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BEAD delay causes Louisiana layoffs at construction firm

Total Telecom

News Delays to BEAD forced a Louisiana broadband construction firm to layoff 80% of subcontractors, according to the organisations co-owner This article was originally published by Brad Randall, Editor of our sister publication, Broadband Communities A broadband construction firm in rural Louisiana has been forced into layoffs due to BEAD delays, according (..)

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Liberia to move ACE landing station after construction causes outages

Developing Telecoms

The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) says that state-owned operator Libtelco and the Cable Consortium of Liberia (CCL) will relocate the countrys landing station for the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) subsea cable, which has been suffering from outages blamed on construction work at the current landing site.

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Toyota completes Phase 1 of Mount Fuji smart city construction

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News At CES 2025, Toyota Motor Corporation announced the completion of Phase 1 construction of Toyota Woven City (Woven City), its self-made smart city at the base of Mount Fuji. The Japanese automaker giant has labelled the city as a test course for mobility and plans to launch Phase 1 for late 2025.

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EllaLink and SPLANG Begin Subsea Cable Construction to French Guiana

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EllaLink and SPLANG are extending the EllaLink subsea cable to French Guiana with the Lum@link system, providing low-latency, high-capacity connectivity.

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Airtel, Ericsson and Volvo announce XR partnership

Developing Telecoms

adoption in India, technology giant Ericsson, Volvo Group, a leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines, and operator Bharti Airtel have announced a research partnership to explore the potential of extended reality (XR), digital twin technologies and AI in the manufacturing sector.

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Startup Stories: Introducing construction management platform OciusX

Total Telecom

The telecom construction industry has traditionally relied on outdated, fragmented tools for project management, leading to inefficiencies, delays, and miscommunication. After witnessing these pain points firsthand whilst building a construction company in Sweden, we started building an internal tool to manage these problems.

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NEC Unveils Solution to Modernise Mobile Network Infrastructure Construction

Telecom Talk

NEC Corporation has developed a solution that enables the modernisation of tasks, including planning, design and construction work, when telecommunications