HKT opens pre-orders for new Apple lineup, introduces HKT.AI plans
HONG KONG 07:31

HKT opens pre-orders for new Apple lineup, introduces HKT.AI plans

HKT, via its 1O1O, csl, Netvigator, Now TV and HKT Home Phone brands, has started accepting pre-orders for iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4 and AirPods 5. Pre-orders for iPhone Duo will begin on 16 October. In connection with the launch of the iPhone 18 series, 1O1O, csl and Netvigator are introducing the 'HKT.AI All-in-One Assistant Plan', which provides access to HKT.AI, an integrated AI platform. Customers using HKT.AI under eligible 1O1O and csl monthly plans

Skytel adopts ZEGi NEXX5 service for its OTT platform in Mongolia
MONGOLIA 07:06

Skytel adopts ZEGi NEXX5 service for its OTT platform in Mongolia

Mongolian operator Skytel has selected Zappware Entertainment Group International (ZEGi)'s NEXX5 platform for its OTT service, through its media subsidiary SKYmedia. Under the terms of a long-term partnership deal signed this summer, ZEGi will provide the NEXX5 platform, including its multi-screen client framework and Entertainment Control Center (ECC5). The platform will support Skytel's streaming service across its existing and future digital offerings. The agreement represents ZEGi's first deployment in

Canadian telecoms regulator improves Broadband Fund
CANADA 18 SEP

Canadian telecoms regulator improves Broadband Fund

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecoms Commission (CRTC) is improving the Broadband Fund to help protect Canadians from broadband and mobile phone service outages. Following a public consultation, the fund will now support projects to reduce the risk and impact of network outages. This will help make services for reliable, especially during severe weather and other emergencies. Funding applications can be submitted until 15 October 2026.

BT Belgium
BELGIUM 18 SEP

BT Belgium

This company profile analyses BT's organisation in the Benelux, with a focus on Belgium, where the UK-based operator provides managed network and IT services for multi-site organisations. The report contains information on the company's current position and strategy, discusses the latest financial figures and gives an overview of its network and product portfolio. It looks at the market in which BT operates as well as its competitors. Furthermore, the profile reports on BT's marketing activities, including its customer strategy. Lastly the profile contains Telecompaper's SWOT analysis of BT in the Benelux.

Nebula increases revenue of GBP 15 million in 2025
UNITED KINGDOM 18 SEP

Nebula increases revenue of GBP 15 million in 2025

UK-based Nebula, SaaS provider of workplace communications software, has seen revenue grow to GBP 15 million in 2025, from GBP 13.9 million in 2024; with EBITDA up to GBP 4.3 million, from GBP 3.8 million over the same period. The figures were presented by Nebula as its annual partner conference in London on 16 September. 

Verizon offers new SD7 Ultra push-to-talk handset from Siyata
UNITED KINGDOM 18 SEP

Verizon offers new SD7 Ultra push-to-talk handset from Siyata

Siyata, provider of mission-critical push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) handsets, is launching the new SD7 Ultra 5g Push-to-Talk handset with Verizon, expanding their long-term partnership. The new rugged 5G handset provides frontline users with a dedicated PT experience to communicate with their teams quickly. It will be available through Verizon from the third week of September. 

Dazn extends partnership with GB Super League Basketball
GLOBAL 18 SEP

Dazn extends partnership with GB Super League Basketball

Dazn has extended a partnership with Super League Basketball (SLB) for the 2026/27 season. All SLB games will be available live and on-demand to fans in the UK and worldwide on Dazn from 18 September, including all Championship, Cup and Play-Off games. The professional Great Britain basketball league has been available on Dazn since 2024. 

VodafoneThree wins several awards at 2026 Mobile Industry Awards
UNITED KINGDOM 18 SEP

VodafoneThree wins several awards at 2026 Mobile Industry Awards

VodafoneThree has taken home several awards at the 2026 Mobile Industry awards - including Best Network for Consumers, Best Customer Service (Consumer), and Best Wholesale Service and Solutions Provider. 

Disney appoints new Disney Entertainment executives
GLOBAL 18 SEP

Disney appoints new Disney Entertainment executives

Disney has announced the appointment of Adam Smith as Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer for Disney Entertainment. In addition, Joe Earley will take on the newly-created position of President, Disney Entertainment Television Franchise and Content Strategy.

WindTre launches Call Your Country Plus plan for under 25s
ITALY 18 SEP

WindTre launches Call Your Country Plus plan for under 25s

Italian operator WindTre has launched a new plan in its Call Your Country plans for foreign nationals resident in Italy. The offer, dubbed Call Your Country Plus Under 25, is available in WindTre stores to new customers aged under 25. It comes with unlimited minutes to all national landline and mobile numbers, 100 minutes of calls to 53 countries plus 200GB of data at up to 5G speeds for EUR 9.99 a month.

MTN Ghana holds second DigiFest
GHANA 18 SEP

MTN Ghana holds second DigiFest

MTN Ghana has started the second edition of DigiFest, an initiative running until October to foster local digital innovation. It began with a three-day tech fair and will feature workshops, masterclasses and conferences uniting start-ups, tech firms and academia. According to chief digital officer Ibrahim Misto, the goal is to deepen ecosystem collaboration and deliver greater value to consumers and businesses.

Core42 and TII partner on sovereign cloud and AI security
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 18 SEP

Core42 and TII partner on sovereign cloud and AI security

G42 company Core42 has signed an agreement with the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), part of Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), to advance locally developed digital sovereignty and cybersecurity capabilities. The deal was signed at GISEC Global 2026. The collaboration combines Core42's sovereign cloud and AI capabilities with TII's cybersecurity research expertise.

PERU 18 SEP

Integra Tec fined USD 1.5 mln over Telefonica del Peru deal

Integra Tec International has been fined around PEN 5.5 million (USD 1.5 million) by Peru's competition authority for completing its acquisition of Telefonica del Peru without notifying regulators in advance. The National Institute for the Defence of Competition and Intellectual Property (Indecopi) said the deal exceeded the economic thresholds requiring notification and review.

TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 18 SEP

Helios Towers launches ICT laboratory at Kalenga Secondary School

Helios Towers has launched a TZS 30 million (EUR 9,875) ICT laboratory at Kalenga Secondary School in Iringa District Council to benefit 873 pupils and 43 teachers as part of the company's corporate social investment programme. The lab will improve pupils' digital skills, build technology literacy and better prepare them for an increasingly digital job market. The project was funded by Helios Towers Tanzania and implemented by Camara Education Tanzania in coordination with local education authorities. It eq

GERMANY 18 SEP

Vodafone Germany adds 13 FAST ​channels to GigaTV offering

Vodafone Germany has added thirteen new free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels to its GigaTV offering. The channels include Spiegel TV Konflikte, ARD Plus Krimi, ARD Plus Lindenstrasse, ARD Plus Zoo, ZDF kocht!, 5-Minute Crafts and Scooore, among others.

GLOBAL 18 SEP

GlobalLogic presents test automation kit for broadband CPE and FWA products

Hitachi's GlobalLogic introduced at the RDK Global Summit a testbed automation kit targeting evaluations of fixed broadband gateways and 5G FWA premises equipment. GlobalLogic's Test Automation Kit deploys agentic AI in a multi-agent framework to implement rules expressed in plain English as executable Python test scripts. TAK's AI agents draw on GlobalLogic's existing broadband automation technology, which is designed to apply established engineering practice in terms of reliability, security and repeatabi

GERMANY 18 SEP

De-Cix Frankfurt reaches record data throughput of over 20 Tbps on 17 September

De-Cix Frankfurt has achieved a new record data traffic of more than 20 Tbps data throughput, driven by viewers watching the Europa League matches on 17 September. It specified that 20.02 Tbps were transmitted for the first time during the football matches. Since the beginning of 2020, data traffic at DE-CIX Frankfurt has recorded growth of approximately 140 percent.

GERMANY 18 SEP

Emnify reshuffles top leadership team

Berlin-based IoT connectivity provider Emnify has reshuffled its top leadership team. Current chief commercial officer Kenneth De Spiegeleire has been appointed chief executive officer. Founder and current CEO Frank Stoecker becomes executive chairman of the board, focusing on key investor and board relationships and the development of strategic partnerships. Lars Singbartl will step down as chairman and but remain on the board.

GLOBAL 18 SEP

Comarch signs up to TM Forum's autonomous networks manifesto

Comarch Communications has added its name to TM Forum's Autonomous Networks Manifesto. The firm joins almost 100 operators and vendors to have already endorsed collaborative efforts to build self-managing network infrastructure with higher levels of autonomy, while transitioning to standardised approaches from legacy automation methods.

GLOBAL 18 SEP

Emtelle introduces Rapid Customer Connect deployment strategy

Fibre duct vendor Emtelle has announced the launch of its Rapid Customer Connect (RCC) deployment model. The RCC strategy helps fibre carriers accelerate time-to-connection by implementing pre-installed equipment that runs right up to the end property's boundary. As such, it removes many of the delays and challenges traditionally associated with last-mile deployment, Emtelle says.

ICELAND 18 SEP

Icelandic regulator sends WACC draft decision to ESA

Icelandic telecoms regulator Fjarskiptastofa said it has sent a draft decision regarding the assumptions and methodology to calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the year 2026 to the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA). A preliminary draft decision went to national consultation from 13 July to 17 August and the watchdog received comments from Ljosleidarinn. Fjarskiptastofa believes that the comments do not require changes to its proposed conclusion on the WACC.

PANAMA 18 SEP

Mas Movil Panama activates Mas Starlink D2D service

Panamanian operator Mas Movil (+Movil) has officially launched the country's first satellite Direct-to-Device (D2D) service following an agreement reached earlier this year with Starlink. The satellite-to-mobile connectivity service, dubbed Mas Starlink, reaches areas not covered by traditional terrestrial networks, including remote communities, mountainous regions, maritime areas, tourist destinations and islands.

FINLAND 18 SEP

Ericsson and Erillisverkot demonstrate ISAC to detect unauthorised drone activity

Ericsson has announced a test of Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) with Finnish state-owned civil and critical communications operator Erillisverkot during a technology demonstration from 16-18 September in Helsinki, including a live trial at Vuosaari Harbour. The test showed that 5G networks can assist authorities with live detection of unauthorised drone activity. ISAC can add a sensing layer around ports, borders and other sensitive sites to strengthen national security and resilience as drones

FRANCE 18 SEP

Red by SFR brings TV app to smart TVs

Red by SFR, the low-cost brand from the French operator SFR, has launched its TV app for smart TVs. Already available for tablets and phones, the Red TV app now works also on Samsung, LG and Hisense TVs, as well as other TVs and media players using the Android TV/Google TV platform.

Just In

07:31

HKT opens pre-orders for new Apple lineup, introduces HKT.AI plans

07:06

Skytel adopts ZEGi NEXX5 service for its OTT platform in Mongolia

18 SEP 14:57

Canadian telecoms regulator improves Broadband Fund

18 SEP 14:53

BT Belgium

Commentary

8 SEP 10:16

Odido matches KPN and VodafoneZiggo on cash flow margin, but growth remains limited

11 AUG 10:49

Can Ziggo Group creation improve visibility for the Dutch market?

2 JUL 11:26

Canal Plus misses chance to strengthen Dutch business, time for exit?

23 JUN 09:56

ACM blocks Delta/Glaspoort deal - what can KPN do?

Background

14 SEP 00:34

The week in telecom: iPhone comes to foldable market, European satellite summit underlines sovereign push

7 SEP 11:54

Citymesh capital injection eases doubts over Digi Belgium future

6 SEP 21:46

The week in telecom: smart wearables at Ifa, Deutsche Telekom reshuffle and Vodafone tries premium 5G

30 AUG 23:50

The week in telecom: Meta pays up, SKT and MTN monetise data centres, and mobile network-sharing in demand