T2 Adds Free Calls to Russia From Abroad to Top Plans
Russian mobile operator T2, a Rostelecom subsidiary, announced it will eliminate roaming surcharges for calls to Russian networks made from abroad. The policy applies to a broad set of tariffs across more than 50 countries. Subscribers of Everywhere Online, My Online+, Premium, Premium Black, My Business L and My Business Premium plans receive the benefit automatically. The change is positioned as a customer‑centric move to simplify billing for Russian expatriates and frequent travelers.
Sivers Targets Frontier 5G-A, 6G Transmitters with New Beamforming IC
Sivers Semiconductors announced the general availability of its Daybreak 0715 beamforming integrated circuit. The chip operates in the FR3 band from 7 GHz to 15 GHz, bridging the gap between sub‑6 GHz and mmWave spectra. Designed for 5G‑Advanced and future 6G networks, it delivers...
Terago FY Loss Widens After 3% Fall in Revenues
Terago, a Canadian fixed‑wireless broadband provider, posted 2025 revenues of CAD 25.4 million (≈ USD 18.8 million), a 3.1% decline year‑over‑year. Adjusted EBITDA slipped 5.6% to CAD 3.8 million (≈ USD 2.8 million), and the net loss widened. Management cited weaker bookings, installation delays on large multi‑site projects, and reduced...
Macra Declares Advances Towards Tower Deployment Through DMAP
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) announced that the Digital Malawi Acceleration Project (DMAP) is moving forward with plans to procure service providers for more than 90 new communication towers across the country. DMAP has pledged to deliver 100 towers,...
Vodafone Spain Inks Wholesale Deal with Avanza Fibra
Vodafone Spain, now owned by Zegona, signed a wholesale agreement with regional MVNO Avanza Fibra. The deal will shift Avanza from the MasOrange network to Vodafone’s infrastructure across seven provinces in southeastern Spain. Avanza will gain access to Vodafone’s 5G,...
Globe Telecom Expands 5G Service to Misamis Oriental Province
Globe Telecom announced the rollout of its 5G network to the Misamis Oriental province in Northern Mindanao, adding to recent accelerations in Cagayan de Oro and Gingoog. The expansion also brings 5G coverage to numerous coastal and inland municipalities. Globe...
South Korea Puts 6G Inside Its National AI Push
South Korea approved a three‑year national roadmap that couples AI development with the rollout of 6G, aiming to place the country among the top three AI powers by 2028. The plan earmarks roughly $6.1 billion for 2026, including $1.26 billion for ICT...
Starlink Is Taking Revenues Telcos Couldn’t Capture
Starlink has surpassed 10 million active subscribers, adding roughly 19,600 new customers each day since reaching the 9 million mark. The service is rapidly expanding beyond its traditional niche of rural, aviation, and maritime broadband. By contrast, traditional telcos face prohibitive costs—$3,000...
2026 SHTF Comms: Stay Connected With Last Ditch Satellites
The March 29, 2026 Survival Dispatch post outlines emerging satellite communication options for disaster‑ready individuals, focusing on low‑cost, low‑earth‑orbit (LEO) constellations marketed as “last‑ditch” links when terrestrial networks fail. It highlights new handheld terminals, subscription pricing under $15 per month,...
B-Com’s Open XG Hub Targets One of Telecom’s Biggest Gaps: Turning Experimentation Into Deployment
b-com’s Open XG Hub is an end‑to‑end experimentation platform that links academic research with carrier‑grade deployment for 5G and future 6G networks. It offers a unified RAN, core, and multi‑band environment where partners can validate architectures, AI‑native functions, and non‑terrestrial...
Understanding Head-of-Line Blocking: HTTP/2 Vs. HTTP/3 (QUIC) in Production
Head‑of‑line (HOL) blocking stalls multiple data streams when a single packet is lost, a problem that persisted from HTTP/1.1 into HTTP/2 despite multiplexing. HTTP/2 still relies on TCP’s in‑order byte delivery, so a lost packet pauses every multiplexed stream on...
GSME, Tarana Wireless Partner to Transform Wireless Connectivity
GS Microelectronics U.S., Inc. (GSME) has entered a strategic partnership with Tarana Wireless to provide dedicated RF‑Analog engineering support for Tarana’s transceiver portfolio and future road‑map. The collaboration will accelerate product optimization, validation and new releases, especially for Tarana’s Fixed Wireless Access solutions...
Weekly Brief – 27/03/2026
Starlink has introduced a promotional $32/month (≈£25) satellite broadband plan, offering a $13/month discount for new customers who sign up before the end of April 2026. CityFibre is piloting BUKO’s traffic‑management system in Worthing, using sat‑nav data and Meta platforms...
Ookla Speedtest Data Added to Arcep Mobile Performance Mapping Tool
Ookla has entered a 12‑month crowdsourced data partnership with France’s telecom regulator Arcep. The deal adds Speedtest‑derived speed and latency measurements to Arcep’s mobile performance and coverage mapping platform. This integration broadens the granularity of network data across the country,...
Nexfibre Offering 2Gbps Connectivity to UK Youth Centres
nexfibre has partnered with charity UK Youth and Virgin Media O2 to deliver free full‑fibre broadband at speeds of 1 Gbps or 2 Gbps to youth centres across the United Kingdom. The pilot at Brentswood Hub in Haywards Heath marks the start...
Devon Residents Urgent to Sign up for Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme
Devon residents are being urged to apply for the UK government’s Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme before its August deadline. The scheme offers up to £4,500 (≈ $5,700) per eligible home or business, but vouchers require at least two premises, leaving isolated...
AmpliTech Reports FY Sales up 165%
AmpliTech announced FY 2025 revenue of $25.2 million, a 165 percent jump from the prior year. The surge was powered primarily by its expanding 5G product portfolio and heightened demand for low‑noise amplifiers (LNA) and low‑noise blocks (LNB). Strong orders from telecom operators...
PTS Plans to Let Contingencies Agency MCF Use Part of 700 MHz Band for Rakel Replacement
Swedish regulator PTS is consulting on limiting permits in two sections of the 700 MHz band (703‑713 MHz and 758‑768 MHz), frequencies that were freed after the digital TV transition. The Civil Contingencies Agency MCF has applied for a permit to use part...
Werthein Group to Launch Sky Mobile in Brazil in April
The Argentine Werthein Group, owner of Sky Brasil, will launch Sky Mobile in Brazil this April as a mobile‑virtual network operator. The service will use TIM and Surf Telecom’s 4G and 5G infrastructure, allowing rapid nationwide coverage without building its own network. Dario...
Antevia Joins O-RAN ALLIANCE to Drive Enterprise 5G
Antevia Networks has joined the O‑RAN Alliance to help shape open standards for private 5G deployments. The move supports its 5G Shift solution, which uses cloud‑native, virtualised RAN built on commercial‑off‑the‑shelf hardware. Shared Cell technology consolidates multiple radios into a...
Megafon Deploys Private LTE Network for Nordgold in Sakha
Russian telecom operator Megafon has finished installing a private LTE network for gold‑miner Nordgold in the Republic of Sakha. The system spans roughly 100 km² in the Olyokminsk municipality and comprises seven permanent and two temporary base stations. Deployment aims to...
Vodafone Ukraine Overhauls Business Tariff Line
Vodafone Ukraine introduced a revamped business tariff portfolio comprising nine plans priced between UAH 220 and UAH 1,200 (approximately $6‑$32 per month). Most tiers feature unlimited on‑net voice calls, while the premium offering adds unlimited data, a 40 GB EU roaming bundle, and...
Vodafone, Satellite Connect Europe Make Satellite Video Call in Ireland
Vodafone Ireland and Satellite Connect Europe, the joint venture with AST SpaceMobile, completed Ireland’s first mobile video call via satellite using a regular smartphone and the AST Bluebird satellite. The call originated from a dead‑zone on Clare Island, County Mayo,...
Orange Poland Starts New Smartphone Trade-In Offer
Orange Poland has launched a new smartphone trade‑in program available in its retail stores. The scheme accepts any handset that can power on, rewarding customers with a voucher starting at PLN 40 (about $10) toward a new device. For phones that...
Kerlink Unveils M2 Wirnet iStation for Enhanced IoT and Edge Connectivity in Remote Footprints
Kerlink has launched the Wirnet iStation M2, a multi‑mode connectivity gateway that combines cellular, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth and LoRa radios. The device is built in France and engineered for harsh, power‑constrained environments such as remote industrial sites. It targets core verticals including...
Broadband Subscribers 4Q 2025
Broadband subscriber data for Q4 2025 shows fixed‑wireless access (FWA) cellular providers achieved the largest net customer gain ever recorded for the segment, while cable operators continued to shed subscribers. Telcos grew overall by adding more fiber connections than they...
3GPP Study on Modernization of Specification Format and Procedures for 6G (6GSM)
3GPP has launched a study (TR 21.802) to modernize the format and procedures used to develop its mobile standards as the industry prepares for 6G. The study highlights that the long‑standing Word‑based, document‑centric workflow is straining under increasingly large and complex...
CMA Technology Picks Rivada to Drive Secure Connectivity
CMA Technology has partnered with Rivada Space Networks to resell its Outernet, a 600‑satellite low‑Earth‑orbit mesh that provides secure, low‑latency connectivity. Rivada reports over $19 billion in global business tied to the network, which routes data entirely in space via laser...
A1 Belarus Launches 10GB Data Roaming Pack for Eastern Europe
Telecom operator A1 Belarus has rolled out a new 10 GB data roaming package for customers traveling across 14 Eastern European and nearby countries. The offering is available as a one‑off monthly bundle and as a recurring subscription, targeting both consumer...
Rostelecom Covers 1.8 Mln Residents with Mobile Network Under Federal Programme
Rostelecom announced that, under the second stage of Russia’s federal digital‑divide programme, it has extended GSM and LTE mobile coverage to 1.8 million residents across 7,881 villages. The rollout, carried out with its subsidiary T2, began with the first base station...
Ericsson Works with Juelich Research Center on AI Models to Support Network Evolution
Ericsson has entered a research partnership with Germany's Juelich Research Center to develop artificial‑intelligence models that improve core network operations, network management and the next generation of Radio Access Networks. The collaboration will explore AI techniques for faster execution, scalability...
Qvantel Powers New HBCU-Focused MVNO for PBS Cellular
PBS Cellular announced a partnership with Qvantel to launch a mobile‑virtual network operator (MVNO) targeting Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the United States. Qvantel will supply its BSS platform and MVNE managed services, handling core cellular functions and ensuring...
Worth Reading 032526
Edge inference is increasingly motivated by data‑sovereignty rules rather than latency, especially in telecom, finance, healthcare and public‑infrastructure sectors. Simultaneously, internet number resources are being framed as operational assets, not political property, reshaping governance debates. A Pew study shows over...
ITU Adopts Draft IMT-2030 Baseline Criteria for 6G Radio Candidates
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved a draft set of baseline criteria for IMT‑2030 6G radio candidates. The draft defines minimum performance thresholds—such as latency, data‑rate and spectral efficiency—to create a uniform benchmark for evaluating emerging 6G radio technologies....
Air Arabia Debuts Panasonic Avionics Multi-Orbit IFC
Air Arabia, the UAE‑based low‑cost carrier, has begun operating Panasonic Avionics' Ku‑band multi‑orbit inflight connectivity (IFC) solution across its Airbus A320 family fleet. The system uses Gilat’s Sidewinder electronically steerable antenna to switch between Panasonic’s geostationary satellite network and Eutelsat...
Vodafone Italia Launches Wi-Fi Calling on iPhones
Vodafone Italia has rolled out Wi‑Fi calling, known as VoWi‑Fi, for all iPhone users, completing a staggered launch that began with Samsung and Google devices a month earlier. The service is available to both residential and business customers, routing voice...
Press Release: Turkish Airlines Enhances IFC with Anuvu Dedicated Space
Turkish Airlines is upgrading inflight connectivity on more than 100 narrow‑body aircraft by deploying Anuvu’s Dedicated Space AI‑powered network management and the new Modman‑D modem. The upgrade delivers roughly a nine‑fold increase in throughput, four times faster upload speeds and...
Grameenphone Taps Mobileum to Address Rising 5G Security Threats
Mobileum has launched its AI‑driven risk management platform at Grameenphone, one of Bangladesh’s largest telecom operators. The solution is already cutting fraud exposure and improving customer experience on the carrier’s 5G network. Mobileum’s integrated suite combines roaming, security, testing, and...
Demystifying Performance of eBPF Network Applications
The article examines why eBPF, despite success in network functions, has limited adoption in general networked applications such as web servers and databases. It highlights architectural constraints in the eBPF kernel runtime, APIs, and compiler that impede offloading complex, blocking...
AI-Native Service Automation | Mplify Unveils Kylie SDK Release with MCP Integration
Mplify has launched the Kylie SDK, adding Model Context Protocol (MCP) support to its Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) APIs. The update equips service providers with AI‑native LSO Business and Operational APIs, plus a new API Blending Tool that auto‑generates MCP...
CableLabs, Zoom Showcase AI-Driven Framework to Enhance Network Performance
CableLabs and Zoom completed a pilot of the Quality by Design (QbD) framework, which merges real‑time network telemetry with application performance data to automatically improve user experience. The pilot introduced Zoom’s Client as a Sensor feature, feeding latency, jitter and...
DRC Plans Sim Sale Restrictions Amid Rising Insecurity
The Democratic Republic of Congo announced a plan to tighten telecom controls by banning the sale of pre‑registered SIM cards and requiring all existing users to re‑identify themselves. The proposal was debated at a Council of Ministers meeting on March 20...
Press Release: Eutelsat Expands LEO Connectivity for Global Rail Market
Satellite operator Eutelsat announced that its OneWeb low‑Earth‑orbit (LEO) connectivity service is expanding across the global rail market. The company now offers broadband to rail operators in Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America through distribution partners...
Press Release: SAS Goes Live with Starlink High-Speed Wi-Fi
SAS has launched Starlink‑powered high‑speed Wi‑Fi across its Airbus A320 fleet, delivering speeds of over 500 Mbps and low‑latency connectivity even at northern latitudes. EuroBonus members receive free access starting 24 March, thanks to a partnership with mobile operator 3. The airline...
MTN Ghana Steps up Sensitization on Efficient and Safe Data Usage
MTN Ghana announced an intensified campaign to educate subscribers on efficient and safe mobile data usage. The telecom operator is rolling out a comprehensive data‑usage sensitisation programme that combines workshops, digital guides, and real‑time alerts. Coordinator Dzudzorfe Hadzor highlighted the...
QNAP Extends QuWAN Architecture with QuWAN Express to Enhance NAS Point-to-Point VPN Connectivity Flexibility
QNAP Systems has launched QuWAN Express, a lightweight VPN solution that extends its QuWAN SD‑WAN architecture to enable encrypted point‑to‑point NAS‑to‑NAS connections without additional routers. The service leverages QNAP’s cloud‑based Super Node relay, allowing NAS devices behind firewalls or without...
States Addressing Affordability
State legislatures are launching new low‑income broadband subsidies as the federal Affordable Connectivity Program winds down. New Mexico’s LITAP offers up to $30 monthly, funded by a $1.50 telecom surcharge, while Oregon increased its subsidy to $15 and added a...
Ericsson, Depa Partner to Upskill Thai Learners on AI and 5G
Ericsson has partnered with Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) to embed its Ericsson Educate program into depa’s Digital Skills Roadmap, offering free AI and 5G courses to all Thai learners. The initiative supports depa’s ambition to produce at least...
Port of Gioia Tauro Secures Funding for 5G Network Development
The Port Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas secured roughly €2 million (about $2.2 million) from Italy’s Fund for Technological Innovation and Digitalization to build a private 5G network at the Port of Gioia Tauro. The project, which earned a top‑score...
Claro Ecuador Launches 5G in Cuenca and Salinas
Claro Ecuador, part of América Móvil, has extended its 5G network to the cities of Cuenca and Salinas, following earlier launches in Guayaquil, Quito, Puerto Ayora and Coca at the end of 2025. The expansion is a key step toward the carrier’s...
