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du and Omantel switch on Oman Emirates Gateway subsea cable

Developing Telecoms

Omantel and UAE-based du and announced on Tuesday that they have activated the Oman Emirates Gateway (OEG), a 275-km fibre-optic subsea cable system that will boost connectivity between the UAE and Oman.

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Telstra to axe hundreds of jobs as company doubles down on AI efficiency

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News A report from the Sydney Morning Herald says that the job cuts will be felt “across the board” Today, media reports suggest that Australian telco Telstra is preparing to cut “hundreds” of jobs in the coming week. The report, quoting anonymous sources, suggests that the cuts will be made across the business as part of ongoing cost cutting measures.

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Sparkle expands its reach in the US with a PoP in San Diego

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Press Release Sparkle , the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the expansion of its network in the United States with the opening of a Point of Presence (PoP) in San Diego, California. With this PoP, Sparkle adds a new strategic infrastructure alongside its existing nodes in McAllen, El Paso, Dallas (US) and Queretaro (Mexico), ensuring maximum diversification and redundancy for local customers.

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Jio 5G Network Down in Rajasthan and Gujarat, Services Restored After an Hour

Telecom Talk

Reliance Jio’s 5G services went down last night in select regions of Rajasthan and Gujarat, leaving users without 5G connectivity for nearly an hour. The outage began around 7 PM IST, with users reporting complete loss of signal on their mobile devices. The issue was limited to 5G users only, while 4G services remained unaffected. Social media was quick to pick up on the disruption, with users posting about “no signal” and #JioDown trending briefly.

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UK Government announces next Emergency Alerts system test

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The UK will conduct another nationwide test of its Emergency Alerts system as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the country’s resilience. On September 7th at 3pm BST, mobile phones across the UK will emit a loud siren and vibrate for about ten seconds, even when set to silent mode. A message will appear on. Read more » The post UK Government announces next Emergency Alerts system test appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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SoftBank roadtests 7GHz with Tokyo trial

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SoftBank trials 7GHz in Tokyo, with the band potentially able to offer 10-20 times more capacity than 3.5GHz with similar coverage range to sub-6GHz spectrum.

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Sateliot announces new satellites and imminent launch in Brazil

Developing Telecoms

Satellite operator Sateliot, which says it is the first company to operate a constellation of 5G NB-IoT satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), has announced a boost to its satellite deployment plans, along with preparations to launch its commercial service in Brazil.

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Airtel Goes with Ericsson Core for FWA or AirFiber

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Bharti Airtel has just announced that it has deepened its existing relationship with Ericsson, a Swedish telecom tech company. Airtel’s FWA (Fixed Wireless Access) services are already available in many parts of India. The deployment will enhance Airtel’s core capability and capacity for FWA, the release said. This will, in turn, boost the experience for customers utilising the FWA services from Airtel.

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Let’s Encrypt begins issuing IP address certificates

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Let’s Encrypt, the non-profit certificate authority, is now issuing certificates for IP addresses following years of requests for the feature. The certificate authority previously only issued certificates for domain names, forcing users requiring IP address certificates to seek alternatives from the limited number of certificate authorities offering this option.

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Indosat Adopts Nokia AI to Boost Energy Efficiency

VoIP Review

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison has partnered with Nokia to enhance energy efficiency and cut carbon emissions across its radio access network (RAN) in Indonesia using advanced AI technology. The initiative involves the deployment of Nokia’s Energy Efficiency solution, which leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to assess real-time network traffic and automatically switch off unused or idle radio components during periods of low demand.

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Brazil’s Oi seeks amendments to debt recovery plan

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The saga of Brazilian telecommunications company Oi and its ongoing attempts at restructuring its operations and settling its debts continues this week with news that it is seeking court approval to amend its existing debt recovery plan.

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Nokia Bell Labs Eyes Partnerships with Indian Space Sector to Power Moon Missions with 4G, 5G: Report

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Nokia’s Bell Labs is open to collaborating with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), government agencies, and private players in India’s space sector to support future lunar missions with 4G and advanced networking technologies. Thierry Klein, President of Bell Labs Solutions Research , visited India in late June to explore potential partnerships and deepen engagement with the country’s growing space ecosystem.

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BEAD bets big on CBRS and 6GHz bands, so why is Congress gutting them?

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The NTIA's BEAD program has been overhauled to potentially shift billions from fiber networks to unlicensed fixed wireless, but a move by Congress to auction off the spectrum needed for those networks puts their future at risk.

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Comcast Cuts Energy Usage Amid 5G and AI Network Growth

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US cable company Comcast has reported a significant 76% increase in its network traffic from 2019 to 2024. During this same period, the company managed it impressively by cutting power consumption by 11%. Comcast has introduced virtualized, cloud-based technologies enabling faster broadband while minimizing equipment usage and conserving energy. Remarkably, electricity consumption per byte went from 18.4 kWh/TB in 2019 to 9.3 kWh/TB in 2024, which also underscores an overall 49% reduction per by

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Indosat deploys Nokia solution to reduce RAN energy usage

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Nokia announced on Monday that Indonesian telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison has deployed its energy efficiency solution to reduce energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions across Indosat’s Nokia-supplied RANs.

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Vodafone uses mobile network to back drone delivery in Ireland

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Press Release Vodafone has collaborated with Manna Air Delivery in Ireland, a company with six years of experience in urban drone deliveries, to remotely pilot a delivery drone over two kilometres using Vodafone’s mobile network Manna, which has completed approximately 200,000 deliveries, recently worked with Vodafone to test how mobile technology can assist a pilot to operate a drone beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) to increase home deliveries to more places.

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Vi Reaches 106 Petabytes Daily Data Capacity, Focuses Growth on 17 High-Revenue Circles

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Vodafone Idea (Vi) has scaled up its daily data handling capacity to 106 petabytes (PB) per day as of March 2025, marking a significant four-fold increase from 26 PB/day in September 2018. The development is part of the company’s ongoing strategy to strengthen 4G coverage and build readiness for 5G services, with a sharp focus on 17 key telecom circles that collectively contribute nearly 98% of its revenue.

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Official probe finds SKT's security failures led to massive data breach

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The South Korean government found that SKT's negligence led to a massive data breach and fined the operator for reporting the incident late.

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Tribal Nations Build Sovereignty Through Broadband Infrastructure, Panelists Say

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WASHINGTON, July 4, 2025 – Open-access networks are actually a great fit for broadband projects on tribal lands, according to panelists involved in such projects. Speaking at a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event on June 11, tribal nations across the United States are increasingly taking control of their digital destiny by building and operating their own broadband networks.

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Vodacom Business deploys private mobile network for Sasol

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Vodacom Business says it has deployed a private mobile network for South African energy and chemical company Sasol at its synthetic fuel facility in Secunda, Mpumalanga as an alternative to Wi-Fi.

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Breathe London: Vodafone’s IoT to to help monitor London’s air quality

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Press Release Vodafone is leading a new consortium of partners to deliver the next phase of the Mayor of London’s pioneering Breathe London programme, delivering an advanced and comprehensive network of monitors to measure air quality across the capital and encourage action to tackle air pollution Vodafone will collaborate with experts from Global Action Plan, Airly, Ricardo, Scotswolds Ltd, Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants (CERC) and the University of Cambridge to coordinate all 146

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Vodafone Idea Is Quietly Fixing a Problem That Affects Millions Every Month

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For years, a small but persistent issue has quietly frustrated millions of prepaid mobile users in India the 28 day recharge cycle. While the telecom sector has moved on to conversations around 5G, fiber, and ARPU growth, Vodafone Idea (Vi) has gone back to the basics. Its latest offer isn’t about faster speeds or more data. It’s about something far simpler: validity and fixing the gap that has long existed between recharge plans and the actual calendar month.

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T-Mobile Boosts Florida 5G with $2B Network Expansion

VoIP Review

T-Mobile has completed a $2 billion network expansion across the state of Florida. This extensive project, spanning several years, enhances its 5G coverage through new and upgraded cell sites. This initiative significantly boosts internet speeds for a wide range of users, including businesses, schools, healthcare providers, first responders, and residential customers.

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Cox Back On Track with RDOF, Except in Nebraska

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2025 – Cox Communications is back on track to fulfilling its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund obligations – minus Nebraska. On Monday, Cox, led by Chairman and CEO Alex Taylor , filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission giving an update on its RDOF progress. The mandatory filing showed that the internet-service provider was 99 percent of the way to completing its third year deployment milestone in California, 96 percent of the way in Louisiana, 76

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Nokia, Mobily, Zain KSA complete PoC of shared indoor 5G SA

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Nokia said on Tuesday it has completed what it says is the first deployment of shared 5G Standalone (5G SA) indoor coverage in Saudi Arabia in a proof-of-concept pilot with Mobily, Zain KSA, neutral host specialist ACES NH and the Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST).

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Multi-agent AI environments and the importance of trust

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Interview Netcracker’s Head of Strategy and Marketing, Sue White, discusses why telcos’ rapid adoption of Agentic AI must not risk compromising their operational integrity As expected, the evolution of AI was one of the major themes at this year’s DTW conference in Copenhagen, with discussions moving swiftly from Generative AI to Agentic AI. This change – allowing AI agents to go beyond recommending solutions to taking action autonomously – potentially represents a major paradigm shift for how t

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Zscaler Launches AI-Powered SIM-Based Zero Trust Security Solution for IoT and OT Devices

Telecom Talk

Zscaler, a global cloud security provider, today (Wednesday, July 9) announced the launch of Zscaler Cellular, an AI -powered extension of its Zero Trust Exchange platform designed to secure Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) devices using cellular connectivity. The new solution enables Zero Trust communication through a simple SIM card, eliminating the need for additional software or legacy VPN infrastructure.

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Apple’s China revival masks deeper iPhone struggles

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Apple’s iPhone sales in China posted an 8% year-over-year increase in the second quarter of 2025, but this growth in the China market share came at a steep cost and may prove unsustainable. According to preliminary data from Counterpoint Research’s China Smartphone Weekly Sales Tracker, the gains were heavily dependent on aggressive price cuts and government subsidies rather than underlying demand strength in the.

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FCC Draft Order Would Set Deadline for Large Pole Attachment Requests

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, July 8, 2025 – Federal regulators are planning to remove what broadband providers say is a barrier to deployment, largely taking the industry’s side in an ongoing dispute with utility companies. The public draft of a Federal Communications Commission order would institute a defined timeline for utilities to prepare large batches of poles – between 3,000 and 6,000 – for ISP equipment.

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DTW2025 - Stability is essential for autonomous networks

Developing Telecoms

At DTW2025, a panel featuring representatives from TM Forum, Huawei and Telkomsel discussed how intelligent core networks empower high stability autonomous networks.

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New blueprints put Level 4 autonomous networks within reach

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Partner Article Building autonomous networks was one of the hottest topics at this year’s DTW conference in Copenhagen, with operators increasingly advancing towards Level 4 Network operators have long aspired to build ‘zero touch’ networks: communication systems that are fully autonomous, adapting to users’ needs in real-time without the need for any manual human intervention.

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Sateliot Selects Alen Space to Build Next Five Satellites

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Spanish 5G satellite connectivity operator Sateliot said it has entrusted the manufacture of its next five satellites to the Spanish firm Alen Space. The new satellites, scheduled for launch in 2026, are a key part of Sateliot’s strategy to establish a global, dual-use 5G satellite connectivity network, serving both civilian and defence applications.

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NTT Data, Cisco and friends seek ways to network quantum computers

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The Quantum Datacenter Alliance (QDA) is working on creating networks for the future quantum data center.

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Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report

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Skip to content Cisco Blogs / Security / Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report July 7, 2025 Leave a Comment Security Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report 6 min read Aamer Akhter While Cisco often focuses on business growth and market leadership, our most rewarding work happens when we set those metrics aside. These projects aren’t about driving profits — they’re about using our expertise to tackle challenges that benefit everyone.

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MTN South Sudan launches service in Abuyong Payam

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MTN South Sudan has launched service in Abuyong Payam in Lakes State courtesy of the government’s universal service and access fund (USAF), although state officials said the network's coverage is too limited and needs to be expanded soon.

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Zayo Europe partners with Ciena for German network boost

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Press Release Leading network infrastructure provider Zayo Europe has deployed Ciena’s optical technology to launch a new German network covering 3,000km of fibre across 8 core domestic metros including Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Berlin. The network also extends to a 14th key hub across the border in Strasbourg, France. With Ciena’s Reconfigurable Line System (RLS) and WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) solutions, Zayo Europe can now offer universal 400G wave services across key German m

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Airtel, Jio, Vi, BSNL Enable Intra-Circle Roaming in Flood-Hit Himachal Pradesh

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Telecom operators including Jio, Airtel , Vodafone Idea (Vi), and BSNL have activated Intra-Circle Roaming (ICR) in Thunag Tehsil of Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, following massive disruption caused by flash floods and cloudbursts earlier this week. The move comes after the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued an emergency directive on July 2, asking all operators to enable ICR to keep services running in flood-affected zones.

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