Telecom & Networks

Yehuda, Israel – November 10, 2026 -- AudioCodes (NASDAQ: AUDC) won the Best Connectivity/Infrastructure Solution category at UC Awards 2026, organized by UC Today, for its Operator Connect for Resellers offering, which lets channel partners activate Microsoft Teams PSTN calling for customers in minutes.

Subscription service removes the need for reseller-owned voice infrastructure

Operator Connect for Resellers runs on the AudioCodes Live Platform on a monthly subscription basis. Resellers and service providers of any size can deliver PSTN calling to Teams customers without deploying or maintaining their own voice infrastructure. The offering builds on AudioCodes' status as a Microsoft-certified Operator Connect partner.

Automated onboarding handles customer activation, while a portal covers ongoing user and phone number management.

STOCKHOLM – November 09, 2026 -- Ericsson holds 131,415,894 Class B shares in treasury following its latest repurchases, made between November 2 and November 6, 2026, under a buyback program of up to SEK 15 billion.

Buyback program runs through March 31, 2027

Ericsson announced the program on April 16, 2026. Repurchases started on April 23, 2026, and can continue until March 31, 2027 at the latest. The source release does not give the volumes or prices for the week; those are in a transaction breakdown attached to the announcement.

Board plans to cancel most repurchased shares

The Board of Directors intends to propose to the 2027 Annual General Meeting that the repurchased shares be cancelled. Shares used to fulfil Ericsson's obligations under its share-related incentive programs are excluded from the proposed cancellation.

DOHA – November 08, 2026 -- Fibocom is showcasing a U6G-enabled version of its FG390 5G module at MWC Doha 2026, targeting OEMs building fixed wireless access (FWA) devices as Upper 6 GHz networks go live in the UAE.

FG390 adds NR n104 and cross-band carrier aggregation for U6G rollouts

The U6G FG390 supports NR n104 and cross-band carrier aggregation with Sub-6 GHz. Fibocom positions it for next-generation CPEs, ODUs and enterprise gateways.

The launch follows two UAE milestones. e& UAE has launched a commercial U6G network, and du has announced end-to-end U6G connectivity using commercially available CPE equipment.

For existing Sub-6 GHz deployments, the FG370 and FG670 modules cover different FWA performance, hardware configuration and cost requirements.

Auckland – November 08, 2026 -- Fibocom's LE270-EU and LE271-GL LTE Cat.1 bis modules reached approximately 2.2 Mbps and 2.0 Mbps downlink respectively on the SpaceX Direct to Cell (DTC) satellite network during live testing in New Zealand. Both modules ran standard firmware with no satellite-specific hardware modifications. They registered on the network, established IP data sessions and transmitted data over the satellite link.

Open-sky tests deliver 0.3 Mbps uplink and 80% to 90% ping response

In outdoor and in-vehicle tests with good sky visibility, both modules delivered around 0.3 Mbps uplink. Network registration took approximately 1 to 30 seconds, and ping response rates ranged from 80% to 90%. Both modules also registered and exchanged data under weak-signal conditions.

Stamford – November 06, 2026 -- Charter Communications is targeting $2 billion in annualized run-rate operating expense savings over the next 18 months, on top of more than $1 billion in anticipated Cox Transactions synergies, after third-quarter pro forma Internet customers fell by 233,000 and a $6.3 billion franchise impairment pushed the company to a loss.

Charter rebuilds its operating model around Internet growth and cost discipline

The company is reformulating its go-to-market approach for core Internet, marketing and distribution, while leaning on its mobile and video products to lift revenue per passing. The savings program will eliminate nonessential activities, simplify organizational structures and extract efficiencies through vendor partnerships. Charter expects the effort to support significantly higher free cash flow over time.

CEO Chris Winfrey called the moves "decisive steps to unlock our full potential."

DELRAY BEACH – November 05, 2026 -- The global time-sensitive networking (TSN) market will grow from USD 0.50 billion in 2026 to USD 3.96 billion by 2032, a CAGR of 41.3%, according to MarketsandMarkets.

Industrial automation replaces proprietary fieldbus with deterministic Ethernet

Expanding industrial automation and edge data processing are increasing the number of connected Ethernet nodes in each facility. As demand for deterministic performance rises and network architectures converge, TSN is displacing traditional proprietary fieldbus solutions. Operators are adopting IEEE 802.1AS for time synchronization, IEEE 802.1Qbv for time-aware shaping, and centralized network configuration architectures. Emerging applications include industrial robotics, motion control, predictive maintenance and automotive zonal architectures.

NEW YORK – November 05, 2026 -- IQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST) reported preliminary, unaudited nine-month 2026 revenue of about $314.0 million, up 35% from $232.7 million a year earlier, with all of the growth organic.

Third-quarter revenue came in at about $106.0 million, down 2.8% from the record $109.1 million in the second quarter. It was the second consecutive quarter above $100 million. Nine-month revenue rose by $81.3 million.

Q4 must deliver $116.0 million to hit the $430 million target

Nine-month revenue equals roughly 73% of IQSTEL's $430 million fiscal 2026 objective. Reaching the target requires about $116.0 million in the fourth quarter, a 9.4% step up from Q3.

Management points to a historical pattern of stronger second-half revenue but cautions that the pattern may not recur. The company also says there is no assurance the objective will be met.

Redwood City, Calif. – September 16, 2026 -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) has appointed DD Dasgupta as Chief Marketing Officer, elevating a 25-year infrastructure veteran to steer marketing strategy as enterprises shift from AI pilots to full-scale deployment.

Dasgupta moves up from product marketing role he held since 2024

Dasgupta joined Equinix in 2024 as Vice President, Product and Solution Marketing, where he built out the company's customer-focused solutions portfolio. In his new role, he will report to Equinix Chief Customer and Revenue Officer Shane Paladin.

Paris – September 16, 2026 -- More than one in three people, or 38%, remain offline despite living within mobile broadband coverage zones, according to a new report from GSMA Intelligence produced in collaboration with Huawei and unveiled at UNESCO's Digital Learning Week. The report, titled "Bridging the Divide: Enhancing Digital Literacy in the AI Era," attributes the gap to shortfalls in digital skills, user trust and AI literacy affecting 3.1 billion people worldwide.

Physical network coverage has outpaced actual usage

Mobile broadband infrastructure now physically reaches 96% of the global population, the report states, yet usage lags far behind due to capability barriers rather than access constraints. Closing this capability gap could add approximately $3.5 trillion to global GDP by 2030, with more than 90% of those gains projected to flow to low- and middle-income countries.

Palo Alto – September 15, 2026 -- Aragon Research has identified a new enterprise technology category, the Intelligent Communications Experience (ICX), projecting the market to reach $251.83 billion by 2031, up from $152.13 billion in 2025.

ICX merges unified communications and contact center platforms into one architecture

The framework eliminates the long-standing divide between internal employee collaboration tools and external customer engagement systems, combining voice, video, messaging and contact center orchestration into a single foundation. Aragon Research positions the category as the enterprise entry point for agentic AI, treating AI agents as "first-class citizens" alongside human workers.