TelSoc CommsWire Newsletter 15 August 2025

Airtel, Vodacom ink network infrastructure agreement in Africa

Airtel Africa and Vodafone majority owned African telco Vodacom have announced an infrastructure sharing agreement in key markets across the continent including Mozambique, Tanzania and DRC.

PLDT becomes first reseller of Starlink in Philippines

Philippines telecoms provider PLDT has become the first telco in the Philippines to resell Starlink high-speed low earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet across the multi-island nation.

StarHub takes full ownership of MyRepublic Broadband in Singapore

Singaporean telecoms provider StarHub has completed the acquisition of the remaining 49.9% stake that it did not already own in local broadband provider MyRepublic Broadband.

NBN Co to reach 10 million premises with top tier by end 2025

Australian government owned broadband wholesaler NBN Co says it will enable more than 10 million fixed line premises to access its top speed tier by the end of 2025.

Nokia to deploy new optical backbone for MX Fiber in Mexico

Telecoms equipment vendor Nokia has been selected to deploy a new high-speed optical transport backbone network for Mexican internet service provider MX Fiber, to deliver connectivity to Southeast Mexico.

Keppel to sell M1’s telco business to Simba

Global asset manager Keppel has entered into a share purchase agreement to divest its subsidiary M1’s telco business to Singaporean telco Simba Telecom for S$1.43 billion.

Deutsche Telekom implements AI-powered voicebot system for German pension fund

German pension fund DRV Hessen has implemented a cloud-based AI-driven voicebot system for communication with its clients developed by giant telco Deutsche Telekom.

Orange to deploy new OpenAI language models across cloud footprint

French telco Orange has announced it will become one of the first companies globally to deploy OpenAI’s new advanced open-weight reasoning models, ‘gpt-oss-120b’ and ‘gpt-oss-20b’, across its own infrastructure.

FCC moves to protect US submarine cables from foreign adversaries

The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has moved to protect its submarine cable infrastructure from threats from foreign adversaries, specifically naming China in its announcement.

Australian privacy regulator takes Optus to court

Government privacy regulator the Australian Information Commissioner (AIC) is taking Australia’s second largest telco Optus to court over a devastating information breach affecting millions of customers.