NAB 2026: Eastern Kentucky University Deploys Campus-Wide ST 2110 Network with Riedel and Bridge Digital
Eastern Kentucky University has upgraded its campus‑wide video infrastructure from legacy SDI to a hybrid SMPTE ST 2110 workflow, using Riedel MediorNet and Bridge Digital’s integration. The 100‑gigabit fiber backbone now links the Alumni Coliseum, Perkins Building and Center for the Arts, enabling live production across sports, concerts and commencements. Legacy equipment was retained through MediorNet FusioN frames, reducing capital spend and simplifying operator training. Riedel’s Bolero wireless and PunQtum wired intercom systems also modernized crew communications, improving show quality and student learning.
Omantel Drafts Cerillion for ‘Major’ BSS/OSS Upgrades
Omantel has selected Cerillion to deliver a major upgrade of its BSS/OSS systems as part of its shift from a traditional telco to a technology‑focused operator. The partnership will implement Cerillion’s pre‑integrated suite—including product catalogue, CRM Plus, convergent charging, service manager,...
A&K Travel Journeys with Colt for Global Quantum-Safe Network
Travel operator A&K Travel Group has partnered with Colt Technology Services to build a global, quantum‑safe network for its portfolio of luxury travel brands. The solution incorporates Arqit’s quantum‑resistant encryption, enabling secure, low‑latency connectivity across more than 100 countries, including...
AI Agents Backed as Long-Term Network Play
Telecom executives at FutureNet World in London agreed AI agents are essential for future network operations but warned that trust, governance, and fault risk limit current closed‑loop use. BT Group’s Reza Rahnama said agents can simplify tool fragmentation and enable...
GTT Targets AI Networking Growth with 2026 Strategy
GTT Communications unveiled its 2026 strategy centered on AI‑driven networking, expanding its Envision platform and bolstering hybrid‑cloud and security services. The plan builds on 2025’s milestone of over 700 Tbps capacity and reach in more than 170 countries, positioning GTT as...
A Eutelsat Apoia a Co-Op Cable No Lançamento De Oferta Expandida De DTH No Caribe
Eutelsat has teamed with Co‑op Cable to launch an expanded direct‑to‑home (DTH) television and satellite‑based broadband offering across the Caribbean, using the EUTELSAT 65 West A satellite. The service blends high‑definition TV with geolocation‑enabled internet connectivity, targeting residential homes and hospitality venues in...
Algeria 5G Performance: Mobilis, Djezzy, Ooredoo Compete on Speed, Reliability and Market Share
Algeria’s three major operators—Mobilis, Djezzy and Ooredoo—launched commercial 5G services in late 2025, leveraging 3.5 GHz mid‑band spectrum. The rollout lifted the national average download speed from 23.6 Mbps to 40.9 Mbps by December 2025, with city‑level peaks exceeding 100 Mbps in Algiers. Market...
After Mobile, Capitec Connect Eyes Home Broadband Push
Capitec Bank’s MVNO, Capitec Connect, more than doubled its net income contribution to R442 million (≈ $23 million) in the year to 28 Feb 2026, driven by a surge to 1.5 million active subscribers. Data traffic jumped three‑fold to 40.5 petabytes and voice minutes more than doubled...
TRAI Urges Users to Check Internet Performance with MySpeed App Amid Connectivity Concerns
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched an updated MySpeed app for Android and iOS to let consumers measure real‑time internet performance. The tool tests mobile (3G, 4G, 5G) and fixed‑line Wi‑Fi connections, reporting download/upload speeds, latency and...
Akasa Rolls Out Realtek-Based 10GbE PCIe Card for Multi-Gig Upgrades
Akasa has launched the AK-PCCE10-01, a PCIe 3.0 ×2 network card using Realtek RTL8127AT to deliver 10 GbE over a standard RJ45. The card auto‑negotiates speeds from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps, supports IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet, Wake‑on‑LAN and jumbo frames up to 16 KB....
Centracom’s Pindrop Takes the Pain Out of Wholesale Fibre
South Africa’s Centracom has launched Pindrop, a platform that consolidates wholesale connectivity options—including fibre, microwave, satellite and 5G—into a single address‑based view. The service not only shows availability and pricing but also handles ordering, project management and ongoing support, giving...
Analyst: Blue Origin Failure Risks Industry Timelines, D2D Competition
AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7, launched on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, failed to reach its intended low‑Earth orbit and is being decommissioned. The setback slows the planned cadence of six‑ton BlueBird antenna launches, jeopardizing the company’s goal of deploying 45 units this...
Thailand Fixed Broadband Growth to Drive 2.6% Telecom Revenue CAGR Through 2030
Thailand’s fixed communication services market is projected to expand at a 2.6% compound annual growth rate through 2030, led by a 3% CAGR in fixed broadband. Growth is anchored in accelerating fiber‑to‑the‑home deployments and expanding fixed wireless access, while fixed‑voice...
Telecom News: Wire 3, Comcast, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio
Wire 3 announced a full‑fiber rollout in Albany, with construction slated for summer 2026 and first connections expected by fall, promising symmetrical high‑speed service. Comcast is extending its Xfinity multi‑gigabit fiber footprint to three Missouri cities, covering more than 4,200...
Telecom News: GTT Communications, Eutelsat, Co-Op Cable, FBR Solutions
GTT Communications unveiled a 2026 AI‑driven roadmap that upgrades its Envision platform, adds a real‑time cybersecurity framework, and expands SASE, hybrid cloud, and satellite connectivity services. Eutelsat partnered with Co‑op Cable to launch a bundled direct‑to‑home TV and broadband offering...
Why Roaming Friction Is Not a Technical Problem
Despite near‑universal 5G coverage and robust inter‑carrier agreements, roaming still feels cumbersome. The article argues that the friction stems from legacy commercial models designed to protect domestic revenue, not from technical limitations. With international travel rebounding to 1.4‑1.5 billion arrivals, user...
Telcos vs OTT Apps: Trai's Spam Rules Spark Row with Airtel, Jio, Vi
India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) has drafted amendments that would bar call‑management apps such as Truecaller from tagging commercial 140 and 160‑series numbers as spam and would force them to feed user‑generated spam reports into the regulator’s Do‑Not‑Disturb registry. Leading...
SBI Moves SC Seeking Review of Spectrum Ruling, Flags Impact on Telecom Insolvencies
State Bank of India, representing lenders to the bankrupt Aircel group, has filed a petition with India’s Supreme Court to review the February 13 judgment that bars telecom spectrum from being treated as an asset in insolvency proceedings. The bank argues...
Crown Castle Inc (CCI) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Crown Castle reported a solid first‑quarter performance, delivering 5.1% organic tower revenue growth and a $3 million non‑recurring intercompany billing benefit. The company reaffirmed its 2025 outlook of 4.5% organic tower growth, roughly $2.8 billion adjusted EBITDA and $1.8 billion AFFO, while announcing...
Convergence, LEOs and AT&T
AT&T’s first‑quarter 2026 earnings call highlighted a 45% convergence rate of customers buying wireless and internet together, a three‑point YoY increase and the fastest growth in the company’s history. The carrier added 584,000 advanced‑connectivity customers, split evenly between fiber and...
The Strategy Behind Comcast’s Refreshed Xfinity Mobile Plans
Comcast has streamlined Xfinity Mobile into two clear plans—Mobile Select at $30 per line and Mobile Plus at $45—phasing out its previous by‑the‑gig pricing. Both tiers include unlimited talk and text, while Select offers 50 GB premium data and a Global...
AT&T Inc (T) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
AT&T reported a strong 2025 finish, delivering over 1.5 million post‑paid phone adds and more than 1 million fiber net adds, the longest streak for both metrics. The company returned $12 billion to shareholders, a 50% increase year‑over‑year, while guiding free cash flow...
GCI Buying Quintillion
GCI announced it will acquire Alaskan fiber infrastructure firm Quintillion in a deal valued at $310 million. The transaction merges Quintillion’s 1,800+ miles of subsea and terrestrial fiber, plus roughly 1,500 miles of planned expansion, with GCI’s statewide network. GCI will...
FCC Grants AST SpaceMobile Authority for 248-Satellite Constellation and Direct-to-Cell Service
The FCC issued Order DA 26‑391 on April 21, 2026, granting AST SpaceMobile permission to launch and operate a 248‑satellite non‑geostationary constellation. The authorization expands the company’s original five‑satellite test‑bed to include 223 additional satellites, enabling direct‑to‑cell service that lets standard smartphones connect to...
Deutsche Telekom Flirting with T-Mobile Takeover – Report
Deutsche Telekom (DT) is weighing a full merger with its U.S. subsidiary T‑Mobile, where it currently holds a 53% stake. The plan would create a new holding company that could list on both U.S. and European exchanges, consolidating ownership under...
Supreme Court Arguments Make It Clear that FCC Fines Are "Nonbinding"
The Supreme Court heard AT&T and Verizon argue that FCC forfeiture orders violate their Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial. The carriers were fined $104 million for selling real‑time location data without consent, but justices signaled that FCC penalties are...
MBA Group Acquires Textplode, Adding RCS Capability and Strengthening Mobile Messaging Infrastructure
MBA Group completed its acquisition of Textplode on March 31, 2026, boosting the combined turnover to up to £135 million (about $171 million) and expanding its workforce to 325. The deal brings more than a decade of proprietary SMS infrastructure and software into MBA’s...
PODCAST: Axyom.Core Gives Wireless Operators a New 5G Core Upgrade Path
Axyom.Core introduced a flexible 5G core upgrade path aimed at both Tier 1 and regional wireless operators. The offering gains urgency after Microsoft announced the phase‑out of its Affirmed Networks portfolio, leaving carriers without a key 4G/5G platform. Axyom.Core’s solution supports...
Volotea and Immfly to Launch Next-Gen High-Speed Connectivity for Enhanced Inflight Experience
Volotea and Immfly announced a joint rollout of next‑generation inflight connectivity, beginning with a trial of Gogo’s ESA antenna on the Eutelsat LEO satellite constellation slated for the second half of 2026. The high‑speed, low‑latency link will be installed on...
Rogers Launches New 5G+ Ultimate Plan Offering Priority Network Access
Rogers introduced a new 5G+ Ultimate mobile plan that bundles unlimited high‑speed data, up to 2 Gbps speeds, and priority network access with a five‑year price guarantee. The plan costs $95 CAD (≈$69 USD) per month, or $80 CAD (≈$58 USD) when paired with Rogers...
Satellite Services for Maritime Organizations
In April 2026 the maritime satellite market reorganized into three distinct service layers—safety and compliance, operational broadband, and data‑visibility. The International Maritime Organization’s new digitalization strategy and VDES rollout push shipowners to buy layered packages rather than single‑network solutions. Larger fleets...
Race Communications Breaks Ground on Bakersfield Fiber Network
Race Communications announced the start of construction on a new fiber‑optic network in Bakersfield, aiming to bring high‑speed, future‑proof internet to more than 50,000 homes and businesses. The rollout will offer symmetrical speeds up to 10 gigabits per second, with the...
Thales, Viasat and Partners Complete Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Connectivity Demo
Viasat, Thales, Dimetor, TTP plc and the European Space Agency completed successful Beyond‑Visual‑Line‑of‑Sight (BVLOS) flight trials at Cranfield University using a Bulldog light aircraft. The tests, part of ESA’s Iris RPAS airspace‑modernisation programme, demonstrated a trusted multi‑link architecture that blends...
How Weather and Environment Affect Direct-to-Device Satellite Communications Operators and Services
Direct‑to‑device (D2D) satellite services let standard smartphones connect to LEO constellations without a dish, but weather and environment affect them far more than classic rain‑fade. T‑Mobile reported over 1 million users, 650 000 SMS and 200 emergency alerts during early‑2026 wildfires and...
Consumer Purchasing Guide for Satellite Broadband Services in the United States 2026
The April 2026 Consumer Purchasing Guide maps the U.S. satellite broadband landscape, which is now limited to three retail providers—Starlink, Hughesnet and Viasat. Starlink leads with low‑earth‑orbit latency, a broad catalog and month‑to‑month pricing, while Hughesnet relies on geostationary capacity and...
Business Purchasing Guide for Satellite Broadband Services in the United States 2026
The 2026 Business Purchasing Guide maps the U.S. satellite broadband market into two buying paths: a retail‑style self‑serve model for SMBs and a quote‑driven enterprise process. Starlink, Hughes and Viasat dominate the publicly priced segment, while SES, Eutelsat OneWeb, Iridium...
5G Standalone Drives Cost Efficiency as Operators Balance Scale, ARPU Growth, and Cloud-Native Transformation
The telecom industry is moving from 5G rollout to cost‑efficiency and revenue generation by adopting cloud‑native standalone (SA) architectures. Analysys Mason estimates that a cloud‑native 5G SA deployment can lower total cost of ownership by 25‑38% through automation, virtualization and...
Not So SMARTBOX? Gray Accuses Dish Of Carriage Violation
Gray Media has lodged a formal complaint with the FCC alleging that DISH Network violated retransmission‑consent rules. The dispute stems from a CBS affiliate in Knoxville being carried on a DISH‑owned distribution platform at a local hotel. Gray’s attorney from...
The Shift From Telcos to Intent-Nets
Autonomous generative AI agents are prompting telcos to evolve from rule‑based networks to Intent‑Nets, where user intent is translated directly into network actions. To achieve this, operators must close a 5G deployment gap and build agentic orchestration layers that can...
Roanoke Cooperative Plans $2.4 Million Rural North Carolina Fiber Expansion
Roanoke Cooperative’s fiber arm, Fybe, secured a $2.4 million state grant to extend high‑speed broadband to 826 sites across eight rural North Carolina counties. The expansion, funded through the state’s Stop‑Gap Solutions program and backed by ARPA money, targets areas long...
O2 Plugs in Surrey to 5G+
O2 has activated its 5G Standalone (5G+) network across Surrey, reaching up to 1.2 million people in 275 locations. The deployment is a key element of the operator’s £700 million (≈$890 million) Mobile Transformation Plan, which also includes new masts, small cells and...
RF-Design Launches FiberLink CompactLine FCLR1811S4 for Ground Segment Optimization
RF-Design GmbH unveiled the FiberLink CompactLine FCLR1811S4, a 1RU 19‑inch modular platform that merges RF‑over‑Fiber transmission and system monitoring. Designed for teleports, satellite earth stations and broadcast facilities, it handles frequencies up to 2.5 GHz and links up to 20 km. The...
Vietnam Requires Face Re-Verification When SIM Users Swap Phones
Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology enacted Circular 08/2026/TT-BKHCN on April 15, 2026, mandating facial biometric re‑verification whenever a mobile subscriber swaps devices. Carriers must suspend outbound calls and SMS within two hours if the verification is not completed, with...
Iran Alleges US Cyberattacks; China Amplifies Claims
Iranian state media alleges that the United States exploited hidden backdoors or a botnet to disable networking equipment from vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet and MikroTik during recent hostilities. The claim suggests the sabotage could be triggered by a...
SoftBank Tests Tech to Enable NTNs to Share Spectrum with Mobile
SoftBank showcased a dynamic null‑forming system on a high‑altitude platform, using a light aircraft at roughly 3,000 meters altitude and 200 km/h to transmit on the 1.7 GHz band. The technology creates a steerable null that suppresses aerial emissions toward nearby terrestrial base...
CISA Confirms Exploitation of 3 More Cisco Networking Device Vulnerabilities
CISA added three Cisco networking device vulnerabilities—CVE‑2026‑20122, CVE‑2026‑20128 and CVE‑2026‑20133—to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirming they are being used in the wild. This brings the total of exploited flaws to four of the six Cisco issues disclosed in February....
LG Innotek Secures Automotive Wi-Fi 7 Supply Agreement
LG Innotek has landed a $68 million supply deal to provide its automotive Wi‑Fi 7 communication module to an unnamed European parts maker, with mass production slated for 2027. The compact module, roughly one‑sixth the size of a credit card, supports a...
Airtel and Jio Lead Network Performance in Varanasi, Hardoi and Railway Routes
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released drive‑test results for Varanasi, Hardoi, Shahjahanpur and the Varanasi‑Prayagraj rail corridor, measuring 2G‑5G performance across 426 km of city routes and 123 km of railway lines. Reliance Jio topped every metric, posting a perfect...
New SMA Pigtail Assemblies on 0.085-In. Conformable Cable From Amphenol RF
Amphenol RF has added a 0.085‑in. conformable cable to its SMA‑to‑unterminated pigtail assembly line. The new assemblies let engineers terminate the cable with any connector or terminator, delivering greater design flexibility. Rated to 18 GHz, the units feature a stainless‑steel gold‑plated...
Sultan Bin Ahmed Witnesses Signing Agreement Between SCTA and Syska Hennessy Group
His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Sharjah Communications Technologies Authority (SCTA) and global engineering firm Syska Hennessy Group. The pact creates an integrated framework for...