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Altair folds Iridium NTN Direct into ALT1350 and ALT1550 IoT chipsets
Zhone buys Tellabs Access in undisclosed deal
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TWMA wins UK North Sea drilling waste contract for multi-well campaign
Offshore & Energy
Shape Digital expands AI flare monitoring to 10 MODEC FPSOs in Brazil
Offshore & Energy
Miros logs more than 10 offshore deployments in Brazil and Guyana
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BroCoTec extends maritime cybersecurity work beyond U.S. waterways
Satellite
Orange opens French teleport for Telesat’s Lightspeed build
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Vodacom and SmartOps launch e-hailing ecosystem with 55,000-vehicle target
Free Pro leans on mobile, FTTO, private 5G for 100,000 customers
European telecom operators press Brussels to soften the Digital Networks Act
Carrefour relaunches Carrefour Mobile on Orange’s network
Zhone buys Tellabs Access in undisclosed deal
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