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BT and Starlink LEO Broadband for Rural UK Homes

BT and Starlink LEO Broadband for Rural UK Homes
BT Group and its consumer brand EE plan to offer a Starlink-powered home broadband product focused on underserved locations where fixed-line build is constrained by terrain, sparsity, or cost. The service targets “ultrafast” downlink performance, with Starlink capable of delivering up to roughly 280 Mbps and latency in the low tens of milliseconds. Commercial availability is slated for the second half of 2026, giving BT time to industrialise ordering, installation, support, and integration into its existing product catalogue and systems. LEO fills the last 1–5% gap where full fibre is slow or uneconomic to reach.

BT job cuts as Openreach loses broadband customers

BT job cuts as Openreach loses broadband customers
BT is pressing ahead with cost-cutting as it confronts sharper broadband competition, softer device demand, and structural declines in legacy services. BT reduced its total workforce by about 6% in the first half of its financial year, down to roughly 111,000 employees from 116,000 at the start of the period. The group reported around £250 million in additional annualized cost savings, bringing cumulative savings to about £1.2 billion across the first 18 months of the program and reaffirming a target of £3 billion in annual savings. Group revenue for the six months to September 30 declined about 3% year over year to £9.8 billion. Openreach’s broadband base contracted, with approximately 242,000 fewer broadband customers in Q2 FY25.

CCC: BLE, UWB, NFC Standards for Connected Vehicles

CCC: BLE, UWB, NFC Standards for Connected Vehicles
New data from the Car Connectivity Consortium’s 2025 Future of Vehicle Connectivity Report signals how OEMs, suppliers, and mobile platforms will prioritize standards, security, and interoperability to scale the next phase of software-defined vehicles. The market is past pilots: executives are moving budget into customer experience and fleet productivity where ROI is visible within a year, but only if solutions are secure, easy to use, and proven to interoperate across brands, devices, and regions. The CCC’s data provides a directional roadmap for where to invest in the in-vehicle wireless stack and the edge-to-cloud controls that make those experiences trustworthy.

AI layoffs surge: telecom and enterprise IT impact

AI layoffs surge: telecom and enterprise IT impact
October’s job-cut announcements surged, with AI and cost control reshaping staffing plans across technology and adjacent sectors. Planned layoffs spiked to roughly 153,000 in October, up more than 180% from September and about 175% from a year ago, according to the latest Challenger job-cuts tally. Year-to-date announcements for 2025 have crossed 1.09 million, the highest October-through-period since the pandemic shock of 2020 and above comparable 2009 levels. The cuts reflect a pivot from growth-at-any-cost to profitability, with AI rebalancing roles and budgets across the stack. Across reasons given, cost reduction led by a wide margin, and AI adoption was the second-largest driver, underscoring both macro pressure and structural transformation.

SkyMirr’s Sky5G™ Router Named CES 2026 Innovation Awards® Honoree

SkyMirr Sky5G Router Wins CES 2026 Innovation Award
SkyMirr’s Sky5G Wireless Router being named a CES 2026 Innovation Awards Honoree signals that antenna-first design is emerging as a decisive lever for 5G customer-premises equipment performance and reliability. The Consumer Technology Association’s awards program recognizes design and engineering that materially advances user outcomes, and SkyMirr’s selection draws attention to a core differentiator: its MuLCAT (Multi-Layer Coupling Controlled Antenna Technology) architecture. Rather than treating the antenna as a downstream component, MuLCAT integrates a multi-layer coupling approach to increase isolation, broaden usable bandwidth, and suppress interference in compact enclosures.

5G FWA for MDUs: New Broadband Forum Spec

5G FWA for MDUs: New Broadband Forum Spec
A fresh technical report from Broadband Forum details how a single outdoor 5G Fixed Wireless Access connection can deliver gigabit broadband to multiple apartments by reusing a building’s existing wiring. The document defines an architecture where one high-capacity 5G FWA modem—preferably operating on mmWave (3GPP FR2, roughly 24–40 GHz)—is installed on the roof or exterior of a multi‑dwelling unit (MDU) and then shared across many tenants. Instead of running new fiber to every unit, the approach leverages in‑place infrastructure such as coaxial cabling, twisted pair, or legacy telephone wiring to distribute service from a centralized point (attic, basement, or telecom closet) to apartments.

Nokia and OneLayer Secure Utility Private 5G/LTE Networks

Nokia’s tie-up with OneLayer brings carrier-grade security and OT-aware visibility into one stack, addressing the core adoption barrier for private 5G/LTE in utilities: protecting highly distributed, mission-critical operations at scale. Together, the companies deliver a zero-trust model that spans radio to application: authenticated device identity, continuous posture assessment, role-based segmentation at the cellular (DNN/QoS flow) and IP layers, and orchestrated mitigation. Bottom line: With utilities accelerating private LTE/5G rollouts, Nokia and OneLayer are packaging the controls that regulators, insurers, and boards now expect—bringing OT-aware zero trust into the cellular domain without adding operational complexity.

Telefónica 5-Year Plan Targets €3B Savings and Growth

Telefónica 5-Year Plan Targets €3B Savings and Growth
Telefónica has launched a 2026–2030 plan to accelerate growth, simplify operations, and unlock up to €3 billion in savings while doubling down on its core markets and technology investments. Revenue is guided to a 1.5%–2.5% CAGR from 2025–2028, accelerating to 2.5%–3.5% in 2028–2030; adjusted EBITDA is guided to the same ranges across the two periods. Telefónica targets a gross impact of up to €2.3 billion in 2028 and €3 billion by 2030, driven by technology and operational excellence, process simplification, digital transformation, and monetization of legacy network assets as shutdowns progress.

LG Uplus & AWS agentic AI speeds cloud-native network deployment

LG Uplus & AWS agentic AI speeds cloud-native network deployment
LG Uplus is working with AWS on agentic AI that automates installation of cloud‑native network software, with early claims of up to 80% faster turn‑ups versus manual methods. LG Uplus and AWS partnered to develop an AI-driven approach that installs complex network software stacks without human intervention. The system uses Amazon Bedrock alongside AWS’s Strands-Agents SDK to orchestrate multiple cooperating AI agents. These agents are pre-trained on network design and implementation documents so they can execute the full workflow – provisioning cloud infrastructure, collecting device and network parameters, generating configurations, performing installation, and troubleshooting.

Telecom and Tech M&A Tracker 2025

Telecom and Tech M&A Tracker
2025 has seen major telecom and tech M&A activity, including billion-dollar deals in fiber, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity. This monthly tracker details key acquisitions, like AT&T buying Lumen’s fiber assets and Google’s $32B move for Wiz, highlighting how consolidation is shaping the competitive landscape.

Orange to fully own MasOrange in Spain for €4.25bn

Orange to fully own MasOrange in Spain for €4.25bn
Orange has reached a non-binding agreement to acquire Lorca’s 50% stake in MasOrange for €4.25 billion in cash, aiming for sole control of Spain’s leading operator by customer base. The transaction would shift MasOrange from joint control (Orange and Lorca JVCO, owner of MásMóvil) to full ownership by Orange. Full control simplifies governance, accelerates synergy capture, and gives Orange greater flexibility in network investment, pricing, and product roadmap execution in Spain. Orange expects to sign a binding agreement before end-2025, subject to agreement on final terms. Completion is targeted for the first half of 2026, assuming standard merger-control review.

GSMA Open Gateway: Dutch Telcos Launch CAMARA Fraud APIs

GSMA Open Gateway: Dutch Telcos Launch CAMARA Fraud APIs
A coordinated launch in the Netherlands brings standardized, network-powered security APIs to market at national scale. KPN, Odido, and Vodafone Netherlands have jointly introduced a set of security services based on CAMARA, the open-source API framework hosted by the Linux Foundation and aligned with the GSMA Open Gateway program. Working with the Dutch COIN association, the operators are exposing harmonized, privacy-aware network signals that enterprises can use to strengthen authentication and reduce online fraud. The Dutch launch prioritizes identity-centric use cases. Number Verification allows apps to confirm that a user’s device and mobile number match the current session—often silently in the background—reducing one-time password SMS dependency.

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