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13/01/2026

Join us for an exclusive webinar as we unveil insights from the 2025 Omdia Survey on automation and AI adoption in transport networks.

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✅ AI’s role in network health & predictive analytics
✅ Challenges to AI adoption and strategies to overcome them
✅ Operator plans for LLMs and agentic AI

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12/01/2026

Plume is expanding into AI-based customer care via the acquisition of Sweepr, an Ireland-based startup that counts Telus and Eir among its marquee customers.

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Plume is expanding into AI-based customer care via the acquisition of Sweepr, a startup that counts Telus and Eir among its marquee customers.

12/01/2026

A pilot of 5G technology has started in Ukraine, in the city of Lviv, but a full rollout of the technology will have to wait.

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A pilot of 5G technology has started in Ukraine, in the city of Lviv, but a full rollout of the technology will have to wait.

12/01/2026

The FCC has shed more light on a proposal to boost Wi-Fi performance in the 6GHz band using a new class of higher-powered 'GVP' devices that will be governed by 'exclusion zones' to mitigate interference with others in the band.

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The FCC has shed more light on a proposal to boost Wi-Fi performance in the 6GHz band using a new class of higher-powered 'GVP' devices.

12/01/2026

By selective buildouts using small cells and CBRS, cable operators are moving quickly to transform the wireless industry.

By Roger Entner for Light Reading: https://bit.ly/3LqkzXi

How Charter and Comcast build their way out of Verizon dependency

12/01/2026

In the wake of the mobile payment data breach, more than 216,000 KT subscribers took advantage of the recently instituted penalty fee waiver to switch to rival service providers.

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More than 216,000 KT subscribers took advantage of the recently instituted penalty fee waiver to switch to rival service providers.

12/01/2026

Cohere Technologies and its capacity-boosting software have long been praised by Vodafone, which has now made a funding move.

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Cohere Technologies and its capacity-boosting software have long been praised by Vodafone, which has now made a funding move.

12/01/2026

: Eutelsat orders 340 more OneWeb LEO satellites; Drahi gives OXG stake sale another go; Eutelsat and Boldyn hire new CEOs; Openreach gets misty-eyed.

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Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Drahi gives OXG stake sale another go; Eutelsat and Boldyn hire new CEOs; Openreach gets misty-eyed.

09/01/2026

In its response to American Tower's lawsuit, Dish Wireless argues that it is excused from its tower contract because parent EchoStar was 'forced' to sell spectrum amid FCC pressure.

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In its reply to American Tower's lawsuit, Dish Wireless says it is excused from its tower contract because parent EchoStar was 'forced' to sell spectrum.

09/01/2026

Can mobile and Wi-Fi get along in the upper 6GHz band? Ofcom thinks so. The UK regulator plans to adopt a novel spectrum sharing approach for the coveted frequencies that will give access to both technologies.

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Can mobile and Wi-Fi get along in the upper 6GHz band? UK regulator Ofcom thinks so and plans to adopt a novel spectrum sharing approach for this band.

09/01/2026

China has threatened to bar rare earth sales to Japan and will likely continue to leverage its dominance of heavy rare earths against the US.

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China has threatened to bar rare earth sales to Japan and will likely continue to leverage its dominance of heavy rare earths against the US.

09/01/2026

India's rapid 5G rollout is impressive, but legacy 2G and 4G networks remain essential, making a nationwide only-5G scenario by the end of 2026 impractical.

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India's rapid 5G rollout is impressive, but legacy 2G and 4G networks remain essential, making a nationwide only-5G setup by the end of 2026 impractical.