Brookfield’s Altius Is Said to Plan $630 Million India IPO
Brookfield Asset Management is preparing an IPO for its Altius Telecom Infrastructure Trust that could raise up to $630 million, with a pre‑IPO tranche potentially adding another $360 million. The trust, which manages the largest telecom tower portfolio in India, has expanded to over 257,000 sites and holds roughly 40% market share. Brookfield’s stake originated from a $2.6 billion deal with Reliance Industries, and the company recently bought assets from American Tower for about $2.5 billion. The offering would rank among the country’s biggest infrastructure‑trust listings, coming as InvITs have outperformed the broader market.
IPv8: Lone Engineer Proposes Simpler Internet Addressing, Triggers Outcry
Network veteran James Thain, seeking a turnkey server stack, drafted a new Internet Protocol dubbed IPv8 in just five days with AI assistance. He submitted the proposal to the IETF, where it was logged as an individual contribution. The submission...
Eurobites: Telefónica, Sateliot Combine on 5G IoT
Telefónica Spain and satellite‑connectivity specialist Sateliot have teamed up to roll out 5G New Radio non‑terrestrial network (NR‑NTN) IoT services, blending Sateliot’s low‑Earth‑orbit satellites with Telefónica’s private 5G “tactical bubbles.” The collaboration builds on a 2023 ESA‑validated test that proved...
Saudi Arabia’s Data Center Boom: New Tier III Project and Billion-Dollar Investments
Saudi Arabia has signed two agreements to launch a new Tier III data center with 16 MW capacity, reinforcing its fast‑growing digital infrastructure. The Kingdom now hosts more than 60 data centers, with total investments exceeding SAR 16 bn (≈$4.3 bn) and operational capacity climbing...
Telefónica Goes on the Defensive with Sateliot Tie-Up
Telefónica Spain announced a partnership with Barcelona‑based Sateliot to integrate the startup’s low‑Earth‑orbit satellite constellation with its terrestrial 5G NR network. The collaboration will extend narrowband IoT (NB‑IoT) and future direct‑to‑device (D2D) connectivity to remote, maritime and unconnected areas, targeting...
Cellnex Keen to Cooperate with European M&A
Cellnex reported a 4.7% year‑on‑year revenue increase to €984 million ($1.07 bn) in Q1 2026, driven by strong demand across its tower portfolio. The French market, which provides 22% of revenue, is under uncertainty as Orange, Iliad and Bouygues negotiate a €20.35 billion...
Wireless Investments Deliver ROI as Complexity and Security Risks Grow
Cisco’s State of Wireless 2026 report shows that more than three‑quarters of enterprises are already reaping measurable ROI from wireless upgrades, with 78% reporting operational efficiency gains, 75% seeing higher employee productivity and customer engagement, and nearly 70% noting revenue growth....
Rural-Focused $42 Billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program Becomes Operational
The $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program is finally operational after four years of planning, a rule overhaul, and months of delays. Most states have unlocked a portion of the funds and have six months to finalize contracts,...
FCC Adjusts Satellite Spectrum to Expand Broadband Capacity
The FCC voted to replace decades‑old power‑flux density limits with performance‑based protection criteria, unlocking up to a 700% increase in downlink capacity for low‑Earth‑orbit (NGSO) satellites and projecting more than $2 billion in economic benefits. The new rules let LEO constellations...
TRAI V2X Consultation Paper: Regulatory Framework, Spectrum Strategy, and Market Opportunities for Connected Mobility in India
India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority released a consultation paper outlining a regulatory and spectrum framework for Vehicle‑to‑Everything (V2X) communications. The proposal earmarks 30 MHz in the 5875‑5905 MHz band for initial deployment and an additional 20 MHz for future ITS applications, with Cellular V2X...
South Africa’s Telco Landscape Undergoing Quality-Led Shift
South Africa’s mobile market is moving from price competition to a quality‑driven battle, as challenger operators Telkom and Cell C capture higher‑value subscribers. Vodacom’s share dropped from 43% to 36% between Q1 2024 and Q4 2025, while MTN modestly rose to 31% and...
Safaricom Increases Home Fibre Internet Speeds to Fend Off Low-Cost Rivals
Safaricom, Kenya’s leading telco, has boosted speeds on its home fibre plans without raising prices, lifting the entry tier to 40 Mbps and mid‑tier packages to 60 Mbps and 150 Mbps. The price‑per‑Mbps improves dramatically, positioning the operator against low‑cost rivals such as...
O2 Looks To Boost Sunderland 5G Service
Telefonica UK, operating as O2, and infrastructure firm Cornerstone have submitted a planning application to Sunderland City Council to install new rooftop antennas and upgrade fiber at the Sunderland Telephone Exchange. The upgrade aims to boost 5G capacity in response...
TfL Selects Partners for Emergency Services Network
Transport for London (TfL) has teamed with Boldyn Networks and mobile operator EE to install a 4G mobile network for the Emergency Services Network (ESN) throughout the London Underground system. The rollout will cover 137 Tube, Docklands Light Railway and...
IPv4 Exhaustion and the Slow Reality of IPv6 Adoption: What the Data Actually Shows
IPv4’s 4.3 billion address pool is officially exhausted, yet the protocol remains vital through a secondary market and carrier‑grade NAT workarounds. IPv6 offers a 128‑bit space and technical gains, but its rollout is uneven, with many ISPs stuck on dual‑stack configurations....
Rajant Health & Videosoft Global Expand Cowbell Platform for Scalable Mobile Edge Intelligence
Rajant Health and Videosoft Global have deepened their partnership to upgrade the Cowbell distributed edge‑execution platform with ultra‑efficient video streaming. The enhanced system leverages Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh networking and Videosoft’s compression tech to cut video bandwidth needs by 10‑ to...
T‑Mobile, Starlink Aim to Reinvent Business Internet From Ground up, Sky Down
T‑Mobile announced SuperBroadband, a hybrid 5G‑satellite service with Starlink aimed at business broadband. The solution combines T‑Mobile’s nationwide 5G network with SpaceX’s Starlink low‑Earth‑orbit satellites to deliver redundant, high‑availability connectivity for enterprises, especially in remote or underserved areas. It includes...
Uttar Pradesh Broadband Policy 2026: RoW Reforms, Smart Power Tariffs and National Portal Shift to Accelerate 5G Rollout
Uttar Pradesh’s new broadband policy, approved by the State Broadband Committee, positions the state as a 6G‑ready digital hub by overhauling right‑of‑way (RoW) processes and aligning power tariffs with telecom needs. The shift to the national RoW portal eliminates duplicate...
How T-Mobile’s Private 5G Network Is Changing the Game for Major League Baseball
T‑Mobile rolled out a dedicated private 5G network to power MLB’s Automated Ball‑Strike (ABS) Challenge System across all 29 U.S. ballparks for the 2026 season. The network uses 20 MHz of the carrier’s N41 (2.5 GHz) spectrum and Ericsson EP 5G cores, delivering...
Viasat and SpaceX Announce Successful ViaSat-3 F3 Launch
Viasat and SpaceX announced the successful launch of the ViaSat‑3 F3 satellite aboard a Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center’s historic LC‑39A. The satellite is now on its trajectory to geostationary orbit, roughly 35,786 km above Earth. Once operational later this year,...
The New Travel Essential: Why eSIM Is Becoming as Important as Your Passport
Business travelers now view seamless connectivity as essential, putting eSIM on par with a passport. Global business travel spending is forecast to hit $1.57 trillion in 2025 and grow 8 % in 2026, while Juniper Research expects 1.5 billion eSIM‑enabled devices by 2026....
DoT Commences Nationwide Trial of Mobile-Based Disaster Alert Systems
India’s Department of Telecommunications, together with the National Disaster Management Authority, has launched a nationwide trial of mobile‑based disaster alerts. The system uses the UN‑backed Common Alerting Protocol and combines SMS with Cell Broadcast technology to deliver geo‑targeted warnings across...
Jio vs Airtel: Whose Rs 355 Plan Is Better
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel each sell a Rs 355 (≈ $4.30) prepaid plan that lasts 30 days and includes 25 GB of data and unlimited voice calls. Jio’s version adds a three‑month JioHotstar Mobile subscription, 50 GB of JioAI cloud storage and a Google...
Starlink vs OneWeb
OneWeb, now under Eutelsat, finished deploying a 648‑satellite low‑Earth orbit constellation plus six trial units in 2024. By contrast, SpaceX's Starlink runs more than 10,000 satellites and plans to expand beyond 15,000. OneWeb’s satellites sit in a slightly higher orbit...
There Was an FCC Meeting?
The FCC voted on six agenda items in April, with five receiving unanimous approval. Commissioner Anna Gomez partially dissented on a report that creates a competitive bidding portal and document repository for the E‑Rate program, citing concerns about filing complexity...
Optimum’s New Business WiFi Solution
Optimum Business introduced “Whole Office Wi‑Fi,” a smart Wi‑Fi solution that eliminates dead zones and ensures continuous coverage as employees move around the workplace. The service bundles advanced extenders with adaptive technology, offering seamless roaming for users. It is priced...
SpaceX Launches 24 Starlink Satellites on Falcon 9 Rocket From Vandenberg SFB
SpaceX lifted off a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 29, delivering 24 Starlink broadband satellites as part of its 17‑36 mission. The launch, the 42nd Starlink deployment of the year, used booster B1093 on its 13th...
Eero Signal Keeps Your Business Online During Internet Outages
Internet outages in the United States surged 178% in late 2025, putting small‑to‑medium businesses at risk of costly downtime. Eero’s new Signal 4G LTE device plugs into an existing Eero mesh network and automatically switches to cellular backup when the...
Older Adults Technology Gap Persists Despite Gains: Broadband Breakfast Panelists
A recent Broadband Breakfast panel highlighted that about one in three Americans over 65 still lack a home broadband connection. The disconnection rate fell from 42% five years ago to 32% today, but remains far behind the 18‑64 age group,...
Cisco Bolsters Security, AI Support in Latest SD-WAN Release
Cisco released SD‑WAN software version 26.1.1, introducing a suite of security hardening and AI‑focused capabilities. The update adds a centralized Insecure Configurations dashboard, blocks legacy CLI commands by default, and enables organization‑wide firewall policies for Meraki sites. Enhanced TLS decryption...
Telstra Not Seeking to Lock Rivals Out of Mobile-to-Satellite Bands
Telstra announced it will not seek to exclude rivals from the 2 GHz mobile‑to‑satellite (MSS) spectrum needed for next‑generation satellite‑to‑mobile services. SpaceX warned that if Telstra secured the remaining frequencies, it could effectively lock out other satellite operators and Australian mobile...
Shares of Extreme Networks Jump 28% on Strong Third-Quarter Results
Extreme Networks' shares surged over 28% after the company delivered Q3 results that beat expectations and lifted its full‑year outlook. Revenue reached $316.9 million, an 11% year‑over‑year increase, while net income jumped to $10.6 million, roughly three times the prior‑year figure. Adjusted...
The Era of Chatbot AIOps Is Fading as Agentic AI Gains Traction
Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) surveyed 458 IT professionals and found that only 15% still prioritize chatbot‑style AI, marking the decline of the first AI wave in network operations. Respondents favor agentic AI environments—collaborative workspaces and proactive agents—that continuously analyze data,...
Optimum Eyes Virtualization to Bridge the FTTP-HFC Reliability Gap
Optimum Communications is testing network virtualization to narrow the reliability gap between its fiber‑to‑the‑premises (FTTP) and hybrid fiber‑coax (HFC) infrastructures. In West Virginia the company is rolling out a distributed access architecture (DAA) paired with Harmonic’s virtual CMTS (vCMTS), which...
ABC Can Beat Trump FCC's License Threat if Owner Disney Is Willing to Fight
The FCC ordered Disney to file early renewal applications for ABC’s eight broadcast stations, citing possible violations of anti‑discrimination rules. Legal experts note that the 1996 Telecommunications Act makes license denial extremely difficult unless a broadcaster commits willful or repeated...
AT&T Might Look Beyond AST SpaceMobile for D2D
AT&T’s CEO John Stankey said the carrier will explore additional low‑Earth‑orbit partners beyond its current AST SpaceMobile deal to deliver direct‑to‑device (D2D) connectivity. He cited SpaceX, Amazon Leo and possibly a fourth LEO provider as potential wholesale partners. AST SpaceMobile...
Feds Include Telecommunications Competition Roadmap in Economic Update
The Canadian federal government unveiled a Telecommunications Competition Roadmap in its spring economic update, pledging a national strategy to lower internet and mobile prices. The plan builds on recent CRTC actions, including mandatory wholesale fibre‑to‑the‑home access and the elimination of...
Timing Module Enables vRAN Synchronization
Microchip introduced the MD-990-0011-B, an M.2 plug‑in timing module built with Intel for Xeon 6‑SoC server platforms. The module delivers sub‑microsecond synchronization across GNSS, SyncE and PTP networks, targeting 5G virtualized RAN (vRAN) and low‑latency AI workloads. Integrated components include dual...
Wire 3 Eyes Albany as Its Second Target Market in Georgia
Wire 3, a 100% fiber‑optic ISP, announced Albany, Georgia as its second target market in the state after a $60 million rollout in Macon. The company is committing $37 million to bring symmetrical 10‑gigabit service to more than 37,000 households and businesses,...
Auvik Bets Agentic AI Can Fill the Networking Skills Gap
Auvik introduced Aurora, an agentic AI platform that moves network management from passive alerting to automated remediation. The system prioritizes alerts, tracks device lifecycle, monitors CVEs, and generates remediation scripts via natural‑language queries. Aurora draws on Auvik’s 15‑year data set—over...
DoT Begins Pan India Testing of Real Time Disaster Alerts on Mobile Networks
India’s Department of Telecommunications has launched a pan‑India test of a Cell Broadcast‑based emergency alert system, supplementing the existing SMS‑driven SACHET platform. The trial will send multilingual test messages in English, Hindi and regional languages to mobile devices across all...
The Waiver Was the Policy. Thursday Is the Paperwork.
On April 30, 2026 the FCC will vote to retire the 1990s Equivalent Power Flux Density (EPFD) framework and replace it with a performance‑based coordination regime for non‑geostationary satellite operators. The agency projects a $2 billion economic benefit and up to...
Police Charge Two Men over 5G Telecom Tower Arson Attacks in Northern Ireland
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has charged two men for a series of arson attacks on 5G telecom towers in the Belfast area. The 45‑year‑old faces eight counts of arson and conspiracy, while the 46‑year‑old is charged with arson...
Telefónica and Sateliot Join Forces to Bring Satellite 5G Connectivity to Strategic Sectors
Telefónica España and satellite IoT operator Sateliot have signed a collaboration to bring 5G New Radio to low‑Earth‑orbit satellites, creating a hybrid network that merges terrestrial 5G with satellite coverage. The partnership will develop NR‑NTN solutions, pilot critical‑service use cases and...
Louisiana Makes Connectivity Gains in Rural Acadia Parish
Louisiana’s Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities (GUMBO) 1.0 program has delivered high‑speed internet to 307 homes and 80 businesses in rural Acadia Parish. A parallel effort with LFT Fiber added reliable service to another 40 locations, accelerating the parish’s broadband...
Vishay Specialty Thin Film Introduces Thin Film Metallized Submount Platform
Vishay Intertechnology unveiled a thin‑film metallized submount platform aimed at next‑generation optical transceivers, RF modules and advanced packaging that demand high thermal conductivity, precise alignment and low‑loss signal paths. The solution leverages aluminum‑nitride (AlN) ceramic substrates and pre‑deposited AuSn or...
Amazon’s Satellite Internet Unit Kuiper Seeks Kenya Licence After Nigeria Approval
Amazon’s satellite internet arm, rebranded as Amazon LEO, has filed for a Network Facilities Provider Tier‑2 licence in Kenya, following a seven‑year licence win in Nigeria. The Kenyan licence costs about $115,000 upfront, runs for 15 years and requires at...
Q&A: Kepler’s CEO on Canada’s Space Ambitions and the Best Toronto Tech Week Eats
Kepler Communications CEO Mina Mitry announced the company’s breakthrough launch of the world’s first optical‑relay low‑Earth‑orbit satellite network, delivering real‑time data links that cut latency from hours to minutes. He highlighted Canada’s need for sovereign launch capability to monitor its...
Mobile Communication Restrictions in Moscow
Russia will impose "more severe" mobile communication restrictions in Moscow on May 5, 7 and 9 ahead of the Victory Day parade, limiting SMS, mobile internet and government‑regulated sites. The capital has already endured a three‑week internet blackout that crippled navigation apps and...
Veon, Kyivstar Top $1B Ukraine Investment Target
Veon and its Ukrainian unit Kyivstar have invested $1.3 billion in connectivity, digital services and infrastructure in Ukraine through April 2026, exceeding the original $1 billion target. The programme, originally slated at $600 million over three years, was accelerated in 2024 to address...