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Telecom Spectrum and Security
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Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Liberty Global agrees €669m Dutch tower sale
VodafoneZiggo will keep control of its active mobile network while its passive tower assets move to an independent Benelux platform.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
DOCOMO, PLDT test weather-linked battery control
A two-site Philippine trial raised reported solar utilisation from 38% to 61% by changing how battery capacity is divided between daily use and backup.

Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Russian ministry says independent MVNOs cannot offer 5G
Independent Russian MVNOs may be excluded from 5G under new spectrum rules, although industry figures dispute whether the restriction amounts to a direct ban.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
India joins US-led 6G security initiative
The group will work on common security and interoperability principles before suppliers face detailed 6G specifications or testing requirements.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
Malaysia telcos enter first full DNB year in 2027
MBSB expects service revenue growth and cost savings to help Maxis and CelcomDigi absorb the first full-year financial effect of DNB.

Global National Telecom Trends
Nokia opens hosted mobile-core test environment
Operators can test new mobile-core software in Nokia's hosted environment before deciding whether it is worth a larger trial on their own network.

Global National Telecom Trends
GSMA urges governments to release upper 6GHz spectrum
The GSMA is pressing governments to make upper 6GHz spectrum available for mobile networks as countries take different approaches to the band.

Africa National Telecom
Telecel completes 1,890 4G site upgrades in Ghana
Telecel has completed about 70% of its 2026 4G site-upgrade target in Ghana, with 808 sites still to be upgraded.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom
Telstra launches 5G slice for Microsoft Teams
Telstra is prioritising Microsoft Teams traffic on a dedicated 5G slice for business sites that need more predictable video-call performance.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom
Telkominfra offers managed laser links with Transcelestial
Telkominfra will install and maintain Transcelestial laser links for sites where fibre delays hold up mobile, enterprise and campus connectivity.

Global National Telecom Trends
GSMA pushes full upper 6GHz band for mobile
GSMA says the mobile industry is ready for upper 6GHz deployment, but national spectrum rules will decide what operators can actually use.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom
Surge targets 9,800 FWA sites for 2027
Surge plans to expand its FWA network to 9,800 sites in 2027 while guiding to a 50–60% long-term EBITDA margin.

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
Papua adds temporary broadband at Lake Sentani Festival
Papua and Telkom used three load-balanced IndiBiz links to support connectivity during the Lake Sentani Festival.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
XLSMART Surabaya 5G exceeds 1,200 base stations
XLSMART says more than 1,200 5G base stations support Surabaya, while its national footprint now covers over 50 cities and regencies.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom
Claron Fibreoptics targets 300,000km cable output
Claron Fibreoptics plans to double annual optical-fibre cable capacity to 300,000km over the next year as it targets BharatNet and FTTH demand.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom
Jio marks 10 years with 533.3 million subscribers
Jio marks a decade with 533.3 million subscribers and a network spanning 4G, 5G, fibre, and fixed wireless.

CASE FILE
SCONE Can Carry a Rate, Not the Policy That Chose It
SCONE makes a network's throughput advice visible to a QUIC application. What crosses the path is a number. The subscriber plan, traffic classification, load decision, responsible operator and correction route that produced it do not travel with the signal. That is a sound…

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
KT extends 5G slicing to CCTV at Seoul fireworks
KT used a 5G SA slice to carry real-time CCTV video and emergency communications at Seoul's fireworks festival, extending an earlier large-event trial.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
China opens industrial 5G standalone private-network pilot
China’s industrial 5G pilot lets approved enterprises build dedicated private networks around production needs.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
BSNL 4G network carries 6PB of data daily
BSNL's indigenous 4G network is serving 22–23 million users across 100,000 sites, shifting attention from rollout to live network performance.
