NETWORKS Three becomes one as Vodafone buys out merger partner £4.3B deal gives telco full control of Britain's largest mobile operator
NETWORKS Uncle Sam needs you to fight for 6G leadership and security, lest Beijing get there first Washington rallies allies to shape next-generation networks after spending 18 months rattling them
NETWORKS Openreach nudges another 112 exchange areas toward full fiber Latest batch takes the copper sales restrictions to 1,572 locations and 15.4 million premises
NETWORKS Cisco close to releasing more AI models, this time for deep networking ops Token costs not quite sorted, but on-prem will be an option
NETWORKS EU telcos ask: Huawei going to afford to replace Chinese equipment? Proposed cybersecurity legislation may force a cull of high-risk network technology, costing tens of billions
Networks China advances plans for national single-stack IPv6 network, and its own surveillance-friendly version of the protocol IPv6+ could make it easier to censor netizens or block traffic, and Beijing is already exporting it
networks NTP server that traveled back in time caused massive Aussie mobile outage Telstra skipped a patch, didn’t record changes, had no idea it was an accident waiting to happen
networks Hands off our VPNs, privacy groups tell UK ministers Mozilla, Proton, Tor warn ministers that targeting the tech risks creating more problems than it solves
networks User crippled a network while trying to learn Nmap IT department was not pleased, but was also easily fooled
Networks Telstra outage: Failed emergency services calls, train chaos, payment systems down Telco says issues all sorted, but transport networks expected to be disrupted well into Thursday
NETWORKS Clingy Virgin Media fined £28M for refusing to take the hint Ofcom: Telco encouraged staff to drop calls and put customers on hold for no reason when they wanted to cancel
networks Media Over QUIC can scale real-time streaming and carry the world's vids With the low latency of WebRTC and the scalability of DASH
NETWORKS Amazon Leo constellation nears 400 satellites as broadband launch looms Online emporium's Starlink rival says it will start service later this year as another 29 birds reach orbit
NETWORKS Brit competition cops fast-track £2B borging of Netomnia into Openreach challenger Liberty Global, Telefónica, and InfraVia have grand designs on the UK fiber market
How is AI changing datacenter network fabrics? EXPLAINER AI workloads are overwhelming the traditional datacenter fabrics they run on. Here's what's replacing them.
NETWORKS Rocket Lab buys its way into the satellite big league with $8B Iridium deal SpaceX gains a vertically integrated rival as launch specialist adds global comms network
networks Microsoft to assist European Commission in defense of EU-US data-sharing agreement Court says Redmond can file briefs, take part in hearings amid challenge to the current path Big Tech's data spice uses to legally flow
Networks BT and Verizon spin off international networking arms into $4B joint venture Enterprise networking gets another consolidation play as firms pool their overseas operations
networks End of era as the BBC switches off Radio 4 Long Wave service Aging infrastructure shuts down tomorrow after almost a century
networks Malaysia ponders regulating management of IP addresses Wants to revive the lost art of the National Internet Registry, which APNIC has deprecated and isn’t keen to bring back
networks Germany went off the rails as wireless outage saw all trains cancelled Unexplained GSM-R failure at Deutsche Bahn caused confusion and delay
NETWORKS O2 joins UK 2G switch-off with summer 2029 start date It's not just old phones – many smart meters and telecare alarms still use the ancient technology
Networks Telegram founder accuses Meta of sabotaging access in India with BGP hijacks Allegations of fake routes are fake news, says Indian telco Jio
NETWORKS Geopolitical jitters push Europe's internet registry away from cloud-first strategy Members aren't RIPE for a new charging scheme, though
NetworkS Nvidia-backed optics vendor to boost wafer output by 4x to meet AI interconnect demand Jensen can't risk semiconductor supply chains derailing the AI hype train
Networks AWS rolls the dice for faster, more efficient networking Honey, I flattened the datacenter network
NETWORKS Amazon Leo's satellite homework is late, but FCC won't flunk it just yet Orbital broadband biz will miss its July 30 deadline to have 1,616 spacecraft in place
networks Brit regulator finds mobile network service on trains is far from first class Comms watchdog says up to 83% of tests fail the 'good performance' threshold
networks Bend the beam like Beckham to defeat anti-jamming tech It's hard to stop a signal jammer if you can't locate the source, say Rice University researchers
networks Don’t repeat 5G mistakes with 6G, plead mobile operators NGMN wants a clear migration path before next-gen network rollouts begin
Networks The tech that could make Marvell the next trillion dollar company CU later, rivals? That's if Broadzilla doesn't eat its lunch first
Networks Marvell enters the AI network fray with 102.4 Tbps switch silicon High radix, low latency and low power is what AI datacenters crave, the chipmaker says
Networks Satellite phone dreams orbit reality as direct-to-cell usage set to underwhelm Nice technology, shame about the price and the indoor blackouts
Networks Putin sends submarines to survey Britain's subsea cables. UK deploys Royal Navy, mobilizes parliamentary draftsmen Proposed legislation threatens fines and prison for reckless damage. Russian Prez must be shaking in his boots
Networks Jammin' on UK defence secretary's jet as Russia blamed for GPS interference Estonian academic fingers mobile tower-mounted devices as Kremlin tries to swat Ukrainian forces
Networks Russian oligarch's financial network crashed thanks to a crank and a cleaner What a wind-up!
Networks ICANN again intervenes to defend AFRINIC Africa’s regional internet registry and its longtime antagonist are fighting on old and new fronts
Broadcom gets early start on WiFi 8 with next-gen wireless routing kit Better, more reliable, and cheaper? Isn't that the story every generation?
Networks UK armed forces aims for secure comms via optical satellite links Brit military boffins test ground station with infra-red lasers to deliver multi-gigabits downloads
Networks 6G: The next gen of wireless tech nobody's ready to pay for Standards body on track for 2028 specs drop. Telcos on track for 2028 existential crisis about 5G ROI
Networks Cisco making SONiC available to all customers – not just hyperscalers Hardened version of open-source NOS coming to Nexus 9000s
Networks Under-trained techie didn't claim overtime for mistakenly failing to phone it in After making a medical clinic's network rather ill, she 'kept working until I somewhat knew what I was doing'
Networks AT&T sues to ditch Cali copper phone lines to save billions Telecoms giant files suit in Golden State so it doesn't have to maintain network it claims is hardly used
Networks Iran hints it could interfere with submarine cables in the Strait of Hormuz Threatens unspecified ‘fees’ and warns of economic consequences – yet only major kinetic action could stop data flows entirely
Networks Europe tests laser links as satellite comms outgrow radio Greek mountaintop ground station aims infrared beams at CubeSats in ESA-backed optical networking trial
Columnists Utah tells porn sites to take the P out of VPNs, and it's their fault that they can't Governments can't touch VPNs technically or commercially. The mess they'll make if they try will be off the scale
Networks Cisco to fire 4,000 staff and generously give them free training – on Cisco Reducing memory requirements to control costs in a new wave of kit
Networks FCC walks back router update ban before it bricks America's network security Quietly extends waivers to 2029 after realizing it was about to leave millions of devices unpatched
Networks Lawsuit brought by former store operators missing from Vodafone results Former franchise operators claim telco unfairly cut commission and other payments
Networks Britain pays Starlink millions despite Musk's calls to overthrow UK government Satellite service supports troops and Ukraine, but payments may raise eyebrows after boss's political broadsides
Networks Veteran network architect proposes IPv8 – to improve IPv4, not leapfrog v6 Critics are not convinced this plan to add an ‘area code’ based on ASNs has much merit
networks HPE drops first Juniper x Aruba collab – self-driving Wi-Fi NetAdmins can stay in the loop while they learn to trust AI to tackle some scutwork
Networks It's always DNS: Denic says sorry for crashing Germany's internet Major .de domains experienced hours-long outage after registry distributed faulty signatures
Networks Vodafone dials up full control of joint venture with Three in £4.3B deal CK Hutchison takes early cash as UK mobile tie-up moves ahead of schedule
Networks Inside Amazon Web Services' plan to make networking disappear The Register gets a look inside AWS' networking lab in Cupertino
Networks Hope your holiday was horrid: You botched the last thing you did before leaving That box-full-of-old-tech-you-should-probably-have-thrown-out-but-kept-just-in-case got a techie in trouble
Networks Bandwidth hogs rejoice, Celestica's latest switch is bristling with 64 ports of 1.6 Tbps Ethernet Networking kit arrives just in time for Nvidia's 1.6 Tbps ConnectX-9 NICs
Networks Cloudflare says autocrats, wars and elections caged the internet in Q1 Iran went dark twice, AWS got droned, oh and TalkTalk broke something it refuses to talk about
Networks Wind Telecom Dominican Republic and ZTE join forces to accelerate smart home innovation Elevating residential connectivity with AI-driven network optimization and secure cloud-based home monitoring solutions
Networks ZTE and XLSMART officially launch Innovation Center in Jakarta, accelerating 5G-advanced and AI readiness for Indonesia Driving cross-sector digital transformation through collaborative 5G-A research and AI-powered network solutions
Networks GoDaddy customer claims registrar transferred 27-year-old domain without any security checks 32 phone calls, 17 email chains, a 5-day ordeal, and no help during the daddy of all stuffups, claim those affected
Networks When robots join the race: 5G-A powers a new kind of marathon Human and humanoid runners share the track as next-gen connectivity underpins real-time AI performance
Networks Two men charged over series of arson attacks on 5G masts Pair accused of creating literal flame war as bonkers conspiracy theories grow
Networks US clarifies mobile hotspots part of foreign router ban despite rarity of American made consumer kit Silicon often from US, but the kit from APAC and elsewhere
Networks ZTE reports first-quarter revenue of RMB 35.0 billion, up 6% YoY, with computing revenue mix rising to 27% AI infrastructure and international growth offset domestic carrier shifts as "Connectivity + Computing" strategy takes hold
Networks To fix this Wi-Fi network, we'll need a crane Won't somebody think of the children not being hit by a load of building materials?
Networks TUIT and ZTE unveil new initiatives for student internships and tech employment Empowering Uzbekistan’s digital future through international hackathons, AI integration, and advanced internship pathways
Networks Phone-to-satellite use goes into orbit, growing 25% in 8 months Still only a tiny slice of mobile activity overall
Networks ZTE highlights path to broadband monetization at FTTH conference 2026 Urges operators to shift focus from traditional network metrics to managing user experience and customer behavior
Networks Support tech caught by 'Technician Aura': the bug that only hides when you're watching All that kit, and the fix was simply stepping aside
Networks IOWN Global Forum targets datacenter interconnects to scatter AI infrastructure Fast WAN consortium thinks neoclouds are ripe for hookups
Networks Cisco Wi-Fi boxes are filling their disks with 5MB of undeletable data every day Fix for critical flaw is an OS update you may not be able to make because the junk data uses all memory
Networks IPv6 carried half of internet traffic – for one day, according to Google We're not half way there, we're still livin' on a prayer
Networks Iran has something America can only dream of: cheap broadband Shame about the internet blackouts and airstrikes
Networks QUIC will soon be as important as TCP – but it's vastly different Deciphering the third transport protocol's four RFCs is a task to rival the proverbial blind man trying to understand an elephant
Networks Bullet train upgrade brings 5G windows and noise-cancelling cabins to Japan Private Shinkansen suites are pulling up to the station in October
Networks Not all networks can handle AI traffic – and experts are sounding alarms Y'all been focusing on compute and forgot about how the data moves around
Networks Amazon pays $11.5B to satisfy satellite-envy while cowering in Musk's shadow Deal only comes with 24 operational sats, but also an Apple deal, spectrum licenses, and plenty of IP
Networks ZTE and CIMB expand strategic partnership to support 5G deployment and digital infrastructure across ASEAN Leveraging tech leadership and strategic financing to accelerate 5G deployment and bridge the digital divide across Southeast Asia
Networks ZTE powers Africa's digital evolution with intelligent innovations at GITEX Africa 2026 From 5G-A to AI-powered terminals: empowering Africa’s digital future with sustainable, end-to-end infrastructure
Networks Uzbekistan and ZTE forge strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation ZTE and Ministry of Digital Technologies sign MoU at MWC 2026 to modernize telecom infrastructure and explore 6G, Wi-Fi 7/8, and satellite innovations
Networks ZTE launches regional service center at Uzbekistan's IT park to boost IT exports and create high-skilled jobs New hub at IT Park Uzbekistan to drive regional digital transformation, expand IT exports, and foster high-tech talent across Central Asia and Europe
Networks ZTE empowers MiFibra to accelerate into the All-Optical 10G era Large-scale XGS-PON deployment drives 5 Gbps services and multiple Ookla Speedtest Awards for Peru’s top ISP
Networks No-Nvidia interconnect club delivers 2.0 spec before v1.0 silicon ships UALink splits work on physical layer and protocol specs to speed things up, literally and metaphorically
Networks US military contractor open sources tool for validating hidden communications networks Maude-HCS from RTX (formerly Raytheon) helps model and validate hidden communication systems
Networks AI search is atomizing our information, warns government digital designer We must design expecting much of what we publish will be reinterpreted by 'systems we don't control'
Networks FCC says it's making it easier for US telcos to ditch legacy lines But critics say stopping some engineering tests is not the sort of corner you want to cut
Networks ZTE and Kcell sign strategic MoU to boost terminal ecosystem and FWA services in Kazakhstan ZTE and Kcell aim to bridge Kazakhstan’s connectivity gap
Networks Advancing smarter and more inclusive digital connectivity for Indonesia, Telkomsel and ZTE strengthen collaboration at MWC Barcelona 2026 Edge compute and AI get the spotlight as operators grapple with scale and service quality
Networks ZTE achieves multiple awards at 2026 Lightwave Innovation Reviews, leading global AI optical network innovation Full-suite wins underscore ZTE’s leadership in AI-driven optical and broadband innovation
Networks Country that put backdoors into Cisco routers to spy on world bans foreign routers Unfortunately, there aren't many options unless you're Starlink
Networks Herotel brings 10Gbps-capable fibre to South African townships, with 3,000 customers already connected and 1 million homes to follow
Networks China Mobile and ZTE jointly launch Scale-Across (GSE-DCI) solution, solving pain points of ultra-large-scale computing power coordination
Networks LTT and ZTE sign MoU to accelerate digital transformation and network evolution in Libya at MWC Barcelona 2026
Networks ZTE and China Telecom unveil DGN innovation solution to forge differentiated connectivity foundation for mobile AI era
Networks From traffic volume to experience value, ZTE AIR RAN & AIR CORE redefine the paradigm of network monetization
PARTNER CONTENT ZTE and China Telecom win GSMA GLOMO "Best Private Network Solution" for EasyOn 5G-A-RobotNet
PARTNER CONTENT U Mobile to leverage ZTE's AIR Core solution to pilot AI capabilities in their 5G network to improve efficiency, stability and capabilities in latest MoU
PARTNER CONTENT ZTE debuts next-gen FWA line-up powered by AI, Wi-Fi 8 and 5G-A at MWC Barcelona 2026
PARTNER CONTENT ZTE and SURGE mark milestone partnership to deliver world's first commercial 5G FWA 1.4GHz service
PARTNER CONTENT Turkcell and ZTE/Netaş collaborate on next-generation superbox with 5G and Wi-Fi 7 support
PARTNER CONTENT ZTE strengthens strategic partnership with SACOFA to accelerate Sarawak’s PCDS 2030 and Digital Economy 2030 vision
Networks China Mobile together with ZTE and JD.com, wins the GSMA GLOMO "Open Gateway Challenge" award
Networks China Mobile unveils AI clusters scale-across solution GSE-DCI and 115.2T router prototype based on packet spraying
Networks ZTE and China Mobile jointly unveil GigaMIMO innovations at MWC Barcelona 2026, redefining cellular boundaries toward 6G innovation
Networks ZTE’s Li Xiaotong: AIR RAN Enhances Network Quality, Efficiency, and Monetization via 4xTurbo Solutions
Networks ZTE launches AIR MAX solution to build the Optimal Mobile Network for the AI Era at MWC Barcelona 2026
Networks ZTE and XLSMART Set New Benchmark for Large-Scale Network Rollout Across Indonesia by Deploying 20,000+ Sites in Eight Months
Networks Türk Telekom and ZTE complete world's first C+L full-band integrated 1.6Tbps live network trial, ushering in a new era of 5G all-optical network
Networks ZTE Showcases Full-Stack AI Innovations at MWC Barcelona 2026, Creating an Intelligent Future
Networks XLSMART Partners with ZTE to Launch Indonesia's First Nationwide 5G Blanket Coverage Network
Networks Log files that describe the history of the internet are disappearing. A new project hopes to save them
Networks Netlife Ecuador partners with ZTE to advance smart cloud platform deployment and accelerate smart home innovation
Networks AIS and ZTE achieve AIR RAN commercialization for differentiated experience at Thailand BMMF#15
Networks ZTE recognized on CDP Climate A ist for third consecutive year, ranking among the global top 4%
Networks ZTE wins dual awards at PMI Malaysia 2025 for driving digital future with innovative management models
Networks ZTE and industry partners complete TAPI standard initiation, propelling AI all-optical networks into a new era
Networks ZTE fosters AI-driven win-win cooperation at its Global Services Ecosystem Forum 2025 in Brazil
Networks Unofficial IETF draft calls for grant of five nonillion IPv6 addresses to ham radio operators
Networks ICANN distances itself from radical proposal – which it funded – to give nations a role in internet governance
Networks China Telecom and China Unicom jointly launch the world’s first 5G-A service for high-speed rail
Networks China Unicom Shangdong and ZTE collaborate to create a benchmark of 5G+AI differentiated service guarantee innovation for campuses
Networks China Telecom and ZTE join forces to boost Shandong's rural revitalization via 5G-powered digital transformation
Networks PMI (China) awarded ZTE the 2025 Outstanding Project Award for its innovative work in building the state emergency communications system
