Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Thursday to accelerate the licensing process for satellites and earth stations, citing the need to keep pace with the explosive growth of the space economy. Approved 3-0, the bipartisan reforms will expand flexibility for satellite operators like Starlink, reduce regulatory burdens, and support emerging ground-station-as-a-service (GSaaS) business models, where a neutral host establishes connectivity to m

Communication

VoIP Review

AUGUST 7, 2025

Broadcom has made a groundbreaking move with the introduction of its latest networking chip , Jericho4. This chip is engineered to revolutionize data transfer across data centers and enhance AI workload efficiency. As AI models grow in complexity, the demand for a more robust infrastructure becomes paramount. With Jericho4, Broadcom aims to meet these demands by linking data centers over vast distances, ensuring seamless data flow for cloud giants like Microsoft and Amazon.

Ethernet

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2025 – Not many know that undersea cables carry 99 percent of international data traffic. But foreign adversaries like Russia and China certainly do – and that’s why the Federal Communications Commission says it’s time to modernize and secure them. In an unanimous 3-0 vote Thursday, the FCC approved new rules to accelerate the deployment of submarine cable systems, marking the first major update to the undersea cable regulations since 2001.

Cable

VoIP Review

AUGUST 7, 2025

The telecommunications landscape is undergoing a significant shift. Recently, AT&T , in collaboration with Ericsson and 1Finity, marked a major milestone by successfully making the first Open RAN call using third-party radios. This achievement took place at AT&T Labs and showcases Open RAN’s potential in delivering flexible, efficient networks.

Radio

Telecom Talk

AUGUST 7, 2025

Reliance Jio, India’s largest telco is quite confident about connection 100 million homes with broadband services. So far, Jio has connected over 18 million homes in the country. Led by the wireless fixed broadband services, Jio is confident that it will be able to connect over 100 million homes. Jio has been aggressively expanding 5G FWA (fixed-wireless access) services throughout India.

Connectivity

VoIP Review

AUGUST 7, 2025

Silicon Valley’s Celona has introduced an innovative hybrid private 5G system named AerFlex. This system targets telecom industry complexities by merging core functions between on-site Radio Access Network (RAN) access points and a cloud-based operating system. The aim is to streamline private 5G setup and management, making it accessible to a broader range of enterprises.

Manufacturing

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2025 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is moving ahead with plans to streamline the agency’s Disaster Reporting System. On Monday, the FCC voted to begin a review of DIRS, aiming to eliminate unnecessary rules that hinder responders’ efficiency during crises. “While DIRS reports are valuable, they take time to produce, potentially drawing resources away from responding to an ongoing disaster,” the Commission said.

Communication

Cisco Wireless

AUGUST 7, 2025

Skip to content Cisco Blogs / Security / Improving Cloud-VPN Resiliency to DoS Attacks With IKE Throttling August 7, 2025 Leave a Comment Security Improving Cloud-VPN Resiliency to DoS Attacks With IKE Throttling 3 min read Jerome Tollet , Hadi Rayan Al-Sandid Additional Post Contributors: Maxime Peim, Benoit Ganne Cloud-VPN & IKEv2 endpoints exposition to DoS attacks Cloud-based VPN solutions commonly expose IKEv2 (Internet Key Exchange v2) endpoints to the public Internet to support scalab

E-Mail

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2025 – Outdated environmental regulations are delaying broadband deployment, according to the Federal Communications Commission. In a unanimous 3-0 vote at its August Open Meeting , the FCC approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed at narrowing the scope of environmental reviews for certain wireless infrastructure projects.

Broadband

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 7, 2025

A unanimous FCC agrees to update subsea cable regulations The Federal Communications Commission is updating its rules on subsea communications cables, aiming to streamline regulations and add more protections to the increasingly important underwater infrastructure that connects the world.

Cable

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2025 –  Second quarter losses continue for cable companies. Altice USA lost 35,000 broadband subscribers in the second quarter, fewer than analysts expected but an improvement over the same time last year. The cable operator attributed that to internal efforts to reduce churn, plus low-income and “hyperlocal” plans.

Broadband

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 7, 2025

SK Telecom noted its 5G subscribers accounted for 77% of the telco’s overall handset subscribers in the second quarter of the year In sum – what to know: 5G subscribers reached 17M despite breach – SK Telecom saw a 4.

Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday repealed 98 rules and requirements, part of its ongoing effort to clean out regulations deemed ‘obsolete’ from the agency’s rulebooks. “Today's action will remove 71 rule provisions, including 98 rules and requirements, 12 pages and over 5000 words from the FCC rule books,” Chairman Brendan Carr said at the FCC’s August Open Meeting.

Provisioning

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 7, 2025

More tales of the rising momentum in the private networks market: BSNL has teed-up Numaligarh Refinery Limited in India, Nokia is supplying GSM-R (actually on 2G, with a 4G/5G evolution path) to ProRail in the Netherlands, and Vodacom is supplying private 5G (or probably 4G, actually) to a Sasol chemical plant in South Africa.

Marketing

telecoms.com

AUGUST 7, 2025

Satellite operator, AST SpaceMobile, has agreed to acquire S-Band spectrum to deliver D2D services. The move comes amid slow telco-satellite project traction beyond initial stages despite increasing collaborations, says STL Partners.

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 7, 2025

Moso Networks and Ataya HAVE disputeD Celona’s claim of launching the first cloud-controlled, AP-only private 5G platform, asserting their Chorus solution pioneered the model over a year earlier.

Platform

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 7, 2025

DENVER, August 7, 2025 – Colorado officials announced Wednesday that the state will cover the cost of cybersecurity and supply chain risk management plans for Internet service providers participating in the state's Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. Speaking at the Mountain Connect conference, representatives from the Governor’s Office and Attorney General’s Office said the state was vetting vendors to help ISPs – particularly smaller providers &#x

Broadband

AT&T Connects

AUGUST 7, 2025

Across the State of North Carolina, we’re working on our mission of providing public safety with unparalleled connectivity so first responders can execute on their mission of keeping our communities safe. And with hurricane season underway, it’s more critical than ever to ensure public safety stays connected. On July 31, I joined my colleagues at AT&T, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and community leaders in Elon to celebrate new wireless infrastructure upgrades th

Connectivity

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 7, 2025

DENVER, August 7, 2025 - State broadband offices are stuck in a staring contest with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. State officials, speaking at the Mountain Connect conference here this week, said they can’t plan for the future of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program without knowing whether they will be getting the additional monies promised their states.

Broadband

Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 7, 2025

Hungarian telecom and technology firm 4iG Group has announced a HUF96 billion (US$282 million) investment into its B2B subsidiary, 4iG Space and Defence (4iG SD), to address a growing backlog of demand in the space and defence sectors.

Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2025 – In Virginia, fiber is still a winner. After a new round of bidding mandated by the Trump administration, Virginia plans to get fiber to 81 percent of its eligible homes and businesses under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.  Meanwhile satellite providers SpaceX and Kuiper are set to connect nearly 10 percent of the eligible locations, according to a draft of Virginia’s final BEAD proposal the state released for public comment on

Broadband

Telecom Talk

AUGUST 7, 2025

Bharti Airtel has a prepaid pack for users that offers free JioHotstar Mobile subscription and along with that, users also get data. The interesting thing is that this plan is just for Rs 195. The prepaid plan costs Rs 195, but isn’t a regular service validity plan. This is actually a data voucher. If you don’t understand what that is, let us explain.

Mobile

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 7, 2025

China Mobile ended H1 with a total of 599 million 5G subscribers In sum – what to know: Revenue dipped, profit lifted – China Mobile posted a 0.53% year-on-year revenue decline to CNY543.8B, but net profit rose 5% to CNY84.2B amid solid subscriber growth.

Mobile

Telecom Talk

AUGUST 7, 2025

In a major development, which was also very much expected, Starlink will store all the data of Indians locally. This was one of the conditions set by the government to allow the company to enter the Indian market. Starlink will not mirror the data of the Indians to any of the servers outside the nation. This was confirmed by the Minister of State for Communications, Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani.

Retail

Total Telecom

AUGUST 7, 2025

News Edited by Harry Baldock, Total Telecom The move reflects an accelerated response to the rapidly increasing demand for artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and hyperscaler services across the region. This week, STC subsidiary center3 has unveiled a plans to expand its data centre infrastructure to reach a total capacity of 1 Gigawatt by 2030.

Marketing

IEEE ComSoc

AUGUST 7, 2025

Overview: OpenAI today introduced  two new open-weight, open-source GPT models ( gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b ) designed to deliver top-tier performance at a lower cost. Available under the flexible Apache 2.0 license, these models outperform similarly sized open models on reasoning tasks, demonstrate strong tool use capabilities, and are optimized for efficient deployment on consumer hardware.

Marketing

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2025 – Federal Communications Commissioner Anna Gomez voted to move forward with the agency’s inquiry into broadband deployment in the U.S., but she has some reservations about it.  The unanimously adopted inquiry would propose scrapping recently added sections of the agency’s annual deployment report related to broadband affordability and adoption, and sticking to the question of whether progress was being made on deploying infrastructure.

Broadband

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 7, 2025

NaaS enables CSPs to broaden their digital ecosystems and capture network API-driven revenue Enterprises want to consume network services the way they utilize cloud resources, with self-service options and rapid service activation at the click of a button.

Network

Light Reading

AUGUST 7, 2025

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Bouygues Telecom hit by cyberattack; Huawei's UK future looks bleak; VEON feels benefit of digital services surge.

Telecoms

Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 7, 2025

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) partnered with Indonesia’s Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs (Kominfo) to launch an AI-powered solution designed to protect citizens from the growing threat of digital fraud.

Communication

Telecom Talk

AUGUST 7, 2025

Bharti Airtel, second-largest telecom operator in India, has reported its average revenue per user (ARPU) at Rs 250 at the end of Q1 FY26. The telecom operator wants to reach its ARPU goal of Rs 300 as soon as possible. India’s tariff architecture is not optimum, and needs repair, said Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel. Read More – Bharti Airtel Eyes IPO for Multiple Assets At this point, in absence of tariff hikes, the telco is focusing on upgrading feature phone users to smartpho

Phone

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 7, 2025

Only 4% of CSPs report having reached Level 4 autonomy today, and just 23% expect to get there by 2026 Over the past few years, many CSPs have echoed a familiar line: “We’ll reach Level 4 autonomy by 2025.

Network

Light Reading

AUGUST 7, 2025

The FCC adopted a notice of inquiry to consider changes to its broadband availability reporting, including scrapping a long-term speed goal to favor 'tech neutrality.' Consumer advocates are already pushing back on the proposals.

Broadband

IEEE ComSoc

AUGUST 7, 2025

Muon Space , a provider of end-to-end space systems specializing in mission-optimized satellite constellations, today announced its most capable satellite platform, MuSat XL , a high-performance 500 kg-class spacecraft designed for the most demanding next-generation low Earth orbit (LEO) missions. Muon also announced its first customer for the XL Platform: Hubble Network , a Seattle -based space-tech pioneer building the world’s first satellite-powered Bluetooth network.

Network

Light Reading

AUGUST 7, 2025

Altice USA's subscriber trends improved in Q2, giving some credence to its turnaround story. But analysts remain concerned about the operator's mountain of debt, even as it looks to lessen the financial strain with a new $1 billion loan backed by some of its HFC assets.

Telecom Ramblings

AUGUST 7, 2025

Four bits of infrastructure news of regional and metro interest to catch up with: Bluebird Fiber's plans to acquire Everstream has been approved by the

Network

Light Reading

AUGUST 7, 2025

Quantum Internet won't be a replacement for the one we have today, rather the term means bringing together quantum communications and quantum security, according to Nokia Bell Labs' Tod Sizer.

Internet