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Indian Telecom Operators Raise Tariffs After Three Years

India Telecom Tariffs & 5G: Data Still Cost-Effective

India has ceded the lowest-tariff crown to Bangladesh and Egypt, yet it still leads on value through generous allowances and low data unit costs. Indian base plans commonly include unlimited voice, whereas Bangladesh and Egypt restrict voice to roughly 100 and 70 minutes respectively at entry level. On data, incremental purchase economics are unusually attractive: an extra Rs 100 typically buys around 26 GB, or about Rs 4 per GB, keeping India among the most affordable data markets globally. Even after adjusting for purchasing power parity, India remains at the affordable end of global tariff rankings.

Qualcomm AI200/AI250 AI Chips for Data Center Inference

Qualcomm AI200/AI250 AI Chips for Data Center Inference
Qualcomm is moving from mobile NPUs into rack-scale AI infrastructure, positioning its AI200 (2026) and AI250 (2027) to challenge Nvidia/AMD on the economics of large-scale inference. The company is translating its Hexagon neural processing unit heritage—refined across phones and PCs—into data center accelerators tuned for inferencing, not training. AI200 and AI250 will ship in liquid-cooled, rack-scale configurations designed to operate as a single logical system. Qualcomm is leaning into that constraint with a redesigned memory subsystem and high-capacity cards supporting up to 768 GB of onboard memory—positioning that as a differentiator versus current GPU offerings.

Ericsson and SAR bring 5G FRMCS to Saudi Rail

Ericsson and SAR bring 5G FRMCS to Saudi Rail
The partnership targets two fronts: mission-critical rail communications for operations and high-speed broadband for passengers. The scope includes deploying advanced 5G infrastructure, testing FRMCS-based use cases, and running a real-world trial on an existing SAR line to validate performance, integration, and safety requirements. An innovation and test lab will be established to accelerate solution validation, and SAR teams will be trained on FRMCS/5G rail technologies to build in-house capability. The partners will explore 5G Standalone capabilities for operational communications, including quality-of-service guarantees, redundancy, and resilience needed for rail. FRMCS-aligned services such as mission-critical push-to-talk/data/video (MCX), Railway Emergency Call, and secure staff communications will be validated for integration with signaling and control systems.

SoftBank’s $30B OpenAI Investment Signals AI IPO Push

Databricks Integrates OpenAI GPT-5 in 0M AI Bet
SoftBank has reportedly approved the final $22.5 billion tranche of a planned $30 billion commitment to OpenAI, tied to the AI firm’s shift to a conventional for‑profit structure and a path to IPO. The investment completes a massive $41 billion financing round for OpenAI that began in April, making it one of the largest private capital raises in tech history. This funding and restructuring signal faster enterprise AI adoption, heavier infrastructure demand, and new platform dynamics that will ripple across networks, cloud, and edge. OpenAI is pushing deeper into enterprise tools, security features, and domain‑specific assistants.

Verizon partners with Eaton Fiber for FTTP expansion

Verizon partners with Eaton Fiber for FTTP expansion
Verizon signed a commercial agreement with Eaton Fiber, an affiliate of Tillman Global Holdings, to extend fiber-to-the-premises service well beyond its current Fios footprint and the locations it expects to add through its planned Frontier deal. The structure is straightforward. Eaton Fiber will fund, build, and operate the local access network. Verizon will handle sales, marketing, and customer care and gain full residential retail exclusivity on the new builds during deployment and for a subsequent period. Fiber is the control point for converged services.

Vodafone GenAI RIC Accelerates 5G Open RAN rApps

Vodafone GenAI RIC Accelerates 5G Open RAN rApps
Vodafone is partnering with Irish firm Zinkworks on Rapid RIC, a central platform that blends secure data analytics, a visual low-code interface, and code-generating AI to create and operate RAN applications, or rApps. The goal is ambitious but specific: cut time-to-market from months to weeks, scale deployments across markets, and improve service quality, capacity, and energy use. The platform is slated for early 2026 availability and will run primarily on Vodafone’s private Google Cloud Platform environment. Rapid RIC uses GenAI to generate production-grade code from visual designs, enabling radio engineers to turn domain knowledge directly into software without deep AI or ML skills.

Vodafone Germany cuts fibre broadband prices to speed DSL migration

Vodafone Germany cuts fibre broadband prices to speed DSL migration
Germany’s migration from copper to fibre is entering a price-led phase, and Vodafone is sharpening fibre offers to pull DSL users across the line. Germany has the fibre footprint but not the take-up: many households still cling to DSL and VDSL even where FTTH is available, leaving operators running two networks and straining economics. The emphasis is on choice, transparency and avoiding dual-running costs—nudging, not forcing, customers to move. Price becomes the immediate lever to move hesitant households and SMEs off copper, especially in multi-dwelling units where permissions, in-building wiring and installation coordination add friction.

Palantir and Lumen $200M Enterprise AI Partnership at the Edge

Palantir and Lumen 0M Enterprise AI Partnership at the Edge
A new partnership between Palantir and Lumen Technologies signals a shift from internal AI pilots to packaged enterprise services delivered over a telecom-grade edge and network footprint. Palantir will provide its Foundry and Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) as the data and decisioning layer for Lumen’s enterprise AI offerings, which Lumen plans to deliver on top of its edge computing nodes, broadband infrastructure, and managed digital services. The companies position this as a multi-year, strategic collaboration focused on operational AI use cases, not just experimentation. While exact terms were not disclosed, multiple reports indicate Lumen’s total spend could exceed $200 million over several years.

Ubiik Earns Anterix 900 MHz Certification for Private LTE

Ubiik Earns Anterix 900 MHz Certification for Private LTE
Ubiik has secured Anterix certifications for its router and base station, signaling readiness for private LTE deployments on Anterix’s 900 MHz Band 106 spectrum. Anterix awarded Anterix Active badges to Ubiik’s Pyxis 5G LPWA RA810 router and its goRAN+ base station, confirming they meet Anterix operating criteria for 900 MHz private LTE. In addition, the high-power Pyxis RA320X variant received an Anterix Capable badge, validating a 28 dBm transmit option that extends reach compared to standard 23 dBm LTE modules. Together, the router and RAN designations give utilities and critical infrastructure providers a tested, end-to-end path to deploy pLTE on B106. Band 106 is licensed 900 MHz spectrum aligned with 3GPP LTE that Anterix has aggregated across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Alaska, and Hawaii.

Iridium & T-Mobile Strengthen 5G with LEO PNT Timing

Iridium & T-Mobile Strengthen 5G with LEO PNT Timing
Iridium and T-Mobile are scaling satellite-delivered positioning, navigation, and timing services under a U.S. Department of Transportation initiative to bolster the resilience of 5G networks against GPS disruptions. The collaboration equips T-Mobile sites with Iridium PNT receivers to deliver precise, authenticated timing that complements existing GNSS sources. Iridium transmits timing over its low-earth-orbit constellation in the L-band, offering weather-resilient coverage and stronger signals than typical GNSS. The service is engineered for sub-100-nanosecond accuracy, uses cryptographic protections for integrity, and can operate indoors without an external antenna, addressing urban canyons, indoor small cells, and hard-to-reach sites where GNSS is unreliable.

2024 U.S. Broadband Capex: $89.6B Investment

2024 U.S. Broadband Capex: .6B Investment
Industry capex remained exceptionally strong in 2024, underscoring broadband’s status as critical infrastructure for the digital and AI economy. Broadband providers invested an estimated $89.6 billion in U.S. communications infrastructure last year, pushing cumulative investment since 1996 to more than $2.2 trillion and keeping the 2020–2024 average above $90 billion annually. Spend concentrated on fiber deepening, rural reach, wireless capacity, and overall network scale for AI, cloud, and streaming workloads. While 2024 trailed 2023’s higher tally, it still signals a sustained, competitive race to modernize fixed and mobile networks.

Google Cloud Study: 52% Deploy AI Agents, Driving ROI

Google Cloud Study: 52% Deploy AI Agents, Driving ROI
Google Cloud’s 2025 ROI of AI study signals a step-change: AI agents are now in production at scale and delivering measurable business outcomes. The study, fielded with National Research Group across 24 countries, finds 52% of executives report their organizations already use AI agents—specialized models that can plan, reason, and take actions. Momentum is material: 39% say their company has launched more than ten agents. Executives also report faster delivery cycles, with over half moving use cases from idea to production within three to six months, up from last year. Generative AI investment continues to climb as technology costs fall.

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