Telecom Talk

JULY 28, 2025

Jio Platforms Limited (JPL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has deployed 10 network slices on its indigenous 5G standalone (SA) core network to support a range of use cases. Aayush Bhatnagar, Senior Vice President at Jio Platforms , announced the development on professional networking site LinkedIn. “Network slicing is no longer just a concept — it’s live, nationwide, and powering real-world applications.

Platform

Developing Telecoms

JULY 28, 2025

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has set up ambitious targets to achieve 100% population coverage with 4G and 90% coverage with 5G, according to a draft of the country’s National Telecom Policy 2025, now being circulated for public consultation.

Telecoms

Telecom Talk

JULY 28, 2025

In a year when trust in digital services has been tested across borders, one of India’s largest telecom operators has quietly set a global benchmark in customer protection. Bharti Airtel , with its vast user base and deep network penetration, has shown how artificial intelligence can be deployed effectively in the telecom sector not just as a buzzword, but as a real world tool for safeguarding millions.

Telecoms

AWS Telecommunications

JULY 28, 2025

Introduction In today’s rapidly evolving telecommunications landscape, the management and optimization of Radio Access Networks (RANs) has become extraordinarily complex. As networks roll out 5G, traditional approaches to network management are proving increasingly inadequate. The sheer volume of data, the intricate interdependencies between network elements, and the demanding requirements for real-time optimization demand an innovative approach.

Network

VoIP Review

JULY 28, 2025

The ‘Made for Germany’ initiative marks a noteworthy development as 61 German companies come together to enhance communication between the private sector and the government. This alliance aims to expedite investment by minimizing bureaucratic obstacles. Aligned with this initiative is a substantial pledge of €631 billion investment by 2028. This commitment demonstrates a blend of ongoing and new investments, though the portion allocated to fresh commitments remains unspecified.

Transportation

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2025 – Newly released data from Texas’s benefit of the bargain round revealed heavy involvement from the satellite industry. SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper collectively bid on 404,900 locations eligible for Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment funding in the Lone Star state. The duo’s bids represented over a quarter of the 1.45 million bids submitted by providers.

Telephone

Developing Telecoms

JULY 28, 2025

Nokia announced on Monday that it is supplying its subsea optical solutions for the Medusa Submarine Cable System owned by AFR-IX Telecom that aims to connect North Africa and Europe when it goes live later this year.

Cable

Telecom Talk

JULY 28, 2025

Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday outlined ambitious growth targets for state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited ( BSNL ), calling for a 50 percent rise in its consumer mobility business and a 25–30 percent increase in enterprise services over the next financial year. The directives were issued during a review meeting with BSNL officials, according to an ETTelecom report.

Mobile

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2025 – A recent global Starlink outage left users from North America to war-torn Ukraine without internet for hours, cutting off vital connectivity.  The outage began around 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday, according to Downdetector, which received more than 61,000 user reports. At 4:05 p.m, Starlink confirmed the crash on X.

Internet

Telecom Talk

JULY 28, 2025

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ( TRAI ) is pushing for an amendment to the TRAI Act, 1997, to grant itself stronger financial enforcement powers. These include the authority to impose binding penalties, demand bank guarantees, and independently recover dues from telecom operators, according to a LiveMint report dated July 24, 2025, which cited three government officials.

Telecoms

Telecoms Tech News

JULY 28, 2025

The Starlink global outage that struck on July 24, 2025, marked one of the most significant disruptions in the satellite internet service’s operational history, leaving millions of users worldwide without connectivity for over two hours. unprecedented failure critical vulnerabilities in what has become essential infrastructure for military operations, rural connectivity, and emergency services.

Network

RCR Wireless

JULY 28, 2025

Viasat has launched IoT Nano, a low-power satellite IoT service using Orbcomm’s OGx tech, enabling larger, faster messages for remote industries, with broad hardware compatibility and global enterprise coverage. In sum – what to know: Satellite IoT – new IoT Nano service repackages Orbcomm’s OGx tech for low-power IoT for industries.

Hardware

Developing Telecoms

JULY 28, 2025

Provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions ZTE Corporation has announced the successful completion of what it calls a landmark nationwide deployment in collaboration with Pakistan-based digital operator Jazz.

Communication

Blandin on Broadband

JULY 28, 2025

RE Journals reports … Vintage properties, however, need not be left behind. Tara Michlitsch, a sales manager at Quantum Fiber , explains that older buildings can gain a valuable amenity that helps retain the property’s competitive appeal with a fiber internet retrofit or “overbuild.” The overbuild process: Bringing fiber to the unit “A fiber overbuild brings high-speed fiber directly to each unit—complete with WiFi equipment in place so residents can access high-speed service as soon as install

Modem

RCR Wireless

JULY 28, 2025

All the evidence suggests that a modern manufacturing sector needs dedicated wireless systems The emergence of private 5G networks in the U.S. manufacturing sector is revolutionizing industrial connectivity and competitiveness. At the heart of this trend is the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) — a shared 3.

Manufacturing

Blandin on Broadband

JULY 28, 2025

Doug Dawson reports … CenturyLink told the FCC recently that it is defaulting on 41,000 RDOF locations spread across eight states and 153 Census block groups. That’s a big portion of the 77,000 locations that the company won in the RDOF reverse auction. CenturyLink originally was awarded $262.3 million in subsidies, spread over ten years. There are a number of consequences of this default.

Construction

IEEE ComSoc

JULY 28, 2025

By Omkar Ashok Bhalekar with Ajay Lotan Thakur Behind the quiet corridors of research laboratories and the whir of supercomputer data centers, a stealth revolution is gathering force, one with the potential to reshape the very building blocks of cybersecurity. At its heart are qubits, the building blocks of quantum computing, and the accelerant force of generative AI.

Transportation

VoIP Review

JULY 28, 2025

SoftBank has announced a significant expansion of its AI infrastructure by deploying the largest Nvidia DGX SuperPOD globally, an installation comprising over 4,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs. This enhancement brings SoftBank’s total AI capacity to more than 10,000 GPUs, yielding a computing power of 13.7 exaflops. This upgrade, achieved through Nvidia’s Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking and AI Enterprise software, underscores SoftBank’s dedication to advancing AI capabilities domesti

Platform

RCR Wireless

JULY 28, 2025

State-run carrier Viettel Group, which secured the adjacent B2-B2′ band (713–723 MHz/768–778 MHz) in a May auction, is excluded from bidding on the current 700 MHz blocks Key low-band spectrum returns to auction – Vietnam will re-auction the B1-B1′ and B3-B3′ blocks in the 700 MHz band, essential for improving 4G/5G reach and signal quality.

Signal

Light Reading

JULY 28, 2025

India and the UK finalize a historic FTA to boost trade, reduce barriers and promote emerging tech, opening new opportunities for bilateral telecom growth and innovation.

Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 28, 2025

States are busy re-working their BEAD grants in accordance with the new guidance from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. A recent New York Law School study finds that the number of BEAD-eligible locations has dropped by as much as 65% since June 2023. While others have come to different conclusions , it seems certain that the final amount to be spent on last-mile grants under BEAD will shift downward from the original $42.5 billion.

Broadband

Light Reading

JULY 28, 2025

TechTarget and Informa Tech’s Digital Business Combine. TechTarget and Informa TechTarget and Informa Tech’s Digital Business Combine. Together, we power an unparalleled network of 220+ online properties covering 10,000+ granular topics, serving an audience of 50+ million professionals with original, objective content from trusted sources. We help you gain critical insights and make more informed decisions across your business priorities.

Finance

vmware

JULY 28, 2025

In this episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast, hosts Pete Flecha and John Nicholson sit down with Raakhee Mistry from the VMware Cloud Foundation team and field CTO Mitesh Pancholy to discuss why many organizations are hitting the reset button on their cloud strategies. Drawing from the new Private Cloud Outlook 2025 study—based on insights from 1,800 global IT leaders—the conversation explores a major trend: private cloud is making a comeback, with 53% of respondents prioritizing private cl

Platform

Light Reading

JULY 28, 2025

After months of rumors, Intel has confirmed it plans to spin off and part-sell its network and edge business in a troubling development for network equipment makers – and chiefly Ericsson.

Network

Total Telecom

JULY 28, 2025

We are thrilled to reveal the finalists for this year’s Connected Britain Awards, celebrating excllence across the UK’s digital ecosystem! After careful review and deliberation, our judging panel has selected the standout entries in each category, showcasing the very best across the UK connectivity ecosystem. Winners will be revealed live on stage during our Connected Britain Awards Ceremony: Day 1, Wednesday 24 September at 6.30pm , on the keynote stage.

Connectivity

Telecom Talk

JULY 28, 2025

Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator allows users to transfer ownership of mobile number. However, it is not for everyone. It is only for enterprise employees. Airtel partners with enterprises to offer their employees mobile SIM cards. When these employees leave the company, they can transfer their work number as personal number.

Mobile

Light Reading

JULY 28, 2025

Tilson, a bankrupt network-builder, is seeking $200 million via a breach of contract suit against the AT&T-BlackRock Gigapower joint venture. Gigapower previously sued Tilson in a separate court, claiming that Tilson was holding $3.6 million of Gigapower-owned materials 'hostage' after a contract was terminated.

Network

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2025 – Verizon’s rollback of its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs may have placated the Federal Communications Commission, but its raised alarm bells in California. The California Public Utilities Commission warned Verizon that its “commitment to ‘no longer set quantitative goals for diverse spend’ raises what may be a direct conflict with Public Utilities Code Section 8283.

En Banc

Developing Telecoms

JULY 28, 2025

Nxtra by Airtel, a data centre-focused subsidiary of Indian technology giant Bharti Airtel Limited, and Indian renewable energy transition company AMPIN Energy Transition say they have strengthened their partnership.

Technology

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2025 (AP) — The phone rings. It's the secretary of state calling. Or is it? For Washington insiders, seeing and hearing is no longer believing, thanks to a spate of recent incidents involving  deepfakes  impersonating top officials in President Donald Trump's administration. Digital fakes are coming for corporate America, too, as criminal gangs and hackers associated with  adversaries including North Korea  use synthetic video and audio t

Signal

Developing Telecoms

JULY 28, 2025

Orange Money Group has expanded its mobile money offering by introducing small loans, following a new partnership with financial services platform Jumo.

Platform

RCR Wireless

JULY 28, 2025

Telefonica believes that its exit from Latin America improves its position to undertake consolidation operations in the telecommunications sector in Europe In sum – what you need to know: Telefónica exits continue – The Spanish operator is in exclusive talks to sell Movistar Mexico, following sales in Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay.

Telecommunication

VoIP Networks

JULY 28, 2025

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Education

Light Reading

JULY 28, 2025

Nedia Fiber and Birla Cable have formed a strategic alliance to accelerate the delivery of fiber-optic solutions across the Americas.

Cable

Telecom Ramblings

JULY 28, 2025

Four bits of infrastructure news from Europe, Asia, and Africa to catch up with: The data center market in China is about to get some possibly unwanted

Marketing

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2025 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s recent changes to the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program have faced ongoing criticism. On Wednesday, the Communications Workers of America–which represents telecommunications workers –once again opposed the June 6 policy shift.

Broadband

Light Reading

JULY 28, 2025

The California PUC isn't convinced that changes to Verizon's DEI policies conform with state law. CPUC could block the deal, but analyst Blair Levin believes Verizon will thread the needle between the demands of the FCC and the CPUC.