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#Eurobites: Telefónica Tech lands smart-meter gig with Aguas de Cádiz; MTN Nigeria tots up the fiber cuts; STL, Colt combine on multi-core fiber trials; when not to use your phone in Finland.
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In a new document, Germany's telecom regulator treats the radio access network as 'critical,' with ramifications for Huawei.
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#SignalStrength: Dell'Oro Group's Jeff Heynen joins the first 'Signal Strength' podcast to discuss the big takeaways from TechExpo 2025, Verizon's new fiber partnership, CommScope's 'RemainCo' and a check into cable earnings season.
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The FCC is set to vote on a proposal to auction up to 180MHz of spectrum in the upper C-band. The approach is similar to the FCC's prior lower C-band auction, but does not yet address all concerns.
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If you're interested in #5G and/or #FWA, you should check out this news from @lightreading.bsky.social - www.lightreading.com/fixed-wirele...
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Open RAN has patently failed to inject significant competition into the market – just don't blame the incumbents.
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T-Mobile added 2.3 million total new customers in Q3, beating estimates for wireless and FWA growth, in a highlight for outgoing CEO Mike Sievert.
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ICYMI: Last week, @gbsohn.bsky.social joined @lightreading.bsky.social's The Divide, breaking down what’s gone wrong with BEAD under Trump’s NTIA, and why the momentum around public broadband is growing. 🎙️
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The FCC will vote next week on a notice of proposed rulemaking to roll back some requirements for consumer broadband labels. But as @publicknowledge.bsky.social warns "the Commission could create a permission structure for ISPs to continue to act without accountability." | @lightreading.bsky.social
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“If we can get communities over the hump of believing they can afford to do this, it will pay dividends.”
On @lightreading.bsky.social's The Divide, @gbsohn.bsky.social breaks down what’s wrong w/BEAD under Trump’s NTIA, and why public broadband is the answer.
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The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) last week sued the Trump administration for rescinding the Digital Equity Act's competitive grant program which was poised to fund efforts to help communities connect to the Internet.
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Verizon's Starry acquisition isn't a typical subscriber roll-up, writes Recon Analytics' Roger Entner. Verizon may have gained the intellectual property, operational expertise and multi-dwelling unit market access to solve its urban broadband delivery challenges.
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Hans Vestberg's sudden departure from the top job at Verizon is not how company bosses normally make a planned exit.
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Telstra has been ordered to pay a $12 million fine for switching nearly 9,000 Belong customers to a lower-speed Internet plan without their knowledge.
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People were mistaken to think open RAN would spur software competition, says Verizon's Yago Tenorio.
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State plan will achieve 'near-universal BEAD coverage.' But uncertainty remains around the NTIA's potential plan for further BEAD bidding.
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'Our platform is designed to be easy to use and cost-effective, qualities that unfortunately can also attract occasional bad actors,' said MobileX CEO Peter Adderton. The CEO noted that his firm has safeguards in place to identify and block automated or bulk usage.
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Nokia is replacing Ericsson, Huawei and Samsung at thousands of UK sites operated by VodafoneThree.
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Three people died after Australian telco Optus' emergency call system went down for 13 hours, with politicians warning it will face serious consequences.
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New Street Research's Blair Levin says the FCC has no legal authority to revoke a broadcaster license in this instance. The odds of a revocation are low, but the risk for broadcasters 'is higher than it has ever been,' he said.
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Amazon wants the FCC to roll back a five-year deorbit rule for satellites which was established in 2022 to mitigate the harms of orbital debris.
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EchoStar's share price has soared to a record high after lucrative spectrum sales and its decision to ditch open RAN.
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As the FCC considers changes to its annual broadband report, SpaceX is demanding the inclusion of satellite coverage in its analysis of service availability, arguing the role of satellite broadband 'can no longer be ignored.'
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Light Reading is delighted to announce the winners from hundreds of entries and dozens of finalists in the 20 categories comprising the 21st annual Leading Lights Awards.
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New Street Research policy analyst Blair Levin joins the podcast to discuss the outcome of BEAD's 'benefit of the bargain' bidding and how federal policy changes may exacerbate the digital divide despite increasing access.
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EchoStar has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its entire portfolio of prized AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses to SpaceX in a deal valued at approximately $19 billion.
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Samsung struggled in Q2 2025 in the foldable smartphone market, but analysts expect the smartphone giant will experience a more solid Q3.
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Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin explains why many CSPs believe AI will increase connectivity demand at a greater rate in their long-haul networks.
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