Telecom Talk

AUGUST 13, 2025

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ( TRAI ) released the Manual for Rating of Properties for Digital Connectivity on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. This is the country’s first standardised framework to assess how well buildings are equipped to deliver high-speed, reliable digital access. Why Digital Connectivity Ratings Matter With over 80 percent of mobile data consumed indoors and modern construction materials often weakening 4G and 5G signals, the department says the initiative aims

Mobile

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 13, 2025

BSNL noted that Ericsson will set up a dedicated 5G Center of Excellence to deliver training on next-generation mobile technologies In sum – what to know: Major tech partnerships for telecom skills – BSNL partners with Ericsson, Qualcomm, Cisco, and Nokia to deliver training in 5G, AI, ML, networking, and cybersecurity at Jabalpur’s BRBRAITT center.

Mobile

Telecom Talk

AUGUST 13, 2025

Vodafone Idea (Vi) customers in the North East are facing significant service quality issues, with high call failure rates and slow data speeds compared to rivals Airtel and Reliance Jio, according to the latest Independent Drive Test (IDT) findings released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Also Read: Vodafone Idea in Talks with Private Credit Funds Amid Uncertainty over Bank Financing: Report The regulator conducted extensive tests between June 2 and June 23, 2025, across

Finance

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2025 – Following a meeting earlier this week with senior staff at the Federal Communications Commission, telecom registry and identity solutions provider Somos was pushing for new industry standards to stop unlawful robocalls and scams. On August 11, Somos executives Chris Wendt and Heather Hendrickson met with staff from the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Wireline Competition Bureau, and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.

Phone

IEEE ComSoc

AUGUST 13, 2025

By Chode Balaji with Ajay Lotan Thakur In radio frequency (RF) circuit design, an RF plumbing diagram is a visual representation of how components such as antennas, amplifiers, filters, and cables are physically interconnected to manage RF signal flow across a network node. Unlike logical or schematic diagrams, these diagrams emphasize signal routing, cable paths, and component connectivity, ensuring spectrum compliance and accurate transmission behavior.

Telecoms

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 13, 2025

AST SpaceMobile aims to deploy 45–60 satellites by 2026, enabling continuous broadband service in key global markets In sum – what to know: Fully funded expansion plan – AST SpaceMobile aims to deploy 45–60 satellites by 2026, enabling continuous broadband service in key global markets, with launches scheduled every one to two months in 2025–26.

Broadband

Telecom Talk

AUGUST 13, 2025

Lumos, an American fiber optic internet provider and network infrastructure company, has announced its fifth large-scale expansion in Ohio, bringing fiber internet to Lorain and Cuyahoga counties. The project will add nearly 3,000 miles of new fiber infrastructure, extending service to more than 226,000 addresses across 27 cities and communities, the company — now part of T-Mobile Fiber — announced on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.

Network

Telecom Talk

AUGUST 13, 2025

Eutelsat and Nelco, two companies in the space communications space have signed an agreement to offer LEO (low earth orbit) services across India. This will be to deliver Eutelsat OneWeb connectivity across the country. The satcom (satellite communication) companies have been waiting for the clearance from the government for commercial spectrum use.

Communication

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2025 – Rural wireless trade groups are asking the Federal Communications Commission to consider subsidizing operational costs for rural carriers. Two providers have already asked for extra funding to avoid shutting down cell sites, and the organizations say more could follow suit. The comments stem from a June 2024 request by Carolina West Wireless for more Universal Service Fund support that it said would help keep money-losing sites online in place where it was th

Mobile

Mark Goldberg

AUGUST 13, 2025

There is competition for capital, and that competition is global. Dollars naturally flow to projects where the returns on investment are highest, where the investments meet the least resistance. Canada has a capital funding problem – and it isn’t just telecom. A recent article about pipeline investment provides an example in a critical Canadian infrastructure sector.

Telecoms

Blandin on Broadband

AUGUST 13, 2025

From the Office of Broadband Development… Broadband Matters: Office of Broadband Development Updates Broadband Task Force at August Farmfest Restructured BEAD Round updates + upcoming information sessions Line Extension Connection Program Broadband events and news Broadband Task Force at August Farmfest The Broadband Task Force met at Minnesota Farmfest last week to discuss the important connection between broadband and agriculture.

Broadband

Total Telecom

AUGUST 13, 2025

Cartex Group Appoints Deepak Gusain as Chief Operating Officer to Accelerate Global Fintech and Telecom Growth Cartex , an emerging fintech leader in global payment solutions, has appointed Deepak Gusain as Chief Operating Officer. A senior leader with over 20 years of cross-sector experience in global digital infrastructure, Deepak joins Cartex’s C-suite to execute the company’s long-term growth strategy across financial services, embedded ecosystems and digital commerce.

Telecoms

Light Reading

AUGUST 13, 2025

PLDT Enterprise is integrating Starlink's low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite Internet technology into its service offerings with the goal of narrowing the digital divide in the Philippines.

Connectivity

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 13, 2025

AI agents are designed to work within the messy, high-volume environments that define telecom operations Telecom carriers have always worked under pressure to keep networks reliable, scalable, and secure. But today, those pressures are reaching a tipping point.

Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2025 – Reliable connectivity is essential for everyone, including those living in remote regions such as Tribal Nations. A new report from Ookla revealed disparities in broadband and mobile internet speeds across 110 Tribal Nations. According to the analysis, 36 percent of the Tribal Nations surveyed have median fixed download speeds below 100 Mbps – the minimum benchmark for broadband as defined by the Federal Communications Commission.

Broadband

Telecoms Tech News

AUGUST 13, 2025

Mobile messaging is undergoing a radical change, with yesterday’s tools quickly becoming obsolete. Analysis from Juniper Research in their ‘Mobile Messaging Tech Horizon 2025’ report shows a clear divide between the old and the new. It confirms what many will already suspect: the future of mobile messaging is dominated by smarter, interactive, and media-rich experiences.

Media

Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 13, 2025

A busy week for telecommunications news in Vietnam has seen yet another agreement between a state-owned Vietnamese business and a major Korean company, along with the launch of a terrestrial fibre optic cable directly connecting Vietnam to Singapore.

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2025 – Located on one of the largest, most remote tribal reservations in the state, the Hoopa Valley Tribe has partnered with the state of California to bring a high-speed internet backbone to their long underserved population. Leaders of the project gathered Tuesday to commemorate this milestone for digital equity and celebrate the first joint-build agreement between a tribal group and the California Department of Technology.

Internet

telecoms.com

AUGUST 13, 2025

NTT Data and Google Cloud have signed a deal to jointly work on industry-specific agentic AI and cloud-native modernisation projects aimed at enterprises.

Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 13, 2025

Global digital operator Veon said on Wednesday it has completed the sale of its 50.1% indirect stake in Kyrgyzstan mobile operator Sky Mobile (a.k.a. Beeline Kyrgyzstan) – but to the government via state-owned Eldik Bank, and not CG Cell Technologies as originally planned.

Mobile

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 13, 2025

China Unicom noted that its net profit for the first half of the year rose 5% year-on-year to CNY14.5 billion In sum – what to know: Profit up on cost control – Net income rose 5% to CNY14.5 billion in H1 2025, supported by lower finance expenses and a 15% reduction in capex.

Finance

Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 13, 2025

China Mobile (CM) was recently hailed for becoming a high-level autonomous network in only six years. The operator’s efforts were not wasteful and have showcased results that all operators, not just emerging market players, should strive for.

Marketing

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2025 – A federal judge issued a ruling Monday that she said would prevent thousands of rural Vermonters from facing internet outages over a contract dispute. Great Worker Internet, or GWI, has been disputing a coalition of Vermont towns’ plan for transitioning their fiber network to a new nonprofit operator started by coalition board members, arguing in court that it isn’t obligated by its current contract to help the nonprofit.

Internet

Rural Broadband Association

AUGUST 13, 2025

What Story Are You Telling Yourself? user_1153020 Wed, 08/13/2025 - 11:10 Send to all affiliates Off Byline By Robin Anderson, Business Development, Nokia Associated Date Wed, 08/13/2025 - 12:00 Advanced Content Section Voices of NTCA Women in Telecom: Insights, Inspiration and Industry Perspectives from WIT members. To learn more about WIT or get involved, visit ntca.org/wit.

Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2025 – Industry groups have asked the Federal Communications Commission to rescind an interpretation of federal cybersecurity statute adopted earlier this year, in the wake of a major telecom breach. Representatives from USTelecom, CTIA, and NCTA–The Internet and Television Association met with officials from the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau on July 31 to request the withdrawal.

Communications Assistant

Light Reading

AUGUST 13, 2025

Advocates for fixed wireless access (FWA) were among the first to cheer the Trump administration's rewrite of the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, but early results show a low level of FWA activity and wins.

Broadband

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 13, 2025 – A coalition of broadband groups again urged the Federal Communications Commission to combine its review of three separate transactions involving the UScellular. In an August 7 letter , the Rural Wireless Association, New America’s Open Technology Institute, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, and Communications Workers of America, argued that three separate deals splitting UScellular’s assets were “interdependent and must be eva

Mobile

Telecom Ramblings

AUGUST 13, 2025

A couple data centers, some FTTx, a cloud collaboration, and a network upgrade: Blueprint Data Centers is making a move out in the Austin TX metro area.

Network

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 13, 2025

NEW YORK, August 13, 2025 (AP) — AOL's dial-up internet is finally taking its last bow. Yes, while perhaps a dinosaur by today's digital standards, dial-up is still around. But AOL says it's officially pulling the plug for its service on Sept. 30. "AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet," AOL wrote in a brief  update  on its support site — noting that dial-up and associated software “

Internet

Light Reading

AUGUST 13, 2025

AST SpaceMobile's stock rose this week after the company's Q2 earnings calls. But the company has hit a number of satellite launch delays, and industry analysts question the usability of a recent S-Band spectrum acquisition.

telecoms.com

AUGUST 13, 2025

More than a third of UK mobile mast hosts are considering walking away in response to government plans to expand rent-slashing rules, according to a survey by AP Wireless UK.

Mobile

Light Reading

AUGUST 13, 2025

A new partnership between Google Cloud and NTT Data will see the companies jointly offer industry-specific cloud and AI solutions, with a focus on sovereign cloud and agentic AI.

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 13, 2025

Imagine this: a neighbor in need enters a library, shelter or food bank seeking help – and walks out with something unexpected but life-changing: a free computer and internet access. Whether it’s a single mom starting over, a young adult with limited resources, or a family that falls below the poverty line, one truth is constant: access to devices and connectivity unlocks opportunity.

Connectivity

telecoms.com

AUGUST 13, 2025

A Verizon Business report claims there is a critical disconnect between AI-driven efficiency gains for businesses and the realities of their customers’ experiences.

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 13, 2025

There is a sense, increasingly, that all Industry 4.

Light Reading

AUGUST 13, 2025

The suite of services includes Internet On-Demand for public connectivity, Ethernet On-Demand for layer 2 private connectivity, and IP VPN On-Demand for layer 3 private connectivity.

Ethernet

vmware

AUGUST 13, 2025

Welcome to episode 53 of the VCF Breakroom Chats. Today, we are happy to present this video with Katarina Brookfield, Staff Technical Marketing Architect at Broadcom. In this episode, Jay Thontakudi and Katarina Brookfield talk about the self-service experience cloud consumers get to deploy workloads faster and smarter with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0.

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