Today’s telecom news includes announcements on Vodafone IoT, Iridium, Harmoni Towers, Deutsche Telekom, Nvidia, among others.
Vodafone IoT and Iridium Bring Satellite-Powered NB-IoT to the World
Vodafone IoT has partnered with Iridium to integrate Iridium’s NTN Direct satellite service into Vodafone’s NB-IoT offering, enabling direct-to-device connectivity in remote, offshore, and hard-to-reach areas. The move combines terrestrial and satellite networks into a seamless global service, giving customers reliable IoT coverage where traditional networks cannot reach. The collaboration focuses on customer needs such as real-time tracking, monitoring, smart utilities, logistics, and industrial applications. It strengthens Vodafone’s investment in hybrid connectivity while expanding Iridium’s enterprise reach. Businesses benefit from stronger reliability, improved scalability, wider geographic reach, and easier device deployment without hardware changes.
Record-Breaking $620M Funding Supercharges Harmoni Towers’ U.S. Wireless Expansion
Harmoni Towers has completed a landmark 620-million-dollar private placement financing, marking the largest U.S. cell-tower bond issuance to date. The deal was nearly three times oversubscribed and backed by over 1,700 high-quality macro tower sites under long-term agreements with major U.S. wireless carriers. The investment-grade structure strengthens Harmoni’s balance sheet and supports accelerated build-to-suit tower deployments, boosting coverage and capacity for carrier partners as demand for reliable wireless infrastructure continues to rise.
Deutsche Telekom and Nvidia Pour €1 Billion into Europe’s First Industrial AI Cloud
Deutsche Telekom is partnering with Nvidia to launch an “Industrial AI Cloud” in Q1 2026, backed by roughly €1 billion in investment. The service will run from a modernised Munich data centre equipped with up to 10,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs, while SAP provides the industrial software layer. The platform will let industrial, public-service and defence customers book high-performance computing power to build AI tools such as factory automation systems, robotics and large-language models.
Shafana Fazal