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.

Cloud-based services are changing what service assurance requires. Tomorrow, learn how cloud-native platforms, APIs, AI, and automation are shaping service assurance and OSS/BSS management at the Orchestration and Service Assurance Symposium. 🔗: shorturl.at/c91Ud

Musk says catching Starship's upper stage is 'more likely than not' on the next flight. Starlink, meanwhile, added 1.6M subs, short of forecasts, as ARPU fell to $69. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4eFfFRl

Thai operator AIS will effectively secure a 24.01% indirect stake in Lao Telecom in a $43.35 million deal expected to be completed by December 31, 2026. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4hWot7H

AST SpaceMobile targets 'initial, intermittent coverage' for satellite mobile broadband services by year-end in US, Canada, Japan, UK and Saudi Arabia. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/47yVwbX

Under its 'Grid 2040' plan, Virgin Media O2 is in talks with rivals about possible 5G 'densification,' but its network is already making strides. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4BgRH8K

Toshiba execs say the company's QSN platform will make quantum-safe networks more scalable, allowing for simpler and cheaper implementation. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4BaQYWG

#Eurobites: CMA looks to open up Apple's NFC walled garden; Elisa's Q3 dented by PSTN switch-off; TIM goes sovereign with Nvidia; A1 Group raises its outlook. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4zLWA8l

In its latest copper network shutdown update, AT&T says it has decommissioned more than 100 wire centers that served 500 communities and 1.3 million locations across 18 states. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4dJqfXm

Singtel and Ericsson entered a five-year partnership to scale up Singapore's 5G Advanced capabilities and accelerate the adoption of AI-native networks. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4snsPIE

South Korean data center firm Elice's IPO disappointment is the latest sign the AI boom may have peaked. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4B8O70q

Per Narvinger, Ericsson's new CEO, describes Ericsson's ASICs as an 'extraordinary asset' when asked about interest in Nvidia's GPUs. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4i9ne3R

#Eurobites: EU doubles down on KKR's Netco acquisition; Nexfibre vents anger at regulator's merger report; Telefónica and NOS do defense connectivity; Tele2's Q3. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4shfWQi

Satellite connectivity is expanding IoT and mobile networks. Join Iridium and Omdia to learn how standards-based NB-IoT and direct-to-device connectivity can extend coverage and create revenue opportunities beyond terrestrial networks. 🔗: shorturl.at/BJRYH

The recently passed UOMO bill requires Australia's major telecom operators to provide baseline voice and text services across the entire country. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4scR5Ne

Univastu India has doled out just $5.1 million to acquire pieces of Cambium that Airspan did not acquire last month. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4i7Gw9I

In a remote part of the UK, Virgin Media O2 shows off its Starlink-based satellite service and looks forward to some big improvements. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4yYOSI8

A 6G Forum panel sees spectrum sharing as essential for 6G, but interference and testing complexity pose challenges. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4yXdxg1

#Eurobites: Microsoft unplugs from Nscale data center project in UK; VEON acquires Rubicon Wireless in Uzbekistan; management shake-up at TIM; Wi-Fi woes plague UK's remote workers. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4Bfuhk8

Handset maker Transsion's IPO was weighed down by a difficult market, with global smartphone sales hitting lowest mark in 14 years. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4i4FRGf