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.

#Eurobites: KPN plays the 'sovereign' card on email service; O2, Nokia test AI-RAN in London; Ofcom counts the customer complaints; DNA climbs aboard the 6G-Rocket. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4zfV6n8

SpaceX is in talks with Crown Castle and other towercos to gain access to 80,000 mobile sites to build a terrestrial network, reports Bloomberg. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4yI3Q4j

The FCC has approved SpaceX's application to acquire Tristar's AWS-3 spectrum licenses, rounding out near-nationwide coverage in the band for SpaceX's next-gen direct-to-device (D2D) platform. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3U8njwN

Chinese operators see more red ink in Q3 as their core businesses continue to shrink. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3W4My3E

Malaysia's three operators – CelcomDigi, Maxis and YTL Communications – will take full control of the DNB as the Ministry of Finance exits the 5G network. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/47AZqB6

The GSA recently discussed the latest trends in the 5G market, including the ongoing slow transition to standalone adoption and developments in RedCap, NTN and 5G-Advanced. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3W2eR2L

Eurobites: Nokia, Iceye help Ukraine with sovereign satcom; UK gets tough on subsea cable damage; Sunrise rows back on job cuts; Telia surprises itself in Q3. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4zSojEw

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