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c’t Networks 2026: Future-proof home network planning | heise online

Translated title. Original: c’t Netzwerke 2026: Heimnetz zukunftssicher planen | heise online

The article discusses upgrading home networks from aging copper lines to fiber, highlighting ongoing fiber rollout, cost-effective upgrades like fiber modems, and the benefits of wired networks. It also covers extending Wi‑Fi, fiber in multi-family housing to reduce provider lock-in, and NAS as a foundation for digital sovereignty, while advertising a c’t Networks 2026 special issue.

Turkey's digital infrastructure is strengthening: 82 thousand kilometers of fiber optic cable added in one year

Translated title. Original: Türkiye'nin dijital altyapısı güçleniyor: 1 yılda 82 bin kilometre fiber hat eklendi

Turkey’s fiber and ICT infrastructure expanded significantly in the past year, with fiber length up 12.9% to 720,012 km and broadband subscribers reaching 100.8 million; 5G launched nationwide with 44.3 million subscribers. Mobile subscribers total 102.2 million, and mobile broadband users near 79.7 million. ICT contributes to GDP and productivity, while regulatory licensing supports broadcast and internet-based services; numerous ICT firms and R&D centers operate across technology zones.

AI Infrastructure and Cables: Sparkle's CEO at LUM

Translated title. Original: Infrastruttura AI e Cavi: Il CEO di Sparkle alla LUM

A university seminar featuring Telecom Italia Sparkle's CEO discusses the physical backbone of the global Internet, submarine cables, OTTs' dominance, and geopolitics affecting infrastructure, including the BlueMed case, with insights on AI inference and data-center architectures.

R&D in Telecom – Vedomosti

Translated title. Original: R&D в телекоме - Ведомости

Telecom operators are shifting some investment from network construction to R&D and services built on their networks. SK Telecom and China Mobile illustrate the trend, which Russian operators are also following to seek new growth areas.

ITReseller | AI tests in the 5G network completed successfully and... lack of deployment. Operator highlights GPU costs | ITReseller

Translated title. Original: ITReseller | Testy AI w sieci 5G zakończone sukcesem i... brakiem wdrożenia. Operator punktuje koszty GPU | ITReseller

VMO2 tested AI-assisted radio condition analysis with Nokia and NVIDIA; achieved 20% spectral efficiency gain but cited cost and energy barriers for wide adoption, favoring a distributed RAN approach; Ericsson contends ASICs can match results without GPUs.

Argentine telcos seek how to turn technological evolution into growth – TeleSemana.com

Translated title. Original: Las telcos argentinas buscan cómo convertir la evolución tecnológica en crecimiento – TeleSemana.com

Telecoms in Argentina are amid a shift from pure network deployment to service-driven growth, requiring integration of networks with cloud, processing, and new business models. Industry leaders stress scale, revenue-sharing opportunities, and regulatory simplification as key to turning connectivity into sustainable growth, with a path involving partnerships, vertical markets, and possibly token-based monetization.

Chamber analyzes regulation of pole usage by telecommunications companies – Jornal Brasil em Folhas

Translated title. Original: Câmara analisa regulamentação de uso de postes por empresas de telecomunicações – Jornal Brasil em Folhas

The Chamber discusses Bill 3220/19 to regulate telecoms' use of power poles and authorize oversight agreements between regulators and municipalities; responsibility for shared aerial infrastructure lies with the pole owner, and the bill seeks terms for sharing between energy and telecom firms.

Meta unveils Petal, world’s first petabit-class transatlantic cable

Meta unveils Petal, a petabit-class transatlantic subsea cable designed to deliver 1 Pbps by 2029, using a two-core fiber in a 24-fiber-pair arrangement to double capacity without increasing cable size, with NEC as turnkey supplier.

Spain will chair the audiovisual regulators platform of Ibero-America | DPL News

Translated title. Original: España presidirá la plataforma de reguladores audiovisuales de Iberoamérica | DPL News

Spain’s CNMC will lead the Ibero-American audiovisual regulators platform PRAI for 2027-2028, with the secretariat to be run by Spain’s regulator and international affairs head. The platform aims to foster collaboration, experience-sharing, and learning among diverse regulators amid a polarized international environment; vice-presidencies were assigned to Colombia and Ecuador’s regulatory bodies.

Disruption in au Mail since morning; nationwide usability is difficult - ITmedia NEWS

Translated title. Original: auメールで朝から障害　全国で利用しづらい状況に - ITmedia NEWS

KDDI reports a nationwide outage of auメールサービス affecting au and UQ mobile (carrier email) from early morning, with ongoing issues as of 7:10am; voice and data work, cause under investigation, no recovery estimate yet.