Total Telecom

MAY 27, 2025

News A government backed push to expand the UKs digital infrastructure is attracting criticism from environmental groups, following approval of a 10 billion data centre complex in Northumberland, The Telegraph has reported The 10 billion development announced last September, will see ten data centres built across a 133-acre site. Backed by US investment giant Blackstone and led by infrastructure firm QTS, the site is expected to emit around 184,000 tonnes of CO2 per year a total higher than t

Bandwidth

Telecoms Tech News

MAY 27, 2025

5G+ promises super high speeds, massive capacity, and ultra low latency for a future where everything digital feels instantaneous. However, beyond the marketing spiel, is there actually much demand? Most of us aren’t waking up in the morning thinking, “I desperately need lower latency today!” Consumers typically do not explicitly ask for low latency, they.

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Total Telecom

MAY 27, 2025

News South Western Railway (SWR) has become the first train operator in Europe to roll out a Rail-5G Wi-Fi solution, promising internet speeds up to 20 times faster than currently available on most UK trains The new technology has gone live on a 70 km stretch between Earlsfield and Basingstoke, one of the busiest parts of the rail network. The upgrade allows passengers to stream video, download large files, make video calls, and work remotely with minimal disruption.

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VoIP Review

MAY 27, 2025

Five international organizations have successfully conducted a live demonstration of a new satellite-based 5G technology designed to deliver mobile connectivity in remote areas. The initiative, led by the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), included SKY Perfect JSAT, TMY Technology, Rohde & Schwarz, and VIAVI Solutions. This groundbreaking event, held at the Singapore Pavilion during the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, showcased what the collaborators called an end-to-end cross-c

Connectivity

Telecom Talk

MAY 27, 2025

The Central government's decision to delicense the lower 6 GHz spectrum band (5925 MHz to 6425 MHz), paving the way for the rollout of next-generation Wi-Fi technologies such as Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 will boost innovation in the country, Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on May 27, according…

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Total Telecom

MAY 27, 2025

News UK altnet FullFibre has withdrawn from two government-backed Project Gigabit contracts, impacting planned broadband rollout in some of Englands hardest-to-reach areas In two statements released this week, Building Digital UK (BDUK) confirmed that it had mutually agreed with FullFibre to end a pair of multi-million pound Project Gigabit contracts covering.

Connectivity

VoIP Review

MAY 27, 2025

Vodafone and semiconductor leader MediaTek have reached a significant milestone in the realm of 5G technology. They have achieved uplink speeds of up to 277 Mbps in a recent test held in Madrid, Spain. This development stands to greatly enhance user experiences related to video uploads and cloud services, areas of growing demand as mobile data usage evolves toward creating and sharing content in real time.

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Broadband Breakfast

MAY 27, 2025

WASHINGTON, May 27, 2025 – West Virginia’s governor indicated his state’s reworked plan for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program would include funding for non-fiber technologies like fixed wireless and satellite, where it previously had not done so. “​​We’re expanding the definition of service to include not only fiber but also fixed wireless and satellite, particularly in our mountainous and remote regions where traditional infras

Broadband

Light Reading

MAY 27, 2025

Draft rules to delicense part of India's 6GHz spectrum to boost Wi-Fi speeds could lead to a clash between telcos and tech companies.

VoIP Review

MAY 27, 2025

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has initiated a proposal to explore unlocking over 20,000 MHz of largely unused spectrum for satellite applications. This initiative could provide a significant advantage to space-based internet companies, particularly as the demand for satellite broadband services continues to rise. In recent months, the conversation around spectrum allocation has intensified.

Communication

Light Reading

MAY 27, 2025

China Mobile leads the way on 5G-Advanced with a $1.4 billion upgrade plan this year.

Mobile

telecoms.com

MAY 27, 2025

Ericsson, AstraZeneca, SAAB, SEB and Wallenberg Investments AB will build a new Sweden-focused AI factory to offer secure, sovereign compute access.

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 27, 2025

WASHINGTON, May 27, 2025– National Public Radio, along with three local stations, has sued President Donald Trump, calling illegal his efforts to defund public media by Executive Order. The lawsuit , filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court here, included Colorado Public Radio, Aspen Public Radio, and KUTE, Inc, dubbed Trump’s plan to defund “violates the expressed will of Congress and the First Amendment’s bedrock guarantees of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, an

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Light Reading

MAY 27, 2025

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss the $34.5 billion Charter-Cox merger, what the deal means for the companies and sectors involved, and what risks and opportunities for the deal are on the horizon.

Developing Telecoms

MAY 27, 2025

The African smartphone market recorded its eighth consecutive quarter of growth, with shipments rising 6% year-on-year in Q1 2025 to reach 19.4 million units.

Marketing

RCR Wireless

MAY 27, 2025

KPMG details how enterprises are reshaping their digital infrastructure strategies to keep pace with the fast-evolving demands of AI workloads In sum what you need to know: Cloud-to-edge shift Enterprises are increasingly relying on hyperscaler cloud services for AI workloads, but growing inference and agentic demands are pushing compute and storage closer to […]

Light Reading

MAY 27, 2025

As fears grow that the SKT incident is not what it seemed, the South Korean government is expanding its investigation into the telecom data breach to include KT and LG Uplus.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 27, 2025

Operators Maroc Telecom and Inwi have asked Morocco’s telecom regulator to approve a shared infrastructure plan first proposed earlier this year.

Telecoms

Light Reading

MAY 27, 2025

Fresh off a $4 million round of seed funding, Xumo's co-founder has booted up Fairground Entertainment, a studio that aims to reshape the entertainment industry using a model exclusively centered on AI-generated content.

Entertainment

Developing Telecoms

MAY 27, 2025

Perus Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) has announced its collaboration with BELLA II, a research and education-focused project that will link the country regionally and with Europe via a high-capacity fibre-optic network.

Transportation

Light Reading

MAY 27, 2025

A new McKinsey & Company report details many of the opportunities that telecom operators could grab in AI. And it offers some warnings for operators content to sit on the sidelines.

Telecoms

Telecom Talk

MAY 27, 2025

Airtel introduces all-in-one prepaid OTT packs starting at Rs 279, offering access to over 25 popular streaming platforms like Netflix, JioHotstar, and Zee5, along with data and voice benefits.

Entertainment

Total Telecom

MAY 27, 2025

Press Release London, UK 19 May 2025 Vyntelligence (Vyn) today marks a historical milestone by unveiling Agentic Video Intelligence. This first of its kind technology is set to revolutionise field operations and customer experience with autonomous, intelligent workflows. This comes at a time when the UK is preparing to invest 700 billion in infrastructure and assets.

Retail

RCR Wireless

MAY 27, 2025

Trend Micro said the collaboration aims to secure the entire AI lifecycle from development and training to deployment and inference In sum what you need to know: Securing private AI Trend Micro and Nvidia have teamed up to protect AI systems across the full lifecycle, addressing growing security demands in sectors like […]

Total Telecom

MAY 27, 2025

As part of the new contract, MLL will also continue to enhance Fife Councils connections at 150 schools. An immediate focus is the provision of a secure and resilient cloud-based connectivity service to support the Councils Transforming Learning initiative which involves the roll out of around 36,000 iPad computers to schools from now through March 2026.

Telecoms

Cisco Wireless

MAY 27, 2025

New Cisco Research Reveals Overwhelming Demand for Agentic AI to Transform the Way Technology Vendors Deliver Customer Experience With agentic AI reaching a new level of maturity, were closer than ever to solving some of the most persistent customer pain points in enterprise environments.

Technology

Total Telecom

MAY 27, 2025

APFN is to provide business-grade FTTP connections to Onecom customers, after a deal was signed between the two companies. Onecom has already started onboarding to APFNs aquila platform, through which Onecom will have access to the largest network of business-grade fibre premises in the UK. aquila will enable Onecom to access CityFibre FTTP connectivity for the first time, allowing the reseller immediately to broaden its offer.

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Sangoma

MAY 27, 2025

When a school system upgrades its bus tracking app, everyone celebrates. When it upgrades the way staff, students, and parents actually communicate (calls, alerts, meetings, files, messages), no one notices. Until it matters. Most districts still run on duct-taped communication. Office phones. Teacher apps. Parent emails. A few radios. Maybe a video tool that kind […] The post Unified Communications in Education: A Complete Guide to Safer, Smarter, and More Connected Schools appeared first

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Telecom Talk

MAY 27, 2025

OnePlus India has just announced OnePlus AI.

Mobile

Developing Telecoms

MAY 27, 2025

Turkish technology and communications company Turkcell has secured US$150 million in Murabaha financing from Dubai Islamic Bank, a prominent bank in the Gulf region.

Finance

Telecom Talk

MAY 27, 2025

OPPO Reno 14 series has already launched in China. The same is now expected to come soon to the international markets too.

Marketing

telecoms.com

MAY 27, 2025

Hong Kong broadband provider HKBN has taken several months to mull over an acquisition bid from China Mobile, only to reportedly conclude its too low.

Mobile

Telecom Talk

MAY 27, 2025

Alcatel has launched its new smartphone series called V3 in India. The V3 series has three devices - V3 Ultra 5G, V3 Pro 5G, and V3 Classic 5G.

Mobile

Broadband Breakfast

MAY 27, 2025

💡 ◾ Simington: Send Broadcast Regs to 'Slaughterhouse' ◾ West Va. Gov. Signals Satellite in BEAD Plan ◾ Leader Jeffries (D) Attacks Charter Exec Named to Head Fla. HBCU ◾ Does RI's BEAD Math Add Up? ROW:  Terrestrial broadband deployment was dealt a setback last Thursday when a  Virginia state law  designed to speed ISP access to railroad property was held to include an unconstitutional taking of private property for private use i

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Telecom Talk

MAY 27, 2025

Neterra opens a new Point of Presence in Varna, Bulgaria, at the AC DC data center, providing regional access to its global telecom network and NetIX platform.

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RCR Wireless

MAY 27, 2025

Why do cable TV companies need to be early on next merger wave? It looks like cable TV has begun its next change wave. Over time, it has been through many different levels. Until around two decades ago, this industry was growing.

Cable

Telecom Talk

MAY 27, 2025

Realme has launched the Realme GT 7 series in India. There are three phones in the series - Realme GT 7 and Realme GT 7T and Realme GT 7 Dream Edition.

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