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At the 15th @ZTEPress Global Summit & User Congress 2026, Francois Olivier, CSO, and Mauritz Lewies, CTO of @comsolnetworks, share their vision for the company’s strategic 5G network deployment in South Africa and the opportunities it creates for businesses and consumers.

Cambridge, UK-based CBNG has gone into administration, affecting about 75 jobs, in the wake of Verizon's decision to not use its millimeter wave product for 5G fixed wireless access. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4f4JXgD

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is circulating a proposal that aims to preempt California requirements that conflict with new FCC rules and approvals designed to accelerate the retirement of legacy copper networks. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4kmL7rh

DayOne and Nxera have signed their respective memorandums of understanding on power supply with Sembcorp Utilities to support their data center developments in Asia. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4zdol9W

Together, AT&T and Verizon now employ fewer people than AT&T alone did in 2020, but cuts so far seem to have had little to do with AI. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3UTN04w

Jio's IPO raises questions about whether it will prioritize higher ARPU or preserve the low-cost data strategy behind its growth. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3W3YjYe

#Eurobites: VMO2 nears Openreach deal to expand fiber coverage – report; Proximus' patchy Q3; Orange hooks up with Mistral AI; Google under fire in Finland. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3WjQJss

T-Mobile reports Q3 earnings and says it aims to be first with 6G in the US. It also continues to rule out an MVNO deal with SpaceX's Starlink. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4eBybtY

Samsung's earnings soar, but its device business records another loss on higher component costs. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4yKP1xJ

Comcast and Bluewater's 600MHz spectrum could present a lowband, 'sensible bolt-on' for SpaceX's terrestrial mobile ambitions, says New Street Research. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4zAiPi5

Singapore-based STTGDC is using a $588M green loan to finance the fit-out and operations of its first two facilities in Tokyo. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4idLByI

As AI traffic grows, India's telecom service providers may need targeted network upgrades to handle rising uplink demand even as they struggle with monetization. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4zZMv7R

#Eurobites: African smartphone shipments slump 39% in Q3; Deutsche Telekom puts T-Mobile plan on hold, says report; Alibaba Cloud sets up shop in Amsterdam; Net Insight's weak Q3. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3WSI68m

Regional carrier C Spire developed in-house, AI-boosted capacity planning models to extend 5G FWA availability to 500,000 extra homes in Mississippi. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4sw6QPB

SoftBank and its partners will build a materials development platform powered by quantum computing and AI technologies, with the aim of helping Japan keep its industrial edge in the global market. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3UMVCKd

The tower companies (towercos) now own Dish Wireless' abandoned 5G radios and antennas, says American Tower CEO Steven Vondran. This could feed into SpaceX's mobile ambitions, analysts say. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3W8a3c9

Orange, Telenor and Vodafone explored how they plan to turn agentic AI into measurable operational and customer outcomes during a recent webinar. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4BLHUbg

Singtel considers sovereign AI an opportunity to move up the value chain with differentiated services. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4sNuXtv

#Eurobites: Kyivstar acquires GigaCloud for 'sovereign' boost; VMO2's Schüler slams BT's 'backroom deal' with TalkTalk; KPN and Telenor's Q3s; Reiter set to leave Vodafone. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4zqd5ac

Dispute over end of KT-backed wholesale monopoly in Rwanda grows, with the Rwandan government counter-suing for $386 million over allegations KT breached the terms of their agreement. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4zRFBkV

Marvis, described as an AI brain, now unifies all the various parts of the Aruba and Mist portfolios to create a truly autonomous system, says HPE. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4zWkYV0