Telecom Talk

MARCH 27, 2025

Indian telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has landed the 2Africa Pearls subsea cable in India, connecting India to Africa, and

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Telecoms Tech News

AUGUST 19, 2024

SK Telecom and Nokia are joining forces to implement fibre sensing technology, an innovative approach to detecting environmental changes that could affect optical cables in fixed networks. Read more » The post SK Telecom and Nokia introduce fibre environment sensing appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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Telecom Talk

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Indian telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has landed the SEA-ME-WE 6 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-West Europe-6, or SMW6) submarine cable in

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Total Telecom

MAY 6, 2025

Under the agreement, presented in Washington during International Telecoms Week (ITW), Sparkle and Orchest will interconnect their networks in an automated and dynamic way, enabling seamless end-to-end service provisioning across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe through global optical and IP backbones.

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Telecom Talk

APRIL 30, 2025

Indias telecom and internet service providers are accelerating efforts to move 120 million cable TV households to IPTV. Despite challenges the shift to IPTV is gaining momentum.

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 2, 2024

A timely announcement from the ITU, the United Nations specialised agency for digital technology, is aimed at enhancing efforts to protect the world's digital infrastructure and secure global connectivity. To be precise, it’s about submarine cables.

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Telecom Talk

MAY 6, 2025

Digital network infrastructure solutions provider Lightstorm has announced the completion of the integration of assets acquired from RTI Cables to

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 1, 2024

News The deal will support the extraction and recycling of copper cable from BT’s network until 2028 BT has secured £105 million from the sale of its surplus copper cables, according to a Guardian article published today. Post-pandemic, the price of copper has risen by nearly 50%, and this is set to grow even more by 2040.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

News The Asia Direct Cable (ADC) system is now fully operational, two months ahead of schedule The ADC, developed by a consortium of companies including China Telecom, China Unicom, Singtel, SoftBank, Tata Communications, and Viettel, is the first new submarine cable introduced in the Asia-Pacific in over eight years.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The agreement includes among its main academic objectives the implementation the world’s first post-graduate course on submarine fibre optic cables. The agreement was signed by Federico Delfino, Rector of the University of Genoa, Jayne Stowell, Board Member of the SubOptic Foundation, and Enrico Bagnasco, CEO of Sparkle.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

News The announcement comes after the company joining the Telco AI Alliance earlier this year SK Telecom has announced a new initiative to expand its AI capabilities by creating an “AI Infrastructure Superhighway.” This facility will demonstrate next-generation AI infrastructure for industry experts and partners.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Keep up to date with the latest international telecoms news by subscribing to the Total Telecom newsletter Also in the news: Navigating the depths: Strategies for delivering successful subsea cable projects VodafoneThree reveals leadership team French energy giant EDF offers up land for data centre projects

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Total Telecom

MARCH 4, 2025

Telecoms are the biggest digital distributors in the world. Once completed, these LLMs can be integrated into a range of digital products, from entertainment to healthcare. Our primary responsibility is to create local language models to support local communities and economies, said Tabidze. AI should be an equaliser for society.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 9, 2025

Hosted by communications media and events specialist Total Telecom, this years event will bring together over 1,000 global industry leaders and key stakeholders, 120 speakers, and 50 exhibitors to explore the challenges and opportunities shaping submarine networks across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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Telecom Talk

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Telecom Egypt and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) have announced the successful landing of the Africa-1 subsea cable system at the Ras Ghareb cable landing station on Egypt's Red Sea coast. This marks the first of two planned landings in Egypt, with the second set for the Mediterranean coast, linking East…

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

It will integrate advanced technologies to improve chip performance and reliability. The new facility will produce wafers used in various industries, including automotive, consumer electronics, and healthcare. This decision follows similar funding approvals in Italy, France, and Germany.

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Telecom Talk

JUNE 7, 2025

High spectrum costs are placing a growing burden on telecom operators and could hinder network investments, particularly in underserved regions, warned the GSMA, the global mobile industry association. Spectrum Fees On spectrum pricing, the GSMA urged governments to adopt investment-friendly policies.

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Total Telecom

MAY 30, 2025

Interview BTs Head of Environmental Sustainability Gabrielle Ginr explains how the Joint Alliance for Corporate Social Responsibility (JAC) is helping telcos tackle sustainability issues collectively As the telecoms sector sets its sights on net zero, it faces a major challenge to reduce emissions from the global supply chain.

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Telecom Talk

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Mobily and Telecom Egypt announce a strategic partnership to land the first Saudi-owned subsea cable, connecting Saudi Arabia to Egypt via the Red Sea.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 5, 2025

Wireless leadership and spectrum management Several bills focused on telecom policy and spectrum management, with lawmakers stressing the need for U.S. leadership in global wireless technology and countering foreign influence in communications networks. in opening remarks. The Promoting U.S. Wireless Leadership Act, led by Rep.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 7, 2025

Technology vendor Nokia has announced that Cybernet, Pakistans leading fibre broadband provider, has chosen Nokias optical transport solution for its new long-haul optical fibre cable (OFC) network.

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Telecom Talk

JUNE 10, 2025

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ( TRAI ) has issued official notices to Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel over alleged discrepancies in subscriber data reporting, according to a report by NDTV Profit citing Department of Telecommunications (DoT) sources.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 23, 2025

The Council will serve as a central node for addressing policy matters at the intersection of technological innovation and national security.  The first is strengthening and securing technology and telecommunications supply chains.

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VoIP Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

China Telecom recently announced that the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) project has been completed ahead of schedule. The cable, spanning approximately 10,000 kilometers, acts as a new submarine link in the Asia-Pacific region – the first in over eight years. It supports the rapidly increasing network capacity demands.

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 21, 2024

Grid Telecom, a subsidiary of the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) of Greece, and Tamares Telecom, a fiber-based international communications

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The success of this trial highlights the strong development of technology in this sector, allowing users to t jump seamlessly from 5G to satellite as necessary. The trial is part of Eutelsats broader efforts to bridge the digital divide.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Although the shared spectrum arrangement is access technology neutral, the 3GPP cellular wireless ecosystem is at the forefront of CBRS adoption, with close to half of the more than 400,000 active CBSDs (Citizens Broadband Radio Service Devices) based on LTE and 5G NR air interface technologies. Billion by the end of 2027.

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VoIP Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Sweden’s authorities are closely examining the suspected sabotage of an essential undersea telecom cable in the Baltic Sea, operated by the Finnish company, Cinia. According to the Swedish news agency Gteborgs-Posten, the cable continues to operate despite the destruction, with the exact details still under scrutiny.

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Developing Telecoms

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Multinational technology conglomerate Meta has formally announced what it calls its most ambitious subsea cable endeavour yet: Project Waterworth, which will reach five major continents and span over 50,000 kilometres, making it the worlds longest subsea cable project.

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Total Telecom

APRIL 15, 2025

The company, which already owns Enet and Magnet+, is looking to cement its place in the wholesale and B2B telecoms space by expanding its service offering. The acquisition significantly bolsters Speed Fibre Groups position in the Irish market. The transaction is expected to complete later this year.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 9, 2024

According to the study, these “drawers of doom” across the UK could contain up to 38,449 tonnes of copper in the form of unused devices and related cables. Anything with a plug, battery or cable can be reused and recycled and there’s somewhere near you to do it.” Is the telecoms industry doing enough to recycle its legacy networks?

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

“Broadband Internet access service is fundamentally different than both dial-up Internet access service and the cable modem service that predominated in the first decade of the 2000s,” wrote Scott Jordan , the FCC’s chief technology officer from 2014-2016, in an amicus brief to the U.S.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Limited by poor mobile signals and no direct broadband cable, the government’s £2 million pilot project aims to combine GEO and LEO satellite terminals with wireless technologies to deliver improved connectivity for residents, businesses, and tourists. The second project relates to Papa Stour, one of the most remote Shetland isles.

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VoIP Review

AUGUST 20, 2024

SK Telecom and Nokia have come together to introduce a groundbreaking fibre sensing technology. This innovative technology aims to detect environmental changes that could impact optical cables in fixed networks. SK Telecom plans to introduce this technology in South Korea before the end of the year.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 14, 2025

News The Finnish tech giant will provide the optical network to connect eight new renewable energy platforms in the North Sea Nokia has been selected by TenneT, a European offshore transmission operator, to supply key technology for a large renewable energy project in the Dutch North Sea.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Press Release Colt Technology Services (Colt), the global digital infrastructure company, today announced an expansion to its technology portfolio with Managed LEO+, a new managed service which integrates Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity with cellular 4G/5G.

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VoIP Review

JANUARY 15, 2025

Chinese engineers have reportedly developed technology specifically designed to sever undersea communication cables, raising alarms due to the critical nature of these infrastructures. A recent Newsweek report revealed several patents for anchor-like devices intended for cutting submarine cables.

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