The Massive Sea Plow
The video explains how a 20–30 ton steel sea plow is deployed from a ship to bury subsea cables: lowered to the seabed, towed by the ship while hydraulic skids adjust depth, and a cable guide places fiber into the trench. The plow is powered and controlled via an umbilical from the ship and must pause 500 m before any existing cable to avoid damage. To cross pre-existing lines it is lifted and towed suspended for about 1 km (500 m before and after the crossing), leaving that section unburied. The routine balances precise mechanical control with operational constraints to protect already-laid fiber.
How the Internet Crosses Oceans
The video explains that the invisible backbone of the internet is a network of submarine fiber‑optic cables that carry data between continents. Engineers first analyze geological maps, then deploy research vessels with sonar to verify the seabed. Once a route is...
Accelerating the AI-Native Telco
TelecomTV introduced the AI‑Native Telco Accelerator (ANTA), a multi‑channel initiative that includes a dedicated content stream, an annual forum in Düsseldorf, and the first AI‑Native Telco Index ranking operators on AI transformation. The Index will score roughly 20 metrics such...
Test and Measurement Today Complexity: Convergence and Continuous Validation
OpenSignal VP Sylvia Kashish argued that telco networks have grown far more complex—spanning 3G/4G/5G (including 5G standalone), Wi‑Fi, fixed-mobile convergence, device-to-device and non‑terrestrial links—while AI, network slicing and transient infrastructure make operations dynamic. She emphasized that user experience is local,...
6 Men Revisit Scam-Linked SIM Card Fraud Crime Scenes in Geylang
Six men returned to three shops in Geylang tied to a SIM-card registration scam, revisiting the locations where fraudulent SIMs were obtained. The shops, clustered within a 10-minute walk along Aljunied and Geylang, are central to an ongoing probe into...
Iran Residents Welcome Easing of Internet Shutdown Imposed After Start of War
Residents in Iran have welcomed the partial restoration of internet access after restrictions imposed at the start of the war, saying the move will revive dozens of online businesses and jobs that depended on stable connectivity. Entrepreneurs and small e-commerce...
How Ubiquiti Fixes Legacy Wi-Fi Congestion with Wi-Fi 7 Bridging
Ubiquiti described its UDB PoE switch — seven 2.5 Gb ports, one 10 Gb port, 2x2 radios with 8 dB antennas — which launched with SLO support and received a software update adding MLO to enable operation on 5 and...
New HPE Mist Features Validate NAC Changes, Enable Inline Microsegmentation (Sponsored)
HPE’s Juniper Mist team detailed enhancements to its cloud-managed Access Assurance NAC that let customers test and refine access policies and deploy inline microsegmentation at branches and retail sites without requiring an EVPN fabric. Mist Edge — available as an...
WLAN Pros' Wi-Fi Troubleshooting Course
WLAN Pros launched a two-day, vendor-neutral Wi‑Fi troubleshooting course focused on hands-on practice rather than tool-centric lecturing. Instructors condensed prior multi-day boot camps into 24 practical labs and a short lecture built around a freely available “bubble diagram” that maps...
Celona Private 5G: Building Your Own AI Network Agents (BYOA)
Celona, a private 5G network provider, announced Build Your Own Agent (BYOA) platform, letting enterprises craft AI-driven network agents. The initiative hinges on two pillars: the Model Contest Protocol (MCP) service that opens up a rich data feed—APIs, config databases, time‑series,...
Carrier 2.0 - The Carrier Identity Crisis
Carrier 2.0 explores the identity crisis facing telecom operators as AI and hyperscalers reshape the value chain. The episode asks what kind of service provider will survive the next decade, contrasting the traditional utility model with emerging platform and vertical‑enabler...
Iran Announces Gradual Restoration of International Internet Access
Iran’s president, Masud Peshkan, has ordered a gradual nationwide restoration of international internet access after nearly three months of heavy restrictions, state media reported. The reopening will be technical and phased, with no firm timeline for full restoration, and follows...
Verizon Wireless | This Is Bad ‼️👀 This Must Be Fixed
Rochester’s City Planning Commission on May 18 denied Verizon’s request to build a cell tower at multiple parcels on Portland Avenue, continuing a string of recent local rejections of carrier infrastructure. The video commentator argues these denials are problematic because...
Fiber Connect 2026
Fiber Connect 2026 convened at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando as one of the Fiber Broadband Association’s largest and most energetic conferences, marking the event’s 25th anniversary with awards and a packed program. Attendees noted strong vendor participation on the...
Automating Human-Centric NetOps Is Finally Achievable
The episode of Total Network Operations introduces Kent CEO Avi Freriedman discussing how network observability has evolved and why automating the human aspects of NetOps is finally feasible. Freriedman explains Statseeker’s 60‑second full‑fidelity polling eliminates sampling gaps, giving operators real‑time, historical...
How Selector Unifies Cloud and On-Prem Network Observability (Sponsored)
Selector.ai has added a cloud observability capability to its AI-driven network telemetry platform, enabling customers to ingest and normalize cloud provider logs, metrics, topology and inventory alongside on‑premises network data. The new “cloud engine” acts like a virtual appliance that...
Building Networks, Building Nations: The MEA & Asia Telecom Story
A panel of telecom veterans from Asia, Africa and the Middle East discussed how modern networks have evolved into critical national infrastructure serving beyond consumer mobile services — encompassing defense, economic development and AI-driven capabilities. They traced industry shifts from...
Digital Sovereignty Requirements
The panel convened at Windsor’s digital‑sovereignty session explored how geopolitical tensions are reshaping telecom strategy. Participants – from BT’s CTO to Ofcom’s policy director and industry vendors – examined the urgent need for a clear, UK‑specific framework that defines what...
Networking - ESUN _ Ethernet for Scale-Up Networking - Workstream - (2026-03-26)
Participants debated whether LR and CBFC flow-control features should be mandatory in the Ethernet for Scale-up Networking (ESON/ENS) spec. The group noted LR/CBFC are optional for endpoints today and making them mandatory for switches could shrink the initial ecosystem because...
The AI-Driven Reinvention of Telecom Infrastructure
The video discusses how a U.S. fiber carrier is using AI and a proprietary orchestration platform to integrate acquisitions and accelerate its goal of 1.5 million fiber passings across 15 states by 2030. By abstracting the orchestration layer from vendor‑specific NMS into...
Physical Data Transmission - Part 5: Resistance and Interference
The video explains how electrical signals travel beyond wires and how that leakage both enables wireless transmission and causes electromagnetic interference (EMI). It outlines three forms of resistance affecting signal transmission: ohmic resistance (heat and the skin effect), capacitive reactance...
Evolution of Network Automation
Industry leaders at a panel on the evolution of network automation said operators remain far short of the autonomous-network vision, typically scoring around 1.5–1.8 on TM Forum’s 0–5 automation scale while aspiring to level 4 autonomy. Panelists argued that the...
Scaling AI Deployments
The panel titled “Scaling AI Deployments” highlighted the telecom sector’s urgent need to move beyond isolated AI pilots and embed artificial intelligence into core operations. Speakers from Amdocs, Deutsche Telekom, Tech Mahindra and Orange argued that while proof‑of‑concepts are easy to launch,...
T-Mobile | Will T-Mobile Raise Price Again 😳⁉️🚨
Based on recent management commentary and earlier fee moves, T‑Mobile is preparing a targeted price lift for its legacy “back book” customers via so‑called rate‑plan optimization, following a January fee increase. Management has been distinguishing higher‑paying new customers (“front book”)...
Driving AI Efficacy in Wi-Fi (Sponsored)
The Heavy Wireless episode explores how emerging agentic AI reshapes Wi‑Fi engineering, moving beyond traditional scripting toward autonomous network management. Agentic AI combines a reasoning node that talks to large language models, MCP tools that abstract APIs, and domain‑specific skills, allowing...
Enabling Topology Visibility in BGP Fabrics with BGP-LS.
Cisco and Alibaba presented work to add standardized topology visibility to SONiC using BGP-LS, enabling operators to export normalized network models (nodes, links, prefixes and SR info) from both IGP and hop-by-hop eBGP fabrics. The talk framed the need around...
Deploying 10-000+ SONiC Switches: Broadcom's Data‑Center and Campus Transformation
Broadcom replaced a legacy, proprietary three‑tier network with an open, SONiC‑based disaggregated architecture beginning in 2019, consolidating 16 data centers into seven and extending SONiC into campus and WAN environments. In their largest site they scaled from 600 to 1,400...
Inside Our New Telecom Courses | TelcoCloud + AI/ML Hands-On Demo | TelcoLearn | TelcoCloud | AI ML
TelcoLearn announced two new courses—TelcoCloud engineering and AI/ML for telecom—focused on the industry’s shift from cloud-native 5G architectures to AI-native 6G. The live, weekend classes will be led by instructors Sanjay and Arpit and feature hands-on exercises and demos, though...
Beyond the Network — Ep. 4: Quantum-Safe, Quantum-Ready Networks
Beyond the Network episode 4 dives into the accelerating race toward quantum‑safe networking, highlighting Cisco’s research‑grade universal quantum switch, Google’s expedited post‑quantum cryptography migration, and AT&T’s debut of a quantum‑resilient SD‑WAN service built on Cisco hardware. The conversation underscores that industry leaders—IBM,...
Africa Is Becoming Vodafone’s Growth Engine
Vodafone is positioning Africa as its primary growth engine, with the continent now contributing about one‑fifth of the group’s total revenue. The company reports double‑digit organic growth across its African subsidiaries, driven by expanding mobile‑phone penetration and a booming mobile‑money ecosystem....
Ericsson CEO: To Compete With China, You Need to Lead on Technology
Ericsson’s chief executive framed the company’s strategic priority: beating China at the technology front. He argued that merely competing on price is insufficient; leadership in advanced telecom solutions, such as massive MIMO and AI‑driven edge computing, is essential to retain...
Yes, IPv6 Is Complicated. IPv8 Won't Help
IPv6 Buzz hosts and guest Brian Carpenter argue that IPv6’s perceived complexity stems from unavoidable technical realities—not poor design. Attempts to replace IPv6 with alternate “IPv8”-style protocols repeatedly fail because any new IP version must either split the Internet, require...
AI Fabric Validation at Scale - VIAVI at MWC Barcelona 2026
The video showcases VIAVI Solutions’ AI data‑fabric validation platform unveiled at MWC Barcelona 2026. Using the B3 test‑center appliance, the system emulates GPU workloads and generates realistic RoCE v2 and CCL traffic, routed through a Nokia switch and connected via Amphenol...
Is the UniFi UNVR Gen 2 Worth $699 and $999?
The video examines UniFi’s new UNVR G2 and G2 Pro models, highlighting their steep price hikes to $699 and $999 respectively. It contrasts these figures with the original 4‑bay UNVR at $299 and the 7‑bay Pro at $499, prompting a...
Introducing Fortinet and the Secure Wireless Platform
Fortinet unveiled its Secure Wireless Platform, a unified solution that embeds the wireless LAN controller directly into its layer‑7 firewall, aiming to deliver end‑to‑end security across wired and wireless networks. The platform builds on Fortinet’s three‑pillar strategy—secure networking, unified SASE and...
Managing AI Agents Is the Core Skill in Autonomous Networks
The Pulse interview with Marcus Nesper, Extreme Networks’ head of the CTO office, frames autonomous networks as an end‑to‑end lifecycle—from planning and onboarding through operation, optimization, and eventual decommissioning—driven by AI‑enabled agents. Nesper notes that while full L4 autonomy remains limited,...
From Anxiety to Empowerment: Building Confidence Into Machine‑Speed Network Updates (Sponsored)
The Network Automation Arts podcast, sponsored by Cisco, explores how modern network operating systems now deliver zero‑downtime, machine‑speed updates. Hosts Eric Cho, Minhaj Odin, and Summer Farooqi discuss the shift from manual, high‑risk maintenance windows to automated, confidence‑driven change processes. Key...
BDC Coverage Restoration Filing Tutorial
The video walks broadband providers through the BDC coverage restoration filing workflow, explaining how to respond to restoration requests generated after challenges, verifications, or audits. It emphasizes the strict deadline: providers must complete and certify their response data before the...
Broadband Data Collection Restoration Process Overview
The FCC’s Broadband Data Collection (BDC) program unveiled a new coverage restoration process aimed at correcting permanently removed broadband availability data on the National Broadband Map. The initiative follows biannual reporting cycles, challenge mechanisms, and staff audits that have already...
SpaceX FINALLY Confirms What We All Want to Know!
SpaceX officially announced that its next Starship test flight, designated Flight 12, is slated for May 19, with a launch window from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Central Time at Starbase, Texas. The company has completed a wet‑dress rehearsal, stacked and rolled back the vehicle,...
Celona AP 20 Demo One Access Point for Private LTE and Private 5G Networks
The video showcases Celona’s AP20, a flagship access point that combines LTE and 5G radios in a single, software‑upgradable unit. Designed three years ago, the AP20 now offers true concurrent operation, allowing enterprises to run private LTE and private 5G...
Celona New Product Showcase
Celona’s latest product showcase unveiled a strategic expansion of its AI‑ops portfolio, centering on a new Build‑Your‑Own‑Agent (BYOA) framework that empowers customers to create custom automation agents. The company announced two core components: an MCP data‑exposure service that grants customers comprehensive...
Orange Business and Blue Planet on Invisible OSS and AI-Driven Network Operations
At FutureNet World 2026, Orange Business and Blue Planet outlined a joint roadmap to transform telecom operations through an AI‑driven, “invisible OSS” model. The discussion centered on moving from legacy, ticket‑based systems to a programmable, platform‑based architecture that unifies...
What’s New at Celona in 2026?
Celona’s 2026 product briefing highlighted a rapid evolution of its private 5G portfolio, targeting operational‑technology (OT) environments. The CTO and product team walked through field data, three live demos, and a roadmap that emphasizes faster, more scalable deployments for enterprises...
Verizon Wireless | Major Announcement 📣 Coming From Verizon 🚨 What Could It Be 😳
The video reports that Verizon is preparing a major, as‑yet‑unveiled announcement, with insiders suggesting it could drop as early as tomorrow or later this week, and the carrier is already distributing new marketing assets to retail locations. Speculation centers on three...
T-Mobile | Trouble In Paradise 😳🚨
T‑Mobile is rolling out a series of targeted promotions aimed at former US Cellular subscribers following its August 2025 acquisition, while simultaneously battling a churn rate that has crept above 1 %. The carrier’s churn climbed to as high as 1.18 %, prompting...
Amazon Vs. SpaceX: The High-Stakes Battle for Space Internet | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal video contrasts Amazon’s nascent LEO satellite effort with SpaceX’s dominant Starlink constellation. Amazon’s Project Kuiper has deployed roughly 300 satellites, a fraction of the 12,000‑plus Starlink units already in orbit and far below the 7,000 satellites...
How AI Is Giving Voice a New Lease of Life
Telecom operator Orange Business used the Telecom TV interview to showcase how AI, especially voice AI, is becoming a revenue engine rather than just a cost‑saving tool. Miguel Alvarez highlighted that the group generated €300 million in AI‑related sales last year...
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure: Unlocking 5G Broadcast Value
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Management is positioning its tower assets to launch 5G broadcast, a technology that can deliver TV and data to any device equipped with a 5G chip. The company argues that 5G broadcast offers a seamless consumer experience—TV without...
Verizon Wireless | Wow 🚨 Another Set Of New Unlimited Plans 😳
Verizon's Total Wireless brand unveiled a refreshed lineup of unlimited plans, rolling out May 13. The four offerings—Total Max, Total Max 5G, Total Starter, and Total All Access—target different price points and device preferences. The entry‑level Total Max costs $25 per month...