Telecom Talk

JULY 19, 2025

Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom operator has achieved a major milestone recently. In the company’s recent quarterly results report, Jio said that its 5G user base surpassed 200 million. This is the most for any Indian telecom company at the moment. In fact, many operators globally don’t have these many 5G subscribers under their portfolio.

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Blandin on Broadband

JULY 19, 2025

Telecompetitor reports … PCs for People, a nonprofit that describes itself as promoting digital inclusion, has introduced CONNECT, a fixed wireless service (FWA) and wired service. The FWA element of CONNECT uses 5G and 4G LTE networking. The 5G service delivers download speeds as fast as 280 Mbps and uploads as fast as 80 Mbps. On the 4G/LTE side, the service runs as fast as 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload speeds.

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Telecom Talk

JULY 19, 2025

Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom operator, recently announced its Q1 FY26 results. In the results, Jio said that it has a total customer base of 498 million. This is just 2 million shy of the 500 million mark. This is an achievement no other Indian telecom operator has ever achieved. Well, to be honest, we don’t think apart from Jio any other operator has even touched the 400 million customer mark.

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Blandin on Broadband

JULY 19, 2025

Light Reading reports … Mediacom Communications today announced the company has launched multi-gig and symmetrical speed broadband services to nearly 5,500 households located in the rural Minnesota communities of Fairfax, Gibbon, Gaylord, Norwood Young America, Hamburg, Stewart, Lake Marion and Winthrop. Utilizing breakthrough technology to enhance the company’s fiber-powered network, Mediacom has created a more responsive end-to-end customer experience that prioritizes faster upload

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Telecom Talk

JULY 19, 2025

Bharti Airtel, a leading telecom operator in India, recently announced a partnership with the AI (artificial intelligence) giant Perplexity. For the unaware, the partnership will bring 360 million Airtel customers free access to Perplexity subscription for one year. This one year subscription actually costs approximately Rs 18,000. Airtel is offering this free subscription to everyone including its mobile and home broadband customers.

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IEEE ComSoc

JULY 19, 2025

by John Strand of Strand Consult Over-regulation in the European Union (EU) has had a negative impact on mobile network operator’s investment in both fixed and mobile infrastructure. Years ago, the EU identified a €100 billion investment gap in telecommunications. By 2025, this gap has reportedly doubled to €200 billion. Why did that happen? The EU telecom market has a large number of operators, many of whom lack the subscriber base to generate sufficient returns on capital to justify lar

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Broadband Breakfast

JULY 19, 2025

July 19, 2025 — Employee‑owned broadband solutions provider CCI Systems Inc. has acquired wireless‑infrastructure specialist Total Site Services , bolstering its tower acquisition, engineering and construction‑management portfolio. The deal brings Total Site Services’ team and projects under CCI’s 60‑year‑old umbrella.

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