RCR Wireless

AUGUST 8, 2025

Eighty-four percent of all call traffic between top U.S.

Telecoms

AT&T Connects

AUGUST 8, 2025

Preparedness and Rapid Response Our commitment is to ensure Georgians stay connected through every phase of severe weather. Over the years, Georgia has faced hundreds of tornadoes and dozens of hurricanes, including Michael, Debby, and Helene. These storms disrupt lives and communities, making reliable communication essential for residents, first responders, and emergency crews.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 8, 2025

AST SpaceMobile, which is building a space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones and designed for both commercial and government applications, has announced an agreement to acquire global S-Band spectrum priority rights held under the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Telecommunication

VoIP Review

AUGUST 8, 2025

EchoStar has announced a strategic partnership with MDA Space to advance its plans for launching a constellation of low-Earth orbit ( LEO ) satellites. This initiative aims to launch a new LEO satellite network by 2029. As the prime contractor, MDA Space will manage the design, manufacturing, and testing of the first batch of over 100 direct-to-device satellites.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 8, 2025 – Commissioner Olivia Trusty of the Federal Communications Commission delivered a forward-looking speech Wednesday framing Mississippi as a model for the nation’s digital future and underscoring the critical role broadband plays in healthcare, education, and economic prosperity. Speaking at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jacksonville, Mississippi, Trusty praised the UMMC’s telehealth program and explained how Mississippi resid

Healthcare

VoIP Review

AUGUST 8, 2025

Tele2 has announced a significant move in the Baltic telecom market. The Swedish telecommunications group is spinning off its Baltic tower assets to form a joint venture with Global Communications Infrastructure (GCI). The partnership will oversee 2,700 telecom tower sites across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. This strategic split will see ownership of the venture equally divided between Tele2 and GCI.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 8, 2025

Swedish operator Tele2 has announced plans to spin off its infrastructure assets into a dedicated tower company serving all three Baltic nations, under a 50/50 joint venture with tower specialist Global Communications Infrastructure (GCI).

Communication

Telecom Talk

AUGUST 8, 2025

Vodafone Idea (Vi) announced the launch of its 5G services in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, following the rollout in Visakhapatnam and Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh. These launches come after Vi’s 5G debut in Meerut on July 31, 2025. “This expansion is part of Vi’s ongoing 5G rollout across many cities, in its 17 priority circles where it has acquired 5G spectrum,” Vodafone Idea announced on Thursday, August 7.

Video conferencing

Light Reading

AUGUST 8, 2025

This week in broadband builds: Spectrum launches services for tens of thousands of locations across rural Texas; Surf starts new fiber build in Michigan; Astound to reach 45,000 with FWA in Washington and Oregon – and more.

Broadband

Telecom Reseller

AUGUST 8, 2025

Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The trillion-dollar investment in global mobile networks is finally opening up to developers through standardized APIs, and Aduna Global is leading the charge. Anthony Bartolo, a 35-year telecom veteran, reveals how this platform is uniting telecommunications giants worldwide to provide developers with unprecedented access to network capabilities through a single, consistent interface. “Nobody understands data sovereignty, priv

Mobile

Light Reading

AUGUST 8, 2025

Rakuten Mobile's quarterly revenue up 18% as it further narrows losses and boosts network performance, reaching positive EBITDA for the first time.

Mobile

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 8, 2025

DENVER, August 8, 2025 – Panelists at Mountain Connect sparred Wednesday over whether consumers need gigabit internet speed. “We’ve been talking about this for seven years, gigabit communities, and I think, quite frankly, we’ve oversold,” Jeff Gavlinski , CEO of Mountain Connect said. “It was marketing hype that is not aligned with reality.

Internet

Light Reading

AUGUST 8, 2025

Apart from speaking on key trends, Ericsson's APAC CTO highlights the importance of bridging gap between tech and business teams for service providers.

Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 8, 2025

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 8, 2025

August 8, 2025 – Louisiana is still planning on funding fiber to most of its eligible homes and businesses under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, but not as many as the first time around. After an additional round of bidding mandated by the Trump administration, the state is looking to connect 80 percent of its BEAD locations to fiber.

Broadband

Cisco Wireless

AUGUST 8, 2025

Skip to content Cisco Blogs / Learn with Cisco / Context Length: An AI ‘Nerd Knob’ Every Network Engineer Should Know August 8, 2025 Leave a Comment Learn with Cisco Context Length: An AI ‘Nerd Knob’ Every Network Engineer Should Know 6 min read Hank Preston Alright, my friends, I’m back with another post based on my learnings and exploration of AI and how it’ll fit into our work as network engineers.

Network

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 8, 2025

DENVER, August 8, 2025 – The Universal Service Fund receives 75 percent of its revenue from just 10 companies. Carol Mattey , principal at Mattey Consulting LLC, told Mountain Connect attendees Tuesday that the $8 billion program gets most of its funding from large telecommunications companies, yet disperses hardly any of it back to them. “It’s all the ones you would expect,” she explained.

Telecoms

vmware

AUGUST 8, 2025

This week on the Virtually Speaking Podcast, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson sat down with networking experts Varun Santosh and Thomas Vignon to unpack what’s new with NSX in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0. The conversation dives into the evolution of networking in VCF, with a spotlight on Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)—a game-changing feature that brings public cloud-like networking to private cloud environments.

Distribution

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 8, 2025

As the September 4, 2025 deadline for states to submit their final proposals under the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program fast approaches, broadband officers are working quickly to align their grants with the Commerce Department’s June 6 guidelines. At the same time, low-Earth orbit satellite providers are systematically underbidding BEAD locations.

Broadband

Telecoms Tech News

AUGUST 8, 2025

Bouygues Telecom has reported a security breach that exposed the personal and financial information of 6.4 million customers. The leaked data includes names, contact details, subscription information, and bank account identifiers (IBANs). Passwords and credit card numbers were not exposed. The breach was discovered on August 4 by the company’s internal security team, which blocked.

Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 8, 2025 – The governing administration of Massachusetts announced Wednesday $31.5 million in funding to bring reliable, high-speed internet access to residents in affordable and public housing statewide. Partnering with the Massachusetts Broadband Institute, Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll awarded the funds to four internet service providers: Aervivo, Archtop Fiber, Comcast, and Community Broadband Networks FLX.

Internet

Light Reading

AUGUST 8, 2025

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is asking the federal court to impose a monetary penalty for each of the 9.5 million Optus customers affected by the 2022 data breach.

Fierce Telecom

AUGUST 8, 2025

Open RAN Summit Open RAN is transforming the telecommunications industry by fostering an open, interoperable ecosystem for network infrastructure. This virtual event will explore the latest developments in open RAN, including the key players, the development of standardized interfaces and the promises of innovation. dwunderlin Fri, 08/08/2025 - 10:16 Open RAN is transforming the telecommunications industry by fostering an open, interoperable ecosystem for network infrastructure.

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HCL Tech

AUGUST 8, 2025

The Role of AI and ML in Threat Detection and Intelligence for OT Security bharath_mb Fri, 08/08/2025 - 09:10 Operational Technology (OT) systems are the backbone of industrial environments like manufacturing plants, oil refineries, power grids, transportation systems, etc. These systems ensure the seamless operation of critical infrastructure, but their significance makes them attractive targets for cyber adversaries.

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Light Reading

AUGUST 8, 2025

This week, TSMC fired three employees suspected of trying to steal sensitive trade information. Meanwhile, Huawei won a court case in Shanghai against former employees who used stolen technology to start a new company.

Technology

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 8, 2025 – Four leading public interest organizations announced Friday they will not seek Supreme Court review of a federal appeals court decision that struck down federal net neutrality rules. “The Sixth Circuit decision makes bad policy as well as bad law,” Andrew Jay Schwartzman , senior counselor of the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, said in a release.

Internet

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 8, 2025

Virgin Media O2 said it has already deployed more than 2,000 small cells across the U.K. territory In sum – what to know: New small cells deployed in Cornwall – O2 and Freshwave have installed new small cells in St Ives and Newquay, aimed at improving coverage in high-traffic areas ahead of peak tourist season.

Media

VoIP Review

AUGUST 8, 2025

LG CNS, the IT solutions arm of LG Group , is poised to build Korea’s first overseas AI data center in Jakarta with an investment of $72 million. This initiative, in conjunction with Sinar Mas, marks a milestone for Korean companies venturing into international AI infrastructure. The partnership with Indonesia’s third-largest conglomerate aims to establish the largest AI data center in Indonesia by late 2026.

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RCR Wireless

AUGUST 8, 2025

The open-weight nature of these models allows Orange to host and run them entirely within its infrastructure, spanning large-scale data centers in France as well as smaller edge and on-premises environments In sum – what to know: Orange deploys OpenAI’s models in-house – GPT-oss models run entirely on Orange infrastructure, ensuring data control across its […]

telecoms.com

AUGUST 8, 2025

US operator group AT&T is reportedly working on a multi-billion-dollar sale of its operations in Mexico. However market dynamics mean it may struggle to find a buyer.

Marketing

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 8, 2025

Broadband Breakfast tracks subscriber numbers reported each quarter by publicly traded Internet Service Providers. These companies make up the majority of the U.S. broadband market. Specifically, for the past year and a half we have tracked residential and small and medium business broadband subscriptions and net adds over time, beginning in 2024. The tables are a repository of that information, allowing users to compare subscriber trends in the industry from quarter to quarter.

Broadband

AT&T Connects

AUGUST 8, 2025

Not every policy decision has lifesaving implications. Upgrading 9-1-1 systems does. Recognizing how vital a capable and reliable 9-1-1 system is to the safety of our communities, a number of state and local leaders are making the changes necessary to adopt modern technology supporting the connection between those who need help and those who provide it.

Communication

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 8, 2025

As we approach the final stretch of the Benefit of the Bargain phase, it’s clear that the BEAD program has been anything but straightforward. From battles over broadband maps and location data to debates about technology eligibility, performance standards, and the wide-ranging approaches taken by individual states, controversy has followed the program from day one.

Broadband

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 8, 2025

Fluid Conservation Systems (FCS) is working with T-Mobile US to add IoT connectivity to its acoustic water leak detectors, enabling continuous remote monitoring, reducing manual inspections, and improving efficiency and intelligence. In sum – what to know: Cellular IoT – FCS connects long-standing acoustic water leak solutions to T-Mobile’s IoT network.

Mobile

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 8, 2025 – Changes to federal environmental permitting laws will make it easier for rural electric co-ops to build broadband and power infrastructure. Representing nearly 900 not-for-profit electric cooperatives, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association applauded the Commerce Department for overhauling its National Environmental Policy Act procedures.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 8, 2025

Airtel Money Africa, the mobile money arm of pan-African operator Airtel Africa, has announced an extended partnership with Africa’s largest mobile money payment service provider (PSP), pawaPay, to enable seamless cross-border payments for licensed international money transfer operators (IMTOs) across seven key Airtel Africa markets.

Mobile

Telecom Talk

AUGUST 8, 2025

Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), the third-largest telecom operator in India, is apparently offering limitless data plans. The company is offering limitless data with the postpaid plans, and not the prepaid ones. The prepaid plans, while come with unlimited data, have a cap of 300GB for consumption. However, the limitless postpaid plans come without any sort of data caps.

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