Telecommunications Infrastructure

Redwood City – – September 17, 2026 -- Vendors shipped a record volume of Access Points in the second quarter of 2026, pushing the global WLAN market to double-digit growth across every region, according to Dell'Oro Group's newly published Wireless LAN Quarterly Report.

Wi-Fi 7 captures more than half of second-quarter WLAN sales

Wi-Fi 7 equipment accounted for over 50% of the market in 2Q26, and Dell'Oro Group expects adoption of the standard to keep rising through 2028. Senior Director Siân Morgan said the first Wi-Fi 8 revenue could appear as early as next year, but that Wi-Fi 7 will remain the dominant purchase for enterprise buyers in the interim.

Delray Beach, Fla. – September 17, 2026 -- The global network automation market is projected to grow from USD 8.69 billion in 2026 to USD 14.42 billion by 2032, a compound annual growth rate of 8.8%, according to MarketsandMarkets. The market stood at USD 7.88 billion in 2025, marking steady acceleration as enterprises replace fragmented manual network operations with centralized, programmable management systems.

Plano, Texas – September 17, 2026 -- Ericsson and Nex-Tech Wireless have signed a four-year agreement to modernize approximately 85 percent of Nex-Tech Wireless' Radio Access Network across rural Kansas, deploying a cloud-native 5G Standalone Core and adding network hosting capabilities for other mobile operators.

Deal extends prior Ericsson-Nex-Tech partnership to cover RAN and Core

The agreement builds on an existing collaboration between the two companies and expands Nex-Tech Wireless' competitive position as a regional carrier serving more than 40 counties in central and western Kansas. The upgrade targets improved network performance, reliability, and continued subscriber growth in markets outside major metropolitan areas.

Irvine, Calif. and Brooklyn, N.Y. – September 17, 2026 -- MobileX has introduced a hybrid retail model that lets third-party brands launch their own wireless services on its network infrastructure, with veteran-founded CallSign Mobile becoming the first company to go live under the new framework.

MobileX opens its wireless infrastructure to outside brands

Under the arrangement, MobileX supplies the underlying wireless technology and network experience, while partner brands like CallSign Mobile control the customer relationship, branding, and community engagement. MobileX said the model is now available to companies across industries seeking to offer direct-to-consumer mobile service without building carrier infrastructure from scratch.

New York – September 17, 2026 -- NexPhase Capital, LP has made an investment in EVERYWHERE Communications, a mission-critical software platform serving government and enterprise clients across more than 175 countries. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

EVERYWHERE builds resilient communications for high-risk operating environments

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, EVERYWHERE operates a platform combining satellite, cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity with messaging, automated check-ins, geofencing, emergency response and location intelligence. The company serves customers in government, utilities, mining, oil and gas, and humanitarian aid sectors.

Herndon, Va. – September 17, 2026 -- ST Engineering iDirect is powering satcom integrator Datacom with its Intuition ground system, enabling cloud-native satellite services across the Asia-Pacific region and targeting double-digit reductions in total cost of ownership for Datacom's customers.

Datacom adopts cloud-native architecture to escape traditional hardware cycles

The deployment supports Datacom's Satellite Modernization Blueprint, a scalable framework designed to move operators away from five- to ten-year hardware migration cycles toward software-defined, cloud-native ground infrastructure. Intuition will be provided to Datacom under a subscription model, backed by technical enablement, validation testing, and ongoing lifecycle support from ST Engineering iDirect.

Stockholm – September 16, 2026 -- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson repurchased Class B shares on Nasdaq Stockholm between September 7 and September 11, 2026, pushing its total treasury stock holding to 107,518,663 Class B shares.

Ericsson executes buyback under a SEK 15 billion program launched in April 2026

The repurchases form part of a share buyback program of up to SEK 15,000,000,000 that Ericsson announced on April 16, 2026. The program runs from April 23, 2026, through March 31, 2027, at the latest.

Goldman Sachs Bank Europe executed all trades on Nasdaq Stockholm

Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE carried out all acquisitions on behalf of Ericsson during the reporting period, in compliance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation (No 596/2014) and its Safe Harbour Regulation supplement of March 2016.

Houston – September 16, 2026 -- Eutelsat Network Solutions and G&S SatCom launched an enhanced version of the Online Management Tool (OMT), a platform powered by G&S SatConnect® that lets government users plan, provision and adapt connectivity services across the OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation.

New platform automates service provisioning for government satellite users

The upgraded OMT digitizes service management processes that were previously manual, cutting administrative overhead and shortening the time needed to activate operational LEO services. Authorized users can plan connectivity requirements, provision new services, manage LEO service configurations, and control organizational access roles through the platform.

Golden, Colo. – September 16, 2026 -- PlanetiQ has been named an industry partner under NOAA's new Space-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract, a vehicle running from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2036, with a five-year base period and a five-year option.

NOAA opens new decade-long contract vehicle for commercial satellite data

The SBEM IDIQ, established by NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) through its Commercial Data Program, will let PlanetiQ compete for task orders covering two data types: Global Navigation Satellite System-Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) observations for atmospheric and ionospheric monitoring, and thermospheric neutral density data for satellite orbit prediction.

Stockholm – September 16, 2026 -- Truecaller AB has completed its acquisition of Los Angeles-based TextPlus Inc. for a purchase price valuing the target at USD 15.0 million on a cash- and debt-free basis. The transaction closed on September 10, 2026, with TextPlus consolidated into Truecaller's financials as of September 9.

Truecaller gains US foothold and VoIP capability through TextPlus deal

The acquisition expands Truecaller's presence in the United States and adds second-number and internet-based calling (VoIP) capabilities to its offering, moving the company toward a broader communications platform. Truecaller had first announced the agreement to acquire 100% of TextPlus shares on July 17, 2026.