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US charges 12 Chinese nationals for ‘reckless’ cyberattacks

Telecoms Tech News

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) alongside the FBI, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and the Departments of State and the Treasury have announced a coordinated effort to disrupt and deter cyber espionage activity by 12 Chinese nationals. The 12 individuals include two officers of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), employees of a. Read more » The post US charges 12 Chinese nationals for ‘reckless’ cyberattacks appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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How to maximise 5G network value in the AI era

Total Telecom

Contributed Article The evolution of mobile networks will transform how people connect, work, and interact with technology. At this years Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona, Huaweis Corporate Senior Vice President and President of lCT Sales & Service, Li Peng highlighted the role of 5G advancements in improving the user experiences and creating new business opportunities, in his keynote speech “We’re rapidly entering a fully intelligent world.

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Astound to Compete with Comcast in Scranton, Pa., Mayor Says

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, March 6, 2025 – The City of Scranton, Pa., home to 75,000 residents, may soon have a competitor to Comcast in the cable TV market, Mayor Paige G. Cognetti (D) announced Wednesday. The proposed agreement with Astound Broadband would give the company three years to build the local cable network at no cost to the city. Astound would be the first cable competitor to Comcast in Scranton.

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Vodafone and AST spacemobile launch European satellite broadband comp 

Total Telecom

News This week, Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile have announced a new joint venture, SatCo, to bring space-based mobile broadband to Europe. The company said it will aim to provide 100% geographic coverage in every part of Europe SatCo will act as the exclusive distributor of AST SpaceMobiles satellite services across Europe, using Vodafones network and ASTs low Earth orbit (LEO) technology.

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Vermont Lawmaker Introduces Affordable Broadband Bill

Broadband Breakfast

March 6, 2025 – Vermont has joined the growing list of states pursuing broadband affordability mandates after the Supreme Court declined twice to hear the broadband industry’s challenge to New York’s low-cost Internet law. Vermont State Rep. Christopher Morrow , D-Windham, introduced a bill in late January requiring Internet service providers to offer low-cost broadband plans to eligible low-income households.

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All Intelligent Operations Enables New Growth 

Total Telecom

Press Release [Barcelona, Spain, March 4, 2025] Huawei, together with global operators, partners, and industry organizations, discussed how operators can upgrade their operations models, reimagine new experiences, and enable new growth at the Intelligent Operations Summit held during MWC Barcelona 2025. Bruce Xun, President of Huawei Global Technical Service, said, “In the next decade, operators will advance towards all intelligent operations at an unprecedented pace.

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Pakistan’s Jazz to deploy solar tech from Huawei at 1,000 sites

Developing Telecoms

Pakistani telco Jazz owned by global digital operator Veon announced at Mobile World Congress 2025 on Wednesday it is collaborating with Huawei to deploy solar power tech at 1,000 of its mobile base station sites across Pakistan.

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iQOO Neo 10R 5G Launching on March 11, Here’s Everything

Telecom Talk

iQOO Neo 10R is one of the most anticipated smartphones that is going to launch very soon in India.

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Sparkle and Turkcell sign subsea cable MoU 

Total Telecom

News The MoU was signed during this years MWC Barcelona Sparkle and Turkcell have announced a new partnership to develop a subsea cable in the Mediterranean. This week, at MWC Barcelona, the two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a 4,000 km subsea cable linking Turkey and Europe. The cable will connect Izmir, Turkey, to Chania, Greece, with a design capable of handling more than 25 terabits per second (Tbps) per fibre pair.

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CelcomDigi signs 5G and AI deals with Huawei, ZTE and Ericsson

Developing Telecoms

CelcomDigi said on Thursday it has signed several MoUs at Mobile World Congress 2025 two with Huawei and ZTE related to AI-powered network evolution, and and one with Ericsson to develop private 5G solutions for Malaysias oil and gas sector.

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Amazon Prime Video Rolls Out AI Dubbing Pilot for International Content

Telecom Talk

Amazon’s OTT video platform, Prime Video, is enhancing its streaming experience with AI-aided dubbing, making international content more accessible to

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Kelly Kroll: The Vital Impact of BABA Regulations on Federally Funded Infrastructure Projects

Broadband Breakfast

The Build America Buy America (BABA) Act, part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, requires the use of American-made materials in federally funded infrastructure projects.  Among these materials, steel holds a particularly significant place due to its widespread use and critical role in ensuring the integrity and durability of these infrastructures, including bridges, highways, and buildings.

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India to Invest $16.1 Billion for Rural Broadband Connectivity: Scindia

Telecom Talk

BharatNet, a connectivity initiative from the central government of India aims to empower people in the rural and backward areas with high-speed broadband.

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GCI Customers In Sitka, Alaska to Lose Service for Days Amid Fiber Maintenance

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, March 6, 2025 – Thousands of GCI customers in Sitka, Alaska, will lose most internet services starting Sunday because the company may need repair to its undersea fiber network, according to a statement on its website. The company said it will provide alternate, third-party connectivity for low-bandwidth services via satellite and radio wave during the 8-day maintenance period.

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Unleashing the Power of AI: Introducing Cisco’s AI-Ready Data Center MVC Campaign

Cisco Wireless

AI and emerging innovations are transforming business operations.

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5G Will Also Boost Bharti Airtel’s Enterprise Offerings: CLSA

Telecom Talk

Bharti Airtel continues its growth momentum with 5G expansion, increasing revenue market share, and a strong push into financial services.

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Viettel High Tech announces 5G trials with du

Developing Telecoms

Viettel High Tech, a Vietnamese end-to-end 4G/5G solution provider and part of the state-owned multinational telecommunications, technology and manufacturing conglomerate Viettel Group, has officially announced the launch of its 5G equipment trial with the UAE's Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du), a leading telecom operator in the Middle East, at MWC25.

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Commerce to review BEAD, signals shift toward ‘lowest cost’, ‘tech-neutral’

RCR Wireless

Commerce Secretary says the program “is in dire need of a readjustment” and emphasized “lowest cost” deployments The U.S. Department of Commerce is going to review the rules surrounding the $42.

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How is Agentic AI helping Telcos improve customer experience?

HCL Tech

How is Agentic AI helping Telcos improve customer experience? Content Group Video abhinay.khandelwal Thu, 03/06/2025 - 12:46 Remove from Listing Page No Short Title How is Agentic AI helping Telcos improve customer experience? Video How is Agentic AI helping Telcos improve customer experience?

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Huawei launches AI-centric 5.5G solutions

RCR Wireless

Huawei has developed intent-driven AI-centric 5.5G solutions, which include GigaGear, GreenPulse and GainLeap BARCELONAChinese vendor Huawei announced the introduction of AI-centric 5.5G, or 5G-Advanced solutions at the Huawei product and solution launch event during Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2025.

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How is Agentic AI helping Telcos improve customer experience?

HCL Tech

How is Agentic AI helping Telcos improve customer experience? Content Group Video abhinay.khandelwal Thu, 03/06/2025 - 10:03 Remove from Listing Page No Business Segment Trends and Insights Short Title How is Agentic AI helping Telcos improve customer experience? Short Description Alan Flower, EVP and Head of AI & Cloud Native Labs at HCLTech, discusses the transformative impact of Agentic AI on customer experience, network management and operations at MWC Summary Thumbnail Publish Date Thu, 03/

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Pure Storage joins AI-RAN Alliance

RCR Wireless

Pure Storage said it will leverage its modern storage expertise to enhance the Alliances ability to manage data storage needs Data storage solutions provider Pure Storage has joined the AI-RAN Alliance.

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Safaricom M-Pesa to assist healthcare payments digitisation in Ethiopia

Developing Telecoms

The mobile payment group Safaricom M-Pesa, along with another, unnamed financial service provider, has signed a service level agreement (SLA) with the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia to transform healthcare payments through a secure, efficient and scalable digital payment system.

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Huawei Unveils AI-Powered 5G Innovations at MWC 2025

VoIP Review

During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Huawei exhibited their state-of-the-art offerings, targeting telecoms carriers and industry leaders. A focal point was the transformative potential of 5G and 5G-A networks powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Huawei’s innovations aim to optimize business models, enhance infrastructure, and streamline operations and maintenance (O&M).

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India’s Tata Electronics secures major semiconductor partnership

Developing Telecoms

Indias Tata Electronics and Taiwanese companies Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) and Himax have announced a semiconductor-related memorandum of understanding (MoU).

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Indosat Leads Southeast Asia’s AI-RAN with Nokia and NVIDIA

VoIP Review

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison is making significant strides by becoming the first mobile operator in Southeast Asia to deploy AI-RAN (Artificial Intelligence Radio Access Network) infrastructure in collaboration with Nokia and NVIDIA. This initiative will cover the entirety of Indonesia and fuses Nokia’s 5G Cloud RAN solution with NVIDIA’s AI Aerial platform to host both AI and RAN workloads.

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Payment platform Airwallex acquires Vietnam’s CTIN Pay

Developing Telecoms

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for growing businesses, says it has signed definitive agreements to acquire CTIN Pay, an intermediary payment service (IPS) licensed company in Vietnam.

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India’s 5G BTS Count Stood at 4,69,792 at February 2025 End

Telecom Talk

The 5G BTS (base transceiver station) count in India is growing extremely slow now. The slow addition of 5G BTS tells the story of a stagnant market too.

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Qvantel hails fast 5G SA turnaround for Uzbek operator partner

Developing Telecoms

Qvantel is back in the MWC25 news headlines. The BSS specialist has announced a significant milestone in its partnership with Uzbek mobile operator Perfectum and tech giant Nokia.

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Minnesota February 2025 Budget and Economic Forecast: strong in the near term, weakening in long-range forecast

Blandin on Broadband

The Minnesota Session Daily reports on Minnesotas budget outlook It looks as if those calling for less state spending could get their wish, judging from Thursdays release of the February 2025 Budget and Economic Forecast. A state surplus for the 2026-27 fiscal biennium that was predicted to be $616 million in November is now at $456 million, meaning that the Legislature and Gov.

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Smart Axiata joins Open Gateway, collaborates with Cellcard and Metfone on APIs

Developing Telecoms

Cambodian telco Smart Axiata said on Thursday it has joined the GSMA Open Gateway Initiative and signed an MoU at Mobile World Congress 2025 to collaborate with rival telcos CamGSM (a.k.a. Cellcard) and Metfone on deploying federated CAMARA APIs.

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iQOO is Planning a New Phone with Snapdragon 8 Elite

Telecom Talk

iQOO, a sub-brand of Chinese phone maker Vivo, is reportedly working on a new flagship phone.

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Jio Platforms and partners to develop Open Telecom AI Platform

RCR Wireless

Jio said the new platform will incorporate open APIs and will utilize agentic AI, LLMs, domain-specific SLMs and non-gen AI machine learning techniques Indian company Jio Platforms, in partnership with AMD, Cisco and Nokia, has announced plans to develop an Open Telecom AI Platform at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025, with the main aim of […]

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DoT Mandates Testing, Certification of Satcom Equipment

Telecom Talk

India is all set to launch satcom services. There are many players waiting to launch services and are just looking for the nod from the government.

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Celebrating Women in Business: How Sangoma Supports Empowerment and Innovation

Sangoma

International Womens Day is a time to celebrate the incredible contributions of women worldwide and reflect on the progress made toward gender equality. At Sangoma, we proudly recognize the women who inspire us daily, driving innovation, growth, and success across our company and the broader business world. As a company rooted in values like trust, […] The post Celebrating Women in Business: How Sangoma Supports Empowerment and Innovation appeared first on Sangoma Technologies.

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Microsoft to Invest ZAR 5.4 Billion to Expand Cloud and AI Infrastructure in South Africa

Telecom Talk

Microsoft has announced plans to spend ZAR 5.

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DIDWW Expands Mobile DID Coverage in Mexico to Boost Global Communications

VoIP Review

DIDWW is making waves again with their latest announcement. They’ve expanded mobile Direct Inward Dialing (DID) coverage in Mexico. This development strengthens their commitment to enhancing global telecommunications reach. Access to these virtual phone numbers is now effortlessly available via their user portal or API. This ensures that businesses can swiftly activate these numbers, facilitating seamless communications within Mexico.