What makes a smart community? Here’s why connectivity matters | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Podcasts All the gadgets in the world won’t make a community live up to smart-community expectations if the foundational connectivity is neglected. By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities Maz Khan, the president of Vitalis Smart Communities, says the term smart community is thrown around too loosely nowadays. “Somebody puts up a Nest thermostat and some sort of smart lock and all of a sudden it’s a smart community,” he said, while appearing on Beyond...
Indosat and Safaricom partner to share AI learnings | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News AI will be incorporated across customer engagement, network management, and digital payments Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and Safaricom have formed a partnership combining Indosat’s AI ambitions with Safaricom’s mobile finance expertise, aiming to improve both parties’ customer experience. According to the announcement, the arrangement will cover AI-enabled customer engagement, fraud detection, network planning and workforce development. The companies...
War in Iran sees 2Africa’s Pearls extension paused | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Work on the Middle Eastern portion of the 2Africa Pearls subsea cable has been suspended after Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) invoked force majeure, saying continuing operations in the Persian Gulf is unsafe amid the widening US–Israel–Iran conflict. According to Bloomberg , ASN informed customers the cable‑laying vessel is currently stranded in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and deployment through the Strait of Hormuz has been paused. The paused segment...
The Agentic AI era will transform how we build networks | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Partner Article At Mobile World Congress 2026, Fang Xiang, Huawei VP and President of Wireless Solution, outlined the company’s vision for what it calls the “Agentic MBB”. Speaking at the Huawei’s product and solutions launch, Fang argued that the rapid emergence of AI agents is fundamentally reshaping the way we think about network topology. Huawei predicts that by 2035, the global landscape will include 900 billion agents, with 90% of these running...
Comcast to test Edge AI apps using NVIDIA GPUs | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Comcast today announced a groundbreaking initiative to bring AI processing, using NVIDIA GPUs, closer to customers than ever before to accelerate the development of next-generation AI applications across America. The first-of-its-kind collaboration will test the performance of AI workloads running directly at the edge of Comcast’s network – in regional facilities closer to where customers live and work. The field trial takes advantage of...
Openreach UK Extend 10Gbps Cablelink Discount for FTTC and FTTP Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Network operator Openreach (BT) has significantly extended their special offer for broadband ISPs, which discounts the charge on 10Gbps Cablelinks for their FTTP and FTTC lines (GEA), nationwide, to just £399 +vat when taken on Layer 2 Switches (L2S) older than 6 months. Cablelink (Ethernet) products are how Openreach provide data capacity for their full fibre and other connections (i.e. the connection between their fibre headend and an ISP’s equipment)....
Channel Islands Regulators Push Forward Solution for JT Mobile Number Porting | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The regulators for the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey have reached an agreement that should resolve a tricky problem, which meant customers of JT’s mobile service couldn’t keep their existing mobile number when switching to virtual operator Coop Mobile (here). But JT has now agreed to support number ports by 17th March 2026, more than six weeks earlier than first planned. Just to recap. Coop Mobile came about after the States of Guernsey voted in...
Global Coalition on Telecoms and UK Set Out Security Standards for 6G Mobile | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The UK Government and the Global Coalition on Telecoms (GCOT), which also includes Australia, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Finland and the USA, have today published a joint statement that appears to set out their expectations for how the next generation of 6G mobile (mobile broadband) technology should adopt stricter standards to improve network security and resilience. The future 6G standard is currently still in the middle of its Research and Development...
Huawei launches enhanced AI-centric network solutions for All Intelligence at MWC 2026 | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Huawei released a series of all-scenario U6 GHz products today at MWC Barcelona 2026 to help carriers unlock the full potential of 5G-A and set the stage for a seamless transition to 6G. The company also launched enhanced AI-Centric Network solutions that will help carriers prepare for the agentic era by enabling intelligent services, networks, and network elements (NEs). Huawei is also showcasing its SuperPoD cluster for the first time...
Virgin Media and O2 UK Offer Free Phone Calls and Data to the Middle East | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has announced that they will credit back the cost of calls, SMS messages and data (mobile broadband) to and from the UK to several countries in the Middle East, which will be backdated to 28th February and run until 7th March 2026 (although this may be extended). The promotion, which reflects the problems being caused by ongoing events in that part of the world, will apply to customers of O2’s Pay...