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September 26, 2025
New Mexico was awarded $8.7 million, or less than 1%, of the total Digital Equity Act funding The state received 37 applications for funding, totaling more th | Some service providers have funded digital literacy initiatives in rural areas where they offer services, but not all have and not all states have the money available to replace the federal grants being lost.
September 26, 2025
Hitachi is building a global AI Factory using Nvidia GPUs to deliver physical AI – industrial AI, plus domain-specific SLMs/LLMs – for rail, energy, factories, and infrastructure, integrating IoT, digital twins, edge AI, and (some) private 5G. It has also agreed a deal to buy German industrial AI consultancy Synvert, to be integrated with its […]
September 26, 2025
Welcome to Career Moves, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the tech and telecom industry. | Welcome to career moves, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the tech and telecom industry.
September 26, 2025
The new AI factory from Telus is supported by Nvidia GPUs and infrastructure designed by HPE In sum – what to know: Canada’s first sovereign AI factory – TELUS has launched a secure, Canadian-operated facility to provide domestic compute capacity for AI workloads while maintaining data sovereignty. Backed by Nvidia and HPE tech – The […]
September 26, 2025
SK Telecom has committed $3.6B to AI over the next five years In sum – what to know: Independent AI CIC launched – SK Telecom creates a new in-house company unit to consolidate AI assets and streamline its transformation strategy. KRW 5T investment pledged – The company will spend over five years to reach targeted […]
September 26, 2025
CoreWeave noted that the deal raises the total contract value between the two companies to about $22.4B In sum – what to know: $6.5B new agreement – CoreWeave’s latest deal raises the total value of its contracts with OpenAI to $22.4 billion, reflecting growing demand for compute. Deepened infrastructure role – The company strengthens its […]
September 26, 2025
The 6G NeXt initiative, led by Deutsche Telekom, was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space In sum – what to know: Three-year 6G project concludes – The 6G NeXt initiative demonstrated future network concepts, including drone safety and volumetric video, supported by public funding and broad institutional collaboration. New tools […]
September 26, 2025
Gen AI is shifting the battleground from infrastructure to intelligence, where MVNOs are already experimenting faster than traditional MNOs Speed used to be an advantage for telcos. Now it’s a survival trait. In an industry where margins are tight and customer loyalty is often fleeting, speed is becoming the great divider — those that have […]
September 26, 2025
SKT's new AI CIC business unit will invest roughly $3.5 billion over the next five years to fuel the growth of its AI business.
September 26, 2025
September 26, 2025
Ookla's Speedtest data shows that North American cable operators' upstream speeds are rising amid 'mid-split' and 'high-split' upgrades that dedicate more spectrum to the DOCSIS upstream.
September 26, 2025
In the prepaid market, does the advantage go to large carriers over small ones or to the fast carriers over the slow ones? Roger Entner of Recon Analytics weighs in.
September 26, 2025
This week in broadband builds: Verizon completes construction on Smith Island, Maryland; Light Up Livingston construction underway in New York; Ripple Fiber rolls through Holden, Massachusetts – and more.
September 26, 2025
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: digital ID back on the cards in UK; Ofcom gets spoofed; Vodafone gets mission-critical in Ireland.
September 26, 2025
The combination of IoT and AI is transforming logistics from a traditional efficiency game into an inter-connected circular discipline that enables smarter forecasting, real-time visibility, sustainability, and regulatory compliance. Andy Maddock, regional managing director at pallet pooling company IPP, discusses this perfect marriage of convenience for the supply chain industry. The logistics sector has swiped […]
September 26, 2025
Rakuten aims for Level 5 network autonomy within the next two years, drawing on AI-driven operations and small (that's right – not large) language models.
September 26, 2025
Recent consolidation is good for the mobile industry because of promised network investment, Ofcom's policy director, Brian Potterill, said during Connected Britain. Meanwhile, BT's Mark Henry noted the need for a more pro-investment environment.
September 25, 2025
COO Srini Gopalan will take the chief executive reins from current CEO Mike Sievert on November 1Gopalan has been talking a lot about an AI-driven, “digital f | T-Mobile's incoming CEO, Srini Gopalan, has been talking a lot about a "digital first" strategy. How far is he going to take it?
September 25, 2025
Liberty Latin America has raised a five-year, $250 million secured financing, of which $200 million has been drawn and $50 million will be available over the next twelve months. #pressrelease
September 25, 2025
Commercial DOCSIS 4.0 rollouts are limited but the tech is ready, said Harmonic SVP Asaf MatatyaouOperators still have work to do in upgrading their plants an | As commercial rollouts climb, “all the pieces that are required to deploy 4.0 are in place,” Harmonic SVP Asaf Matatyaou told Fierce.
September 25, 2025
Analysts Dom Black and Dean Bubley delivered some deep dive insights into how AI is reshaping the telecom industryBlack noted customer care is a key use case | Enjoy some photos of dino bones while we run through some of the hard truths analysts shared at Alianza’s event this week.
September 25, 2025
Axiata Group operates several service providers in Southeast and South Asia, including Dialog, XLSmart, Celcomdigi and RobiWhen combined, the group has over 1 | Axiata Group is turning to AI to make service improvements and optimizing its resources. Implementation is no walk in the park.
September 25, 2025
AT&T's plan to retire the bulk of its copper network by 2030 was recently bolstered by FCC approval for the company to discontinue legacy copper services in 10% of its footprint. AT&T's Susan Johnson offers a progress update.
September 25, 2025
September 25, 2025
Hitron Technologies Americas has integrated Synamedia's TR-369-based 'Gravity' platform in its broadband devices. #pressrelease
September 25, 2025
Omdia forecasts 8% growth in 2025, with a further 9% increase expected in 2026. #pressrelease
September 25, 2025
Wi-Fi 7 trials show multi-gigabit speeds, low latency, and readiness for mainstream adoption, says WBA Wi-Fi 7, the next generation of wireless technology, is quickly moving from lab concepts into real-world deployments. Three trials conducted this year — led by CableLabs, the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), and partners including Intel, Türk Telekom, HPE Aruba Networking, […]
September 25, 2025
The blueprint provides a clear infrastructure architecture framework: Equinix as the neutral interconnection hubs for connecting networks, training and inference infrastructure; and Zayo as the high-capacity fiber and network services. #pressrelease
September 25, 2025
The five new locations were selected from more than 300 proposals across 30 states, according to OpenAI In sum – what to know: New Stargate sites – OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank confirmed U.S. data centers in Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, and the Midwest, adding significant AI infrastructure capacity. Capacity nears 7 GW – The expansion […]
September 25, 2025
Samsung recently passed Nvidia’s qualification tests for its 12-layer HBM3E chips In sum – what to know: Test passed – Samsung secured qualification for Nvidia’s 12-layer HBM3E, overcoming past performance and thermal challenges. Validation restores credibility – While already supplying AMD, recognition from Nvidia is seen as a symbolic recovery for Samsung in AI memory. […]
September 25, 2025
September 25, 2025
Harmonic and Mediacom will show D4.0 technology running on a live production network at next week's SCTE TechExpo in Washington, DC. #pressrelease
September 25, 2025
The US cable industry generates about $568.7 billion in and supports 1.3 million jobs, found a Chmura study commissioned by NCTA. #pressrelease
September 25, 2025
Malaysian operators plan to launch a federated network service through the GSMA Open Gateway initiative to help online businesses combat fraud and digital identity theft.
September 25, 2025
Mediacom is using gear and software from ATX, Harmonic and Hitron to underpin its first DOCSIS 4.0 deployment in Moline, Illinois. D4.0 tech 'is definitely ready. It's working. We have live customers,' says Mediacom CTO JR Walden.
September 25, 2025
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vonage fined for emergency-calls failure; Nscale smashes Series B funding, teams up with Nokia; AI-powered plagiarists beware!
September 25, 2025
Starlink has secured provisional spectrum in India, preparing for a late-2025 launch of services amid high pricing concerns and fierce competition.
September 24, 2025
SpaceX hasn't taken possession of EchoStar's spectrum yet, but it's seeking FCC authority to launch up to 15,000 next-gen satellites to provide direct-to-cell (D2C) services
September 24, 2025
Comcast is reportedly plotting job cuts across its broadband, mobile and pay TV unitAnalysts think the move is hardly surprising given Comcast’s recent restru | Comcast starting in January plans to slash a number of jobs in its Connectivity and Platforms unit, according to a Reuters report.
September 24, 2025
Dell’Oro’s Dave Bolan spotted Verizon’s 5G SA in the wildBolan noted it was available on 3700 MHz and 850 MH | A Dell'Oro analyst came across Verizon's 5G SA network up and running in Redwood City, California.
September 24, 2025
Open RAN holds great promise to diversify the RAN vendor ecosystem and reduce the reliance on vendors from China, Sweden and FinlandThere are now quite a lot | Fierce Network Research conducted a survey from May to July 2025, asking telecom operators their opinions about the status of open RAN.
September 24, 2025
Microsoft wants to ramp its hollow core fiber (HCF) deployments to better support AI workloadsThe hyperscaler tapped both Corning and German vendor Heraeus to | Corning, along with German vendor Heraeus, will produce hollow core fiber for Microsoft’s cloud network.
September 24, 2025
The Connected Britain Awards winners have been announced, following a highly successful Connected Britain conference
September 24, 2025
September 24, 2025
Boldyn Networks in partnership with Nokia, has deployed a private 5G network at the Callio FutureMINE site in Pyhäjärvi, Finland transforming one of Europe’s deepest mines into a next-generation te | The two companies are transforming one of Europe’s deepest mines into a next-gen testbed for mining innovation.
September 24, 2025
September 24, 2025
Final BEAD proposal shows Illinois will spend over 95% of its allocated funds for deployment, with nearly 76% of its locations getting fiber. General uncertainty remains around the NTIA's potential plan for further BEAD bidding.
September 24, 2025
Incognito Software Systems has teamed with GDT to provide a DOCSIS provisioning platform to Service Electric Cable TV. #pressrelease
September 24, 2025
Mediacom is using tech from ATX, Harmonic and Hitron to underpin its first DOCSIS 4.0 market deployment. #pressrelease
September 24, 2025
Charter's and Comcast's new MVNO agreement with T-Mobile will make the business market more competitive, writes Recon Analytics' Daryl Schoolar. AT&T and Verizon 'need to double down' on efforts to sell both wireless and broadband services to midsized business customers.
September 24, 2025
SCTE's Maria Popo and Janelle Morse join the podcast to talk themes and topics that will dominate TechExpo 2025 in Washington, DC. Atlanta will host TechExpo 2026, then the show will be in Denver for the foreseeable future.
September 24, 2025
Nvidia and OpenAI inked a $100B non-binding letter of intent for OpenAI to deploy up to 10GW of GPU infrastructure to train next-gen AI modelsThe deal could b | Nvidia’s $100B AI infrastructure memorandum of understanding with OpenAI could boost telco demand and partnerships while also intensifying competition in AI services.
September 24, 2025
Optus has been fined $66 million by the Australian Federal Court for its 'predatory' sales practices, according to a court ruling. The company also announced an 'independent review' into last week's Triple Zero service outage.
September 24, 2025
BT CEO Allison Kirkby called telecom infrastructure the foundation for 'digitalization, decarbonization, deglobalization and defense,' saying these areas can unlock economic growth in the UK.
September 24, 2025
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone and friends extol virtues of AV1 video codec; Nokia and Boldyn go deep underground; Elisa blocks unwanted calls from abroad.
September 24, 2025
India may shift telecom rollout norms from tower count to actual signal coverage to improve connectivity.
September 24, 2025
Verizon's Yago Tenorio hopes to shape the forthcoming 6G standard through a new forum but has concerns about gadgets, sensing and US access to spectrum.
September 23, 2025
InCoax believes BEAD's tech-neutral approach could open the door to MoCA Access 2.5 technology. #pressrelease
September 23, 2025
BT revealed it's working on a fascinating new AI use case for emergency servicesBoth BT and Uniti, however, said it is a huge pain to work through the API int | Amid a sea of AI chatbots, BT is doing something really special. But getting it to work has been a headache.
September 23, 2025
'Our platform is designed to be easy to use and cost-effective, qualities that unfortunately can also attract occasional bad actors,' said MobileX CEO Peter Adderton. The CEO noted that his firm has safeguards in place to identify and block automated or bulk usage.
September 23, 2025
Company spotlights bold strategy, financial progress, and early look at product roadmap to reimagine digital networking for the AI economy. #pressrelease
September 23, 2025
Lumen revealed its new “Project Berkeley” interface device to expand NaaS accessEnterprises will be able to use the device from off-net sites – no matter what | Lumen today unveiled a new network interface device that will bring NaaS services to off-net enterprise sites – regardless of the technology they use.
September 23, 2025
VodafoneThree announced a $2.7B network refresh, with the majority of the business going to Ericsson and NokiaOpen RAN originally was meant to diversify the s | The open RAN ecosystem appeared to take a hit this week when VodafoneThree awarded the majority of a $2.7 billion deal to Ericsson and Nokia.
September 23, 2025
The Secret Service shut down a clandestine network in New York CityThe network included more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards across mult | According to early reports, the clandestine network could have taken down cellphone service in NYC if it had not been discovered.
September 23, 2025
Teleste has partnered to accelerate production of its 'ICON' family of DOCSIS 4.0 1.8GHz amps in Mexico, to serve North American operators. The vendor has also added assembly capacity in New Jersey. #pressrelease
September 23, 2025
The FCC is demanding repayment of $1.18 million from Boomerang Wireless and Assist Wireless for alleged overbilling of computer tablets via pandemic-era programs. #pressrelease
September 23, 2025
AI Pathfinder, a U.K.-based company, has announced its mission to deliver up to 2GW of sovereign AI supercomputing capacity at its AI Factories in the U.K., representing a major contribution toward | The first phase includes the Dell AI Factory with Nvidia, able to handle complex workloads across the healthcare and advanced logistics sector.
September 23, 2025
Render Networks, the leader in digitalizing network construction management, today announced its continued growth with the addition of Klaasmeyer Construction C | With Render, Klaasmeyer builds a scalable model for predictable broadband deployment and customer adoption.
September 23, 2025
MachineQ, Comcast's enterprise IoT unit, has launched an AI-aided 'smart summary' for its MQinsights platform. #pressrelease
September 23, 2025
Mediacom has announced several promotions on its corporate management team covering areas such as engineering, network security and finance. #pressrelease
September 23, 2025
As AI data centers place huge demands on the electric grid, cloud providers say they are able to return power to the grid when neededHyperscalers are explorin | As hyperscale cloud providers get closer to the energy generation business, their relationship with utilities is becoming more of a two-way street.
September 23, 2025
Craig Leddy, a long-time industry journalist and Light Reading contributor, joins the podcast to discuss his new book: 'Fast Forward: The Birth of Video Streaming, Media's Wild Child'.
September 23, 2025
Verizon’s CTO told Fierce that power and AI concerns would be addressed from the ground-up with 6GUse cases | Verizon's CTO tells Fierce that the partners will be putting use cases first for 6G development.
September 23, 2025
September 23, 2025
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Cassava extends 'sovereign AI' capability; KPN provides connectivity for Dutch drone trials; Openreach helps its workers recharge their vans.
September 23, 2025
Telkomsel, IOH and XLSmart have formed an alliance that will focus on standardizing security-focused open telco APIs in Indonesia.
September 23, 2025
Vodafone Idea reportedly plans to stay out of 5G FWA, which would hand an advantage to rivals and potentially create a duopoly in FWA, raising concerns about the operator's long-term competitiveness.
September 23, 2025
Netomnia has unveiled a new rebrand to better reflect the scale and longevity of its full fibre ambitions
September 23, 2025
Nokia is replacing Ericsson, Huawei and Samsung at thousands of UK sites operated by VodafoneThree.
September 22, 2025
Oracle promoted insiders Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia to co-CEOs as part of a strategic shift toward AI infrastructure and solutionsThe company recently rep | Oracle named two insiders as co-CEOs — former cloud boss Clay Magouyrk and industries honcho Mike Sicilia — signaling the company's increased focus on AI and cloud infrastructure.
September 22, 2025
While generative AI's initial 5-year CAGR (2022-2027) is projected at 90%, agentic AI's forecast 5-year CAGR (2024-2029) reaches an impressive 175%. #pressrelease
September 22, 2025
Sievert appointed Vice Chairman of the Company and Board and will continue to serve on the management team in this new role, to advise the CEO and Board on matters of strategy, innovation, talent development and external relations. #pressrelease
September 22, 2025
Progress in 2025 includes millions of new fiber miles, significant added network capacity and coast-to-coast build momentum. #pressrelease
September 22, 2025
September 22, 2025
Verizon has created the 6G Innovation Forum with help from Ericsson, Samsung, Meta and Qualcomm. #pressrelease
September 22, 2025
Democrats call for investigation into Brendan Carr following ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, saying the FCC Chair's 'sham investigations and misuse of regulatory processes represent an unprecedented weaponization of the agency.'
September 22, 2025
DirecTV's app is now supported on Vizio smart TVs. #pressrelease
September 22, 2025
Comcast is eliminating its division-based structure as it centralizes operations, a move expected to result in layoffs. Amy Lynch, president of Comcast's Northeast division, will assume the role of president, regional operations.
September 22, 2025
Three people died after Australian telco Optus' emergency call system went down for 13 hours, with politicians warning the operator will face serious consequences.
September 22, 2025
Just a few months after its creation, VodafoneThree has today announced the next major milestone in building the UK’s best network, with the appointment of strategic build partners to support the delivery of one of Europe and the UK’s largest, privately-funded infrastructure projects, totalling contracts worth more than £2 billion.
September 22, 2025
September 22, 2025
September 19, 2025
New StrategyARX report warns telecom infrastructure providers of fundamental market shifts requiring strategic repositioning by 2030
September 18, 2025
Abingdon, UK – 17 September 2025 – Gigaclear, the full fibre broadband provider dedicated to rural Britain, has partnered with Vyntelligence (Vyn®), the market-leading Agentic Video Intelligence Work Platform, to enhance and optimise its customer installation journey.
September 18, 2025
September 18, 2025
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September 26, 2025
SCTE said it will open a chapter in Chennai, India, through a license agreement with a yet-to-be identified third-party organization. #pressrelease
September 26, 2025
Zayo and Equinix unveiled the industry’s first AI Infrastructure Blueprint, a joint infrastructure architecture framework that defines how next-generation infrastructure powers AI workloads.
September 26, 2025
What happens if you’re late to an industrial revolution? America is about to find outAI superiority won’t prevent the consequences of the U.S. | I traveled to China to understand the reasons behind Huawei’s explosive global success in AI, digital industrialization and 5G.