Telstra and Ericsson team up to target 6G | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The agreement spans various aspects of 6G research, including trips to both parties’ research centres Telstra and Ericsson have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on 6G research. The agreement will see the companies collaborate on the research, standards development, and real-world testing of 6G technology, It also includes mutual site visitations, with Telstra engineers visiting Ericsson’s testbed in Sweden, and Ericsson staff travelling to...
Sparkle Expands Quantum Safe Connectivity With Equinix | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the commercial availability of its Quantum Safe Interconnect (QSI) across 20 Equinix International Business Exchange® (IBX) data center locations in Europe, the Americas and Asia where Equinix Managed Solutions are offered. After successful validation through a Proof of Concept (PoC) conducted over a secure Internet Protocol (IPsec)...
Connecting Europe Facility Digital: For more resilience and security | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Contributed Article by Marc Tachelet, Director of the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) Since 2021, CEF-Digital has invested €615 million in 75 projects, spanning 18 EU countries and 10 overseas territories. These cables are strategic and critical assets, designed to: leverage private investment in European digital infrastructure; provide resilient high-speed coLnectivity to all EU citizens, including in the Outermost Regions and...
Sparkle and Entel Bolivia partner for Bio-Oceanic Digital Corridor | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release The two operators join forces to launch a novel low-latency terrestrial route linking Peru and Brazil via Bolivia Sparkle, one of the world’s leading global operators, and Entel Bolivia, Bolivia’s largest telecommunications company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly commercialize the terrestrial route connecting the Pacific and Atlantic coasts through Bolivia. The agreement, signed today on the sidelines of the ITW...
Submarine Networks EMEA 2026: Bridging the future of AI, security, and next-gen talent in London | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release LONDON, UK – The subsea cable industry’s most influential regional gathering, Submarine Networks EMEA, returns to the Business Design Centre in London from 27–28 May 2026. With over 1,250 senior leaders and 150 speakers, the 2026 edition comes at a pivotal moment as the industry navigates the increasing demands of AI and a complex global security landscape. AI and the subsea backbone Headlining this year’s event is the keynote...
FCC greenlights EchoStar’s $40bn spectrum sale to SpaceX, AT&T | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The approval will provide EchoStar with a much needed windfall The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Space Bureau have granted approval to EchoStar to sell its spectrum to SpaceX and AT&T. EchoStar agreed to sell 50MHz of spectrum in the 3.45GHz and 600MHz bands to AT&T for around $23 billion in August last year. This was followed in a month later by a $17 billion sale of 65MHz of AWS-4 and...
Beyond the Cable: How ISPs can better monetize networks | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Podcasts Robin Olds of Cisco Systems says ISPs need to think about different ways they can monetize networks. Here are some of his ideas By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities Service providers should begin offering tiered levels of service to customers based on quality of service, according to Robin Olds, a senior business development manager at Cisco Systems. Speaking on our Beyond the Cable podcast at Connected America, Olds said service...
VMO2’s outlines new ‘Responsible Business Plan’ | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The updated ESG strategy involves building greener networks and tackling digital exclusion This week, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has revealed its ‘Responsible Business Plan’, its ESG blueprint for the next half of the decade. Much of this strategy is a continuation or amplification of existing initiatives that were central to the 2022–2025 ESG strategy, the Better Connections Plan, which focussed on progressing towards a zero-carbon future, a circular...
Via Africa: Consortium announces new subsea cable project | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Investors including Canalink, GUILAB, International Mauritania Telecom, Orange Group, Orange Côte d’Ivoire, Sonatel, Silverlinks, announce the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to initiate the Via Africa submarine cable project, confirming a shared ambition to develop international connectivity, to support traffic growth and to strengthen the resilience of networks across the African continent. This brand-new system aims to...
BT launches enterprise voice control service UC Edge | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release New single voice communication layer reduces complexity and costs for multinational organisations as they evolve their AI-powered workplace collaboration strategies. BT International today announced the launch of UC Edge, a new managed service that gives multinational organisations’ CIOs a simpler, more flexible solution to manage their rapidly evolving AI-powered workplace collaboration strategies. Many multinational organisations rely on...