Podcast preview: Connected America’s star-studded agenda | Total Telecom

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Beyond the Cable takes a sneak peek at the agenda for Connected America 2026, which opens next month with a packed two-day program in Texas

The agenda on Day 1 at Connected America will hit the ground running, with a focus on the immediate realities of nationwide buildouts, from federal BEAD implementation and state broadband office strategies to tribal connectivity and middle‑mile infrastructure, while a slate of keynotes and panels will examine how fiber, fixed wireless, satellite, and 5G must work together to reach unserved communities.

Sessions on both days, which reviewed in full on Connected America’s website, will also highlight the practical barriers facing deployments: supply chain and labor constraints, regulatory compliance, and the challenge of turning infrastructure into adoption.

Meanwhile, artificial intelligence and data center growth also emerge as cross‑cutting themes, with panels exploring how AI can optimize network performance, reduce costs, and enable new rural and enterprise services, while conversations on edge and hyperscale data center demand consider where capacity and investment will cluster.

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Additionally, panels on affordability, community‑centric business models and strategies to convert new networks into sustainable subscriber bases aim to connect buildout plans with long‑term social and economic outcomes.

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Taken together, Connected America’s agenda reflects the complexity of the current U.S. connectivity landscape, a mix of historic federal investment, rapid technological change, and urgent implementation challenges.

For policymakers, operators, and community leaders, the event offers a concentrated forum to reconcile competing priorities: accelerating deployment at scale, ensuring networks are resilient and AI‑ready, and making sure the benefits of connectivity reach the communities most at risk of being left behind.

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Pilot Fiber launches high-capacity wavelength services in NYC | Total Telecom

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Pilot Fiber has rolled out high-capacity wavelength services in New York’s metro, upgrading its backbone to support 400-gigabit connections.

By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities

Scandinavian optical networking solutions provider Smartoptics says New York-based Pilot Fiber has enhanced their critically important fiber backbone using their solution.

According to a release provided to Total Telecom, Pilot Fiber, which serves enterprise and financial services sectors in New York City, now provides “wavelength services over an 800G-ready Smartoptics ROADM architecture.”

Joe Fasone, the CEO of Pilot Fiber, said the process went smoothly. As a result, the company is positioned to offer managed, end-to-end wavelength services between its fiber footprint in Manhattan and New Jersey data centers, where many enterprises co-locate critical infrastructure.

With any new product, you expect some complexity, but we were able to install and test the equipment and bring services online in about two weeks,” he said.

Pilot Fiber’s network already spans more than 300 miles and interconnects over 1,000 commercial buildings, the release says. Their network supports latency- and capacity-sensitive workloads such as trading, quantum experiments and AI inference.

The upgrade replaces or augments portions of Pilot Fiber’s backbone with a 400G-capable design using Smartoptics DCP-R ROADMs and a DCP-2 transponder chassis, according to Smartoptics.

“Flexibility and scalability”

Additionally, Pilot Fiber the aforementioned equipment can be deployed in a compact 2RU footprint, a notable advantage in cramped points of presence across the city.

“What ultimately drove us to Smartoptics was the flexibility and scalability of the platform,” Fasone added.

Fasone also said the two-week turnaround was critical for time-to-market and operational confidence..

For Smartoptics, the deal is part of a wider push into the U.S. market.

“Pilot is building a more automated and resilient service model to support enterprise connectivity in one of the world’s most demanding metro markets,” Smartoptics CEO Magnus Grenfeldt said, noting that the SoSmart management suite provides visibility and a structured path to automate service planning and activation while preserving reliability.

While the release provides technical detail and vendor quotes, it does not disclose pricing, contract terms, or the exact list of data centers connected under the upgrade.

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Bridging the Digital Divide: 5G Drives Rural Revitalization in Guangxi, China | Total Telecom

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[Chongzuo, China, March 26, 2026] In the karst terrain of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Buhua Village, once a remote and economically underdeveloped community, has been transformed into a popular tourist attraction thanks to a 5G information superhighway co-built by China Mobile and Huawei. This digital leap has established the village as a model of rural revitalization, generating over CNY500,000 in annual collective village income and boosting per capita annual earnings by CNY18,000. 

Chongzuo is characterized by impressive karst landforms with peak clusters and peak forests. This breathtaking terrain presents huge challenges for communications network buildout. To overcome these geographic barriers, China Mobile and Huawei have collaborated on technological innovations in a bid to achieve comprehensive network coverage. Today, all administrative villages in Chongzuo have access to 5G networks, while 99% of its natural villages have 4G coverage and 94% have 5G coverage. 

Buhua Village is within the jurisdiction of Chongzuo City. The village upgraded its networks from 4G to 5G as early as 2021, offering residents digital services on par with those seen in major cities. The deployment of advanced communications networks has catalyzed the growth of Buhua’s distinctive local industries. 

In Xinhe Town, where the village is situated, a digital e-commerce ecosystem has been established, featuring 65 product stores on platforms like JD.com and Douyin, which are collectively owned by the village. Furthermore, a live-streaming incubation base has been established, nurturing 27 local live streamers. These stores secure over CNY300,000 in revenue each year by selling local specialties like Buhua brown sugar. This is a handcrafted product that is recognized as intangible cultural heritage, with a 150% price premium over normal brown sugar. It is sold to tier-1 cities in China, like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, and is even exported overseas, including to Japan and South Korea. 

Digital technology is also driving the upgrade of the local tourism industry. China Mobile has established an intelligent ticketing system at the Heishui River, which is Buhua Village’s most popular scenic spot where activities like rafting, boat tours, and paddleboarding are available for tourists. This system has reduced the average time for tourists to purchase tickets from 20 minutes to just 3 minutes, with online purchases now accounting for 30% of the total. Accommodation can also be booked through the system, which has increased the booking rate of local homestays by 30%. 

Digitalization has further expanded to the ecological protection field. A safety monitoring and IT system project for modern irrigation engineering along the Heishui River has been launched, with investment totaling CNY100 million. Supported by the Bianjiang Zhizhou open AI platform, the digital monitoring system is set to cover 13 towns across four counties/districts in Chongzuo. Once up and running, it will enable the integrated, real-time monitoring of water quality and other ecological parameters of the Heishui River, and intelligently issue early warnings to guarantee safe water irrigation across 60,000 hectares of farmland in the river basin. 

Digitalization has helped Buhua Village make the jump from poverty to prosperity. In 2025, the village’s annual collective economic income (generated from assets, land, or enterprises owned by the village community rather than individuals) exceeded CNY500,000. The average income of every household reached over CNY80,000, three times the average income from traditional sugarcane farming. The annual per capita income of villagers increased by CNY18,000. As a result, an increasing number of young people have chosen to return to the village and develop their careers. 

Zhou Peng, General Manager of China Mobile Guangxi’s Chongzuo Branch, said, “By bridging the digital divide, we are helping remote villages like Buhua develop digital trade alongside traditional agriculture. This is transforming resources that were not fully used in the past due to geographical limitations into strong momentum for economic growth in the digital age.” 

Tian Yongsheng, Deputy General Manager of Huawei Guangxi, noted, “Huawei is supporting China Mobile in building a solid digital foundation for Chongzuo with innovative solutions. We look forward to seeing technology overcome geographical limitations and enable more remote villages to achieve leapfrog development in the 5G and AI era.” 

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FCC places foreign made consumer-grade routers on US ban list | Total Telecom

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Consumer-grade routers manufactured in foreign countries are now on the FCC’s list of products considered to be national security threats.

By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States has taken a step to heed President Donald Trump’s call to close security gaps in the United States by placing foreign made routers on the FCC’s list of products deemed to pose unacceptable security risks.

As a result of the move, foreign-made consumer grade routers will now be prohibited from receiving FCC authorization, in line with the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act.

“Following President Trump’s leadership, the FCC will continue do our part in making sure that U.S. cyberspace, critical infrastructure, and supply chains are safe and secure,” Chairman Brendan Carr said in a statement included with the FCC’s release.

An exemption for routers granted conditional approval by the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security was also included in the FCC’s decision.

Existing routers not impacted by the decision

Meanwhile, the FCC also urged producers of foreign made routers to submit conditional approval applications.

“As outlined below, today’s action does not impact a consumer’s continued use of routers they previously acquired. Nor does it prevent retailers from continuing to sell, import, or market router models approved previously through the FCC’s equipment authorization process,” the FCC’s release stated. “By operation of the FCC’s Covered List rules, the restrictions imposed today apply to new device models.”

The move is being billed as in line with the president’s strategy for national security, announced in 2025.

“The United States must never be dependent on any outside power for core components—from raw materials to parts to finished
products—necessary to the nation’s defense or economy,” the strategy stated.

A full list of companies and products featured on the FCC’s list of products covered under the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act can be found online at the FCC’s website.

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INWIT’s Italian tower empire crumbling as TIM pulls out | Total Telecom

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TIM follows its rival Fastweb+Vodafone in refusing to renew its contact with Italy’s largest tower company

On Monday, Italy’s largest mobile operator Telecom Italia (TIM) announced that it will not renew its Master Service Agreement (MSA) with tower giant Infrastructure Wireless Italiane (INWIT) in 2030, based on a change-of-control clause exercised by INWIT in 2022.

The move follows news last week that TIM’s local rival Fastweb+Vodafone is also seeking to terminate its agreement with INWIT. In this case, the operator says that INWIT did not exercise its change-of-control clause, which would allow it to terminate the agreement in March 2028. If this claim is found to be true, TIM has clarified that it will also terminate the agreement at this earlier date.

INWIT, currently Italy’s largest tower operator, was founded in 2015 via the spinning-off of TIM’s passive mobile infrastructure. The company subsequently merged with Vodafone Italia’s tower unit and continued to grow, with its infrastructure footprint today spanning around 26,000 towers across the country.

In recent years, both TIM and Fastweb+Vodafone have complained that INWIT’s fees are too high, driving them to seek alternative options.

As such, TIM and Fastweb+Vodafone recently announced their commitment to launch a new infrastructure joint venture, which aims to deploy up to 6,000 towers across Italy. This business, the companies claim, will allow the operators to improve operational efficiency and align costs with the European average.

INWIT, however, contests the legality of the MSA terminations and arguing that its fees are in line with international benchmarks.

“This action is unlawful and lacks industrial rationale,” INWIT said. “The contract remains valid and effective until 2038; it is in line with market conditions and creates value for all parties involved.”

“Any attempt to terminate the contract early must be considered instrumental and aimed at exerting undue pressure on Inwit to renegotiate the terms of the MSA,” the company added in response the Fastweb+Vodafone announcement, saying it “has instructed its lawyers to take action in all appropriate venues, including seeking injunctive relief, to fully protect its interests and those of all stakeholders.”

INWIT also argues that the decision to shift to a new tower provider will cause unnecessary overbuild and be bad for the nation’s digital development.

“Infrastructure duplication has no industrial, economic or environment logic, requires biblical implementation time and would slow down much-needed development of 5G,” said INWIT in a statement.

If the cancellations do progress, both operators say will seek to negotiate a migration plan with INWIT to ensure that customers will be unaffected by the decision.

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T-Mobile and TPG eye Uniti’s fibre assets | Total Telecom

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T-Mobile and private equity firm TPG are considering a bid to carve up Uniti Group, with T-Mobile targeting the consumer last-mile fibre business and TPG interested in the wholesale and enterprise fibre assets, according to reports.

Uniti has spent the past year repositioning itself around fibre following the recombination with Windstream, accelerating buildouts and shifting customers from legacy copper services to modern fibre networks. Uniti’s Q4 results for 2025 saw the company add 28,000 net Kinetic fibre subscribers and pass an additional 80,000 premises with fibre, bringing total premises passed close to 1.9 million.

Management has emphasised a balanced strategy across retail, wholesale and enterprise lines, with Kinetic focused on smaller metro and suburban footprints while the enterprise and carrier transport business supplies long-haul routes and wholesale capacity. Investor materials highlight a presence across some 18 states, with more than half of households located in the Southeast and a significant concentration in Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets where competition is lighter.

The company has yet to begin a formal sale process, but has said it is open to reviewing interests from several parties.

For T-Mobile, acquiring a built fibre last-mile could fast-track its fixed broadband ambitions and provide a ready retail brand and subscriber base to pair with its wireless services. However, it would also bring substantial legacy copper liabilities and migration challenge, with Uniti currently transitioning some of its customers to its fibre networks.

TPG’s interest, on the other hand, would be consistent with its recent activity in communications infrastructure, having pursued large-scale fibre and tower opportunities in recent years.

No financial details of the potential offers have been revealed.

Nonetheless, the rumour has triggered a sharp uptick in Uniti’s share price, jumping roughly 14% on the news.

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Sparkle Empowers EdgeNext’s European Expansion with Robust Connectivity | Total Telecom

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Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces a new collaboration with EdgeNext, a global Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Intelligent Edge Cloud Platform, for the provision of International IP Transit services in Europe. Through this agreement, Sparkle enables EdgeNext to expand its network presence beyond Asia, providing its European clients with faster, more reliable connectivity.

EdgeNext is a leading provider of edge cloud services, offering networking, security, and computing solutions to enterprise clients. The company operates over 1,500 edge nodes across more than 290 cities worldwide, supporting its goal of delivering reliable, high-performance digital access globally, with a focus on Africa, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, with plans to expand further internationally.

Under the agreement, Sparkle will provide IP Transit via its Tier 1 global IP backbone, Seabone, offering reliable, low-latency IP transit services in Europe with throughput in the range of Terabits per second. Both companies aim to replicate this success in Africa and South America, expanding global digital access and enabling the next generation of cloud services.

We are pleased to partner with EdgeNext in their expansion to Europe,” said Enrico Bagnasco, CEO of Sparkle. “Through our Seabone network, we are able to provide reliable, high-performance connectivity to support their cloud and CDN services, helping them deliver optimal experiences to their clients.

Partnering with Sparkle allows us to rely on a Tier 1 global operator, extending our network capabilities beyond Asia,” said Terence Wang, CEO of EdgeNext. “Through this collaboration, we can offer faster and more reliable services to our European clients, marking an important step in our international expansion.

With 89 PoPs in Europe and a comprehensive suite of IP solutions, including DDoS Protection and Virtual NAP, Sparkle positions itself as a partner of choice for cloud providers and network operators worldwide, delivering ultra-fast, low-latency, high-performance connectivity across Europe and beyond.

 

About Sparkle

Sparkle is TIM Group’s global operator, first international service provider in Italy and among the top worldwide, offering a full range of infrastructure and global connectivity services – capacity, IP, SD-WAN, colocation, IoT connectivity, roaming and voice – to national and international Carriers, OTTs, ISPs, Media/Content Providers, and multinational enterprises. As a leading player in the submarine cable industry, Sparkle owns and manages a network of more than 600,000 km of fiber stretching across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Americas, and Asia. Sparkle’s sales team has a global presence, with representatives in 32 countries.

Find out more about Sparkle following its X and LinkedIn profiles or visiting the website tisparkle.com

 

About EdgeNext

EdgeNext is a prominent leader in the global edge cloud services industry, with a robust infrastructure of over 1,500 edge nodes spanning more than 290 cities worldwide. The company has established strong interconnection partnerships with over 100 key operators worldwide, enabling it to deliver comprehensive edge cloud services, including networking, security, and computing, to meet the diverse needs of its enterprise clients. As part of its ongoing commitment to expanding its presence and capabilities, EdgeNext has been actively growing its infrastructure throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This expansion allows EdgeNext to provide tailored, high-performance solutions for major Internet Service Providers (ISPs), local businesses, international organizations, and strategic partners, ensuring their specific needs are met with precision and efficiency.

 

Sparkle Media Contacts:

sparkle.communication@tisparkle.com

X: @TISparkle

 

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Airtel and partners pump $1bn into Nxtra data centres | Total Telecom

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The transaction is designed to accelerate Nxtra’s buildout of large-scale and edge facilities to serve enterprises, hyperscalers, and government customers across India.

Bharti Airtel has secured a $1 billion equity infusion for its data centre arm Nxtra Data from a consortium led by Alpha Wave Global, with participation from The Carlyle Group, Anchorage Capital and Airtel itself, the company said.

Under the terms disclosed, Alpha Wave Global will contribute $435 million, Carlyle $240 million, Anchorage Capital $35 million, with Airtel investing the remainder. Final investor stakes will be subject to post-closing adjustments and customary approvals.

According to reporting, the deal will see Nxtra valued at roughly $3.1 billion, with Airtel remaining the controlling shareholder.

The capital will be applied primarily to capacity expansion, with Nxtra planning to grow from about 300 MW today to a targeted 1 GW, aiming t control roughly a quarter of India’s data centre market.

Headquartered in New Delhi, Nxtra already operates 14 major data centres and more than 120 edge facilities across India, with recent openings in Pune and active development of AI-ready campuses in Chennai, Mumbai, and Kolkata.

As always, the deal is subject to typical regulatory approvals.

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Poste Italiane signals state return with €10.8bn Telecom Italia bid | Total Telecom

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Poste Italiane has launched a €10.8 billion cash-and-stock bid for Telecom Italia (TIM), a move that signals a definitive return to state influence for the operator three decades after its privatisation. The offer, unveiled late Sunday, values TIM at a 9 per cent premium to its Friday closing price, comprising €0.167 in cash plus 0.0218 newly issued Poste shares for each TIM share.

The proposed acquisition follows a period of significant restructuring for TIM. In 2024, the operator completed the €22 billion sale of its fixed-line network infrastructure (NetCo) to a KKR-led consortium. While that divestment was designed to alleviate TIM’s historical debt burden, this new bid aims to consolidate the remaining service operations—including mobile, enterprise, and data centres—under the umbrella of the state-controlled postal and financial services conglomerate.

Poste Italiane, which is two-thirds owned by the Italian state, has been incrementally building its position in the operator. It currently holds a 27.3 per cent stake, having replaced Vivendi as the lead shareholder following the French conglomerate’s exit. If the transaction proceeds as structured, the Italian government’s stake in Poste would dilute to just above 50% due to the issuance of new equity.

Poste CEO Matteo Del Fante justified the move to analysts on Monday as a strategic necessity. He noted that controlling TIM’s core digital assets—specifically its cloud, edge computing, and cybersecurity unit Telsy—is essential for national competitive advantage. Poste anticipates €700 million in annual pre-tax synergies, with €500 million derived from cost reductions and the remainder from cross-selling across their combined digital platforms.

The bid has received an initial nod of support from TIM CEO Pietro Labriola, who reportedly views the deal as the birth of a “national champion.” However, market analysts have reacted with caution. Shares in Poste Italiane fell 7 per cent on Monday morning, while TIM shares rose 5 per cent, remaining below the offer price.

James Ratzer of New Street Research characterised the bid as an “opportunistic attempt at renationalisation,” suggesting that the current premium may be too low to satisfy all shareholders. Barclays echoed this sentiment, noting that the 9 per cent premium appears modest given the potential for further consolidation in Italy’s hyper-competitive mobile market.

For the Meloni administration, the deal represents a consolidation of digital sovereignty. By bringing TIM’s retail and enterprise divisions back into the state fold, the government secures tighter control over critical data infrastructure and services.

The TIM board is scheduled to meet today to begin a formal assessment of the offer. If successful, Poste Italiane expects to close the transaction by the end of 2025, with the deal becoming accretive to earnings per share from 2027.

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Colt develops Agentic AI engine with Microsoft AI cutting enterprise quote time from days to minutes | Total Telecom

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London, March 2nd 2026 – Colt Technology Services (Colt), the global digital infrastructure company, today announced a successful proof of concept for an agentic AI engine it has developed together with Microsoft, to accelerate, simplify and clarify complex deal pricing for customers and enhance the Colt customer experience. As Colt’s customers grow, scale and expand their global presence, pricing can be complex, particularly across global markets, and a lack of transparency can be confusing and costly. The new agentic AI engine reduces time spent on developing and sharing pricing from days to just 10 minutes, giving customers fast, accurate competitive deal pricing to help drive decision making and manage cost control.  

Colt is exploring ways to apply agentic AI throughout the customer journey, from pricing to onboarding and beyond. This pricing agent is one of the first proofs of concept to be explored and delivered as part of the Colt programme. In just three days Colt and Microsoft trained the agent to deliver complex deal pricing across the majority of its markets, with 99% accuracy. While the quotes are generated by the agent, Colt’s skilled teams check them before issuing to customers.  

This agentic AI engine is one of the first tools to be developed as part of Colt’s broader ‘people first’ AI strategy, which focuses on creating secure, scalable and responsible AI ecosystems for its employees and customers, empowering them to face an AI defined future with confidence.  

Frank Miller, chief AI and platforms officer, Colt Technology Services says, “Enterprise IT buying has always been complex. A large-scale global infrastructure project can take weeks for providers to generate accurate pricing, but there’s no question it can slow down delivery. Together with Microsoft, we wanted to explore how AI capabilities can break this pattern. By accelerating and clarifying pricing, our customers can focus on achieving their goals, faster, while we keep them connected across the world. Businesses deserve connectivity without complexity and its down to global digital infrastructure providers to make sure this happens.” 

Frank added, “We’ll continue the innovation journey with Microsoft in building the factory for agentic application in telecommunication with a specific focus on the best possible customer experience; fast, simple, accurate, secure and reliable.” 

“Agentic AI has the potential to transform complex enterprise workflows in the telecom industry, where speed, accuracy and scale are critical,” said Rick Lievano, Worldwide CTO, Telco, Media & Gaming at Microsoft. “Colt’s initiative, combining deep telecom domain expertise with Microsoft cloud AI capabilities, helps automate complex processes, improve consistency, and give customers faster access to the information they need to make informed decisions.” 

The agentic AI engine for pricing is expected to become available for use later this year.  

About Colt Technology Services 

We’re Colt. We own and operate exceptional digital infrastructure which powers the global AI economy, connects societies, builds communities and transforms lives. Thousands of colleagues in 65+ offices across Europe, Asia, and North America share a deep commitment to delivering an outstanding experience and making every interaction effortless for our customers. 

Customers and partners choose our award-winning fibre infrastructure, digital platforms and security solutions, delivered across a network that spans continents and crosses oceans. We’re Europe’s largest B2B operator: we connect 40+ countries, 32,000 enterprise buildings, 275+ points of presence, and 12 cable landing stations and we manage eight subsea cable systems. We also co-manage AS3356 – the most widely peered network in the world. 

Founded in London over 30 years ago, we’re privately funded and driven by values of fairness, inclusion and equity. We’re known for our urgent call for social and sustainable change and we’re guided by our purpose in everything we do: creating effortless connections and extraordinary outcomes for our customers, communities and people. Be a part of our story: come on over to www.colt.net  or join our amazing communities at LinkedInInstagramTikTokFacebook and YouTube. Media enquiry? Email us at pressqueries@colt.net 

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