US moves closer to banning some foreign-made phones | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The FCC is moving closer to banning the recognition of device testing labs and certification bodies in foreign nations without reciprocity agreements. By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities New rules being considered by the Federal Communications Commission could have big impacts on the future of electronic devices in the United States. Under one of the rules, the FCC is considering banning the recognition of device testing labs in nations without...
Billionaire Xavier Niel offloads Proximus stake | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Niel has reduced his holding in the company to less than 0.1% French billionaire Xavier Niel, owner of Iliad Group, has sold his roughly 6% stake in Belgian telco Proximus, according to a recent filing. Assuming Proximus’s recent share price of €6.56, the deal would have netted Niel around €135 million. Niel acquired his roughly 6% stake in the business in late 2023 via his Irish holding company Carraun, praising the operator’s networks and...
This German company is taking lessons learned to US MDUs | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Podcasts Christian Breidenbach-Kaack, CEO of agnoss, says his company learned key lessons in Europe that can save American MDU owners big frustration. By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities With a playbook adapted for an efficient rollout in the US market, agnoss CEO Christian Breidenbach-Kaack says the level of services agnoss can offer to multi-dwelling units offers clear advantages as a one-stop shop for network design, construction, operation, and...
Sparkle Signs MoU with NaiTel and iLevant to Build a New Digital Corridor Connecting Europe with Asia | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Rome, 14th of May 2026 Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NaiTel, the telecom arm of Aqaba Digital Hub, and iLevant Ltd, to extend the GreenMed submarine cable system through the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, supporting the development of a new digital connectivity corridor linking Europe and Asia. Under the agreement, the parties will work to...
SoftBank to build its own batteries for AI data centres | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The new unit will support SoftBank’s expansive AI data centre ambitions In a press release issued today, Japanese conglomerate SoftBank has announced the creation of a new battery storage business operating under its mobile network operator unit, SoftBank Corp. The standalone unit will work on both the technical development of battery technologies, as well as their manufacture. To do this, the new unit has partnered with a pair of South Korean...
Verizon cuts hundreds more jobs as slimdown continues | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The move follows the announcement of 15,000 job cuts last year According to a report from Business Insider, US mobile network operator Verizon is preparing to cut ‘several hundred’ jobs. The exact number of jobs affected has not been announced, with Verizon saying only that the move will affect “less than 1%” of its total headcount. The roles will be cut across the organisation, with the company’s headquarters in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, being...
Telenor to launch Norwegian sovereign cloud business | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Telenor is establishing a new Norwegian sovereign cloud company designed for organisations with the most stringent requirements for security, resilience and regulatory compliance The company will be named Telenor Sovereign Cloud and was announced in connection with a visit from Norway’s Minister of Digitalisation, Karianne Tung. “Norwegian organisations need modern, scalable cloud services that at the same time provide full national...
Ooredoo and du to land FIG cable in the UAE | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Ooredoo Group today announced a partnership with du, the leading telecom and digital services provider, to land the Fibre in the Gulf (FIG) subsea cable system in the UAE, marking further progress in the development of a high-capacity international connectivity platform designed to support the region’s growing data and digital infrastructure requirements. FIG is the largest subsea cable system ever built in the GCC, designed to deliver an...
The Netherlands: Strengthening Europe’s digital gateway through subsea connectivity | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article by Aldert de Jongste, strategic advisor at ECP The Netherlands is seeing renewed subsea cable activity. Since January, IOEMA B.V. has established itself in the Netherlands, bringing a new submarine cable company into the Dutch digital infrastructure ecosystem. Its planned 1,600-kilometre fibre-optic system is designed to connect five Northern European markets and is expected to come ashore at both Eemshaven and near Scheveningen/The...
Cornerstone and StonesThro tap Neos Networks to support the ‘micro-edge’ | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Neos’ fibre network will be used to connect StonesThro’s distributed compute infrastructure This week, Neos Networks has announced a new partnership with Cornerstone to connect StonesThro’s edge computing infrastructure. The deal will see Neos Network’s fibre network connect StonesThro’s microscale, distributed cloud and AI compute units, some of which are being co-located with Cornerstone’s existing telecoms infrastructure deployments. These edge...