Telco & CSP

Updates from telecom network operators and communications service providers, from network roll-outs to service innovations

Mobile

T-Mobile MONEY launches in Puerto Rico

Mobile

AT&T's $1 million skills building challenge now accepting applications

Optical

Nokia and Angola Cables trial the first direct optical connection between USA and Africa with PSE-3 chipset

AI & ML

Bell ready to test innovative AI system to block more fraudulent phone calls

Mobile

Telenor Group announces CEO changes in Asian subsidiaries

Mobile

BT: Sharing’s the answer when it comes to solving mobile connectivity for rural Britain

Wi-Fi

Anritsu's Wireless Connectivity Test Set Now Supports IEEE 802.11ax

5G

DOCOMO Conducts World's First Successful Trial of Transparent Dynamic Metasurface

Mobile

Vodafone to sell Vodafone Malta for €250 million: every little helps

via Flickr © pmsyyz (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Mobile

Spanish telco cleans up with latest loyalty offer

via Flickr © Yusuf C (CC BY 2.0)

Video

Warner Bros and Universal combine their DVD distribution effort

Sprint

Direct Energy works with Sprint for 100% renewable energy in Virginia operations

via Flickr © morebyless (CC BY 2.0)

5G

5G Future Forum: not much to see here, folks

Edge & MEC

Global 5G leaders create 5G Future Forum

via Flickr © mibuchat (CC BY-SA 2.0)

FTTx

Deutsche Telekom's fibre JV could be first of many in Germany

Source: Ericsson

Network Services

Ericsson has launched an automated eSIM solution - CSPs may be wary

via Flickr © Jeff Amann (CC BY-ND 2.0)

FTTx

Vodafone will be key to UK telecoms dealmaking

Submarine Network

NEC qualifies 20 fiber pair subsea telecom cable systems, with further advances soon

Virtual PBX

Telkomsel selects Metaswitch Unified Communications platform for the Indonesian business market

Cloud PBX

Ribbon’s Cloud2Edge Service Powers Peerless Network’s Cloud PBX Offering for the Enterprise Market

Core Network

CT progress on Rel-16 Stage 3

via Flickr © Juhan Sonin (CC BY 2.0)

FTTx

Spanish telcos offer fibre flexibility with students in mind

Transformation

Telefónica Empresas and american company BMC create a new service to enable a more digital working environment

via Flickr © Peter Hoffmann (CC BY 2.0)

Radio Access Network

Belgian mobile network-sharing controversy is all about timing