The latest American rules against Chinese firms are another sign of globalization's demise in the technology sector.

AT&T updated its online coverage maps to show where it's offering midband 5G services. The operator hopes to cover around 100 million people with its midband network by the end of this year.

Sale of Russian operations via an MBO will halve the group's annual revenues based on 2021 figures.

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT's Allera wants to share the social tariff burden; 5G in emerging markets; Orange, 1&1 strike roaming deal.

Europe's biggest operators are selling tower services to the same companies they compete against in the consumer-facing market.

The Indian conglomerate thinks it can be an end-to-end vendor of telecom products, but so do many others.

Comac becomes first enterprise to acquire its own 5G spectrum – but it's unlikely to open the gate to more allocations.

In a muddy corner of England, the UK's telecom incumbent is plotting its future in a world of drone-filled skies and farming robots.

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Du virtualizes with Nokia; JSC Ingenium opts for Enea's DPI software; Microsoft goes green for Irish data centers.

The Netherlands is stepping up efforts to connect 19,000 addresses at a cost that recent EU estimates put at up to €100,000 per household.

This week in broadband builds: Comcast Business expands in Virginia, NTIA awards $225 million for tribal broadband, Wave 7 progress in North Carolina, TDS Telecom in Wisconsin – and more.

State Attorney General William Tong has opened an investigation into the cable provider after 'nearly 500 complaints' about slow broadband speeds, hidden fees and poor technical support.

Liberty Global's Enrique Rodriguez says the costs for D4.0 gateways won't exceed the costs of today's D3.1 gear. He also outlined how FTTP and DOCSIS 4.0 will fit into the company's network evolution plan.

'We completely disagree with the NLRB's decision and are disappointed in the outcome of this latest ruling,' T-Mobile said in a statement. 'We're considering next steps, including appealing.'

At a recent Qualcomm media gathering, T-Mobile executives indicated the carrier's 5G ambitions now include a 'much more broader' rollout of voice over 5G next year.

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telkom SA hit by power-cut costs; CMA launches mobile browser probe; Telecom Italia lets employees disconnect.

Europe's operators are not keen to run their telco workloads on expensive and suboptimal systems owned by US hyperscalers.

Supply of cable vessels near a breaking point as relentless cost-cutting drives out profit down the supply chain.

The optical networking vendor adds pieces to complement its routing and switching portfolio in a market that's still heating up.

CTO Ruy Pinto met up with Light Reading on site at Boeing Satellite in El Segundo, California, earlier this month with an update on the scheduled O3b mPower satellite launch.