Telecom Ramblings

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Pino G. Dicorato, Solution Marketing for Nokia’s Network Infrastructure optical network automation environment portfolio at Nokia.

By: Pino G. Dicorato Optical networks are carrying higher volumes of AI traffic and facing stricter demand around service availability, time-to-market pressure, and operational cost control expectations. Providers are also pushing optical infrastructure deeper into metro locations to support optimized performance and lower latencies for the rich data traffic associated with AI inferencing. [Read more →]

Three interesting infrastructure projects on three continents, one longhaul, one metro, and one campus: [Read more →]

Some regional fiber, some cloud connectivity, and some enterprise internet: [Read more →]

For many years now SUBCO has been busy building out infrastructure connecting Australia to itself and to the rest of the world. So today’s announcement that they plan to build not one, not two, but three new ‘hypercables’ is a surprise only in quantity. The new systems aim to meet the next wave of bandwidth demand from AI-driven growth. [Read more →]

Three upgrade projects, two below the waves and one back on land: [Read more →]

Some IX news, some FTTH, some VoIP, and some cybersecurity: [Read more →]

Two regional fiber buildouts, some financial network infrastructure, and a bit of FTTx: [Read more →]

EXA Infrastructure has plans for a new transatlantic cable system. Yesterday they launched EXA Meridian, which will connect the east coast of the US with the southwestern part of the UK. It will be the company’s 9th cable and will be built by EXA solo – no consortium needed. [Read more →]

Four interesting network upgrade projects: [Read more →]

A new data center project, a new IX, and some rural broadband expansion: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Tom Traugott, SVP of Emerging Technologies at EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure

For most of the AI boom, the limiting question was who could secure the most advanced chips. In August of this year, NVIDIA signaled that the challenge has moved beyond silicon. It announced memorandums of understanding with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR intended to mobilize more than $500 billion of third-party capital for AI infrastructure over time. The goal is to finance not just accelerators, but the broader systems required to turn them into usable compute. [Read more →]

Some vendor and IX news, an IX expansion, and two acquisitions in the data center services biz: [Read more →]

Long term deals for massive amounts of fiber seem to be a thing this year, and Corning is certainly enjoying it. Yesterday Verizon and Corning announced a multi-year, multi-billion dollar supply agreement targeting demand over the next six years or so. [Read more →]

Two from Latin America and two from Down Under: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Biju Anidil, Regional VP Sales, EMEA & APAC, Evergent

Every monetisation vendor, mine included, will tell you to modernise your BSS. You have heard it a hundred times, which is why most of you have not acted. The advice is not wrong. It is incomplete, and the missing part is the reason operators stay stuck. [Read more →]

Two M&A completions, an expansion, and some quantum: [Read more →]

Some news from around the industry: [Read more →]

Four interesting items, two from across the pond and two from out west: [Read more →]

This Industry Spotlight was authored by Dario Betti, CEO, Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF)

On 12 September 2026, the second presidency of Donald Trump reaches its 600th day. While the political debate around the administration often focuses on tariffs, immigration, and geopolitics, telecom has quietly become one of the sectors most affected by the policy shifts of the last 18 months. [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Juho Sarvikas, CEO of Inseego

Each generation of wireless has had a breakthrough moment, a single application that justified the upgrade and captured public imagination. 2G gave us Short-Message Service (SMS). 3G brought mobile internet to the masses. 4G built the smartphone ecosystem, putting everything from ridesharing and mobile banking to streaming in the palm of our hands. Each of these “killer apps” gave operators a clear story to tell: Build the network, and this is what you’ll get. [Read more →]

Four bits of fiber expansion news from around the US to catch up on: [Read more →]

EXA Infrastructure has added an interesting new longhaul route to its European network. They have built out a new terrestrial link between the Spanish markets of Barcelona and Bilbao. [Read more →]

A bit of AI, a bit of last mile fiber, and a regulatory hurdle: [Read more →]