telecom
India’s Jio Platforms targets $3.2b IPO
The IPO will open on October 21 and close on October 23. Jio has set a price band of 1,065 rupees (US$11) to 1,119 rupees (US$12) per share.
Rakuten Symphony adds agentic AI to telecom site software
The update also adds AI dashboards and preview features for autonomous orchestration and Model Context Protocol server integration.
Jio Platforms draws $20b in bids for planned IPO
Jio Platforms is targeting a valuation of up to 10.3 trillion rupees (US$108 billion), down from earlier expectations of as much as US$170 billion.
Nokia plans to cut most mainland China jobs by end-2026
Nokia had about 7,200 employees across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan at the end of 2025.
Rakuten posts first quarterly net income in 6 years
Rakuten raised about 200 billion yen by selling held securities in May.
SoftBank Corp Q1 revenue hits record, beats estimates
SoftBank’s financial services segment saw operating income surge 107% in the prior fiscal year.
Indosat H1 revenue rises 13.1% as AI cloud grows
Indosat said its AI Cloud business generated US$33 million in the first half, surpassing the business’s full-year 2025 revenue of US$28 million.
ZTE unveils AI supernode amid Nvidia curbs
ZTE’s OEX supernode features a ‘three-zero cable’ design and supports multi-chip GPU combinations.
French billionaire to buy $6b Vodafone stake
Vega said the purchase is a long-term minority investment and that it does not intend to bid for all of Vodafone.
KT to invest $11.8b to expand AI business
CEO Park Yoon-young said KT will spend 12 trillion won (US$7.8 billion) on cybersecurity, IT, and networks over the next three years.



