Developing Telecoms
JULY 20, 2025
State-owned Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTLC) and Kenya’s ICT Authority (ICTA) have implemented and launched a new terrestrial fibre link connecting Dar-Es-Salaam to Mombasa.
Telecom Talk
JULY 24, 2025
Luxembourg -based satellite operator SES is awaiting final security approvals from the Indian government to commercially launch its satellite-based broadband services in partnership with Reliance Jio. The company’s medium Earth orbit (MEO) communications satellite system, O3b mPOWER, will deliver enterprise-grade connectivity and support 5G backhaul infrastructure in remote and underserved areas across India.
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Broadband Breakfast
JULY 25, 2025
At the Fiber Broadband Association’s (FBA) Regional Fiber Connect Workshop in Anchorage last week, local broadband executives, tribal leaders, and policymakers came together to share best practices and lessons learned in a state that has unique challenges and opportunities connecting communities and people to fiber broadband. Alaska has a significantly higher percentage of unserved communities and families compared to the national average of about 9% of communities and familie
Total Telecom
JULY 24, 2025
Partner Article As AI becomes increasing ubiquitous, the capabilities of 5G-Advanced (5G-A) is growing vital to operator success Since the release of 3GPP’s Release 18 last year, the mobile industry’s adoption of 5G-A has been steady. Over 30 mobile operators worldwide have already launched the technology commercially, with many more expected to follow in the coming year.
Light Reading
JULY 25, 2025
Led by fiber builds and expansions, broadband providers' spending on access equipment is set to grow annually by 1.6%, per Dell'Oro's new five-year forecast. Cable access spending is also expected to peak in about three years as operators push DOCSIS 4.0 upgrades.
Telecom Talk
JULY 24, 2025
In a telecom industry laser focused on 5G rollouts and headline grabbing data speeds, Vodafone Idea (Vi) has quietly pulled off a different kind of win one rooted in real world performance and the basics of mobile connectivity. According to the June 2025 Independent Drive Test (IDT) conducted by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) across the UP West service area , Vodafone Idea emerged as the clear leader in voice quality, topping the industry on the Mean Opinion Score (MOS) the glo
Developing Telecoms
JULY 20, 2025
Telkom Indonesia’s international arm Telin has launched a new cable landing station (CLS) in Kalasey, Minahasa, which will serve as its second landing point for the Bifrost subsea cable system connecting North America and Southeast Asia.
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VoIP Review
JULY 25, 2025
T-Mobile has taken a significant step forward in U.S. telecommunications with the nationwide deployment of Low Latency, Low Loss, Scalable Throughput (L4S) on its 5G Advanced network. As the first major wireless carrier to extensively implement this technology, T-Mobile delivers low latency and minimal packet loss, ensuring consistent network responsiveness.
Telecom Talk
JULY 23, 2025
Crisil Ratings has upgraded its long-term credit ratings for Bharti Airtel and its holding company, Bharti Telecom, citing sustained improvements in their financial and business risk profiles. The move reflects the telecom group’s strengthening position in the Indian telecom sector and its operational performance. Airtel disclosed the credit rating revision in an exchange filing on July 17.
Developing Telecoms
JULY 20, 2025
Liberia’s Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has launched a collaborative initiative with the ECOWAS Commission for Infrastructure, Energy, and Digitalization and the World Bank to deploy a second subsea cable connecting Liberia and four other West African countries.
RCR Wireless
JULY 24, 2025
The milestone was achieved over AST’s Block 1 satellites, using a standard, unmodified cell phone operating on AT&T spectrum In sum – what you need to know: First native satellite call completed – AT&T and AST SpaceMobile made the first-ever VoLTE call and SMS over satellite using AT&T’s spectrum and core network with a standard […]
VoIP Review
JULY 22, 2025
Ofcom , the UK’s telecoms regulator, is targeting scam calls that fraudulently use UK mobile numbers to seem more credible. If you have ever hesitated to answer a call from an unknown UK number, Ofcom is addressing this problem. These scams exploit a technique called ‘spoofing’, where a UK mobile number is faked to increase call legitimacy.
Telecom Talk
JULY 24, 2025
Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) has announced the launch of its 5G services in Sonipat, effective Friday, July 25. Vi stated on Thursday that this expansion is part of its phased 5G rollout across 23 cities within its 17 priority telecom circles, where the company holds 5G spectrum. Also Read: Vodafone Idea to Launch 5G in 23 More Cities, Enhances 4G Network Coverage Vi 5G to Goe Live in Sonipat With this expansion, Vi aims to bring high-speed connectivity to more users across Haryana
US Telecom
JULY 22, 2025
Authors Robert Mayer: Senior Vice President, Cybersecurity & Innovation, USTelecom Christopher Braccia: Cybersecurity & Innovation, USTelecom Brianna Bace: Cybersecurity & Innovation, USTelecom My colleagues and I recently had the privilege of presenting at the 27th Annual New York State Cybersecurity Conference—a gathering of cybersecurity leaders, public servants, and technologists committed to defending our critical infrastructure.
Telecoms Tech News
JULY 24, 2025
According to GSMA Intelligence, 2025 is the year telcos are putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to AI. The recent ‘Telco AI: State of the Market, Q2 2025’ report suggests the industry has shifted from AI strategy meetings to real-world action. The first order of business has been a practical, heads-down. Read more » The post Telco AI shifts from strategy to execution appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.
RCR Wireless
JULY 24, 2025
Ookla’s network testing report for the first half of 2025 reveals strong tailwinds for T-Mo in mobile, but AT&T shines in wireline In sum – what to know: T-Mobile’s stunning speeds – T-Mobile US was clocked at a median download speed of more than 245 Mbps across all technologies, and nearly 300 Mbps download speeds for […]
Telecom Talk
JULY 22, 2025
In a concerted effort to combat the growing menace of spam and fraudulent communication, Indian telecom operators — Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) — are leveraging artificial intelligence ( AI ) and machine learning (ML) tools to detect and block unsolicited calls and messages. The initiative is part of a broader regulatory push led by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to enhance consumer trust and build a safer digital ecosystem.
VoIP Review
JULY 22, 2025
In a remarkable achievement, Reliance Jio has concluded June with an impressive 213 million 5G subscribers. This milestone comes as the Indian telecom giant expanded its user base by 43 million in six months, growing from 170 million at the end of 2024. This growth cements Jio’s prominence in the competitive 5G market. One major driver behind this growth is Jio’s unique, in-house 5G stack.
Telecoms Tech News
JULY 22, 2025
If you’re an EE customer, the mobile operator is set to hit a coverage milestone with its new 5G standalone network. This summer, the network is on track to reach more than 34 million people across the UK. By the time the summer holidays are over, EE expects its most advanced 5G to cover over. Read more » The post EE 5G standalone to cover half of UK population by August appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.
Broadband Breakfast
JULY 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2025 – For the first time in company history, AT&T added over 200K customers in a single quarter to its Internet Air Fixed Wireless Service and now has over one million net air subscribers. That addition of 203K Internet Air customers headlined a relatively strong quarter for the telecommunications company. Overall revenue rose from $30.6 billion in Q1 to $30.8 billion in Q2 and surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.02 percent.
Telecom Talk
JULY 19, 2025
Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom operator has achieved a major milestone recently. In the company’s recent quarterly results report, Jio said that its 5G user base surpassed 200 million. This is the most for any Indian telecom company at the moment. In fact, many operators globally don’t have these many 5G subscribers under their portfolio.
VoIP Review
JULY 21, 2025
UK communications regulator Ofcom has announced a reduction in annual licence fees for mobile spectrum use in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands, lowering them by 26% to £1.032 million and £0.760 million per MHz, respectively. However, fees for the 2100 MHz band have increased by 6% to £0.722 million per MHz. These changes will cut operators’ total spectrum fees by roughly £60 million annually, dropping from £325 million to £265 million.
IEEE ComSoc
JULY 22, 2025
Like previous generations of international mobile telecommunications ( IMT) recommendations, ITU-R defines the 6G requirements while 3GPP develops the standardized technology specifications that will be the project’s candidate to the ITU-R process. On this occasion, the target date for “Technology proposals for IMT-2030” has been defined by ITU-R to be early 2029, and resulting specifications (i.e. full system definition) are to be submitted by mid-2030 at the latest. 3GPP contributions to ITU-R
Light Reading
JULY 23, 2025
According to a recent GSMA report, six of the 11 network APIs announced in the Asia-Pacific region through the Open Gateway initiative aim to combat online scams.
Telecom Talk
JULY 25, 2025
India’s telecom and space sectors are witnessing growth driven by foreign direct investment (FDI), technological innovation, and policy reforms aimed at enhancing connectivity and manufacturing capabilities. This was underscored at the 2nd India Space Policy Conference held in the national capital, which brought together key stakeholders from government, industry, and academia.
RCR Wireless
JULY 22, 2025
We’re calling it. The private 5G race is properly on. A couple of recent flagship deals – Verizon at Thames Freeport on the Thames Estuary, Tampnet with Aker BP in the North Sea – show this market is delivering. Real deals. Real scale.
Total Telecom
JULY 23, 2025
Covington, La. (June 15, 2025)— Globalstar (NASDAQ: GSAT), a next-generation telecommunications infrastructure and technology provider, announces a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Army. Under the agreement, Globalstar will collaborate with Army research and development teams to evaluate the performance of its advanced satellite data solutions for the Department of Defense including low probability of intercept/low probability of detect (LPI/LPD) comm
Broadband Breakfast
JULY 21, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2025 – Starlink may only meet federal broadband speed requirements in areas with extremely low population density, according to a new technical analysis. The report , authored by telecom policy expert Sascha Meinrath of Penn State University, along with researchers Karl Grindal , Glenn Fishbine , and Nancy DeGidio , concludes Starlink may not be able to meet the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s required 100 Megabits per second (Mbps)
Telecom Talk
JULY 24, 2025
The Indian government has released the new draft national telecom policy 2025 (NTP-25). The policy aims to boost investments in the field of telecom massively. There’s a push for skilling and upskilling, universal 4G coverage by 2030, 90% 5G coverage population and more by 2030. The government, through this policy, wants to bring in about Rs 1 lakh crore (about USD $12.1 billion) every year in investments for the sector.
RCR Wireless
JULY 25, 2025
In the 6G era, AI agents will issue requests, negotiate prices, and buy and sell network slices or compute, connectivity, and energy in real time We live in a world dominated by digital services. From a technological perspective, we’ve never innovated at this pace or scale before, and networks are racing to keep up.
Blandin on Broadband
JULY 25, 2025
The FCC reports … The Federal Communications Commission today approved updates to its pole attachment rules that will make it easier and faster to deploy broadband networks. This action supports Chairman Carr’s Build America Agenda objective to unleash high-speed infrastructure and get America building again. The FCC’s pole attachment rules prescribe processes and timelines that attachers and pole owners must follow when telecom crews attach communications infrastructure to those poles.
Broadband Breakfast
JULY 23, 2025
Connectivity is the backbone of our society. It powers everything from education and finance to healthcare and emergency response, not to mention our increasing conversations with AI agents recently. The question around connectivity therefore needs to evolve: it’s no longer just about speed or bandwidth, it’s about access and resilience.
Telecom Talk
JULY 25, 2025
Reliance Jio previously announced that it would launch a cloud-based AI personal computer. In line with this announcement, the cloud PC service was recently introduced and can be used alongside the JioHome service, which is powered by Jio’s AirFiber and Fiber. TelecomTalk reported on this service offering in May 2025. On its website, in the JioHome section, Jio says, “JioHome brings you unlimited Wi-Fi and non-stop entertainment — with 800+ TV channels, OTT apps, gaming, computer-on-
Developing Telecoms
JULY 21, 2025
Philippine broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions said on Monday that its upcoming Caloocan data centre has secured full certification from the Uptime Institute as a Tier III facility.
IEEE ComSoc
JULY 24, 2025
T-Mobile US is having a banner year. The “uncarrier” has again increased its annual earnings outlook, supported by the acquisition of fiber network operator Metronet and strong mobile customer growth in Q2. After gaining another 1.73 million postpaid customers in the quarter, T-Mobile now expects total postpaid net additions this year of 6.1-6.4 million, up from its previous guidance of 5.5-6.0 million.
Broadband Breakfast
JULY 24, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Thursday to speed up the retirement of aging copper lines. In a 3-0 vote at its July Open Meeting, the FCC advanced a rulemaking that would cement temporary waivers first issued in March. If finalized, the proposal would scrap FCC filing requirements for telecom providers looking to decommission copper lines.
RCR Wireless
JULY 22, 2025
3GPP Releases 18 through 20 focus on AI-native networks, energy efficiency and support for emerging XR and IoT applications In sum – what to know: 5G-Advanced is here – The latest 3GPP releases bring AI-native networking, energy efficiency and advanced latency to wireless systems, setting the stage for 6G.
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