AT&T Data Breach Settlement: What Happened and Why It Matters
AT&T has a proposed $177 million class-action settlement covering two major data incidents, and it spotlights growing third-party cloud risk in telecom data supply chains.
Two Data Incidents and Settlement Classes Explained
The settlement consolidates claims from two separate events tied to different data types and timelines.…
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- September 23, 2025
- Hema Kadia
As the U.N. General Assembly convened, U.S. authorities quietly removed a dense cluster of SIM servers and cards that investigators say could have overloaded mobile networks and disrupted emergency communications across the New York metro area. Investigators seized more than 300 SIM servers and roughly 100,000 SIM cards distributed across multiple sites within 35 miles of the United Nations complex. Mass device farms can generate signaling storms that overwhelm cell sites and the mobile core, similar in effect to a distributed denial-of-service attack.
- Tech News & Insight
- September 22, 2025
- Hema Kadia
Koreaโs three national carriers have enabled Rich Communication Services (RCS) on iPhones via Appleโs recent iOS update, bringing AndroidโiOS parity for default messaging to a market long dominated by OTT apps. SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus now support RCS for iPhone users across Korea, extending capabilities that previously existed only on Android. RCS on iPhone is available on iPhone 11 series and newer models running the latest iOS update, with activation dependent on carrier support and user settings. Users gain modern chat features including group messaging with up to 100 Android participants, read receipts, typing indicators, replies, and support for richer media.
- Tech News & Insight
- September 21, 2025
- Hema Kadia
A multi-hour outage in the DallasโFort Worth airspace tied to legacy telecom services triggered cascading delays and cancellations, spotlighting urgent modernization needs for U.S. air traffic networks. On Friday afternoon, a telecommunications failure forced a ground stop across Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW) and Dallas Love Field, with ripple effects at several regional airports. The FAA attributed the incident to multiple failures in TDM-based data services delivered by a local telecom provider, compounded by redundancy gaps overseen by a prime contractor. Initial field reports tied the outage to fiber damage that simultaneously knocked out primary and backup data paths.
- Tech News & Insight
- September 21, 2025
- Oliver King-Smith, CEO and founder smartR AI
This article argues that AI is revolutionizing the telecom industry, offering significant cost savings, improved network performance, and enhanced customer experiences. It highlights AI’s ability to optimize networks, detect fraud, and improve customer service. The article emphasizes the importance of selecting the right AI solution, focusing on tailored, secure, cost-effective, and compliant models. Ultimately, it positions AI as a crucial tool for telecom companies to thrive in a competitive landscape by automating tasks, improving efficiency, and prioritizing customer satisfaction.
- Tech News & Insight
- September 18, 2025
- Hema Kadia
Gartnerโs latest outlook points to global AI spend hitting roughly $1.5 trillion in 2025 and exceeding $2 trillion in 2026, signaling a multi-year investment cycle that will reshape infrastructure, devices, and networks. This is not a short-lived hype curve; it is a capital plan. Hyperscalers are pouring money into data centers built around AI-optimized servers and accelerators, while device makers push on-device AI into smartphones and PCs at scale. For telecom and enterprise IT leaders, the message is clear: capacity, latency, and data gravity will dictate where value lands. Spending is broad-based. AI services and software are growing fast, but the heavy lift is in hardware and cloud infrastructure.
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- Tech News & Insight
- September 18, 2025
- Hema Kadia
Argentinaโs regulator ENACOM has created a new licensing framework and reserved spectrum to let enterprises run stand-alone private mobile networks across critical industries. ENACOM has designated the 2300โ2400 MHz band for Private Wireless Broadband Systems, a category designed for on-premise, non-public LTE/5G networks serving operational technology and enterprise applications rather than consumer subscribers. The framework supports high-throughput, low-latency, and massive IoT use cases, enabling enhanced video, automation, and machine communications across industrial campuses and field operations; 2.3 GHz maps to widely supported 3GPP Band 40 (LTE TDD) and NR n40, giving enterprises access to a mature device and radio ecosystem.
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- 3GPP, Broadband, Cybersecurity, Devices, Drones, Fiber, LTE, Mobility, Policy, Spectrum
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- Tech News & Insight
- September 18, 2025
- Hema Kadia
African AI Compute Is Moving Local. Telecom operators and digital infrastructure players are racing to stand up AI-grade capacity on the continent as demand, latency, and data-sovereignty pressures converge. MTN Group is negotiating with US and European partners to co-invest in AI-ready facilities and offer capacity to enterprises across multiple African markets. Cassava Technologies is accelerating its sovereign cloud strategy with five AI-focused facilities slated across key African markets in the next 12 months. Earlier this year, Cassava partnered with Nvidia to launch an AI data centre in South Africa powered by the chipmakerโs GPUs, establishing a reference for accelerated infrastructure on the continent.
- Tech News & Insight
- September 16, 2025
- Hema Kadia
SK Telecom has been named OpenAIโs exclusive B2C partner among Korean carriers as OpenAI opens its Korea office, signaling an aggressive push to scale consumer AI access and localize go-to-market in a strategically important market. The two companies unveiled a promotion for ChatGPT Plus, giving new or returning subscribers who purchase one month two additional months at no cost. While the immediate focus is consumer-facing, SK Telecom indicates the partnership will extend toward business services and potential collaborations across the broader SK Group.
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- Anthropic, AWS, Chatgpt, Data Center, Devices, Fiber, GPU, GSMA, OpenAI, Partnerships, Perplexity, Policy, RAG
- Telecom
- Tech News & Insight
- September 15, 2025
- Hema Kadia
Meril Life Sciences, headquartered in Vapi, Gujarat, has introduced the Mizzo Endo 4000, a soft tissue robotic platform engineered for general, urology, gynecology, thoracic, colorectal, bariatric, hepatobiliary, ENT, gastrointestinal, and oncology procedures. Built and designed in India, the system targets precision, access, and cost barriers that have historically limited adoption. It pairs AI-powered 3D anatomical mapping with an open console design and immersive visualization, while enabling remote collaboration and telesurgery over high-performance 5G networks. Strategically, this positions India to compete with incumbent systems from Intuitive Surgical, Medtronic, and CMR Surgical, while appealing to price-sensitive markets across Asia and Africa.
- Tech News & Insight
- September 15, 2025
- Hema Kadia
A research team in China and Hong Kong has demonstrated a thumbnail-sized 6G transceiver chip that spans nine radio bands from 0.5 to roughly 110 GHz and achieved tripleโdigit Gbps data rates in the lab. Scientists led by Peking University and City University of Hong Kong reported an โall-frequencyโ 6G prototype fabricated on thinโfilm lithium niobate, integrating functions that today require multiple RF frontโends into a single 1.7 x 11 mm die. The device covers subโ6 GHz, microwave, mmWave, and subโTHz bands and demonstrated over 100 Gbps throughput under controlled conditions.
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