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YTL wins contract to deploy railway fibre as Fiberail monopoly ends

Developing Telecoms

Malaysias Railway Assets Corp (RAC) announced on Friday it has contracted telco YTL Communications to build out fibre optic infrastructure along 1,600 km of railway track, putting an end to the railway fibre monopoly held by Telekom Malaysias Fiberail.

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Vodafone Idea’s Credit Rating Boost Could Allow Easier Fundraising

Telecom Talk

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, is trying to raise funds via debt from the banks.

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Cisco U. Spotlight: Your Best Day of Learning is Waiting

Cisco Wireless

AI, Security, Network Observability, and more. Immerse yourself in expert-led lectures and demos on todays most transformative technologies at Cisco U. Spotlight, April 24, 2025.

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Mavenir’s Job Cuts in the RAN Division Follow India: Report

Telecom Talk

The Indian telecom operators are moderating their capex (capital expenditure) levels now. This is because they now want to focus on profitability.

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Celebrating National Telephone Day: from string phones to cell phones and beyond

Ooma

April 25th is National Telephone Day! Because of this, now is a great time to think about the telephone, a truly amazing technology that has shaped civilization through its fascinating evolution. The post Celebrating National Telephone Day: from string phones to cell phones and beyond appeared first on Ooma.com - Smart solutions for home and business.

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Vodafone Idea Secures Credit Rating Upgrade From Care Amid Declining Subscriber Base

Telecom Talk

Care Ratings has upgraded Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) credit rating to BBB- from BB+.

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Finding the upside to a shrinking wireless marketplace

Light Reading

Despite clear indications that the US wireless industry is becoming increasingly competitive, many analysts still see the sector as a safe haven for investments amid wider economic upheaval.

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The pains and gains of a platform approach for a brownfield telco

Light Reading

BT Business CTO Colin Bannon describes how BT ripped the band aid off as it marched into a very different kind of telco tech environment.

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IAFI Urges Govt to Delicense Lower 6GHz Band for Wi-Fi 7: Report

Telecom Talk

The ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI) urges the Indian government to de-license the lower 6GHz spectrum to support Wi-Fi 7, boost rural connectivity, and prevent network congestion.

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Driving Sustainability Forward: The Power of Innovative Partnerships

Cisco Wireless

Cisco and partners like Logicalis, Orange Business, and CAE drive sustainability through innovative solutions and collaboration, enhancing environmental impact and achieving business goals.

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COAI Slams MMRC’s Telecom Infrastructure Model for Metro Line 3, Citing Telecom Act Violations

Telecom Talk

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), representing major telecom players Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea, has strongly

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AWS builds AI agent for the DOCSIS 4.0 era

Light Reading

AWS has tapped into a trove of data to underpin an AI agent for DOCSIS 4.0, along with a capacity calculator. The new AI agent 'is not just another chatbot. It's a specialized digital expert,' says AWS's Jennifer Andreoli-Fang.

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Indus Towers May Announce Dividends on the back of Vi Payments: Report

Telecom Talk

Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, could announce dividends for the Q4 results.

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Metronet doesn't get Charter's former VP

Light Reading

Metronet had hoped to hire Prashanth Myla, who previously helped develop technology at Charter to merge wireless and wireline services. That won't happen following a settlement between Charter and Myla.

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Redmi Watch Move Launched in India: Price and Specs

Telecom Talk

Xiaomi has launched a new Redmi Watch Move in India.

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Comcast Business gets agnostic with 'dedicated' Internet expansion

Light Reading

Christian Nascimento explains how Comcast Business has expanded the capabilities of a 'dedicated' Internet service armed with symmetrical speeds and service level agreements across both HFC and FTTP.

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Airtel and Jio Lead Wireless Subscriber Growth in January 2025, Vodafone Idea and BSNL See Decline

Telecom Talk

Indian telecom service providers Bharti Airtel (Airtel) and Reliance Jio gained wireless subscribers in January 2025, while Vodafone Idea (Vi)

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5G, OTT to boost mobile services revenue in Malaysia: Report

RCR Wireless

5G is expected to represent 84% of total mobile subscriptions in Malaysia by 2029, according to GlobalData In sum what you need to know: 5G fuels mobile growth Malaysias mobile services revenue is expected to grow at a 3.5% CAGR through 2029, largely driven by rising mobile data use and wider 5G adoption.

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Reliance Jio Extends Unlimited Offer with Free JioHotstar for 30 Days

Telecom Talk

Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom operator, has extended the Jio Unlimited offer yet again.

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Last Mile Roundup: Archtop, Brightspeed, Windstream, Ritter, Logix

Telecom Ramblings

Eight bits of last mile news from five companies to catch up on from around the US last week: ArchTop Fiber has raised $200M to accelerate its expansion

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Vivo X200 Ultra has Launched and THIS is the Price

Telecom Talk

Vivo has launched the Vivo X200 Ultra for the people in China. Again, Vivo has partnered with ZEISS for tuning its triple-camera setup at the rear.

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Unlocking the Power of Network Telemetry for the US Public Sector

Cisco Wireless

Discover how network telemetry transforms the US Public Sector by enhancing performance, security, and proactive threat detection through real-time insights in part 2 of our blog series.

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Finding a Rhythm at Capacity LATAM: Four Takeaways from Brazil

Telegeography

Industry conferences are like orchestras: they bring together many sounds which may be hard for the untrained ear to differentiate. We at TeleGeography are well-equipped to listen to the many melodies sung at telecom industry gatherings. Most recently, I joined colleagues in So Paulo to discuss regional trends at the Capacity LATAM event.

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AT&T touts 1,000 new sites for FirstNet

Light Reading

AT&T said it has constructed 1,000 new cell sites in support of FirstNet's Band 14 spectrum.

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Airtel and Jio Lead Wireless Subscriber Growth in January 2025, Vodafone Idea and BSNL See Decline

Telecom Talk

Indian telecom service providers Bharti Airtel (Airtel) and Reliance Jio gained wireless subscribers in January 2025, while Vodafone Idea (Vi)

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Synthetiko: Pioneering the Next Generation of Web Behavior Analytics

Total Telecom

Startup stories Introducing Synthetiko Picture a platform that transforms the way enterprises view and act on customer behavior, one that gives them the power to train and own their own deep learning models for web analytics. Thats exactly what we do at Synthetiko. We enable businesses to dive beneath the surface of traditional dashboards and spreadsheets to uncover granular, real-time insights about how users navigate digital experiences.

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Ericsson, Bell Canada boost performance with AI-native link adaptation

RCR Wireless

Ericsson contributed its edge AI technology and R&D resources, while Bell Canada provided access to its network infrastructure In sum what you need to know: AI-native link adaptation Ericsson and Bell Canada completed the worlds first field test of AI-native link adaptation, improving network responsiveness in real time to signal and interference conditions.

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Chittenden County CUD Will Soon Emerge From The 'Dark Ages' with Fiber Expansion

Broadband Breakfast

Vermont’s  Communications Union Districts  (CUDs), which were the subject of a  recently released ILSR report , continue to make steady inroads in delivering high-quality broadband access to long-neglected rural Vermont residents. In 2021 the Vermont legislature passed  Act 71 , ensuring CUDs would play a key role in expanding fiber access in the Green Mountain state.

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U.S. export controls on Nvidia H20 AI chips enables Huawei’s 910C GPU to be favored by AI tech giants in China

IEEE ComSoc

Damage of U.S. Export Controls and Trade War with China: The U.S. big tech sector, especially needs to know what the rules of the trade game will be looking ahead instead of the on-again/off-again Trump tariffs and trade war with China which includes 145% tariffs and export controls on AI chips from Nvidia, AMD, and other U.S. semiconductor companies.

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Charter, Former Executive End Lawsuit

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2025 – Charter and a former executive ended last week a legal battle over the cable provider’s trade secrets, they said in a court filing Charter had sued its former vice president of IT device activation, Prashanth Myla , alleging he violated stock option agreements and a Connecticut trade secrets law by taking the chief information officer job at fiber provider Metronet.

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India needs more spectrum to fuel 5G expansion, telcos warn

RCR Wireless

Rahul Vatts, chief regulatory officer at Bharti Airtel, noted that the telecom sector in India will need around 2,000 megahertz of spectrum by 2030 In sum what you need to know: Spectrum demand surge Indias private telcos are urging the government to develop a long-term spectrum roadmap, citing a projected fivefold increase in […]

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First VCBB Broadband Technician Pre-Apprenticeship Training Graduation

Broadband Breakfast

Vermont has a group of newly trained entry level broadband network technicians thanks to a new Broadband Technician Pre-Apprenticeship Training sponsored by the Vermont Community Broadband Board in partnership with North Country Career Center. The first class of participants graduated this month. The training is comprehensive training for an entry level broadband network technician offered to participants at no cost.

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Paul Bunyan Communications to bring FTTH to more than 1,600 more locations in 2025

Blandin on Broadband

Big news from Paul Bunyan Communications… Paul Bunyan Communications will be expanding its all-fiber optic network the GigaZone, to over 1,600 more locations in St. Louis County this year with four different projects. Areas of Angora, Alango, and Beatty Townships in St Louis County Includes over 300 locations in areas south of the city of Cook.

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California $15 Low-Income Internet Bill Gets a Hearing

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2025 – The California Assembly Committee on Communications and Conveyance will hear testimony April 30 on a bill that would require internet service providers to offer a low-cost broadband option to qualifying low-income households. The bill’s author, Assemblymember Tasha Boerner , D-Encinitas, also serves as chair of the committee that will preside over the hearing.

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OpenAI, SoftBank mull UK Stargate investment

RCR Wireless

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously said that he “would love to do a Stargate Europe” In sum what you need to know: Stargate eyes UK expansion OpenAI and SoftBank are considering the U.K. for the first international site of their $500 billion Stargate AI infrastructure project.

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EE, Vodafone, and Plusnet Shine in UK Broadband Performance

VoIP Review

A new report from mobile analytics firm Opensignal has spotlighted the UKs leading broadband providers, with EE, Vodafone , and Plusnet standing out for delivering top-tier performance. The study evaluated both superfast (30-300Mbps) and ultrafast (300Mbps and above) broadband services, using criteria such as Consistent Quality, Reliability Experience, and Video Experience.

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A data-driven farming revolution: Smart Greenhouse in Greece 

Cisco Wireless

The American Farm School (AFS) in Thessaloniki, Greece, is spearheading a transformative project aimed at revolutionizing agricultural education and practices through the implementation of a data-driven, smart greenhouse. In collaboration with Cisco, Dataways S.A., and Green Project S.A., this initiative integrates cutting-edge Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, providing students with hands-on experience in smart farming while demonstrating the technological benefits to local farmers.