Dusseldorf – October 27, 2026 -- Deutsche Glasfaser scored 963 of 1,000 possible points in the 2026 fixed-network test by telecom magazine connect, the highest total of any national or regional provider tested in Germany.

Fourth regional title since 2022 for Deutsche Glasfaser

The result is the company's fourth regional win in the connect test, after 2022, 2024 and 2025. Deutsche Glasfaser says its rating improved on the prior year based on the base points awarded.

Frankfurt – October 27, 2026 -- Oculeus has deployed its Oculeus Anti-Fraud System (AFS) at Palau National Communications Corporation (PNCC), adding a dedicated AI-driven protection layer to the voice network of the Republic of Palau's national telecoms provider.

Global – October 27, 2026 -- Telit Cinterion is promoting eSIM Protect, a service built on independent eSIM profiles linked to separate core networks and partner ecosystems, as a remedy for single points of failure in mission-critical IoT deployments.

Guam – October 27, 2026 -- Windward data shows vessels linked to China and Russia loitering over subsea cable and pipeline corridors in five theaters. Activity ranges from the Guam cable hub to the Luzon Strait, Bab el-Mandeb and the gas pipelines feeding St Fergus, which supplies 25 to 50% of Britain's gas.

Honolulu – October 27, 2026 -- Windward recorded 27 slow-speed service and research vessel events near cable routes around Hawaii and 5 around Guam and the Northern Marianas in Q1 2026, as concentrated landing sites and a thin repair fleet leave Indo-Pacific cable security dependent on early warning.

Tehran – October 27, 2026 -- Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar have no subsea route to the outside world that avoids the Strait of Hormuz, after an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman said on October 19 that seven major internet cables run beneath the waterway and that new targets and weapons would be unveiled.

Global – October 27, 2026 -- Some 88% of 350 telecom decision-makers surveyed plan to increase spending on satellite technologies over the next five years, according to research commissioned by ST Engineering iDirect, which is promoting hybrid architectures as the fastest route to 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) deployment.

Global – October 27, 2026 -- Ninety-three percent of 350 senior telecom decision-makers surveyed globally by ST Engineering iDirect expect satellite to play a bigger role in their networks, and 88% plan to increase investment over the next five years.

Around 94% already classify satellite as essential or important to network strategy, and 85% highlight the importance of partnerships with satellite providers, according to the research cited by Shravan K Gaddam, VP Engineering in the company's CTO Office.

GLOBAL – October 27, 2026 -- Foresight, a network operations platform, lets satellite operators add AI-driven management without replacing the infrastructure they have already invested in, according to a recent Via Satellite webinar.

Global – October 27, 2026 -- ST Engineering iDirect expects its new Foresight AI platform to cut network operations center (NOC) workload by up to 60% and shrink mean time to repair from hours to minutes, according to the company's input to the World Teleport Association (WTA) report "The AI-Driven Teleport."