The Fast Mode

Back in 1997, the issue of Radio Frequency Interference or RFI was the primary challenge facing the satellite industry. It was disruptive, affected trust, depleted bandwidth, caused service outages and loss of revenue and the industry decided to come together to fight it. SUIRG was born: the Satcom Users Interference Reduction Group and was formed of major industry players solely focused on solving this central dilemma.

Not long ago, setting up a new phone meant a small ritual. Pop open the SIM tray, slot in a piece of plastic handed over by a carrier or mailed out days earlier, then hunt for a Wi-Fi network just to get the device talking to anyone at all. Only after that could updates download and the account actually activate. Today, that experience has been streamlined and a new phone is available within minutes out of the box. Straight into setup, no tray to open, no network to hunt for.

EKINOPS, a leading provider of optical networks, connectivity and SASE cybersecurity solutions for Service Providers and enterprises, announced that JULES, a French menswear retailer with over 350 stores across France and owned by Association Familiale Mulliez, has selected its solutions to modernize web security and better support its evolving digital usage.

AT&T is collaborating as a flagship in-house legal design partner with OpenAI to build the AI-enabled in-house legal department of the future. Together, the companies will design, build, and evaluate practical legal workflows grounded in real-world experience and attorney oversight. The work will focus on making institutional knowledge easier to access, supporting appropriate routine legal work more efficiently and giving legal professionals more capacity for ideation, strategy, and advocacy.

Ribbon Communications, a global leader in real-time communications technology, IP routing, and optical networking solutions, is expanding its longstanding relationship with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), whose New York City Transit subway, bus and paratransit services alone accounted for nearly 1.9 billion trips in 2025. This latest phase advances the MTA’s efforts to modernize communications across North America’s largest transportation network with a more flexible environment.

Arelion announced it has completed a live network field trial on its 500-kilometer route from Amsterdam to London using Nokia's 1830 Global Express (GX) Super C and Super L open line system, CHMQ6 thin transponder modules and ICE-X 400G and 800G ZR+ coherent pluggable optics.

Aditum Connect has launched Carrier Connect, a new capability of its Wi-Fi Traverse system that lets property owners supplement indoor mobile connectivity using the same infrastructure providing tenants' broadband Internet access. Aditum also expanded its Connect portal for managing property-owned ISP networks with new operational, capacity-planning and financial intelligence.

StarHub will acquire MyRepublic’s mobile business in Singapore, further strengthening its multi-brand mobile strategy and supporting continued investment in Singapore’s connectivity infrastructure. The acquisition brings together complementary strengths while preserving the distinct MyRepublic Mobile brand and proposition for customers. MyRepublic Mobile customers will continue to enjoy their existing services without disruption, backed by StarHub’s secure, reliable and extensive mobile network.

Exein, a global leader in physical AI and runtime security, announced a strategic partnership with Deutsche Telekom IoT to bring integrated security to connected devices across Deutsche Telekom IoT’s ecosystem. With its own transatlantic network and around 600 roaming and satellite partners, Deutsche Telekom IoT provides worldwide connectivity for customers across industries and markets.

NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS and Classiq Technologies, the Japanese subsidiary of Classiq Technologies, announced a memorandum of understanding establishing a strategic business partnership aimed at accelerating enterprise adoption of quantum computing1 in Japan. Under the partnership, NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS will propose and sell the Classiq quantum software development platform and work with Classiq to help enterprises identify, develop and validate quantum computing use cases.