VoIP Review

JULY 29, 2025

Vietnam is gearing up for a significant re-auction of valuable low-band spectrum in the 700 MHz range, an essential chunk of spectrum that is crucial for extending coverage and improving signal quality for 4G and 5G networks. The re-auction focuses on two frequency bands, B1-B1′ (703–713 MHz/758–768 MHz) and B3-B3′ (723–733 MHz/778–788 MHz). These spectrum blocks are pivotal for bridging service gaps, especially in remote and underserved regions.

Transportation

Telecom Talk

JULY 29, 2025

Ericsson today announced the completion of equity investments by twelve global communication service providers (CSPs) into its subsidiary, Aduna , formally establishing the company as a 50:50 joint venture. The venture aims to drive the global adoption of aggregated network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and has been operational since the original deal was signed on September 11, 2024.

Network

Cohesive Global

JULY 29, 2025

Call Flow Designer, Text-to-Speech, Voicemail Transcription, and more updates are now supported by the P-Series firmware. Businesses today need a phone system that’s both smart and easy to use — and the latest Yeastar P-Series update delivers just that. We’re excited to introduce the Call Flow Designer and Text-to-Speech features, giving you greater control and flexibility over the inbound call route and voice prompts.

Voicemail

Developing Telecoms

JULY 29, 2025

Thai telco True Corp said on Tuesday it has begun implementing dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) technology on the 2600-MHz band that it says will improve the performance and efficiency of its 4G and 5G services.

Technology

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2025 – When it comes to closing the digital divide , no one beats Comcast. At least, that’s what the Vernonburg Group concluded on Monday. Using its newly created Digital Opportunity Index, the digital equity consulting firm found that out of the 15 ISPs it ranked, Comcast did the most to increase broadband availability and adoption.

Cable

Telecom Talk

JULY 29, 2025

Indian telecom service providers Bharti Airtel (Airtel) and Reliance Jio gained wireless subscribers in June 2025, while Vodafone Idea (Vi) and state-run telcos BSNL and MTNL lost wireless subscribers during the month, according to TRAI ‘s Telecom Subscription Data as of June 30, 2025. The data shows that the total number of wireless (mobile) subscribers increased from 1161.03 million at the end of May 2025 to 1163.03 million at the end of June 2025 thereby registering a monthly growth rat

Marketing

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 29, 2025

In early 2023, Dryden, New York,  formally launched  the town’s municipal broadband network, becoming the first municipality in the state to provide residents with direct access to affordable, publicly owned fiber. A year and a half later, and the town of 14,500 says they’ve  just signed up their 400th subscriber  and continue to make steady progress expanding the popular network into rural enclaves in and around Dryden long deemed “unprofitable” b

Modem

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 29, 2025

Join Broadband Breakfast Live Online and other guests attending Mountain Connect 2025 in Denver for a discussion about this year's conference. This year marks the Colorado-based conference's 11th year as an independent broadband event, and Broadband Breakfast has covered the event regularly in the past. The theme of this year's event is "A New Decade - A New Beginning." Don't miss this opportunity to gain insights from the forefront of America's broadband buildou

Broadband

Telecoms Tech News

JULY 29, 2025

A new report from Berg Insight puts the spotlight on the expansion of the global cellular IoT connectivity market, which is on a trajectory to reach 6.4 billion connections by 2029. The analysis, presented in the 10th edition of the Global M2M/IoT Communications Market report, notes there was 14 percent growth in 2024 to bring. Read more » The post China dominates the global cellular IoT market appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

Marketing

telecoms.com

JULY 29, 2025

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues.

Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2025 – Frontier added 126,000 fiber broadband customers in the  second-quarter of 2025, representing a 20 percent year-over-year growth.  “Q2 was a breakout quarter for the builders of Gigabit America – we delivered record fiber sales while growing ARPU and achieved our highest quarterly revenue and EBITDA since we emerged from bankruptcy four years ago,” said Nick Jeffery , President and Chief Executive Officer of Frontier.

Broadband

RCR Wireless

JULY 29, 2025

For the test, SoftBank used an Ising machine — a combinatorial optimization quantum system — to recalibrate base station carrier-aggregation settings In sum – what to know: Testing quantum – SoftBank is testing the potential of quantum computing to improve RAN performance in 5G networks by recalibrating base station CA settings.

Network

VoIP Review

JULY 29, 2025

Virgin Media O2 is advancing their customer service with groundbreaking artificial intelligence. The U.K. carrier has integrated a suite of AI tools designed to assist human agents, especially when handling complex or sensitive customer cases. At the heart of this transformation is Lumi AI, a proprietary tool providing real-time assistance by analyzing conversations during calls and offering agents helpful prompts for resolutions.

Media

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2025 – The Big Tech- backed Chamber of Progress has thrown its support behind low-Earth-orbit satellite providers. In a Monday filing with the Federal Communications Commission, the group argued that Equivalent Power Flux-Density regulations governing LEOs should be updated to reflect the current technological landscape. “We support the SpaceX petition for rulemaking on updating [EPFD] rules to accelerate the deployment of competitive LEO choices,” the g

Television

Telecom Talk

JULY 29, 2025

Reliance Industries Limited is preparing to sell a modest 5 percent stake in its telecom arm, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, through a highly anticipated initial public offering that could raise over USD 6 billion (Rs 52,200 crore), Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Also Read: Reliance Jio Set to Launch IPO in 2025, Potentially India’s Largest Reliance Wants to Sell Only 5 Percent The proposed public float—significantly lower than the mandatory 25 percent requirement un

Marketing

IEEE ComSoc

JULY 29, 2025

Today, Ericsson announced the completion of the equity investments by twelve global communication service providers (CSPs) into its subsidiary Aduna , formally establishing Aduna as a 50:50 joint venture. Aduna was created to combine and sell aggregated network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) globally. It has been operational since the deal signed on 11 September 2024.

Network

Developing Telecoms

JULY 29, 2025

Nokia revealed on Wednesday that Indonesian digital infrastructure provider Solusi Sinergi Digital (a.k.a. Surge) has deployed its subsea optical solution in a new subsea fibre network connecting Jakarta and Singapore.

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2025 – The nation’s wireless infrastructure industry is at risk due to a monopolistic market structure that undercuts contractors, according to a new report by NATE– The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association. “We find compelling evidence that the current market structure is failing to sustain the skilled workforce necessary to build and maintain critical wireless infrastructure,” the report said.

Marketing

Developing Telecoms

JULY 29, 2025

India’s Birla Cable, a fibre optic cable manufacturer, and Nedia Fiber, a US-based optical fibre cable supplier, have formed a strategic alliance to accelerate the delivery of high-performance fibre optic solutions across the Americas.

Cable

vmware

JULY 29, 2025

VMware Explore 2025 is shaping up to be an exciting event, taking place in Las Vegas from August 25–28. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) will be front and center, showcasing how it helps customers accelerate key IT priorities—infrastructure modernization, application modernization, and security modernization. If infrastructure modernization is on your roadmap, this blog will help you get the most out of VMware Explore 2025.

Migration

Developing Telecoms

JULY 29, 2025

Private network development is, arguably, one of the few successful applications of 5G technology so far. Indeed, Eviden, a specialist in advanced computing, cybersecurity products, mission-critical systems and vision AI (and a brand of the digital transformation-focused Atos Group), has just announced that it has been awarded a strategic contract to deploy a 5G mobile private network at the Port of Ploče in Croatia.

Mobile

Mark Goldberg

JULY 29, 2025

A report today by Maher Yaghi of Scotia Capital suggests that Canadian wireless pricing needs to move away from data buckets. I wonder if the CRTC may be standing in their way. “We believe it will be essential for Canadian telcos to transition away from commoditized data buckets to value based wireless offerings, a transition that US telcos have successfully done unlike in Europe where commoditization of wireless data buckets drove rate plans into the ground.” Scotia warns that Canad

Finance

RCR Wireless

JULY 29, 2025

O2 noted that the centerpiece of the rollout is a proprietary AI tool called Lumi AI.

Media

Telecom Talk

JULY 29, 2025

When it comes to measuring the performance of telcos in the subscribers department, a key figure to note is the VLR users. VLR users are basically called the active users. The VLR subscriber count is important because it signifies that out o a tellco’s total user base, how many are aactive, as in paying for the services. Reliance Jio has had the most active users in the industry by a long margin for several years now.

Finance

VoIP Review

JULY 29, 2025

Bell Canada has teamed up with Toronto-based AI enterprise Cohere to deliver cutting-edge AI solutions tailored to government and business clients within Canada. This strategic partnership aims to provide a sovereign AI ecosystem encompassing full lifecycle services while ensuring data residency and compliance in the region. The collaboration augments Bell’s AI Fabric through Cohere’s enterprise-grade AI capabilities.

Platform

Blandin on Broadband

JULY 29, 2025

Kai Ryssdal, from National Public Radio’s Marketplace, spoke to a fiber manufacturer a year ago and this week about how changes to BEAD’s take on fiber has impacted his work… Patrick Jacobi is SVP of digital solutions in North America for Prysmian. He joined Ryssdal to talk about how the policy change is playing out in the fiber internet supply chain, and how other economic headwinds are creating both challenges and opportunities for the company.

Manufacturing

Total Telecom

JULY 29, 2025

News The board will now begin searching for a permanent replacement Today, Hull’s incumbent telecoms operator KCOM has announced that its CEO, Tim Shaw, will be stepping down from the role in August. Shaw has been part of KCOM for 6 and a half years, serving as CEO for the last three. During his tenure, the business has significantly expanded its fibre broadband network coverage across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, now topping 305,000 premises , as of November 2024.

Marketing

Light Reading

JULY 29, 2025

LG Uplus follows in the footsteps of rivals, SKT and KT, who have announced major cybersecurity investments through 2030.

Telecom Talk

JULY 29, 2025

JioPC is Reliance Jio’s next move to capture the home audience. Jio has talked about launching the JioPC for a long time. It has finally happened. Cloud computing is where users can save a lot of money. Don’t understand how? Well let us help you. If you get to understand what is a cloud computer, you will essentially understand what is JioPC.

Plug-in

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2025 – Metronet announced that it has been acquired by a multi-billion joint venture controlled by T-Mobile and private equity KKR. The joint venture now controls all of Metronet’s assets and operations, including its 42,000 miles of fiber lines that serve more than 2.6 million customers across 19 states. T-Mobile will gain control of Metronet’s residential retail operations and a 50 percent stake in the joint venture in exchange for a $4.9 billion inves

Mobile

RCR Wireless

JULY 29, 2025

The Indian government previously confirmed that BSNL is planning to deploy another 100,000 4G towers across the country In sum – what you need to know: Ambitious revenue targets – BSNL aims for 20–30% revenue growth in FY26 without raising tariffs, banking on improved services, 4G rollout, and customer satisfaction to drive performance.

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2025 – The National Governor’s Association has called on Congress to prioritize funding broadband efforts in Fiscal Year 2026. In a letter to leaders of the House and Senate’s Committee on Appropriations, the NGA emphasized the need to preserve flexibility within federal broadband programs. “Internet access is essential for telehealth, accessing education and workforce development programs, and connecting the 21st century economy,” the grou

Broadband

RCR Wireless

JULY 29, 2025

Under the terms of the agreement, Cohere will offer its enterprise-grade AI capabilities through the Bell AI Fabric In sum – what you need to know: Sovereign AI stack for Canada – Bell and Cohere will offer a full-stack AI platform that ensures data residency, privacy, and compliance for Canadian governments and businesses.

Platform

Light Reading

JULY 29, 2025

Mavenir said it has completed a recapitalization that eliminates more than $1.3 billion of debt and secures $300 million of new financing.

Finance

Broadband Breakfast

JULY 29, 2025

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2025 – Criminals seem to have a new weapon of choice: Starlink. One Democratic senator is calling for action. In a letter sent Monday , Sen. Maggie Hassan , D-N.H., urged SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to prevent transnational criminals from using Starlink, the company’s low-Earth orbit satellite network, to carry out digital asset scams.

Network

Light Reading

JULY 29, 2025

The unwillingness of European governments and telcos to evict Huawei, now deemed a security threat by the European Commission, is worsening the pain felt by Ericsson and Nokia.

Telecomic

JULY 29, 2025

As technology continues to evolve, so do customer expectations. Users today demand quick, accurate, and empathetic tech support—whether they’re troubleshooting software, configuring devices, or navigating complex platforms. For growing tech companies, maintaining this level of service in-house can quickly become overwhelming. That’s where outsourcing tech support becomes a game-changer.

Telecoms