Podcast preview: Connected America’s star-studded agenda | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Podcasts 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...
Pilot Fiber launches high-capacity wavelength services in NYC | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News 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...
Bridging the Digital Divide: 5G Drives Rural Revitalization in Guangxi, China | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release [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...
FCC places foreign made consumer-grade routers on US ban list | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News 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...
INWIT’s Italian tower empire crumbling as TIM pulls out | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News 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...
T-Mobile and TPG eye Uniti’s fibre assets | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News 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...
Sparkle Empowers EdgeNext’s European Expansion with Robust Connectivity | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Rome, 2 April 2026 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...
Airtel and partners pump $1bn into Nxtra data centres | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News 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...
Poste Italiane signals state return with €10.8bn Telecom Italia bid | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News 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...
Colt develops Agentic AI engine with Microsoft AI cutting enterprise quote time from days to minutes | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More 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...