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.

KDDI-owned Mongolian operator Mobicom faces scrutiny by local authorities after torching 4,000 square kilometers in a nature reserve. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3VXlXWd

The National Association of Broadcasters and Sinclair are fighting a petition for the FCC to allow low-power TV stations to voluntarily deploy 5G Broadcast. As backers of ATSC 3.0, they believe a new rule will fragment the market. Read more: bit.ly/4BmGl3b

Orange wants to expand satellite direct-to-device services through its partnership with AST SpaceMobile and its European JV with Vodafone, Satellite Connect Europe, but has postponed testing amid limited satellite coverage. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4i7tZ6c

In a trial planned for 2027, SoftBank and Nokia aim to move AI-RAN out of laboratory environments and validate its performance under real-world, commercial traffic conditions. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4sk7XSx

Sales to AI and cloud customers accounted for nearly all revenue growth at Nokia as it continued to work on restructuring various parts of its business. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4snsaqG

#Eurobites: Wake up and smell the Starlink coffee, says EU's Kobosko; AI boosts Nokia in Q3; Ericsson detects drones; Zain, Ooredoo launch tower-sharing platform. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4jAV8Ry

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