Arelion Widens Spectrum on Amsterdam-London Link With Nokia Optics
Arelion widened usable spectrum on its 500-kilometre Amsterdam-London route by 21 percent, pairing Nokia's Super C and Super L line system with coherent pluggables.
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OFN Buys Dark Fibre Across Iraq to Link Its Gulf Cable to Europe
OFN bought dark fibre pairs across Iraq from iQ Networks, extending its Fibre in Gulf subsea system toward Türkiye and Europe.
Telstra Lights Its Longest Aura Route From Perth to Sydney
Telstra lit the Perth-Sydney leg of its Aura Network, the longest route in a AU$1.8 billion fibre build aimed at the east-west digital corridor.
Openreach Puts 1.6Tbps Coherent Wavelengths Into Its Wholesale Portfolio
Openreach has deployed Ciena's Waveserver platform with WaveLogic 6 to carry 400G and 800G client traffic over 1.6Tbps wavelengths for its UK wholesale customers.
Cisco, AT&T and Nvidia Tell Carriers the Stack Is Finally Within Reach
Cisco, AT&T and Nvidia argued that AI inference gives carriers a rare opening to sell compute, security and orchestration on top of connectivity, with…
Ghana Issues 5G Licences to Telecel and MTN After Its Wholesale Model Stalls
Ghana awarded 5G licences to Telecel and MTN after ending the exclusive wholesale model run through Next Gen Infraco, whose rollout had reached 49…
Deutsche Telekom Tells Radio Vendors Its Mobile Capacity Budget Is Already Set
Deutsche Telekom told analysts at its first AI Investor Day that AI-driven uplink traffic will not add to its medium-term mobile capacity budget, a…
Ericsson’s 6G Guidance Puts AT&T’s Multivendor Bet Under Scrutiny
Ericsson's latest 6G architecture guidance points to geographic vendor splits instead of fully mixed radio networks, a shift that lands awkwardly on AT&T's open…
U Mobile Reaches 90% 5G Coverage Nine Months Early With Huawei Indoor System
U Mobile met its 90 percent population coverage target more than nine months early, with Huawei building the indoor layer and ZTE covering East…
Telecom Capex Rose About 5 Percent in the First Half and Dell’Oro Still Trims the Long View
Dell'Oro Group reported worldwide telecom capex up about 5 percent in the first half of 2026, with operator spending shifting from coverage to capacity,…
du Signs a Second Huawei 5G-Advanced Phase and Sets a 10 Gbps Indoor Target
UAE operator du signed a second 5G-Advanced agreement with Huawei, targeting 10 Gbps indoors and selling tiered speed packages over a standalone core.
Nokia Gives Brazil’s RNP One 4.8 Tbps IP Fabric Across More Than 350 Routers
Nokia and Q13 will modernise rede Ipe, Brazil's national research and education backbone, with 4.8 Tbps across more than 350 routers and a path…