Orange Business focuses on sovereign comms, AI agents and anti-drone system in portfolio expansion
Orange Business is presenting new offerings and a dozen "breakthrough innovations" at its annual summit, a two-day event ending on 18 March during which the B2B arm of the Orange group will interact with over 1,000 customers. The launches aim to expand the portfolio beyond connectivity, combining sovereign cloud and AI capabilities, as well as service integration from new and existing technical partners.
Orange Business focuses on sovereign comms, AI agents and anti-drone system in portfolio expansion
Orange Business is presenting new offerings and a dozen "breakthrough innovations" at its annual summit, a two-day event ending on 18 March during which the B2B arm of the Orange group will interact with over 1,000 customers. The launches aim to expand the portfolio beyond connectivity, combining sovereign cloud and AI capabilities, as well as service integration from new and existing technical partners.
Japanese operators to launch emergency roaming service for disasters
Japan's five mobile network operators, NTT Docomo, KDDI, Okinawa Cellular, SoftBank and Rakuten Mobile, will launch a joint emergency roaming service, "Japan Roaming", on 1 April to provide backup connectivity during major outages and disasters. The service will allow subscribers to connect temporarily to another operator's 4G LTE network if their primary provider's service is unavailable due to large-scale disruptions. It is intended as an additional contingency alongside existing alternatives such as publ
Japanese operators to launch emergency roaming service for disasters
Japan's five mobile network operators, NTT Docomo, KDDI, Okinawa Cellular, SoftBank and Rakuten Mobile, will launch a joint emergency roaming service, "Japan Roaming", on 1 April to provide backup connectivity during major outages and disasters. The service will allow subscribers to connect temporarily to another operator's 4G LTE network if their primary provider's service is unavailable due to large-scale disruptions. It is intended as an additional contingency alongside existing alternatives such as publ
Vodafone Spain inks Seville smart tourism deal
Vodafone Spain (Zegona) has signed a deal with Sekba Technology and Seville's Provincial IT Company (Inpro) to develop a Tourism Intelligence Plan for the province. The operator said it had been awarded Lot 1 of the project, which covers Destination Tourism Sustainability Plans in Seville's Sierra Morena and Doñana regions.
Vodafone Spain inks Seville smart tourism deal
Ericsson welcomes US economic affairs under-secretary to 5G manufacturing base
Ericsson has welcomed a US federal government under-secretary to its USA 5G Smart Factory in Lewisville, Texas. Jacob Helberg, US Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, visited the facility with a staff of more than 550, alongside US ambassador to Sweden Christine Toretti, Swedish ambassador Urban Ahlin, Ericsson president and CEO Borje Ekholm, and head of Ericsson Americas Yossi Cohen.
Ericsson welcomes US economic affairs under-secretary to 5G manufacturing base
AT&T launches new app with advanced GenAI assistant feature
AT&T has announced the launch of the new AT&T app, allowing customers to buy and manage all their connectivity services in one place. The new app uses a GenAI assistant to provide a more personalised experience for customers. For the first time, customers can buy and trial services directly through the app.
AT&T launches new app with advanced GenAI assistant feature
Lumentum to showcase optical channel monitors, pluggables and DWDM laser source at OFC
Lumentum is highlighting optical components for telecoms as well as scale-out, scale-across and scale-up wavelength connectivity at the 2026 Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) conference in Los Angeles. Telecoms-capable products on display include a multi-rail Coherent Optical Channel Monitor that integrates two C-band and two L-band channels to increase density by fourfold versus current generation products.
Lumentum to showcase optical channel monitors, pluggables and DWDM laser source at OFC
Ciena and Meta declare 'record' 800 Gbps subsea transmission on Bifrost cable system
Ciena and Meta have declared a new world record in subsea transmission,delivering 800 Gbps on a single wavelength over the 16,608 km trans-Pacific Bifrost Cable System. Meta used Ciena'sGeoMesh Extreme submarine network product powered by its6500 Reconfigurable Line System (RLS) and Waveserver platform usingWavelLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) coherent optics. Bifrost carries traffic between Singapore, Indonesia, The Philippines, Guam and California.
Ciena and Meta declare 'record' 800 Gbps subsea transmission on Bifrost cable system
UK, European consortium launches Nomadlink connectivity solution
UK and European tech firms Excelerate Technology, Eutelsat and Livewire Digital have joined forces to launch the 'Nomadlink' connectivity trailer in the UK. This is designed to provide almost instant connectivity in rural and isolated areas for large public events, major incidents and other situations.
UK, European consortium launches Nomadlink connectivity solution
Summa Networks, Cataleya partner on secure core and VoIP platforms
Madrid-based Summa Networks and communications software specialist Cataleya have announced a partnership to offer mobile operators secure and high-performance core network and VoIP signalling platforms, aiming to provide a flexible alternative to large telecom infrastructure vendors. The collaboration combines Summa Networks' modular and cloud-native core technologies spanning HLR, HSS, EPC, IMS and advanced subscriber data management with Cataleya's Orchid Link Session Border Controller for voice and signa
Summa Networks, Cataleya partner on secure core and VoIP platforms
Cgates closes acquisition of part of Splius business
Lithuanian regional operator Cgates completed the acquisition of part of regional operator Splius after clearance from the national competition regulator. The takeover cost more than EUR 13 million. Cgates acquired a newly-established subsidiary of Splius for the assets, which will be merged with Cgates. As a result of the takeover, fixed broadband and smart TV services from Cgates will become available in eleven municipalities in the North and West Lithuania. The services will be available in the Klaipeda,
Cgates closes acquisition of part of Splius business
Russia sees investment in public Wi-Fi networks more than double in 2025
The Russian public budget for upgrades and expansion of public Wi-Fi networks totaled RUB 9.62 billion in 2025, reports Forbes.ru. That's up strongly from RUB 3.77 billion in 2024. According to the data from the operator Hot-Wi-Fi, data traffic soared by 10.6 times year-on-year to 13.8 million PB over Russian public Wi-Fi networks in 2025. This is thought to be related with trouble connecting to mobile internet networks in certain areas suffering from drone attacks or other military interference.
