

Communication

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 29, 2025

T-Mobile will gain control of Metronet’s residential retail operations and a 50 percent stake in the joint venture in exchange for a $4.9 The joint venture now controls all of Metronet’s assets and operations, including its 42,000 miles of fiber lines that serve more than 2.6 million customers across 19 states.

Mobile

Aatrox Communications

JUNE 4, 2025

Whether you’re a retailer in Sydney, a consultancy in Melbourne, or a startup in Brisbane, a robust VOIP phone system like 3CX can transform your sales game—especially when integrated with your Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software. This protects your Sydney or Brisbane business from breaches, maintaining trust.

Phone

Aatrox Communications

JULY 24, 2025

For a Sydney retailer or Melbourne consultancy, IVR reduces wait times and handles routine queries 24/7, even outside business hours. Test and Launch : Simulate calls to ensure routing works, then go live with mobile broadband for remote testing.

Voicemail

Broadband Breakfast

APRIL 23, 2025

He said, “If Elon Musk had decided to be a ginormous Democratic donor , I have no doubt that the Biden administration would have pulled out a piñata and celebrated Starlink providing broadband.”   I understand why the new administration wants to speed up Broadband Deployment across the country. Is the U.S.

Retail

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 31, 2025

It’s a practice that some fear will overtake not just the airline industry, but retail, housing, and other industries as well. “I think there’s a very significant difference between the retail industry and some other industries, and it really comes down to competition,” Martino said.

Retail

Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Interview At Connected Britain 2024, we spoke with Openreach’s chief commercial officer, Katie Milligan, to discuss the company’s latest Project Gigabit contracts, sustainability progress, and how Sky’s new deal with CityFibre will affect competition in the retail market. Check out the full interview below:

Marketing

VoIP Review

JANUARY 16, 2025

Honeywell has teamed up with Verizon to introduce a cutting-edge retail and logistics solution powered by 5G technology. The partnership integrates Honeywell’s equipment and software with Verizon’s 5G broadband. For example, should a retail outlet lose power and internet, the solution will enable operations to persist.

Retail

Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 10, 2024

but the cost of broadband is not to blame. In comments filed Tuesday with the Federal Communications Commission, NCTA noted that the price of broadband had risen far less sharply than the overall rate of inflation. Consumers also have access to more broadband options than ever before, NCTA said. WASHINGTON, Oct.

Retail

Total Telecom

AUGUST 19, 2024

Retail ISP and specialist broadband provider, LilaConnect has announced it has surpassed 15,000 connected customers. Unlike other regular broadband connections, or ADSL, that use copper wires to transmit data, all LilaConnect services offer highly competitive internet speeds thanks to the ISP’s full Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) set up.

Connectivity

Total Telecom

AUGUST 14, 2024

Press Release Thousands of rural homes and businesses now have access to lightning-fast broadband through Freedom Fibre and its Internet Service Providers (ISPs). These include LilaConnect, the retail internet service provider (ISP) owned by Freedom Fibre Group alongside other providers such as TalkTalk, Squirrel, Fusion Fibre, MTH and Beebu.

Connectivity

Telecoms Tech News

JANUARY 27, 2025

The merger brings together FullFibre, a wholesale full-fibre network operator with its in-house retail ISP arm BeFibre, and Zzoomm, an established and fast-growing player. Read more » The post FullFibre and Zzoomm merger creates a UK full-fibre leader appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

Retail

Total Telecom

JANUARY 16, 2025

16 JANUARY 2025 – High-speed broadband provider LightSpeed has joined forces with Neos Networks, one of the UKs foremost business connectivity providers, to expand its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) and wholesale services. ENDS About Neos Networks Neos Networks has the UKs largest business-dedicated network.

Connectivity

Total Telecom

JANUARY 3, 2025

Vodafone Spain will use FibreCo to deliver services to both retail and wholesale customers. FibreCo will use existing infrastructure, with nearly 40% of the combined FTTH network already in use by 4.5 million customers. It plans to deploy the latest technologies, such as XGS-PON, to improve service quality.

Network

Total Telecom

AUGUST 6, 2024

In December last year, Ofcom proposed the introduction of stricter rules surrounding mid-contract price hikes for mobile, pay-TV, and broadband customers, after an investigation found that many customers were confused about inflation-linked price increases.

Retail