Total Telecom
APRIL 11, 2025
Press Release KDDI and Okinawa Cellular will start providing au Starlink Direct, a direct to cell service between satellites and au smartphones, on April 10, 2025. This is the first Direct to Cell satellite service in Japan [ 1 ]. The service is compatible with 50 smartphone models and is available free of charge to au users from today for the time being without the need to apply.
Telecoms Tech News
APRIL 7, 2025
According to Vodafone Business, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK are collectively losing 3.4 billion each year from inadequate cybersecurity measures. The average incident costs a small business 3,398. This figure rises to 5,001 for companies with 50 or more employees, demonstrating the escalating risk for growing businesses. Data breaches, system downtime, and.
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Broadband Breakfast
APRIL 7, 2025
April 7, 2025 — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox , R, has signed a trio of bills aimed at increasing protections for minors online, asserting the state’s leadership in tech regulation. “These are first-of-their-kind bills,” Gov. Cox said, when he signed the bills last month. “Utah is leading out in this effort.” All three laws include delayed implementation dates to allow compliance and legal review, but lawmakers believe the contract-based focus makes
Telecom Talk
APRIL 11, 2025
Motorola is soon going to launch a new smartphone in India. For the unaware, it recently launched the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion in India.
Total Telecom
APRIL 7, 2025
News The deal is designed to reduce debt and highlight the value of Rogers wireless infrastructure, the companies said Rogers Communications, one of Canadas largest telcos, has agreed a CAD $7 billion equity investment with Blackstone and a group of major Canadian pension funds. Based in Toronto, Rogers provides wireless, broadband, and media services across the country.
Telecoms Tech News
APRIL 6, 2025
Telcos are in a position to significantly contribute to the growth of the AI economy. Hailed as the technological revolution of our time, artificial intelligence is using more energy and computing power than ever before. Nevertheless, a crucial obstacle still exists: AI’s ravenous need for real-time, high-quality data to reach its full potential.
Developing Telecoms
APRIL 9, 2025
Orange Jordan announced on Wednesday it has become the first telco in the country to offer satellite broadband services for consumers and enterprises via the Eutelsat Konnect satellite.
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Total Telecom
APRIL 8, 2025
News Wildanet is one of 40 altnets in the UK currently working with Xantaro to increase fibre broadband coverage across the country Wildanet has shared new details about the technology supporting its full fibre rollout in Cornwall, where the company is working to connect more than 35,000 rural premises through the Governments Project Gigabit scheme.
Broadband Breakfast
APRIL 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2025 - Experts in agriculture and telecommunications agreed Wednesday that effective precision agriculture implementation requires a comprehensive, technology-neutral approach to connectivity, rather than relying on any single broadband solution. "The ideal infrastructure for precision agriculture is to have fiber to the edge of the farm, to the periphery of the farm, and then from there have edge computing to cloud and over the working lands a dome of connectivity of w
Developing Telecoms
APRIL 10, 2025
At a time when Vietnam may be facing trading difficulties with the US, the announcement of a collaboration effort with industry organisation the GSMA seems a timely boost to its ambitions for economic growth at least in telecommunications.
RCR Wireless
APRIL 8, 2025
As networks go cloud-native, telecom operators face pivotal choices between private, public and hybrid clouds each with trade-offs in control, cost, agility and the ability to scale 5G effectively As telecom networks transition to cloud-native architectures, operators face key decisions about cloud deployment models. Before, telco clouds were private clouds end of discussion.
Total Telecom
APRIL 9, 2025
News Deutsche Telekom has renewed its strategic partnership with Google Cloud through to 2030, as the operator continues to modernise its IT infrastructure and simplify its business processes The long-term agreement builds on an existing deal between the two companies and positions Google Cloud as Telekoms preferred cloud partner. A central focus of the deal is the SAP2SKY initiative, Deutsche Telekoms internal plan to migrate its entire SAP (Systems, Applications and Products) landscape to t
Broadband Breakfast
APRIL 8, 2025
April 8, 2025 - A new law in Kentucky limiting state agencies from adopting costly regulations is facing legal pushback from Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear , who argues it violates the state constitution ’s separation of powers. On the national level, Sen. Mike Lee , R-Utah, and Rep. Kat Cammack , R-Fla., are sponsoring the federal REINS Act —short for Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny.
Developing Telecoms
APRIL 10, 2025
Inflight connectivity tech firm SkyFive says it has signed a MoU with Kazakh telecoms operator Freedom Telecom to provide inflight connectivity to airlines and other aircraft operators using SkyFives air-to-ground (A2G) solution.
RCR Wireless
APRIL 9, 2025
MediaTek believes that embedding agentic AI into home gateways could transform customer support and reduce costs for service providers The evolution from traditional AI to agentic AI marks a turning point in how we build, deploy and interact with intelligent systems.
Total Telecom
APRIL 10, 2025
News Industry leaders have called for governments to better protect subsea cables amid rising security threats A group of leading European telecoms and infrastructure providers has called on the EU, UK, and NATO to step up joint efforts to protect subsea cable infrastructure, warning of growing threats to systems critical for Europes connectivity and security.
Broadband Breakfast
APRIL 7, 2025
April 7, 2025 – North Carolina announced on Tuesday more than $22 million in broadband grant awards. The money comes from the state’s Completing Access to Broadband program, funded by $400 million from the American Rescue Plan Act. With last week’s awards, North Carolina has handed out about $140 million in CAB grants to connect more than 57,000 homes and businesses.
Developing Telecoms
APRIL 10, 2025
CSG International says that it has struck a deal with Liberty Latin America to streamline its wholesale business and unify its operations across multiple lines of business in 21 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Telecom Talk
APRIL 11, 2025
Airtel implemented its SD-Branch solution, transforming the network infrastructure of a leading Indian pharmaceutical company across its over 6,000 stores
RCR Wireless
APRIL 8, 2025
As user behavior continues to shift mobile data consumption toward Wi-Fi, telcos like AT&T are doubling down on Wi-Fi offload strategies A new partnership between AT&T and Karrier One, announced today, aims to significantly expand global Wi-Fi offload coverage while pushing the boundaries of decentralized mobile connectivity.
Broadband Breakfast
APRIL 9, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2025 — The United States must act urgently to stay ahead in the race for superintelligent artificial intelligence, former Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt told lawmakers Wednesday, calling it a defining issue for national security. Testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Schmidt said AI systems more intelligent than humans could emerge within the next decade.
Developing Telecoms
APRIL 9, 2025
The Philippine Chamber of Telecommunication Operators (PCTO) reportedly said on Wednesday it opposes plans by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to require mobile customers to register for SIM cards in person rather than online, saying it would slow down SIM registrations.
Blandin on Broadband
APRIL 8, 2025
Telecompetitor reports … A study conducted on behalf of Amdocs finds that consumers value reliability, affordability, and uninterrupted access and suggests that providers may benefit by offering all three via mixed-technology networks. … Cable has the highest level of internet access (39%). It is followed by fiber (31%) and FWA (9%). The study found that 3% of consumers do not have a dedicated internet connection at home.
RCR Wireless
APRIL 9, 2025
This test was carried out as part of a Nordic military exercise and represents a key milestone in leveraging commercial 5G networks for defense applications In a major leap forward for mission-critical communications, Nokia, Telia and the Finnish Defense Forces have completed the worlds first seamless 5G standalone (SA) network slice handover across multiple national […]
Broadband Breakfast
APRIL 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2025 – Congressmen from both sides of the political aisle have gotten together to reintroduce legislation designed to help the government close the digital divide. Rep. Tim Walberg , R-Mich., together with Rep. Scott Peters , D-Calif., reintroduced the Proper Leadership to Align Networks (PLAN) for Broadband Act to the House on Wednesday with the goal of developing a national strategy for closing the nation’s digital divide.
Developing Telecoms
APRIL 10, 2025
Open payments platform Spreedly and EBANX, a global payment service provider specialised in emerging markets, have teamed up to offer international companies seamless access to popular alternative payment methods in Latin America methods like Brazils Pix as well as e-wallets and local cards.
Telecom Talk
APRIL 9, 2025
Apple’s satellite communications partner Globalstar has applied for regulatory approvals to launch its services in India, entering the satcom market
RCR Wireless
APRIL 8, 2025
The Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) encompasses 150 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band (3550 MHz3700 MHz), with plans to expand by an additional 100 megahertz. Historically, this spectrum has been actively utilized by the U.S. government and the Coast Guard.
Broadband Breakfast
APRIL 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission declined on Friday to change the way it was structuring broadband subsidies, turning back an effort from rural broadband providers. The petitions for reconsideration that were denied included requests to extend deployment deadlines, and also to change how the FCC measures the presence of unsubsidized competitors.
Developing Telecoms
APRIL 7, 2025
Malaysian telco CelcomDigi and Ericsson announced on Monday they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement AI-powered network analytics in CelcomDigis network to optimise its operations as 5G adoption in Malaysia continues to grow.
Telecom Talk
APRIL 9, 2025
OnePlus 13T will come to the market in three different colour options. This is the same strategy as what OnePlus did with the OnePlus 13.
RCR Wireless
APRIL 8, 2025
The potential federal data center sites are “uniquely positioned for rapid data center construction, including in-place energy infrastructure,” according to the Department of Energy The U.S. Department of Energy has identified 16 federally owned sites that could potentially host data centers and AI infrastructure and already have associated power resources available.
Broadband Breakfast
APRIL 8, 2025
April 8, 2025 – Maine lawmakers are considering a bill that would require courts to defer to state agencies when reasonably interpreting ambiguous laws, effectively imposing the judicial doctrine of Chevron deference at the state level. The bill, LD 1408, HP 930 , was introduced on April 1 by Rep. David Sinclair, D-Bath, and Sen. Anne Carney , D-Cumberland, both members of the Judiciary Committee.
Developing Telecoms
APRIL 9, 2025
The linear business model long employed by the mobile device economy is slowly starting to shift, with a number of converging factors consumer attitudes, pricing, and an industry-wide push for sustainability leading to an increased focus on the idea of a more circular economy.
Telecom Ramblings
APRIL 7, 2025
Artificial Intelligence is driving investments in infrastructure of all types, although its direct impact is felt the most with data centers. But all these new facilities need fiber connectivity, and the high fiber counts and extra diversity hyperscalers were looking for are now just table stakes. FiberLight is one of the regional fiber specialists looking to meet the next wave of demand.
RCR Wireless
APRIL 8, 2025
Rogers will retain control of its wireless backhaul network in the deal with Blackstone and other Canadian entities Canadian telecom operator Rogers has struck a deal with an investor group led by Blackstone, in which Blackstone will buy a stake in Rogers’ wireless backhaul network in exchange for billions that Rogers will use to reduce […]
Broadband Breakfast
APRIL 11, 2025
April 11, 2025 - Kansas has officially designated broadband and telecommunications systems as critical infrastructure, a move aimed at strengthening legal protections and deterring tampering with essential internet services. Gov. Laura Kelly (D) signed House Bill 2061 into law this week, expanding the state’s definition of critical infrastructure to include broadband cables, wireless towers, antennas, and other telecommunications equipment.
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