The Verizon–AWS partnership expands long-haul fiber routes to meet AI’s surging bandwidth needs and strengthen Verizon’s AI Connect platform
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AI infrastructure convergence – Fiber expansion and AI workload growth are becoming inseparable, with network design...
Through the agreement with Nokia, Telia Company will upgrade its 5G networks in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, and Lithuania
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Telia adopts 5G SA core – The operator will deploy Nokia’s cloud-native 5G SA core across...
Solace Power held a webinar on doubling FWA network capacity with self-installable window CPE
5G Fixed Wireless Access is a relatively new technology that offers plenty of wireless broadband benefits to the home user. FWA is becoming a real game-changer...
The massive investments in AI recently are starting to look like a bubble. Yes, of course, there will be a correction. But after technology bubbles, there is normally something useful left over that can be an economic powerhouse for...
BT said its 5G customer base grew 11% year-on-year to 13.9 million
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Resilient financial performance – Adjusted EBITDA held at £4.1bn as BT’s cost transformation offset pressure from legacy declines and higher wage costs.
Record FTTP...
David Selby, director of Global Network Infrastructure Development at AWS, told RCR Wireless News, that Fastnet strengthens AWS's ability to maintain continuous operations for customer workloads
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Linking U.S. and Ireland – AWS’s new Fastnet cable...
Juniper Research’s 2026 trends report highlights how AI, eSIM convergence, 6G innovation, and satellites are reshaping global connectivity
In its new report, Top 10 Telecoms & Connectivity Trends 2026, Juniper Research identifies the technologies and business models that will define...
MNOs are moving beyond traditional circuit transport to offer managed overlays and consumption-based models. As the lines blur between MPLS, SD-WAN, MPN, and NaaS, the question for enterprises and MNOs is how these models fit together in a hybrid...
Nokia said that the deal includes its latest AirScale portfolio, featuring Habrok Massive MIMO radios and AirScale baseband units
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Network overhaul – The agreement covers 4G modernization and 5G expansion across Western Japan using Nokia’s...
Telefónica explained that the growth plan focuses on technological modernization, operational simplification, and AI-driven innovation
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Accelerate growth – Telefónica’s Transform & Grow strategy focuses on AI, network modernization, and operational efficiency across Spain, Germany, the...
Networks are the platform and the next strategic leap for telcos
In our first piece, we drew parallels between Microsoft’s transformation from a perpetual software company into a cloud powerhouse. Microsoft’s pivot had less to do with competing against rising...
In this episode, Bryant Tam, Vice President of Hanwha Data Centers, shares his journey from building substations at Southern California Edison to developing next-generation energy campuses for one of the world’s fastest-growing data center companies. Drawing on his experience...
What lessons can be learned from Microsoft’s cloud transformation?
Editor's note: This is the first part of a three-part series co-authored by Jim Brisimitzis and Chetan Sharma, exploring the nexus of the cloud/AI and telecom industries from an industry lens....
For Telefonica, the transaction is aligned with its ongoing strategy to streamline its portfolio and reduce exposure in Latin America
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Telefonica exits Ecuador – The Spanish operator completed the sale of its Ecuadorian business to...
Dell’Oro estimates 6G-related RAN capex will represent 55–60% of total RAN investments between 2029 and 2034
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6G capex – Dell’Oro expects major RAN investments starting late in the decade, led by Massive MIMO deployments across...
As enterprises rush to deploy AI across their factories and logistics sites, the less glamorous work of radio design has never mattered more. US network design firm iBwave argues that escalating AI workloads depend first on getting the private...
Korea, Iceland, Spain, Finland, and Lithuania lead the OECD with more than 80% of fixed broadband delivered via fiber
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Fiber dominates – Fiber penetration across OECD countries surged to 47%, becoming the backbone of digital...
Under this new strategy, SK Telecom will expand its Ulsan AI data center to a 1 GW-scale capacity
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Ulsan AIDC expands to 1 GW scale – SK Telecom is developing nationwide and global AIDC hubs,...
Once completed, the transaction will make Orange the sole owner of Spanish telco MasOrange
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Full control – The €4.25 billion deal gives Orange 100% ownership of Spain’s leading convergent operator.
Strategic boost – Full ownership strengthens...
AI is reshaping industrial operations – from real-time quality control to predictive maintenance and digital copilots on the factory floor. As these AI workloads become more mobile, data-intensive, and time-sensitive, private cellular networks are emerging as the critical infrastructure...
The next decade’s defining competition isn’t about who builds the best AI, but who learns fastest
The defining economic competition of the next decade is not just about who builds the most advanced AI models. It is about which production...
From connectivity to cognition, how should telcos monetize AI at the edge?
Editor's note: This is part 3 of a three-part series — please read How telecommunications operators can thrive in the software-centric era and The platformization imperative: Redefining telcos...
SK Telecom recorded a net loss of KRW167 billion in Q3, compared with a profit of KRW280 billion a year earlier
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Steady growth – SK Telecom reached 17.3 million 5G users, accounting for nearly 80%...
Security startup OneLayer has $28 million of new funding, and a big plan to expand further into Europe and Latin America as industrial enterprises go all-in on private 5G, and prioritize security from the start. It is a different...
As 5G matures and the path to 6G takes shape, non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) are becoming essential to extending connectivity, enhancing resilience, and enabling global service coverage.
How can NTNs be seamlessly integrated with terrestrial networks, and what are the challenges...
