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AT&T 1 offers up to $5,000 for documented, incident-related losses, or a tiered cash payment if you donโ€™t submit documentation; whether a Social Security number was involved may affect the tier. AT&T 2 offers up to $2,500 for documented, incident-related losses, or a proportional cash payment without documentation. If you qualify for both incidents and have separate documentation for each, the combined cap could reach $7,500. Actual amounts depend on the total number of valid claims and settlement costs, and funds will not be distributed until after final court approval.
India and the United Kingdom have launched the Indiaโ€“UK Connectivity and Innovation Centre to accelerate secure, AI-driven, and resilient telecom technologies over the next four years. The two governments committed an initial ยฃ24 millionโ€”roughly โ‚น250โ€“โ‚น282 crore depending on exchange ratesโ€”to fund applied research, joint testbeds, field trials, and standards contributions in emerging telecom domains. The investment concentrates on three pillars: AI in telecommunications, non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) for satellite and airborne connectivity, and telecoms cybersecurity with open, interoperable systems. The multi-year window aligns to the critical runway for 5Gโ€‘Advanced and early 6G experimentation.
After two years of decline, telecom equipment spending is edging back into positive territory with early signs of a broad-based rebound. Dellโ€™Oro Groupโ€™s preliminary data indicates worldwide telecom equipment revenues across six tracked sectors rose 4% year over year in the first half of 2025, with markets outside China up a stronger 8%. The rebound was not limited to a single pocket of spend, but three areas led the gains: mobile core networks, optical transport, and service provider routers and switches. By contrast, RAN remains comparatively muted in many markets as 5G macro buildouts mature.
Verizon has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Starry, a fixed wireless broadband specialist focused on MDUs across Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Denver, and Washington, D.C. Starry brings nearly 100,000 broadband customers and an MDU-centric network architecture built around wideband millimeter-wave and hybrid fiber. Verizon said the move will support its ambition to double fixed wireless subscribers to roughly 8โ€“9 million by 2028 and extend availability to about 90 million households. Starryโ€™s in-market MDU know-how and neutral-host friendly building relationships give Verizon a fast path to scale in cities where it already owns substantial fiber backhaul and large 28/39 GHz mmWave holdings.
SafetyCaseโ€”Orange Businessโ€™s portable emergency telecoms unitโ€”now bonds terrestrial access with OneWebโ€™s LEO satellite backhaul to keep voice, data, and video online when fixed and mobile networks fail. The move adds low-latency satellite links from a European operator to a solution already engineered and built in France, aligning with sovereignty and continuity mandates across the EU. The target users include first responders, public safety agencies, local authorities, operators of vital importance (OVIs), and essential enterprises. LEO adds a robust, geographically independent path that supports modern, IP-based coordination toolsโ€”push-to-talk over LTE/5G (MCX), live video, GISโ€”and does so with the latency profile field teams require.
Intel detailed its first client and server products on the new 18A process, positioning the company for AI PCs and powerโ€‘efficient cloud at a time when onshore manufacturing and TCO matter more than ever. Intel previewed Core Ultra series 3 โ€œPanther Lake,โ€ its first client SoC line on 18A, with a multiโ€‘chiplet design that blends new performance and efficient cores with an upgraded Arc GPU and dedicated AI acceleration across the CPU, GPU, and NPU. On the server side, Intel previewed โ€œClearwater Forest,โ€ branded Xeon 6+, its nextโ€‘gen Eโ€‘core product built on 18A and targeted for launch in the first half of 2026.
India is poised to greenlight commercial satellite communication services once TRAI issues final pricing for satellite spectrum use and associated charges. The communications minister indicated the policy and licensing groundwork for satellite broadband is largely complete, with two GMPCS licenses issued and one additional letter of intent granted. The final trigger is the Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indiaโ€™s decision on spectrum pricing and usage fees for satcom bands. After that, operators can commence rolloutsโ€”initially for enterprise and backhaul, then for consumer broadband in selected markets. Bharti-backed Eutelsat OneWeb and Reliance Jioโ€™s satellite unit are positioned to move early, with constellation capacity and gateways progressing.
The new AT&T IoT Marketplace turns complex IoT procurement and lifecycle management into a catalog-driven digital experience that aims to speed revenue and reduce operational friction for enterprises and partners. AT&T, working with Ericsson, introduced a digital eCommerce platform that unifies how IoT services are discovered, configured, contracted, provisioned, and billed. The Marketplace is powered by Ericssonโ€™s Digital Experience Platform alongside its Catalogue Manager and Order Care components. AT&T reports it has cut the time it takes to order certain fleet management services from hours to minutes, an indicator of the step-change in operational efficiency the Marketplace is designed to deliver.
At India Mobile Congress 2025, Jio framed a broad agenda that ties devices, networks, AI skills, and safety into a national-scale digital strategy. The message from Jioโ€™s chairman was clear: Indiaโ€™s telecom flywheel now spans the full value chain, from semiconductors and device platforms to fraud management and the next wave of 6G research. Telcos are shifting from pure connectivity to platform businesses that bundle devices, cloud access, security, and AI services. JioPC is positioned as an โ€œAI-readyโ€ computer that turns any screen into a managed endpoint, delivered through a subscription model.
Swedenโ€™s largest passenger rail operator SJ is consolidating its communications estate with Telia to accelerate 5G, IoT, and crisis-readiness across trains, stations, depots, and corporate operations. The partnership positions Telia as SJโ€™s primary provider for nationwide mobile and fixed communications, combining public 5G/LTE coverage with managed services that support dayโ€‘toโ€‘day rail operations and passenger experience. For passengers, more consistent Wiโ€‘Fi backhaul and seamless digital services are the immediate wins; for operations, the prize is reliability and faster recovery when incidents occur. European operators are scaling beyond discrete connectivity pilots toward platforms that unify onboard systems, station sensors, and backโ€‘office analytics.
Vodafone Idea (Vi) used India Mobile Congress 2025 to unveil Vi Protect, a network-integrated, AI-powered security suite aimed at stopping spam calls, fraudulent messages, and fast-moving cyber threats for both consumers and businesses. By moving detection into the network rather than relying on over-the-top apps, Vi is positioning security as a core service-level capability with lower latency, broader coverage, and tighter control. Unlike app-only caller ID and spam filtering, Vi Protect runs at the DNS, SMS, and voice gateway layers, combining AI models, web crawlers, and subscriber feedback loops. The operator says its systems have already intercepted more than 600 million scam and spam attempts.
Deutsche Telekom has launched a first in Europe: seamless eSIM profile transfers across Android and iOS, removing long-standing friction when customers switch devices or platforms. Customers on Deutsche Telekom can now move their mobile subscription as an eSIM from Android to iOS and vice versa without a carrier app, QR code, or paperwork. The transfer process is initiated in the settings of the new device and handled natively by the operating system, which detects the previous phone and orchestrates the migration. Deutsche Telekom validates device, tariff, and user eligibility in the background, then authorizes the transfer, preserving the phone number and plan.

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