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SoftBank delivers record revenue, maps telco strategy beyond traditional services

SoftBank posted approximately $34.6 billion in revenue, up 8% year-on-year In sum – what to know: Record financial performance - Revenue was up 8% year-on-year to ¥5.2 trillion (~$34.6B) and operating income rose to ¥884 billion (~$5.9B). Telecom remains a growth platform...

LG Uplus advances autonomous network with AI agents

LG Uplus said the AI-based platform anticipates traffic surges during large events and adjusts base-station settings in advance In sum – what to know: AI cuts complaints – LG Uplus says AI agents reduced mobile service complaints by 70% and home...

Telus secures additional spectrum to boost 5G

Telus now holds an average of 104 megahertz of mid-band spectrum in the 3.5 GHz and 3.8 GHz ranges nationwide In sum – what to know: Total investment – Canadian operator Telus has spent $234m on 3800 MHz spectrum licences in...

AI data-center spend to hit $80bn by 2030 to escape power crunch

Power scarcity and thermal limits are major challenges for the AI data center buildout, observes Dell’Oro Group – but that the industry is redesigning infrastructure, doubling down on cooling, and spending its way out of a corner. In sum –...

GSMA MWC26 Barcelona draws closer as CEOs from Character.AI, OURA and Qualcomm confirmed as speakers

Live showcases and real-world demos take centre stage, including new zones, Airport of the Future and New Frontiers MWC26 Barcelona, the world’s largest and most influential connectivity event, is set to return to the bustling halls of Fira de Barcelona’s...

Spirent joins ESA to advance PNT resilience in UK

The global PNT ecosystem has been a hot target of screw-ups. Private companies and government agencies are joining forces to work out a solution Spirent joins ESA: Spirent has joined the European Space Agency to support the U.K. government’s Resilient...

What is PNT?

Positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) powers much of the modern world — yet remains invisible If you’ve used a navigation system, you’ve likely noticed that it pulls information across three dimensions — position, navigation, and time. It tells you where...

Google Cloud and Liberty Global sign 5 year deal

Collaboration focuses on Gemini AI deployment, customer service automation, and hardware expansion In sum - what we know: Five-year deal - Google Cloud and Liberty Global announced a partnership covering AI deployment, customer service automation, and more. Gemini AI - Liberty Global will integrate...

Emerson/NI White Paper: 2026 Technology Trends Impacting the Wireless Communications Industry

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, wireless communications, sensing technologies, and geopolitically influenced supply chains is reshaping the RF and wireless ecosystem.Drawing from emerging research, enterprise investment, government initiatives, and consumer adoption, this white paper outlines the key technology domains expected to define...

BT posts revenues of $6.8 billion in fiscal Q3

BT said it passed more than 1 million premises with FTTP for an eighth consecutive quarter In sum – what to know: Revenue down 4% to £5B in Q3 – Declines in service and equipment revenue, plus divestments, weighed on results,...

Dell’Oro raises O-RAN outlook on 5G, 6G demand

Dell’Oro said near-term O-RAN revenue expectations have been revised downward, while longer-term growth assumptions have improved In sum – what to know: Long-term O-RAN outlook improves – Expectations for the second half of 5G and early 6G deployments lifted the long-term...

AI infra faces its biggest test – people

As AI drives demand for new data centres, operators are discovering that the hardest constraints aren’t (just) land and power – they’re communities, politics, and staffing. Local opposition, public sentiment, and workforce shortages are reshaping where and how new...

T-Mobile US’ switching strategy lands in court again

Verizon has joined AT&T in challenging T-Mobile’s aggressive switching strategy that includes promotions, pricing comparisons, and a new Easy Switch tool In sum – what to know: Escalating legal pushback – Verizon’s lawsuit over disputed $1,000 savings claims comes on the...

Amazon Leo to provide satellite connectivity to AT&T 

Under the agreement, AT&T will use Leo’s satellite internet service, while providing ground-based fiber connectivity to AWS data centers In sum — what to know:  Hybrid connectivity play: Amazon Leo and AT&T signed a new agreement which will see the two...

Four Open RAN myths telcos need to move past, according to Wind River

For starters, automation and cloud-native tooling are making Open RAN more scalable, not less Despite the very real progress made around Open RAN, a few myths still linger. Many still believe the technology remains experimental, while others assume it is...

Bell sees rapid growth in AI-powered businesses, says CEO

Bell's CEO Mirko Bibic said in a conference call with investors that the company’s AI-powered enterprise solutions businesses are collectively growing approximately 60% year-over-year In sum – what to know: AI enterprise revenue – Bell’s three AI-powered enterprise units are growing...

Deutsche Telekom launches industrial AI factory in Munich

Deutsche Telekom noted that the infrastructure is built on nearly 10,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs In sum – what to know: AI factory – Built with nearly 10,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs for sovereign AI workloads across industry, research and government. Sovereign 'stack' –...

Amazon requests more time to launch Leo, SpaceX objects

Amazon told the FCC it needs a 24-month extension to meet Leo’s launch milestone for July, 2026 In sum — what to know: Missed milestone: Amazon has requested FCC to extend deadline for launching the first 1,618 Leo satellites to July,...

Leveraging existing infrastructure for quantum secure communications (Reader Forum)

Experts disagree on timing, but carriers and customers should expect quantum technology capable of breaking today’s encryption to emerge in the 2030s “Q-day,” the day when quantum computers will be able to defeat the Internet’s current security mechanisms, is fast...

Verizon’s vision for metro fibre and private 5G for enterprise AI inference

At a PTC panel in Hawaii last month, Verizon and industry peers discussed how AI is reshaping networks and data centres, prompting the US carrier to outline its strategy to leverage dense fibre and private 5G for enterprise AI...

Global broadband spending to peak by 2028: Dell’Oro

Jeff Heynen, vice president at Dell’Oro Group, told RCR Wireless News that XGS-PON will serve as the primary technology through at least 2030 for mass-market residential deployments In sum – what to know: Broadband capex peaks in 2028 – Total broadband...

Telia and ice to combine mobile RAN in Norway

The new entity will provide RAN services to Telia Norway and ice based on capacity usage In sum – what to know: Shared RAN, separate cores – Telia Norway and ice will combine radio networks while continuing to operate independent core...

SK Telecom turns to AI to restore profitability after FY2025 revenue decline

SK Telecom reported a consolidated revenue of KRW 17.099.2 trillion — down 4.7% year-on-year for fiscal year 2025 In sum – what to know: Cybersecurity fallout - The breach hit nearly SK Telecom’s entire subscriber base, driving subscriber losses, lower revenue,...

Viavi’s Q2 2026 earnings hit high end of guidance, driven by data center demand

Strong double-digit growth in NSE business drove net revenue higher, but Spirent’s revenue trailed behind estimates In sum — what to know:  Data center lift: Viavi reported upbeat fiscal second quarter results, driven by strong data center demand and modernization in...

The bulk-managed Wi-Fi industry needs economic ammunition — Now (Analyst Angle)

Managed Wi-Fi eliminates redundant truck rolls, avoids duplicate wiring, and enables smart building technology A regulatory storm is gathering as state legislatures from California to Colorado to New York advance bills that threaten to dismantle the bulk-managed Wi-Fi model in...