Planex GPE-XGT Brings Low-Power Realtek 10GbE to PCIe (2.5W)
Planex is set to ship the GPE‑XGT, a PCI Express 3.0 x2 10GBASE‑T network card built around Realtek’s RTL8127AT controller. The adapter delivers up to 10 Gbps while drawing only about 2.5 W, keeping heat low during sustained transfers. It supports 10/5/2.5 Gbps modes and falls back to 1 Gbps or 100 Mbps, includes 16 KB jumbo‑frame capability, and fits both standard‑height and low‑profile cases. Availability is slated for early March with Windows and Linux driver support.
Truvista Fiber Names Michelle Harvey VP of Marketing
Truvista Fiber announced that Michelle Harvey will serve as its new vice president of marketing. The appointment comes as the regional broadband provider accelerates fiber rollout across South Carolina and Georgia. Harvey will steer brand strategy, digital and traditional channels,...
Samsung Confirms Satellite Connectivity for Galaxy S26 and Older Galaxy Devices
Samsung announced that its upcoming Galaxy S26 series – S26, S26+ and S26 Ultra – will support satellite connectivity in major markets such as the United States, Europe and Japan. The feature is also being back‑ported to select older Galaxy flagships and...
Ripple Fiber Details Colorado Expansion, Frederick Ribbon Cutting
Ripple Fiber, a 100% fiber‑optic provider, celebrated the opening of its Frederick, Colorado office with a ribbon‑cutting ceremony attended by local chambers and town officials. The company, which merged with HyperFiber in 2025, currently serves over 7,000 homes and businesses...
Rohde & Schwarz and Viasat to Collaborate on NB-NTN IoT Test Plan for Connectivity Via Satellite
Viasat and Rohde & Schwarz have teamed up to create a comprehensive NB‑NTN IoT test plan using the CMX500 one‑box signaling tester. The plan targets protocol, performance and RF validation to ensure chipsets, modules and devices meet 3GPP Release 17 requirements and interoperate...
UCSB’s James Buckwalter Inducted as Senior Member of the US National Academy of Inventors
University of California Santa Barbara electrical and computer engineering professor James Buckwalter has been inducted as a senior member of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors. The honor recognizes his pioneering work on high‑speed, high‑frequency integrated circuits that power 5G,...
Starlink Will Provide Connectivity to Archer’s Midnight Air Taxis
Archer Aviation announced a partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink to equip its Midnight electric air taxis with low‑Earth‑orbit satellite internet. The integration will provide high‑speed, low‑latency connectivity for passenger Wi‑Fi and real‑time data links between aircraft, pilots and ground teams. Testing...
Digital Connectivity Readiness: Trai Proposes New Evaluation, Rating Norms for Real Estate Projects
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has unveiled a proposal to overhaul digital connectivity readiness ratings for real‑estate projects. The plan expands the existing five‑star scale to a nine‑star system with half‑star increments and introduces a design‑stage assessment that...
Spectrum Control Introduces PulseShield™ Transportable HEMP Filter Series for Mobile Mission Continuity
Spectrum Control has launched the PulseShield™ Transportable HEMP Filter Series, a compact, lightweight line of high‑altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) filters that meet MIL‑STD‑188‑125‑1A (E1/E2) requirements. The modular, plug‑and‑play units are designed for rapid deployment on mobile shelters, tactical vehicles, and...
Cloud Calling Data Sovereignty Secures Business Operations
BT has launched Sovereign Voice, a cloud‑calling solution that guarantees all voice traffic remains within the United Kingdom’s borders. The service runs on domestic data centres, is managed by local staff, and incorporates Cisco’s secure‑calling platform. It targets heavily regulated...
Du-Backed UAE-IX Becomes Middle East’s First 800 GE-Ready Internet Exchange
The UAE‑IX exchange, operated by DE‑CIX and du’s datamena platform, is now technically ready for 800 gigabit Ethernet and offers 400 GE ports, making it the first Middle Eastern IX with such capacity. The upgrade pushes peak traffic beyond 1 terabit per second,...
India on Global 6G Standard-Setting Table for the First Time: Jyotiraditya Scindia
India’s communications minister announced that the country completed the world’s fastest 5G rollout in just 22 months, achieving 99.9% district coverage and connecting 400 million users. For the first time, India has secured a seat at the global 6G standard‑setting tables...
Early Call for Inputs on the BEREC Work Programme 2027
BEREC has launched an early call for inputs to shape its Work Programme 2027, inviting stakeholders to submit project proposals by 15 April 2026. Submissions must use the provided Excel template and be sent to the designated BEREC email address. The programme...
Huawei WiFi Mesh X3 Pro Adds Wi-Fi 7 and Room Lighting
Huawei has unveiled the WiFi Mesh X3 Pro, a consumer‑grade Wi‑Fi 7 mesh system that doubles as an ambient light fixture. The router delivers up to 2.88 Gbps on 5 GHz and 688 Mbps on 2.4 GHz, with WPA2‑PSK/WPA3‑SAE mixed‑mode security and dual 2.5 GbE ports...
Oculeus 2FN Authenticates Calls in Real Time to Stop CLI Spoofing
Oculeus has launched its Two Factor Network (2FN) solution, giving telcos a real‑time framework to authenticate caller identity and stop CLI spoofing. The system creates a parallel verification path with digital signatures that peer‑to‑peer carriers exchange during call setup. Industry...
Airalo, Cathay to Offer eSIMs with Asia Miles
Airalo and Cathay Pacific have partnered to sell discounted eSIMs to Cathay travelers, granting 100 Asia Miles for each eSIM purchased. The miles can be redeemed for flights, upgrades, hotels, dining and other lifestyle rewards. The collaboration taps into a...
TRAI Outlines 6G, AI and Inclusion Roadmap for Broadcast Sector
At the 22nd Video Broadcast and Broadband Tech Summit, TRAI outlined a five‑year roadmap that couples 6G‑enabled gesture and voice TV with AI‑driven content agents, while stressing rural inclusion. The regulator highlighted the need to expand data‑centre capacity to roughly...
Proximus Unveils ‘Amplify’ and ‘Elevate’ Strategy, Targets Stronger Cash Flow and Dividend Growth by 2030
Proximus unveiled two strategic roadmaps – Amplify for its Belgian domestic operations and Elevate for its global business – to drive network leadership, AI‑enabled efficiency and higher shareholder returns. The Amplify plan focuses on nationwide gigabit fiber, copper decommissioning and...
Wildix Looks to Bring Conversations Under Enterprise Control with eSIM
Wildix has introduced Wildix eSIM, an AI‑powered extension of its Mobility Cloud that routes business mobile calls through the enterprise system of record. The solution embeds a single business identity into the SIM, allowing native dialer use while preserving routing,...
Comcast Now Offers Free Disney+ & Hulu With Some Internet Plans
Comcast is bundling free, ad‑supported Disney+ and Hulu with select Xfinity high‑speed internet plans, also adding Peacock Premium, Xumo Stream Box, and a Wi‑Fi gateway. The offer applies to gigabit, 1.2 Gbps and 2 Gbps tiers and is available to new sign‑ups...
DFC Reauthorization Is Here: The Good, the Bad, and the Next Steps for Connectivity
The U.S. Development Finance Corporation (DFC) received a major re‑authorization embedded in the FY2026 NDAA, boosting its contingent liability limit to $205 billion and expanding geographic eligibility for ICT projects. The bill creates a $5 billion equity revolving fund—though unfunded—and grants new...
FiberLight Deepens West Texas Fiber Reach with New 1,400 Route-Mile Build
FiberLight announced a $350 million investment to build 1,400 route‑miles of fiber in West Texas, bringing its regional network to nearly 4.8 million fiber miles. The expansion adds a third diverse route into Abilene, boosting network resiliency and capacity for AI‑driven workloads....
The Challenge of Adding Fiber to Poles
On February 5, 2026 the FCC issued a Memorandum and Order resolving a pole‑attachment dispute between Comcast and Appalachian Power Company (APCO). The FCC reaffirmed that attachers only pay the incremental cost of replacing a pole when the existing pole violates...
IonQ Deploys Romania’s National Quantum Communication Infrastructure (RoNaQCI)
IonQ has rolled out Romania’s National Quantum Communication Infrastructure (RoNaQCI), creating a 1,500‑kilometer quantum‑key‑distribution (QKD) network that links six major cities. The system comprises 36 quantum‑secured links, accounting for more than 20% of Europe’s terrestrial quantum communications capacity. Leveraging wavelength‑division...
Huawei Takes Part in EU Research Programs Despite Commission Crackdown
Huawei is participating in 16 Horizon Europe research projects despite being labeled a high‑risk supplier by the European Commission. Fifteen of the contracts were signed before the 2023 ban, while a sixth‑year project was deemed outside the restriction scope. The...
New Bill Would Impose Shot Clocks on FCC Merger Reviews
Two bipartisan lawmakers introduced the Keep It Moving Act to impose strict shot clocks on Federal Communications Commission merger reviews, formalizing the agency's informal 180‑day deadline. If the FCC exceeds the timeline, applicants could seek a court order to compel...
RightFiber Announces North Texas Expansion, Starts in Seagoville
RightFiber, a Ritter Communications brand, announced a $50 million investment to extend its 100% fiber‑optic network across North Texas, starting construction in Seagoville. The rollout will deliver residential speeds up to 5 Gbps and business connections up to 100 Gbps. The company highlighted...
Critical Juniper Networks PTX Flaw Allows Full Router Takeover
Juniper Networks disclosed a critical CVE‑2026‑21902 vulnerability in the On‑Box Anomaly Detection framework of its Junos OS Evolved running on PTX Series routers. The flaw lets an unauthenticated attacker reach a root‑level service over an external port, enabling full device...
AST SpaceMobile Encapsulates BlueBird 7 Satellite for Inaugural New Glenn Mission
AST SpaceMobile announced that its BlueBird 7 (BB7) satellite has been encapsulated inside the 7‑meter payload fairing of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, marking the final major milestone before the NG‑3 launch from Cape Canaveral. BB7 is a Block 2 satellite featuring a...
ETSI Issues New Report on ISAC System and RAN Architectures
ETSI’s Industry Specification Group on Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISG ISAC) has published ETSI GR ISC 003, a report that defines the architectural foundations for embedding advanced sensing into future 6G networks. The document outlines a 6G ISAC system reference model supporting monostatic, bistatic...
Why Europe Can’t Defend What It Can’t Connect
Europe faces its most contested security decade since the Cold War, with the digital backbone—networks, data infrastructures and connectivity—now the primary frontline. Recent blackouts in Portugal and Spain illustrate how digital failures become national security events, while adversaries target subsea...
Celeste Technologies Complete Successful 5G NR-NTN Interoperability Tests with Sateliot's D2D Constellation Payload
Celeste Technologies announced that its fully software‑based SmartgNB successfully completed 5G NR‑NTN interoperability tests with Sateliot’s direct‑to‑device payload at Qualcomm’s Lannion labs. The campaign validated end‑to‑end traffic across GEO and LEO scenarios, covering both transparent and regenerative satellite payloads, using...
Gilat Demonstrates 5G NTN End-to-End Connectivity over GEO Satellite
Gilat Satellite Networks demonstrated a 3GPP‑compliant 5G non‑terrestrial network (NTN) connection using its existing geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite infrastructure. The end‑to‑end test validated key capabilities such as 5G NTN VSAT, hub technologies, latency compensation and protocol optimizations. Gilat’s success...
Salesforce Launches Telco-Specific AI Agents to Improve Sales and Customer Retention
Salesforce unveiled Agentforce for Communications, a suite of telco‑specific AI agents designed to automate routine tasks and boost customer engagement. The solution targets a telecom sector facing slowing revenue growth—forecast at 2.9% by 2029—and high churn rates up to 40%....
Jio Strengthens Market Leadership in Q3FY26 with Strong Revenue Growth: Report
Reliance Jio reinforced its telecom dominance in Q3 FY26, posting adjusted gross revenue of ₹321 billion, a 3.9% quarterly and 11.2% annual increase. Its AGR market share climbed to 43%, gaining 41 basis points sequentially and 114 basis points year‑on‑year, surpassing...
Ribbon and AWS Transform Cloud Deployment for Service Providers and Enterprises
Ribbon Communications announced a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services to deliver a cloud‑native, secure voice communications suite on AWS Marketplace. The offering bundles Ribbon’s Session Border Controller, policy routing engine, and centralized management platform as containerized services optimized for...
World-First Gigabit-per-Second Laser Link Between Aircraft and Geostationary Satellite
European Space Agency, Airbus Defence and Space, TNO and TESAT have demonstrated the world’s first gigabit‑per‑second laser link between a moving aircraft and a geostationary satellite. During test flights over Nîmes, the UltraAir optical terminal maintained an error‑free 2.6 Gbps connection...
Trai Holds Off on Net Neutrality Rules for 5G Network Slicing
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has taken a wait‑and‑see stance on whether existing net‑neutrality rules apply to 5G network slicing, offering no immediate guidance. Telecom operators are urging the government to explicitly permit slicing, arguing it is essential...
Why Almost Every Australian Will Get the Same Text Message
Australia will conduct a nationwide test of the AusAlert emergency warning system on July 27, ahead of its full launch in October. The $132 million network can send geo‑targeted alerts within 160 metres, enabling precise evacuation instructions for bushfires, floods, storms and...
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co (SHEN) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Shenandoah Telecommunications reported Q2 2025 revenue of $88.6 million, driven by a 40.5% jump in Glo Fiber sales to $19.8 million and a record addition of 5,700 new fiber subscribers. Adjusted EBITDA climbed 21.9% to $28.4 million, lifting the margin to 32% as...
CABO At Our Deadline
Cable One reported a Q4 2025 decline of 10,700 residential data subscriptions and revenue falling to $363.7 million, down from $387.2 million a year earlier. CFO Todd Koetje noted modest improvements in disconnect rates but said they remain unsatisfactory. The...
Vistance Networks Inc (VISN) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Vistance Networks completed the CCS divestiture to Amphenol, using the proceeds to retire all debt, redeem preferred equity and declare a $10‑per‑share special cash distribution. The company posted a 40% jump in full‑year net sales to $1.93 billion, with Q4 core...
Millicom International Cellular SA (TIGO) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Millicom (Tigo) reported a strong Q4 2020 rebound, adding a record 2.3 million mobile users and 103 k cable customers, lifting its total subscriber base to 42 million mobile and 4.5 million broadband users. Service revenue and EBITDA were essentially flat YoY, while operating...
Clearfield’s CEO Says It Sees the Verizon/Frontier Merger as a Significant Opportunity
Clearfield CEO Cheri Beranek says Verizon's acquisition of Frontier creates a major growth opportunity for the fiber‑connectivity supplier. The combined Verizon‑Frontier network will cover over 25 million premises across 31 states, expanding demand for Clearfield’s equipment and its new NOVA platform....
New Dell Server Aims to Expand Edge AI in Harsh Environments
Dell introduced the PowerEdge XR9700, a ruggedized, liquid‑cooled server built for edge AI and cloud‑RAN deployments in harsh outdoor settings. The chassis is IP66 sealed and operates from –40°F to 115°F, eliminating the need for climate‑controlled shelters. Powered by Intel’s...
Telecom News: IP Infusion, Keysight Technologies, Ericsson, TextNow
IP Infusion unveiled OcNOS 7.0 at MWC 2026, delivering 800 Gbps open‑networking capabilities and AI‑optimized low‑latency fabric for data‑center operators. Keysight Technologies and Ericsson demonstrated a pre‑6G interoperability milestone, using WaveJudge to test full‑stack performance on cm‑wave spectrum and massive‑MIMO prototypes. TextNow introduced...
Telecom News: Ribbon Communications, AWS, Sterlite Technologies, Mynet, Telecom Italia
Ribbon Communications and Amazon Web Services announced a joint, cloud‑native voice communications platform that combines Ribbon’s session border controllers and SIP routing with AWS’s containerized infrastructure. The solution, sold via AWS Marketplace, leverages Kubernetes for rapid migration, scalability and built‑in...
Hawaii’s New West Broadcasting Integrates Tieline Solutions
New West Broadcasting, operating six stations on Hawaii’s Big Island, has upgraded its transmission and remote broadcast infrastructure with Tieline’s suite of IP codecs and management tools. The company now uses Bridge‑IT, Gateway, ViA, and MPX codecs, complemented by a...
Post-Lanteris Acquisition, Intuitive Machines Invests $175M to Advance Satellite Capabilities
Intuitive Machines announced a $175 million equity investment following its January acquisition of Lanteris Space Systems, the former Maxar spacecraft manufacturing unit. The funding will expand the 1300 satellite platform, enhance near‑space network services, and pursue a solar‑system internet independent of...
New Afton’s Digital Transformation with Ambra-Deployed LTE/5G Network
New Gold’s New Afton mine is installing a private LTE/5G network from Ambra Solutions, using an Athonet core and Ericsson radios. The rollout began in March 2024 and follows a three‑phase plan covering remote operations, underground coverage, and surface communications....
