Delta revises contract terms to allow TV price increases
NETHERLANDS 15:08

Delta revises contract terms to allow TV price increases

Ducth operator Delta is updating its general terms and conditions to specify when and how prices may increase during a contract period. The company set a maximum increase of EUR 3 in monthly subscription prices over a calendar year, alongside the standard inflation corrections. Increases in the first three months of a contract are not possible, and any further hikes must be justified by the company. 

Corero Network Security signs up Commercis for Middle East sales
MIDDLE EAST 15:01

Corero Network Security signs up Commercis for Middle East sales

Corero Network Security announced a distribution partnership with Middle Eastern technology and cybersecurity provider Commercis. The collaboration expands Commercis' security portfolio for several key regional sectors, including telecommunications, banking, government, energy, and critical infrastructure. Commercis will distribute Corero's DDoS protection platform, offering regional clients real-time attack detection and mitigation with network analytics, under flexible deployment options tailored for hybr

Airtel Africa Foundation equips young women in Lagos with digital skills
NIGERIA 14:58

Airtel Africa Foundation equips young women in Lagos with digital skills

The Airtel Africa Foundation, in collaboration with Airtel Nigeria, the Ishk Tolaram Foundation, Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), and SAIL Innovation Lab, launched the DigiLeap Women in Tech Programme. This initiative is designed to equip 200 young women from underserved communities in Ikorodu, Lagos with digital skills. The initiative features an intensive, twelve-week immersive training running from June to September. The curriculum is specifically structured to accelerate career entry into four high-demand techn

SEQRET consortium validates QKD traffic along existing dark fibre
CZECH REPUBLIC 14:56

SEQRET consortium validates QKD traffic along existing dark fibre

Polish operator Exatel and the SEQRET consortium partners have validated quantum-secure communication alongside high-capacity data traffic on the same standard fibre pair of an existing network. The system demonstrated quantum key distribution (QKD) together with up to 64 Tbps of classical data traffic and reached distances of up to 75 km. The result directly addresses the dark-fibre bottleneck by showing that quantum-secure communication and high-capacity data traffic can coexist on the same infrastructure

Saudi Arabia's CST launches NTN 6G research competition
SAUDI ARABIA 14:48

Saudi Arabia's CST launches NTN 6G research competition

Saudi Arabia's Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) launched the third edition of the Non-Terrestrial Networks 2026 international research competition. Organised in partnership with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the global initiative aims to attract researchers and academics from around the world to develop innovative ideas in the field of non-terrestrial networks and next-generation wireless communications. The competition winners will be announced in Octobe

TNM raises voice and data rates average 26%
MALAWI 14:44

TNM raises voice and data rates average 26%

Malawi operator TNM has implemented an average 26 percent price increase across its voice and data services, effective 27 June. The mobile operator cited rising operational costs, particularly for fuel and maintenance, alongside the need to sustain its network infrastructure. The tariff adjustment was approved by the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) following a consultation process. Among the changes, the popular Mixit Weekly bundle rises from MWK 2,100 to MWK 2,500 while cutting the data

Iliad Italia debuts Top 30 Mondo plan with 30GB of global roaming data
ITALY 13:55

Iliad Italia debuts Top 30 Mondo plan with 30GB of global roaming data

Iliad Italia has officially launched a new travel-oriented mobile plan with 300GB of data for use in Italy plus another 30GB for use in EU and non-EU destinations for under EUR 13 a month. The tariff, dubbed Top 30 Mondo, includes unlimited minutes to mobile and fixed line numbers in Italy, Canada and the US, as well as unlimited calls to foreign fixed line numbers in dozens of countries, 300GB of national data at fastest possible 5G speeds and 30GB of international data covering a total of over 110 destina

Lumen completes acquisition of network programmability vendor Alkira
UNITED STATES 13:49

Lumen completes acquisition of network programmability vendor Alkira

Lumen Technologies said it has closed on a transaction to acquire on-demand distributed networking specialist Alkira. The deal is expected to support Lumen's network-as-a-service (NaaS) roadmap by introducing more responsive WAN traffic management tools tailored to AI workloads and inference. Alkira's platform provides a unified control plane enabling on-the-fly programmability across multiple cloud services, server sites, and partnerships, including both east-west server links and north-south traffic.

Gilat secures USD 11 mln defense department order for satcom terminals
UNITED STATES 13:48

Gilat secures USD 11 mln defense department order for satcom terminals

Gilat Satellite Networks announced that its subsidiary Gilat DataPath has received orders totaling USD 11 million to supply field services and custom satcom terminals to the US Department of Defense (DoD). With deliveries expected over the next twelve months, these new orders bolster Gilat Defense's expanding presence in the US military market. Gilat's custom Satcom terminals are engineered for reliability in elite operational environments, combining ruggedized construction with advanced multi-orbit operabi

Nothing launches Ear (3a) wireless earbuds
GLOBAL 13:46

Nothing launches Ear (3a) wireless earbuds

Consumer electronics vendor Nothing has released its latest set of wireless earbuds, the Nothing Ear (3a). Ear 3a follows on the heels of last year's Ear (3), described at the time as Nothing's fourth-generation model. Ear (3a) retails for GBP 99/EUR99/USD 99 and can be purchased in white, black, yellow and pink colour palettes. Audio playback benefits from a 42-hour battery life and 12-millimetre driver, the same size that was in the Ear (3). A significant feature is the inclusion of 32 MB of data storage

Zain Jordan launches football-themed prize campaign on customer app
JORDAN 13:10

Zain Jordan launches football-themed prize campaign on customer app

Zain Jordan introduced a new edition of its interactive Happy Box campaign via the Zain Jo mobile application as part of its sponsorship of Jordan's national football team. Participants can open a daily Happy Box directly from the app home screen to unlock rewards.

GSMA urges European mobile market consolidation to bolster investment
EUROPE 13:08

GSMA urges European mobile market consolidation to bolster investment

More concentrated European mobile telecom markets generate much greater investment in key infrastructure, according to the 'Efficient operator scale in European mobile markets' report from GSMA Intelligence. Its analysis found that operators in three-player markets have invested around 48 percent more than operators in four-player markets over the last decade.

POLAND 13:03

Polish broadband scheme reaches 334,000 households passed in June

The Project Centre Digital Poland (CPPC) announced that 334,197 households were covered by broadband networks under the National Recovery and Resilience Programme (KPO) projects by the end of June. The figure comes from the national monitoring and analysis system SIMBA and is up from 314,816 homes two weeks ago. Poland aims to cover 521,000 households by the end of August under an extended deadline for the European Commission programme.

BRAZIL 13:02

Internet reaches 95% of Brazil population in 2025

Internet reached 95.0 percent of all Brazilian households (76 million) in 2025, with mobile phones remaining the primary access method, used by 98.7 percent of internet users, according to the PNAD IBGE survey for 2025. Access via TV showed significant growth, rising to 57.8 percent, while household computer ownership continued to decline, dropping to 38.7 percent. Among those who do not use the internet, 44.9 percent cited "not knowing how to use it" as the main reason.

AZERBAIJAN 12:55

Azercell launches new generation of Alfa Plan line

Azerbaijan operator Azercell has launched the new generation of its Alfa Plan line for postpaid customers, with options at 12GB, 25GB and 40GB. Bringing together high data allowances, voice minutes and flexible payment options, the new offering is aimed on serving all the customer's needs in a single tariff.

SLOVAKIA 12:53

O2 Slovakia covers 77% of population with 5G on C band

O2 Slovakia said that it expanded the coverage of its 5G network working on the C band significantly, reports Zive.sk. The network now covers 77.46 percent of the population. Across all frequencies the 5G network covers 99.77 percent of the population. The operator said the latest upgrades mean four times more transmitters are connected to fibre-optic lines, and the coverage and capacity of its LTE network also increased. 

UNITED STATES 12:47

SES to provide connectivity and managed services to US military under new multi-year contract

Satellite operator SES, via its subsidiary SES Space & Defense, has secured a five-year contract in the US market for Ku-band satellite services. This blanket purchase agreement was awarded by the US Space Force's Space Systems Command, a procurement entity supporting the country's Department of War. It aims to facilitate how US military branches purchase high-speed connectivity and associated managed services across a global footprint encompassing the world's most remote locations.

GLOBAL 12:46

Meta takes up licence for Access Advance VDP patent pool

Meta has agreed a licence to access technology assets in Access Advance's Video Distribution Patent Pool as well as the HEVC and VVC-specific patent pools. The disclosure comes on the back of Alibaba joining the VDP Patent Pool as a licensee on 01 July. The VDP Pool rolls up coverage of several modern video codecs, including the VP9, AV1, HEVC and VVC.

GLOBAL 12:45

Wi-SUN Alliance utilities mesh networking specification wins ISO, IEC endorsement

Wi-SUN Alliance has confirmed the formal standardisation of its Field Area Network (FAN) specification under the ISO, IEC and IEEE-endorsed 32857:2026 itinerary. Wi-SUN said the designation means its FAN criteria is the first wireless mesh network specification to be adopted as an ISO/IEC standard, while noting that just 3 percent of IEEE-originated specifications go on to receive joint ISO/IEC recognition. It argues that its FAN specification achieved this distinction due to its technical maturity and an o

NETHERLANDS 12:43

Dutch media report finds must-carry rules delivering on diverse TV package

TV providers in the Netherlands like KPN and Ziggo are meeting their obligation in providing the basic channel assortment, according to an annual evaluation by the media regulator CvdM. The channel offering in linear TV packs is stable and diverse, with sufficient variety at the big providers. 

UNITED STATES 12:40

US states claim USD 1.4 trln in penalties against Meta in social media addiction cases

Meta Platforms has said in a court filing that California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are seeking USD 1.4 trillion in penalties against it, claiming that its Facebook and Instagram platforms are designed to addict young users, according to a report by Reuters. Meta says there is ‌no evidence that it has misled consumers about its platforms' alleged addictiveness because "social media addiction" is not an established psychiatric condition, so statements that its platforms were not addictive could not

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 12:21

Emergency roaming activated in Crimea

Operators working in Crimea have activated emergency roaming services, reports the news agency Ria. Voice and SMS services are available for customers without any additional charges, so they can stay connected during power blackouts or in areas with base stations damaged by attacks from the Ukrainian military.

SWITZERLAND 12:20

Swisscom Ventures bets on Swiss photonic chip startup Aylight's EUR 4.5 million pre-seed funding

Swisscom Ventures announced its involvement in a EUR 4.5 million pre-seed financing round for Swiss photonic chip startup Aylight, which hopes to advance an innovative architecture that generates multiple wavelength channels from a single laser cavity. The ETH Zurich-founded startup aims to solve optical bandwidth constraints in contemporary silicon photonics that produce a single laser wavelength per data link. Putting forward the case that this is particularly valued in the AI data centre segment, Swissco

NORWAY 12:08

Only 20% of Norwegians switch mobile provider in past year

Norwegian telecoms regulator Nkom is trying to encourage customers to consider switching mobile subscription in order to benefit from lower prices and to ensure they have connectivity in an emergency. It says only one Norwegian in five had changed mobile subscription in the past year, citing a survey done in May by Ipsos. Among those who have switched, 69 percent said price was the reason for making the change. Young people are more likely to get a different mobile subscription than older ones.

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