Telco DDoS threat on the rise amid geopolitical unrest

  • Netscout has just published its Threat Intelligence Report for the first half of 2025
  • It finds that telcos are significant targets of threat actors’ efforts, facing an onslaught of DDoS attacks
  • Traditional defences are no longer enough as criminals make use of AI

Cyberattacks, data breaches and other security incidents have become the bane of telcos’ lives in the past few years.

Nokia unveils commercial 5G solution for next-gen digital railway operations supporting FRMCS

  • Nokia launches comprehensive high-speed, high-capacity, low-latency 5G-based mobile broadband radio in 1900 MHz band.
  • Along with an optimized Nokia 5G standalone (SA) core for railways, the solution enables seamless migration to FRMCS on a global scale.
  • It allows rail operators to initiate a new era in automated operations, sustainable transport and enhanced passenger services. 

Nokia announced its new 5G radio solution, designed to deliver high-capacity, high-performance and resilient real-time communi

IBM and AMD join forces to build the future of computing

  • The companies are aiming to merge AI accelerators, quantum computers, and high-performance computing to help solve a wide range of the world's most difficult problems

IBM announced plans to develop next-generation computing architectures based on the combination of quantum computers and high-performance computing, known as quantum-centric supercomputing.

Agentic AI to dominate IT budget expansion over next five years, according to IDC

Unprecedented Forecast Signals an IT Transformation from Software to AI-Based Products and Services

Year-over-year spending, between 2025 and 2029, for Artificial Intelligence (AI), will grow by 31.9%, according to data from the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Artificial Intelligence IT Spending Market Forecast. This investment, driven by the growth of Agentic AI-enabled applications and systems to manage agentic fleets, will reach $1.3 trillion in 2029.

RAN Market Grows Outside of China, According to Dell’Oro Group

Huawei is on the Rise

According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, preliminary findings reveal that market conditions continued to stabilize in the quarter. Following two years of steep declines, initial estimates show that total RAN revenues—including baseband, radio hardware, and software, excluding services—advanced for a third consecutive quarter outside of China in 2Q 2025.

5G Mobile Core Surges 31 Percent in 2Q 2025, According to Dell’Oro Group

According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, the Mobile Core Network (MCN) market experienced robust growth of 19 percent year-over-year (Y/Y) in 2Q 2025. The 5G MCN segment saw an impressive increase of 31 percent, while the Voice Core segment grew by 18 percent Y/Y, contributing to strong growth in the second quarter.

LF Networking and OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OSA) collaborate to announce Duranta to advance Open Source RAN Innovation

  • New Duranta project, built off OpenAirInterface (OAI) community software to strengthen Open RAN ecosystems with neutral governance, structured support, and expanded collaboration between research and global communities
  • Open end-to-end Networking stack now includes critical component in the deployment of Open Source RAN, including CU/DU
  • Duranta builds on the prior 5G Superblueprint integration with Nephio and CNF automation.

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EchoStar to take apart RAN after $23 billion spectrum deal with AT&T

AT&T has agreed to spend US$23 billion on a raft of spectrum assets from troubled mobile challenger EchoStar, a move that will among other things lead to the latter decommissioning parts of its much-hyped radio network.

The deal comes after years of speculation over EchoStar's under-used spectrum, which was attracting regulatory scrutiny, and amidst a financial squeeze for the company which has struggled to attract – or even retain – customers and set itself up as a credible fourth MNO in the US.

Boldyn and VMO2 boost 5G at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light

Boldyn Networks and Virgin Media O2 say they have significantly enhanced 5G connectivity at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland with the former’s connectivity-as-a-service (CaaS).

The release claims the deployment, part of the Sunderland Open Network EcosysTem (SONET) project, is the UK’s first full neutral host RAN managed service in a high-density demand venue, and promises to provide enhanced mobile connectivity to the stadium.