News 20 szeptember 2025 - 27 szeptember 2025

Openreach reached 20 million UK homes with full-fibre broadband, but only about 38% have switched from copper. Senegal announced a deal to cover the country with satellite internet by end-2025, likely with Starlink. Amazon launched 27 more Project Kuiper satellites, bringing its total to over 100. An Optus outage in Australia disrupted emergency calls for 13 hours and was linked to four deaths.

Global 5G connections reached 2.6 billion in Q2 2025, with North America leading at 88% population coverage and China operating 4.65 million 5G base stations. The Philippines is shutting down 2G/3G networks to fight fraud, with full 3G phaseout by September 30. Vietnam’s VNPT won a key 700 MHz auction, nearly doubling the country’s mobile spectrum. A new 8,000 km CANDLE undersea cable will link Japan, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and Singapore by 2028.

Walmart’s blockchain tracking with IBM cut mango trace times from seven days to 2.2 seconds. LVMH, Nike, and Everledger use blockchain to record product histories and verify authenticity. The EU now requires digital product passports, starting with batteries in 2027. Air France–KLM and Parker Aerospace launched SkyThread to track Boeing 787 parts’ full histories.

A nationwide Optus outage in Australia blocked emergency calls for 10 hours, with police confirming three deaths linked to the disruption. The Philippines and Qatar will shut down all 3G networks by late 2025. T-Mobile US completed its $4.4 billion acquisition of UScellular, expecting $1.2 billion in annual savings. China Mobile tested a 6G prototype in Beijing, reaching 280 Gbps, 14 times faster than 5G.

VodafoneThree (UK) awarded Ericsson and Nokia a $2.7 billion contract to build a major 5G network. An Optus network outage in Australia left emergency calls offline for 13 hours and was linked to four deaths. The Philippines and Qatar set 2025 deadlines to shut down 3G networks. T-Mobile US completed its $4.4 billion acquisition of UScellular, taking over customers and spectrum from August 1.

SpaceX agreed to buy wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for $17 billion to expand Starlink’s 5G services. UK and Turkey launched major 5G spectrum auctions, with Turkey aiming for commercial 5G by April 2026. U Mobile activated Malaysia’s second 5G network. Gaza suffered a telecom blackout on September 18 amid intensified Israeli ground operations.

Global semiconductor sales topped $600 billion in 2024 and could reach $1 trillion by 2030. TSMC held 55% of the foundry market in 2023, with Taiwan producing 92% of sub-10nm chips. The 2021 chip shortage caused an estimated $210 billion loss in auto sales. U.S. and EU have committed over $100 billion in subsidies and incentives to boost domestic chip production.

Bitcoin traded at $118,000–$119,000 on July 29–30, about 4% below its mid-month record high. The White House released a major crypto policy report July 30, detailing stablecoin oversight and national security concerns. Strategy bought 21,021 BTC after raising $2.5 billion, bringing its holdings to 628,791. The SEC delayed a Truth Social Bitcoin ETF decision to September 18 as new chair Paul Atkins reviewed crypto ETF applications.

IBM plans to build a quantum supercomputer with 4,158 qubits by late 2025, linking three 1,386-qubit Kookaburra chips in its modular Quantum System Two platform. The company installed the first System Two in 2023, running three 133-qubit Heron processors. IBM’s system will operate in the NISQ regime, relying on error mitigation rather than full error correction. Competitors include Google, IonQ, Quantinuum, and D-Wave.

Deutsche Bahn and Nokia activated the world’s first FRMCS-compatible 5G railway network on a test route in Saxony. UAE telecom provider du launched 5G+, doubling mobile speeds and reducing latency. Vodafone and Digi signed a €70 million deal to split Telekom Romania Mobile. Brookfield Asset Management took a majority stake in Oman Towers, adding 2,450 sites to its portfolio.

Microsoft Azure revenue jumped 39% year-on-year, beating forecasts by about five points, but MSFT shares fell 1.8% on August 1. Alphabet’s search ads rose 12% and cloud revenue 32%, with shares down 1.9%. Amazon sales climbed 13% but shares dropped 7% after earnings. Meta reported 12% revenue growth and shares rose 10%. Apple results were flat; shares fell 2.5%.