CommsWire 8 August 2025

ProRail selects Nokia to modernise the Netherlands’ railway GSM core network

Telecoms equipment vendor Nokia has announced an agreement with ProRail, a Dutch government organisation responsible for the maintenance and extension of the Netherlands national railway system.

AT&T claims first Open RAN call using third-party radios

US telecoms giant AT&T claims to have completed a milestone, with the first ever Open RAN (radio access network) call using third party radios for data transmission.

SK Telecom launches sovereign GPU as a service using NVIDIA GPUs

South Korea’s largest wireless operator SK Telecom has launched its new sovereign AI Infrastructure platform, providing GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) powered by NVIDIA ha

NBN Co selects Amazon’s Project Kuiper over Musk’s Starlink for LEO satellite broadband in Australia

Australian government-owned broadband wholesaler NBN Co has chosen Amazon’s nascent LEO satellite network Project Kuiper to deliver broadband to underserved areas of the island continent, as it transitions from its Sky Muster geostationary satellite broadband service.

Airtel subsidiary launches sovereign ‘telco-grade’ cloud platform

Bharti Airtel subsidiary Xtelify has launched a sovereign, telco-grade cloud platform – Airtel Cloud – which the Indian telco claims will assure 40% optimisation in cloud spends for Indian businesses.

SKT consortium selected to develop full-stack AI platform

Korean telco turned AI developer SK Telecom has announced that it will lead a consortium selected by the South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) to develop a full-stack artificial intelligence (AI) platform.

SoftBank selects Ericsson for expanded RAN equipment deal

Japanese mobile operator SoftBank has selected Ericsson as its partner for a new commercial agreement covering 4G and 5G network products and solutions for the telco’s networks in the Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Hokuriku and Tokai regions, and parts of the Kansai region.

Surge deploys Nokia to power subsea network connecting Indonesia and Singapore

Indonesian digital infrastructure provider Surge has deployed Nokia’s subsea optical solution to connect Jakarta and Sin

Rakuten selects top tier vendors to partner on 5G SA network deployment

Japanese operator Rakuten Mobilehas announced the selection of Cisco, Nokia and F5 as partners for the deployment of its 5G Standalone (SA) mobile network.

Vocus A$5.25B acquisition of TPG’s fibre and EGW business completed

Australian telecoms network infrastructure provider Vocus has completed its acquisition of operator TPG Telecom’s fibre assets and Enterprise, Government and Wholesale (EGW) business for A$5.25 billion.