Infrastructure

The landscape of US spectrum auctions is shifting as the Federal Communications Commission moves to rebuild its auction pipeline and the wireless industry intensifies its push for access to the 4 GHz band. A recent conversation between FCC Chairman...

XLSMART has reached a significant construction milestone on its CANDLE subsea cable network, completing the landing of the Golden Buoy at Tanjung Bemban in Batam, Indonesia, on September 11, 2026. The achievement represents measurable progress for the approximately 8,000-kilometer...

Nokia and Microsoft are developing an agentic, unified data foundation designed to help telecommunications providers accelerate telecom network automation and AI-driven operations. The collaboration combines Nokia Data Suite with Microsoft Fabric, bringing together telco-specific data products, analytics, governance and...

Verizon has significantly broadened the scope of its collaborative push toward next-generation wireless technology by welcoming nine major companies into the 6G Innovation Forum. The newly added members are Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Intel, Keysight Technologies, MediaTek, NVIDIA, Palo...

Space42 and Viasat have signed a binding agreement to formally establish Equatys, a shared platform designed to provide space infrastructure for direct-to-device (D2D) and advanced mobile satellite services. The companies plan to commit up to US$1 billion in combined...

Telecom customer service has traditionally been reactive. Customers report a connectivity problem, failed service or performance issue, after which support teams investigate the cause and determine the appropriate response. Network operations may already have information about an incident or...

Telecom voice support is moving beyond traditional interactive voice response systems and scripted voice bots toward systems that can understand natural-language requests and participate in broader service workflows. Conventional IVR generally guides customers through predefined menus, while earlier voice...