Total Telecom

AUGUST 9, 2024

News The railway line could improve the connectivity for thousands of rural households The High-Speed 2 (HS2) railway project could significantly enhance broadband connectivity in rural areas, according to a new analysis released today from High Speed 2 Ltd, a non-departmental public body run by the UK Department for Transport.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 20, 2025

News The infrastructure is designed to operate for at least a decade Vantage Towers, TOTEM, Orange, O2 Telefnica, and Saarland University of Applied Sciences have joined forces to deploy a 5G highway corridor connecting Metz in France to Saarbrcken in Germany. The corridor will include a 55km section in France and a 5km stretch in Germany.

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VoIP Review

AUGUST 23, 2024

Grid Telecom of Greece and Tamares Telecom of Israel have announced a strategic alliance to establish open-access cable landing infrastructure in Cyprus. The joint venture will utilize the Cable Landing Station owned by Tamares Telecom Cyprus on the western coast of Cyprus.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The upgraded network will feature a fresh satellite constellation, expanded global ground infrastructure, and additional satellite service licensing to support Apple’s connectivity needs. billion to fund network development, including satellite construction and launch costs. Under the new terms, Apple will prepay up to $1.1

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 9, 2024

Keep up to date with the latest international telecoms news by subscribing to the Total Telecom daily newsletter Also in the news: NTT to launch new AI company ‘NTT AI-CIX’ Thousands of kms of fibre could be left underutilised warns asset reuse specialist IOH launches Southeast Asia’s largest digital intelligence operations centre

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 9, 2025

of the population but, as says Shailin Sehgal, Group Executive Global Networks and Tech at Telstra, points out, the sheer scale of Australia means much of the country is still without connectivity. Telstras mobile network already covers 99.7% This is where satellite technology will play a complementary role to our existing networks.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Connectivity has become an essential that touches nearly every aspect of our daily routines. This was a point I made on the “Changing Landscape of the UK Fibre Market” panel at Connected Britain. While the current landscape might seem robust, the underlying market structure is not sustainable in its current form.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Building on concepts discussed in its Synadia Guest Blog which explores the technical underpinnings of NATS, this blog examines how Vitrifis platform transforms telecoms workflows, highlighting how advanced automation enables agility, resilience, and scalability in an increasingly complex industry landscape.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Asia-Pacific region is embracing F5.5G, bringing new growth opportunities for operators and promoting the construction of all-optical smart homes and premium networks. Huawei advocates that all industry players work together to construct F5.5G He stressed that NBTC plans to increase broadband penetration to 80% by 2025.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 10, 2024

billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program aims to connect 25 million Americans currently without high-speed Internet access. To that end, NTIA has outlined a series of steps that SBOs can consider implementing now to get ahead of a potential broadband construction labor shortage: 1.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Turkcell, the leading comprehensive telecom carrier in the world, provides high-quality fixed and mobile communication services for more than 43 million subscribers in Türkiye. Therefore, the construction of fiber infrastructures and evolution of innovative technology must make strides to cope with the challenges of digital floods.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

News The company made the announcement at Fibre Optic Partner Day in Bonn, Germany This week, German incumbent telecoms operator Deutsche Telekom has joined the German Federal Association for Fiber Optic Connections (BUGLAS), an industry association focussed on promoting and expanding fibre infrastructure throughout Germany.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The Project Gigabit contract will fund connections for over 28,000 hard-to-reach rural properties across the region once completed, with thousands more set to benefit through additional commercial rollout by Quickline. Beyond broadband connections, Quickline is committed to delivering social value across West Yorkshire.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

News Using Taaras wireless optical networking tech, two drones can establish a birectional connection over multiple kilometres, allowing the operator to bypass damaged sections of its network This week, Vodafone has announced it is piloting a new drone solution aimed at helping networks stay operational in the event of cable damage.

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Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

AUGUST 5, 2024

A neutral player, TOTEM provides solutions enabling operators to provide connectivity wherever pooling between operators is possible. TOTEM began installing the 1,000 pieces of 5G equipment that will connect the 16 stations and 33 km of the future “Line 15 South” of the new Parisian metro system.

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Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In an earlier post we looked at Cell-Site Construction And Evolution Strategies. A slightly older post on LinkedIn detailed the Telecom Site Installation process. Taking the post, the comments, some help from ChatGPT, here is a detailed process of planning, constructing, and commissioning a mobile network site.

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Real Wireless

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

John Okas , CCO at Real Wireless, shares his thoughts and insights on the discussions at this year’s Connected Britain 2024 on rail connectivity. I only attended the first day of Connected Britain – which meant I didn’t hear the speech by the new Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms Sir Chris Bryant which was on the second day.

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Real Wireless

JULY 8, 2024

The future of telecoms is a global business and markets game – thinking parochially to the UK is not going to create a sustainable industrial sector. Wi-Fi as a sector has coped quite well without such a 10-year cyclical construct. Several governments and global standards bodies have asserted their intentions to be competitive for 6G.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

A California telecom and electrical cooperative says the state’s ongoing last-mile broadband grant program will help deploy affordable fiber to multiple communities across four heavily unserved and underserved California counties. Now, 14 years later, FFA grants are connecting many locals to this network for the first time.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Erie County, New York’s  ErieNet  broadband initiative is poised to begin construction in Buffalo, NY, after the Buffalo Common Council recently passed a resolution approving the Telecommunications License Agreement with ErieNet LDC. “This includes telecom carriers, broadband providers, and Internet providers.

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Real Wireless

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The SRN programme uses a mixture of MNO and government investment into shared infrastructure (>£1B), employing a conventional ‘old-school’ approach – i.e. by constructing new ‘High-Power-High-Tower’ mobile network sites using sub 1 GHz spectrum to achieve extended coverage.

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AWS Telecommunications

OCTOBER 14, 2024

By using the power of generative AI (GenAI), Agents for Amazon Bedrock , and the Telecom Networks API (under GSMA’s Open Gateway and Camara initiative ), organizations can create intelligent chatbots and agents that deliver personalized, context-aware interactions across various communication channels.

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Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

The race to provide global connectivity has seen remarkable innovation, and Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet service, has been at the forefront. How can the dish and satellite maintain a continuous connection? This agility is essential for maintaining a seamless connection with rapidly moving LEO satellites.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

million and will see Wessex Internet expanding its existing network in the Wylye Valley, going across the Salisbury Plain, connecting villages surrounding Amesbury, and going as far north as Chisbury and Little Bedwyn. The first communities to be connected will be Stapleford, Wylye and Bapton. The contract is worth £18.8

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VoIP Review

AUGUST 14, 2024

Optus finds itself in a challenging position as it faces accusations from pension fund AustralianSuper of not meeting its tower construction commitments. This struggle has broader implications for connectivity in Australia, particularly as 5G rolls out and requires more robust infrastructure.

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Deutsche Telekom has officially joined the German Federal Association for Fiber Optic Connections (BUGLAS), an organization promoting fiber infrastructure in Germany. The German telecom industry group VATM criticized the decision, alleging it could hinder the nation’s fiber rollout.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Frustrated by years of substandard broadband service from regional telecom incumbents, Kendall County, Illinois residents have joined the growing chorus of Americans that are tackling the problem head on by building their own better, faster, more affordable fiber networks. No, we won’t connect your anchor institutions.

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Rural Broadband Association

MARCH 11, 2025

And we will continue tell their stories throughout the year through the Women in Telecom program. That includes Patsy Bigbee , who recently retired after 49 years at Taylor Telephone (now Taylor Telecom; Merkel, Texas). Therefore, I am going to try to do my best to briefly recognize each of these women over the next few weeks.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Though Northampton, Massachusetts residents still broadly support the construction of a city-owned municipal fiber broadband network, city officials are celebrating the arrival of Gateway Fiber, which will soon be delivering a more affordable fiber option, and more broadband competition, to the traditionally underserved city.

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IEEE ComSoc

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Introduction: During the two-day SK AI Summit 2024 [1.] , SK Telecom CEO Ryu Young-sang unveiled the company’s comprehensive strategy which revolves around three core components: AI data centers (AIDCs), a cloud-based GPU service (GPU-as-a-Service, GPUaaS), and Edge AI. based Lambda.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The CPUC award details indicate that the grants will be awarded to the Golden State Connect Authority (GSCA) and the City of Vallejo to help bring fiber access to 2,278 unserved locations in Amador and Solano counties. The City of Vallejo will leverage $3.8 million Californians.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

“Our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will connect every Coloradan to reliable high-speed internet,” Hickenlooper said in a statement. John Hickenlooper , D-Colo., who suggested it was intended to prevent bottlenecks in the $42.5 “Supply chain disruptions delay the rollout of these projects. We have no time to waste.

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Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

According to Banham, “getting outside signals in” has become ever more difficult as radio technologies have climbed the frequency range and adopted complex encodings, such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), while the materials used to construct buildings have become less permeable to radio signals.

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Rural Broadband Association

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Themed “Amplifying Rural Community Connections,” the conference focused on the association’s four-part plan to minimize the potential for impacts on members and their customers following a circuit court ruling that the Universal Service Fund (USF) contribution mechanism is unconstitutional.

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Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

One of the first testers is the leading Swiss construction and real estate service provider Implenia. The company will provide its bridge construction site in Bad Lobenstein (Thuringia, Germany) with 5G and 4G/LTE during the two-year construction phase. However, the connection via satellite will also be tested in a next step.

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Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Link5G is LinkNYC’s second generation offering that aims to improve the digital connectivity in New York City. The official website says : Conceived in 2021 (the Year of 5G), Link5G enables the equitable deployment of both 5G cellular coverage and Wi-Fi connectivity across the five boroughs. More than 1.3 million New Yorkers lack both.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The deal, which includes protections against throttling, data caps, and the sale of customer data, will expand high-speed, affordable internet access across the city, connecting 80% of the city by 2028 and 97% of the city by 2030. The $9 million deal allows ALLO – a Nebraska-based telecom company available to 1.2

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