Telecommunications Infrastructure

San Francisco – October 25, 2026 -- Cloudflare will accept private network interconnect (PNI) requests only from networks that exchange more than 10 Gbps of peak traffic with it in a single location, according to its peering policy dated October 25, 2026.

Cloudflare applies an open peering policy across 335 cities

AS13335 runs a global anycast network spanning more than 335 cities in over 125 countries. Cloudflare will peer with networks that share a presence in mutual locations, and it may grant exceptions to the policy.

All peers must run 24x7 NOCs and secure BGP sessions

Every peer must keep a complete, current PeeringDB entry listing accurate peering locations, IPv4 and IPv6 prefix limits and contact details. Cloudflare uses the record for automated provisioning and network notifications. Peers must also operate a 24x7 Network Operations Center that responds to peering issues.

Montréal – October 21, 2026 -- Aurora Towers has added Niko Veilleux, an Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP partner with more than 25 years of practice, to its Board of Directors.

Veilleux leads Osler's Montréal Corporate Group

Veilleux heads the firm's Corporate Group in Montréal and sits on its Partnership Board. He has advised public and private companies, private equity sponsors, pension funds, boards of directors and special committees on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, capital markets transactions and corporate governance.

Dallas – – October 19, 2026 -- AT&T, the NBA and the WNBA have launched the fourth generation of the High-Speed Arena Network (HSAN), a platform designed to carry more than 118 concurrent, low-latency streams per game, and AT&T has extended its multiyear role as the leagues' Official Connectivity Partner.

Fourth-generation HSAN targets 118+ concurrent streams per game

The network is designed to move live game content, highlights, replays, in-arena programming and statistics to fans and business partners. It also carries the behind-the-scenes technology that supports game operations. The leagues expect it to support millions of hours of basketball consumption during the 2027-28 NBA season.

Stockholm – October 19, 2026 -- Arelion has provisioned multi-terabit capacity on its Helsinki–Warsaw route and onboarded several new enterprise and wholesale customers, one year after launching its fully diverse Baltic corridor in October 2025.

Demand rises across financial services, cloud and hosting

Since the October 2025 launch, demand has accelerated across financial services, cloud, hosting and digital platforms, according to Arelion. The carrier has deployed several new high-capacity services across the Baltic region, including wavelengths, Ethernet and IP Transit. It attributes the rising performance requirements to AI and cloud workloads.

Riyadh – October 19, 2026 -- stc group has published its AI Native Core Network White Paper at Network X 2026, setting 2030 as the target for evolving into an AI-native telecom network. The paper explains how the Saudi operator plans to embed AI directly into network design and operations to support emerging digital services and improve reliability.

stc group is upgrading its core network to resolve issues with less manual intervention

The group is upgrading its core network, which manages user connections and delivers communications services. Integrating AI deeply into that layer is meant to help the network adapt to changing service requirements and resolve issues with less manual intervention.

Stockholm – October 19, 2026 -- Ericsson now holds 129,915,894 Class B shares in treasury after repurchases made between October 12 and October 16, 2026, under its SEK 15 billion buyback program.

Ericsson runs the SEK 15 billion program through March 2027

The program was announced on April 16, 2026. It runs from April 23, 2026, until March 31, 2027, at the latest. The weekly disclosure covers purchases of Class B shares (ISIN: SE0000108656). The source text does not include the volumes or prices for the week, which are given in an attached breakdown.

Goldman Sachs Bank Europe executes all trades on Nasdaq Stockholm

Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE carried out all acquisitions on Nasdaq Stockholm on behalf of Ericsson. The program follows Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052, known as the Safe Harbour Regulation.

Vienna – October 16, 2026 -- Macao carrier CTM and Huawei have jointly developed a target IP architecture that integrates quantum key distribution (QKD) with communication networks, as CTM outlined a plan to make security a built-in network function rather than an edge-firewall add-on.

CTM presented the roadmap in a keynote at Network X 2026. The operator is moving its network from a traditional connectivity pipe to what it calls intelligent, deterministic and secure infrastructure, aimed at speeding up enterprise digital transformation in Macao.

CTM adds AGW and AI BNG capabilities to steer traffic and cut bandwidth costs

CTM is introducing AGW and AI broadband network gateway (BNG) capabilities to give the network service awareness and dynamic scheduling. The system steers traffic to optimal paths, with the stated goals of improving user experience and lowering international bandwidth costs.

Boca Raton – October 16, 2026 -- Phoenix Tower International (PTI) has been Certified by Great Place To Work across 15 markets, with Peru joining the list of certified markets this year.

PTI's certifications span Latin America, Europe and the United States

The certified markets include Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France (including the French West Indies), Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Spain and the United States. In the US, the certification covers PTI Corporate and PTI Services.

PTI owns and operates more than 33,000 towers, rooftops and other wireless infrastructure across 24 markets in the Americas and Europe. The certified footprint therefore covers 15 of those 24 markets.

Vienna – October 15, 2026 -- Huawei has unveiled its Next Generation OTN solution, offering 800G to 2T capacity for data center interconnection (DCI), as the core of a "LIGHTS" all-optical network aimed at AI data center (AIDC) traffic. The company presented the concept at the Optical Transport Innovation Summit during NetworkX 2026.

Huawei Identifies Three AI-Driven Revenue Waves for Operators

Huawei outlined three opportunities for operators: DC interconnection for hyperscalers, private lines for enterprise computing power, and integrated computing and network services. The company argues these shift optical transport from a network serving consumer and home users to one serving enterprises and AI, and move planning from administrative divisions to an AIDC-centric model.

Vienna – October 15, 2026 -- Fibocom has extended its flagship FG390 5G-Advanced fixed wireless access (FWA) module to the Upper 6 GHz spectrum, unveiling the update at Network X 2026.

FG390-MEA-30 adds NR n104 support on MediaTek T930 platform

The new FG390-MEA-30 variant runs on the MediaTek T930 platform. A new hardware design supports NR n104 and enables coordination between Upper 6 GHz and Sub-6 GHz. The FG390 is also shortlisted for the Network X Awards 2026 in the Best Indoor Connectivity Solution category, with its PC1 high-power capability cited as a key technical feature.

FG200 reaches engineering-sample stage alongside X85 and Wi-Fi 7 demo

Fibocom is demonstrating an X85-based 5G FWA solution paired with Wi-Fi 7. The FG200 is now ready for engineering samples, and the company describes the demo as part of its move toward 3GPP Release 18 and higher-performance broadband platforms.