Jeff Baumgartner is a Senior Editor at Light Reading. He specializes in the telecommunications industry, focusing on telecom transportation and mobility, as well as topics such as 5G technology, telecommunications infrastructure, and satellite communication systems. Jeff's insights and expertise have been featured in Data Center Knowledge, IWCE's Urgent Communications, Light Reading, and Editor & Publisher (E&P) Magazine.
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By: Jeff Baumgartner, Robert Clark, Robert Clark, Jeff Baumgartner, Paul Rainford
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Freshwave brings connectivity to Fleet Street landmark; Telefónica preps for Oktoberfest; Tekmoni, eSIM Go target charity sector.
By: Jeff Baumgartner, Robert Clark, Robert Clark, Jeff Baumgartner
NTT Docomo and Mitsubishi Estate Corporation have agreed to develop next-generation, 5G-powered smart city clusters in the Otemachi, Marunouchi and Yurakucho districts of Tokyo's Marunouchi area.
By: Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner, Robert Clark, Robert Clark, Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner
Lightcurve is giving HFC a boost with DOCSIS 3.1+ but believes PON is the future. 'At the end of the day, we want to be fiber. DOCSIS 3.1+ gives us a path there,' says COO Pao Lo.
By: Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner, Robert Clark, Jeff Baumgartner, Robert Clark, Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner
Using a design powered by Nvidia chips, SpaceX's deployment of orbital AI data centers will start in Q4 2027 and reach 'significant scale' in 2028, predicts Elon Musk.
By: Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner
Germany's Allianz is cited as the main contender to buy Telefónica Seguros in what could be a €100 million deal, should it be up for sale as reports suggest.
By: Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner, Anne Morris Iain Morris
Based on network slicing, the 'Fast Lane' service that EE announced this month comes with no shortage of issues.
By: Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner, Anne Morris Paul Rainford
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: ad-supported streaming hits primetime in Finland; BICS renews with EcoVadis; Swisscom targets twentysomethings.
By: Michelle Donegan, Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner, Paul Rainford, Michelle Donegan, Paul Rainford, Michelle Donegan
SpaceX applied to FCC to acquire three unpaired AWS-3 licenses from Tristar License Group and add more spectrum for its mobile satellite service plan.
By: Nicole Ferraro, Michelle Donegan, Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner, Nicole Ferraro, Paul Rainford, Paul Rainford, Nicole Ferraro
USTelecom and NTCA filed comments to the FCC supporting Lumos' petition for the agency to preempt some permitting fees and requirements imposed by two Ohio counties. But the counties dispute Lumos' claims.
By: Jeff Baumgartner, Nicole Ferraro, Jeff Baumgartner, Michelle Donegan, Jeff Baumgartner, Jeff Baumgartner, Nicole Ferraro, Paul Rainford, Paul Rainford
MobileX CEO Peter Adderton says the deal with Charlie Ergen's CONX will give him the financial firepower to compete in the same arena with AT&T, T-Mobile Verizon and beyond.
