Telecom Talk
AUGUST 12, 2025
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked private telecom operators to increase the share of locally manufactured equipment in their networks, warning that a mandate could follow if they fail to comply. The move is aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing and reducing dependence on foreign suppliers amid rising geopolitical uncertainties.
Broadband Breakfast
AUGUST 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, August 12, 2025 – AT&T Chief Technology Officer Jeremy Legg outlined the company’s vision Monday to become the lowest cost transport provider on the internet. Legg explained AT&T’s current technology strategy to reduce costs and improve network capabilities, starting with the convergence of wireline and wireless networks.
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AUGUST 12, 2025
A report by the GSMA says 47% of telco AI deployments are about customer care, as well as delivering a salvo of other stats on the current state of play in the sector.
Telecom Talk
AUGUST 12, 2025
Global backbone provider GNM has completed the modernisation of its point of presence ( PoP ) in Sofia, deploying the Arista 7800R3 — a carrier-grade platform with native 400G capability. The company announced on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, that the upgrade is part of its ongoing strategy to strengthen its optical backbone and meet increasing interconnection demands across South-Eastern Europe.
Developing Telecoms
AUGUST 12, 2025
Airtel Africa and Vodacom Group announced they would share infrastructure in key African markets to cut deployment costs and accelerate 4G and 5G rollouts.
Telecom Talk
AUGUST 12, 2025
Vodafone Idea ( Vi ) has initiated preliminary discussions with private credit funds, including Davidson Kempner, Oaktree and Varde Partners, to raise a small tranche of debt as it stares at a potential cash crunch by the March 2026 quarter. The private credit route is being explored as a stopgap measure while larger bank funding remains uncertain, according to Moneycontrol, which cited sources.
RCR Wireless
AUGUST 12, 2025
stc said that the system incorporates Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) for encryption, designed to protect sensitive government and financial data In sum – what to know: First live 2.4 Tbps optical trial – stc group and Huawei test high-speed optical transport, delivering 2.4 Tbps per port on a live network.
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Light Reading
AUGUST 12, 2025
Louisiana and Virginia released final BEAD proposals awarding roughly 80% of funding to fiber providers. The results may offer 'a path for other states to follow,' says New Street Research analyst Blair Levin.
RCR Wireless
AUGUST 12, 2025
VodafoneThree noted that more than 7 million Three and Smarty customers have already seen average 4G speed improvements of 20%, and up to 40% in some areas In sum – what to know: 600 shared network sites live – VodafoneThree activates joint network access for Vodafone and Three customers, aiming for 9,000 sites within a […]
Light Reading
AUGUST 12, 2025
Verizon and Hyfi are deploying 50 floodwater sensors in the Chicago area, which are connected via Verizon's 5G network and can be used to create floodwater maps for local officials, first responders and residents.
Telecom Talk
AUGUST 12, 2025
Nelco Limited, a Tata Group company and one of India’s satellite communication service providers, has signed an agreement with Eutelsat to deliver OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity services across the country. Under the pact, Nelco will partner with OneWeb India Communications, Eutelsat’s local operating entity, to offer low-latency LEO connectivity for customers on land, at sea and in the air.
Light Reading
AUGUST 12, 2025
China Unicom grew cloud and digital revenue while cutting opex and further slashing capex, growing profit by 5% in H1.
Total Telecom
AUGUST 12, 2025
News The latest breakthrough represents a significant boost for AI inferencing, reducing pressure on memory hardware Today, Huawei has revealed a software breakthrough in high‑bandwidth memory (HBM) technology, a milestone that could see the company’s reliance on US chips dramatically reduced. Revealed at the 2025 Financial AI Reasoning Application Landing and Development Forum in Shanghai, Huawei’s Unified Cache Manager (UCM) reportedly represents a significant advance in inference effici
Light Reading
AUGUST 12, 2025
At The Independent Show a group of legal experts explored some top regulatory issues impacting Tier 2 and 3 operators, including the updated BEAD program, the coming C-Band auction and the specter of a revised Cable Act.
Broadband Breakfast
AUGUST 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, August 12, 2025 – A remote Michigan island long dependent on DSL will soon be connected to the mainland by a direct fiber link. Peninsula Fiber Network and 123NET have begun work on an $87 million middle-mile broadband project designed to connect Beaver Island to the rest of mainland Michigan. Dubbed the infrastructure for Michigan’s peninsulas and critical crossings, or IMPACC Project, it will connect Beaver Island to the rest of Michigan via an open-access fiber
Telecom Reseller
AUGUST 12, 2025
Interested in being a guest? Email us at admin@evankirstel.com The race to 5G Advanced is accelerating, and the stakes couldn’t be higher for telecom operators worldwide. This transformative technology represents the third wave of 5G deployment, moving beyond enhanced speeds to turn networks into programmable revenue engines capable of monetizing quality of service, implementing dynamic network slices, and enabling edge computing solutions.
Developing Telecoms
AUGUST 12, 2025
PLDT Enterprise, the corporate arm of PLDT, announced on Tuesday it has signed a deal to resell Starlink’s LEO satellite broadband in the Philippines to businesses in underserved and hard-to-reach locations.
RCR Wireless
AUGUST 12, 2025
Indian carrier alliance COAI has issued a strongly-worded statement to oppose a government review of spectrum allocation for private 5G networks – citing good public 5G, plus high costs, spectrum interference, economic loss, unfair competition, and security risks. All private 5G in India should be delivered via operator spectrum, it argues.
Broadband Breakfast
AUGUST 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, August 12, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission has opened public comment on a challenge to a bureau-level decision delaying caps on prison phone rates until 2027. The challenge, filed July 30 by a coalition of prison and communications advocacy groups, argued the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau violated federal law by delaying rate caps Congress required under the 2023 Martha Wright-Reed Act.
RCR Wireless
AUGUST 12, 2025
CSPs expect to play a broader role in AI connectivity, especially in providing high-bandwidth wavelength services for enterprise customers In sum – what to know: Long-haul networks hit hardest – Just over half (52%) anticipate AI will account for more than 30% of long-haul traffic in that timeframe, and nearly one-third (29%) believe AI will […]
Light Reading
AUGUST 12, 2025
For the first phase of the project, GeeSpace aims to deploy a constellation of 72 LEO satellites by the end of 2025.
RCR Wireless
AUGUST 12, 2025
India’s private 5G spectrum policy remains undecided, with operators resisting liberalisation. COAI argues that an operator-led model is the only solution for India’s unique industrial setup – while the rest of the market warns a failure to deliver urgent regulatory change could stifle industrial digitalisation and economic revitalisation.
Broadband Breakfast
AUGUST 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, August 12, 2025 – Two prominent public interest groups have called on federal officials to let states decide what qualifies as a community anchor institution. The definition matters because, under the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, leftover state funds were to be used to connect CAIs once all unserved and underserved locations were addressed.
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AUGUST 12, 2025
AXA Investment Management is “in advanced talks” to take a significant minority stake in Telefónica and Vodafone Spain’s fibre joint venture Fiberpass in Spain, according to an FT report.
Light Reading
AUGUST 12, 2025
Eutelsat has partnered with Tata Group's Nelco to launch LEO satellite connectivity across India.
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AUGUST 12, 2025
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Blandin on Broadband
AUGUST 12, 2025
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports … AOL’s dial-up internet is finally taking its last bow. Yes, while perhaps a dinosaur by today’s digital standards, dial-up is still around. But AOL says it’s officially pulling the plug for its service on Sept. 30. “AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet,” AOL wrote in a brief update on its support site — noting that dial-up and associated software ”optimized
NTIA
AUGUST 12, 2025
NTIA-commissioned reports examine the role of radiofrequency receivers in improving spectrum efficiency SYusko@ntia.
Light Reading
AUGUST 12, 2025
Race Communications, a fiber broadband provider in California, announced it will acquire local ISP Atherton Fiber. The acquisition is backed by Race's investment partner, Oak Hill Capital.
Telecom Talk
AUGUST 12, 2025
City life has changed. Behind the gates of modern housing societies, residents expect more than just security guards and paper registers they want systems that are fast, safe, and easy to use. Reliance Jio ’s JioGate app steps into that gap, bringing together visitor management, security, resident communication, and society updates in one simple, mobile-first platform.
Developing Telecoms
AUGUST 12, 2025
Hytera Communications, a provider of professional communications technologies and solutions, says it has successfully deployed its SmartOne Unified Communication Platform to support the Iraqi Ministry of Interior (MoI) in overhauling Baghdad’s emergency services.
VoIP Review
AUGUST 12, 2025
Nokia announced that Empyrion Digital, a leading digital infrastructure provider in Asia, will deploy its data center gateway and aggregation switches in Empyrion’s newly launched Gangnam Data Center in Seoul, Korea. Empyrion develops and operates data centers that connect and scale digital ecosystems across key cities in Asia for hyperscale and enterprise colocation companies.
RCR Wireless
AUGUST 12, 2025
Equinix is working on one of its first xScale data centers in the United States Trillions of dollars are pouring into the data center market, and the sites can’t be built fast enough. A gigawatt of capacity here, a gigawatt there.
Telecom Talk
AUGUST 12, 2025
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is offering free broadband connection to users for a limited period. This is being given to customers as the Monsoon Dhamaka offer. BSNL is offering a free “fiber” broadband connection to the users. Fiber services of the telco are now almost available throughout India. BSNL is the third largest service provider in the home broadband segment.
Telecom Industry Association
AUGUST 12, 2025
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently hosted a listening session titled “Bolstering Data Center Growth, Resilience, and Security.” The session built on NTIA’s 2024 request for comment and… The post How Broadband, Workforce Development, and Standards Drive Data Center Growth appeared first on TIA Online.
RCR Wireless
AUGUST 12, 2025
The colo market in APAC is expected to expand at a CAGR of 12.16% during the 2024-2034 period In sum – what to know: Market to triple in value – APAC data center colocation is set to grow from $20.23B in 2024 to $70.88B by 2034, a 12.16% CAGR.
Light Reading
AUGUST 12, 2025
WideOpenWest (WOW) is poised to go private after Crestview, its largest shareholder, and DigitalBridge put in a bid of $5.20 per share in cash, improving on an offer of $4.80 per share made in May 2024.
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