Today’s telecom news includes announcements on FiberCop, Adtran, DT, Grab, Tunz eSIM, China Telecom, MoE, among others.
FiberCop Taps Adtran to Power Italy’s Ultra‑Fast Metro Network
Italy’s wholesale fiber operator FiberCop has selected Adtran to supply optical transport solutions for a nationwide high‑speed metro network. Adtran’s FSP 3000 open optical transport platform, Mosaic Network Controller software, and coherent 100ZR pluggable optics will support 100 Gbit/s and 400 Gbit/s links across major cities. The deployment enhances automation, scalability, and network management, strengthening Italy’s digital infrastructure and open‑access connectivity. This move builds on over 20 years of collaboration between the two companies.
Grab Indonesia Goes Global: Instant eSIM Connectivity for Travellers with DT One’s Tunz
DT One has partnered with Grab Indonesia to launch the Tunz eSIM, a new in‑app service that allows Indonesian travellers to instantly buy and activate global mobile data directly within the Grab app. The integration eliminates the need to swap physical SIM cards or visit telecom stores, enabling users to connect online before departure or immediately upon arrival abroad. This marks the first time eSIM connectivity has been embedded in Indonesia’s popular super app, enhancing convenience for travellers and expanding Grab’s digital offerings.
China Telecom Breaks Ground with MoE AI Models Powered Solely by Huawei Chips
China Telecom has developed the nation’s first Mixture‑of‑Experts (MoE) artificial intelligence models trained entirely on Huawei’s domestically designed AI chips. The TeleChat3 models, ranging from 105 billion to over a trillion parameters, were trained on Huawei’s Ascend 910B processors using the MindSpore AI framework, according to a technical paper by China Telecom’s Institute of Artificial Intelligence. This marks the first public demonstration that a full MoE architecture can be trained without foreign hardware.
Shafana Fazal
