5G Surges, Satellite Internet Soars & Telecom Shake-Ups – Global Connectivity News (Oct 7–8, 2025)
India’s 5G Milestone: India announced that 5G now reaches “nearly every district” across the nation, a stunning leap for a country that “once struggled with 2G” pmindia.gov.in. Speaking at the India Mobile Congress on Oct 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated how electronics manufacturing has grown 28-fold since 2014 and mobile phone exports are up 127×, thanks to India’s pro-industry policies. He highlighted the recent launch of a Made-in-India 4G/5G stack – making India one of only five countries with homegrown telecom stack capability pmindia.gov.in. Over 100,000 4G towers were activated in a single day to connect 20 million more people in remote areas pmindia.gov.in. These indigenous technologies, Modi said, will ensure seamless connectivity and spur India’s “6G Vision 2030”