The Hidden Backbone of Broadband: Why Every ISP Needs an Auto Configuration Server
GLOBAL 16:10

The Hidden Backbone of Broadband: Why Every ISP Needs an Auto Configuration Server

A customer calls support because "the Wi-Fi is broken." The symptoms are familiar: buffering video, unstable VoIP, a smart TV that keeps dropping off the network, a work laptop stuck on a congested band. What's less obvious is how often the root cause isn't the access network at all. Instead, it's configuration drift in a gateway, firmware diversity across a mixed CPE estate, or a home setup that's "mostly fine" until peak time. Multiply this by tens of thousands of households (or millions), and support becomes a treadmill.

Radware hails record FY turnover and earnings following Q4 EMEA sales surge
GLOBAL 13 FEB

Radware hails record FY turnover and earnings following Q4 EMEA sales surge

Radware finished 2025 with a record turnover of USD 301.9 million, up 9.8 percent year-on-year as final quarter sales surged in EMEA markets. FY earnings also reached an all-time high, according to company CEO Roy Zisapel, with net profits rising more than threefold to USD 20.3 million.

Fujitsu, 1Finity pick Godzilla to garner AI buzz at MWC 26 and prepare to make quantum impact
GLOBAL 13 FEB

Fujitsu, 1Finity pick Godzilla to garner AI buzz at MWC 26 and prepare to make quantum impact

Fujitsu and its networking banner 1Finity will host a joint presentation at the coming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, highlighting mobile and fixed telecoms innovations as well as AI and a hybrid quantum computing platform for designing materials. Guest entertainment is promised thanks to an AI-generated rendering of Japan's iconic Godzilla monster, enabling visitors to step in front of a green screen and orchestrate its movements, while witnessing the impact on a virtual digital cityscape.

Fritz launches 7362 home gateway with dual fibre, coax functionality
GLOBAL 13 FEB

Fritz launches 7362 home gateway with dual fibre, coax functionality

Fritz has launched its Fritz!Box 7632 home gateway, bringing legacy DSL, G.fast and FTTH support into a single unit. Retailing for EUR 269, this device functions as a modem and wireless router in coax DSL or hybrid G.fast connections, or as a router only when linked to a fibre networking terminal (ONT). Fritz!Box 7632 comes equipped with DECT and FXS telephone support, and can also be deployed as a media and smart home server.

Arista FY sales up almost 30% as company targets more of the same in Q1
GLOBAL 13 FEB

Arista FY sales up almost 30% as company targets more of the same in Q1

Arista Networks has reported strong sales in FY 2025 of its AI-enabled data centre networking hardware and services, having achieved a major landmark with shipments to 150 million network ports to date for its "Arista 2.0" offering. The milestone came as Arista Networks reported 28.6 percent revenue growth for the year to around USD 9 billion. FY net profits lifted 23.1 percent to USD 3.51 billion. 

Teleste targets steady FY 2026 sales growth and profitability after meeting annual targets in 2025
GLOBAL 13 FEB

Teleste targets steady FY 2026 sales growth and profitability after meeting annual targets in 2025

Teleste has reported full year net turnover of EUR 138.6 million in 2025, up 4.6 percent from 2024 and within its prior EUR 135-150 million guidance range. It is forecasting further sales growth in FY 2026 to EUR 140-160 million with adjusted operating profit predicted at EUR 7-10 million. Much of the profit is expected to fall in the second half of Teleste's fiscal calendar.

Generative and agentic AI projects account for over 10% of Capgemini's bookings in Q4
GLOBAL 13 FEB

Generative and agentic AI projects account for over 10% of Capgemini's bookings in Q4

IT services and consulting group Capgemini reported stronger growth in bookings for the three months to December, with a year-on-year increase of 9 percent at constant currency to EUR 7.2 billion. This compares with rises of below 2 percent in each of the previous two quarters. Generative and agentic AI services made up over 10 percent of fourth-quarter bookings, up from around 5 percent in the year-earlier period.

Globecast, Synamedia support cloud distribution of FA Cup games
GLOBAL 13 FEB

Globecast, Synamedia support cloud distribution of FA Cup games

Globecast, global broadcast services provider, and Synamedia, video software provider, announced that London-based sports marketing agency Pitch International has activated cloud-based distribution of Emirates FC Cup matches. It is using the Synamedia Quortex Link cloud distribution platform, combined with the Globecast managed services platform - giving broadcasters the choice to receive matches over satellite or IP for the first time. 

Murena, Volla unveil privacy-focused tablet
GLOBAL 13 FEB

Murena, Volla unveil privacy-focused tablet

Privacy-focused smartphone vendor Murena has teamed up with German device manufacturer Volla Systeme to launch a new privacy-oriented tablet, expanding its hardware lineup beyond phones. The Murena Volla Tablet is designed to offer a user-friendly and secure alternative to mainstream Android tablets, said the partners.

Eutelsat posts stable Q2 organic revenues as LEO growth offsets decline in Video
GLOBAL 13 FEB

Eutelsat posts stable Q2 organic revenues as LEO growth offsets decline in Video

Satellite operator Eutelsat said it generated EUR 290.8 million in revenue across its Connectivity and Video operating verticals in the three months to December (fiscal Q2), representing a broadly stable year-on-year performance on an organic basis. Connectivity revenues increased to EUR 157.9 million (+15.0%), including EUR 56.4 million from the rapidly growing LEO (Low Earth Orbit) segment (+50.5%). The double-digit revenue decline in Video activities continued (-14.1% from -10.5% in fiscal Q1), reflectin

Aferian buys yet more time, extending debt maturity deadline to March
GLOBAL 13 FEB

Aferian buys yet more time, extending debt maturity deadline to March

Aferian has announced yet another extension to the maturity deadline on its USD 16.5 million senior loan facility with Barclays Bank, Bank of Ireland and HSBC. The loan now needs to be paid back by 20 March, extended from 13 February under the previous grace period. The debt was originally due to expire in September 2025.

Iridium annual sales, EBITDA up 5%, forecasts limited service revenue growth in 2026
GLOBAL 13 FEB

Iridium annual sales, EBITDA up 5%, forecasts limited service revenue growth in 2026

Iridium reported revenue in 2025 of USD 871.7 million, up 5 percent from the previous year thanks mainly to growth in the IoT market. OEBITDA rose 5 percent as well, to USD 495.3 million, in line with its outlook, and the satellite company's net profit improved to USD 114.4 million from USD 112.8 million in 2024. Capital expenditures reached just over USD 100 million in 2025.

GLOBAL 13 FEB

Anthropic doubles valuation in new USD 30 bln investment round

Anthropic has raised USD 30 billion in a series G funding round led by investors GIC and Coatue, valuing Anthropic at USD 380 billion, or more than double its previous round in September 2025. The round co-led by D. E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, Iconiq and MGX will provide the company with new money to invest in AI frontier research, product development and infrastructure expansions, it said. 

GLOBAL 13 FEB

Amazon Leo completes first launch with Ariane 6 rocket

Amazon has completed its first satellite launch with Arianespace. The mission aboard an Ariane 64 rocket was completed 12 February from French Guiana, taking 32 satellites into orbit. This was the first flight for the Ariane 64, Europe's new heavy-lift version of the Ariane 6 launcher with four boosters. It is also the first of 18 missions planned for Amazon as it expands its constellation.

GLOBAL 13 FEB

Ericsson launches in-vehicle 5G router with dual-SIM failover and edge AI

Ericsson has introduced a new in-vehicle 5G router, the Cradlepoint R2400, aimed at public safety agencies, mass transit operators and fleet organisations requiring resilient mobile connectivity. The router will be available in the second quarter of 2026 alongside an extensible RC1250 modem accessory. The R2400 is designed to support mission-critical applications in high-mobility environments, including live video, connected vehicle services and autonomous systems. It is compatible with public safety networ

GLOBAL 12 FEB

AST SpaceMobile prices USD 1 bln in senior convertible notes to fund growth objectives

AST SpaceMobile is lining up a private note offering consisting 2.25 percent convertible senior notes with an aggregate principal of USD 1 billion. A USD 150 million over-allotment option is planned for initial note purchasers to buy further convertibles. The first batch of subscriptions is expected to be settled on 17 February. The conversion rate will exchange around 8.6 common shares for USD 1,000 principal held in notes, equating to roughly USD 116.30 per Class A common share, a premium of roughly 20 pe

GLOBAL 12 FEB

Vecima sales rise more than 3% in December quarter

Vecima Networks grew revenues by 3.5 percent to CAD 73.7 million in its second quarterly period to 31 December, amid improved profitability across its two largest operating segments. Vecima broke even in Q2, turning a CAD 100,000 profit after CAD 7.9 million net losses in the second quarter a year earlier. Adjusted EBITDA reached CAD 10.6 million, reversing a marginal CAD 300,000 loss from the year-earlier period. 

GLOBAL 12 FEB

Westcon-Comstor becomes distributor for Meter in EMEA

Westcon-Comstor said it has agreed to become Networking-as-a-Service (NaaS) company Meter's first distributor in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), allowing the region's channel partners to leverage a full stack networking service that offers rapid onboarding, simple deployment and a fast route to profitability. Meter was founded in California in 2015 and offers a fully unified service that bundles hardware, software and managed services into a single subscription. Pricing by based on the customer's sit

GLOBAL 12 FEB

Samsung begins shipping HBM4 chip with near-12 Gbps pin speeds

Samsung has started commercial shipments of its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chip to unnamed customers, looking to secure market share in data centre-grade AI accelerators and GPU hardware from vendors such as Nvidia. Built on a 10 nanometre (nm)-class DRAM process and 4nm logic process, Samsung's HBM4 chip is said to deliver consistent pin processing speeds of 11.7 Gbps, outperforming HBM3E's pin speed by 1.22x and industry HBM4 benchmarks by approximately 46 percent.

GLOBAL 12 FEB

Calix Engagement Cloud gains agentic AI-driven customer segmentation features

Calix's customer insights and outreach platform, the Calix Engagement Cloud, is getting audience segmentation enhancements to facilitate personalised discounts, offers and loyalty incentives. The US vendor claims the upgrade is powerful enough to even run engagement queries down to an audience of one. This functionality is provided through the soon-to-launch Segment Builder interface, an AI agent tool that forms part of the Calix Agent Workforce announced earlier. 

GLOBAL 12 FEB

Netmore sets up Pulse partner programme

IoT platform provider Netmore Group is inviting sales partners to joint its new Netmore Pulse programme. There are three partner tracks, namely Ecosystem, Channel and Institutional. The scheme is based on tier and commitment levels and provides participants with structure, support and resources to expand their IoT business efficiently, the company says. Netmore has over 200 existing ecosystem partners and recently acquired Actility.

GLOBAL 12 FEB

EssilorLuxxotica says over 7 mln Meta smart glasses sold in 2025

Meta sold over 7 million of its smart glasses last year, according to the annual report from its eyewear partner EssilorLuxxotica. That includes the Meta Ray-Bans and the new Oakley models launched in June. EssilorLuxxotica said it expects the smart glasses to be a core part of growing its business going forward. 

GLOBAL 12 FEB

Monogoto teams up with Nordic Semiconductor for IoT iSIM product

Monogoto, provider of cloud-based IoT cellular connectivity and services, has announced a strategic collaboration with low-power wireless silicon design firm Nordic Semiconductor. The agreement supports Monogoto's integrated SIM (iSIM) technology specifically tailored to IoT fleets.

GLOBAL 12 FEB

Capgemini becomes Microsoft Sovereign Cloud partner

Capgemini and Microsoft have formalised an agreement setting out the joint activities they will carry out to encourage adoption of the Microsoft Sovereign Cloud offering. In mid-2025, the France-based IT services and consulting group was named among the companies ready to join the Microsoft Sovereign Cloud ecosystem, as part of a wider announcement in which Microsoft presented a portfolio dedicated to Europe. Capgemini has now confirmed that it will develop tailored services built on Microsoft Sovereign Clo

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Background

9 FEB 01:54

The week in telecoms: hyperscalers vie for capex crown, Telenor and Vodafone profit from smaller footprints

2 FEB 00:45

The week in telecoms: Verizon sparks fears of US price war, Apple beats Samsung in Q4, Telekom ramps up fibre marketing

26 JAN 00:31

The week in telecoms: Netflix and Ericsson all about cash, EU sketches out rip-and-replace and copper transition plans

22 JAN 14:28

Netflix can spend more on content and still improve its margin