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  <title><![CDATA[CircleID]]></title>
  <link>https://circleid.com/topics/telecom</link>
  <description>CircleID - Telecom</description>
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  <dc:rights>Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2026-04-30T19:14:00+00:00</dc:date>

  
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      <title><![CDATA[Building RIPE SEE: A Conversation With Jan Žorž About Community, Trust, and the Work Behind a Regional Event]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/building&#45;ripe&#45;see&#45;a&#45;conversation&#45;with&#45;jan&#45;zhorzh&#45;about&#45;community&#45;trust&#45;and&#45;the&#45;work&#45;behind&#45;a&#45;regional&#45;event</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jan Žorž reflects on SEE RIPE's role in uniting a fragmented region, where trust built through informal exchange now underpins internet resilience and helps align engineers with policymakers as regulatory pressures intensify.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-28T12:58:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Beyond Connectivity: How Submarine Cable Resilience Dictates Digital Sovereignty in the Age of Fragmented Governance]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/beyond&#45;connectivity&#45;how&#45;submarine&#45;cable&#45;resilience&#45;dictates&#45;digital&#45;sovereignty&#45;in&#45;the&#45;age&#45;of&#45;fragmented&#45;governance</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Subsea cables underpin global data flows, yet resilience, control and deep sea access now define digital sovereignty as governance fragments, hyperscalers consolidate ownership, and states prioritize survivability over efficiency in an increasingly contested geopolitical seabed.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-28T11:25:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Africa&#8217;s Community Networks Offer a Local Path to Inclusive and Resilient Connectivity]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/africa&#45;community&#45;networks&#45;offer&#45;a&#45;local&#45;path&#45;to&#45;inclusive&#45;and&#45;resilient&#45;connectivity</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Community networks, locally built and governed, are emerging across Africa as cost-effective tools to extend connectivity, bolster digital sovereignty, and improve cyber resilience, despite regulatory, financial, and technical constraints that hinder broader adoption.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-27T13:07:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The New Space Race for Connectivity: Satellite Internet and Critical Infrastructure]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;new&#45;space&#45;race&#45;for&#45;connectivity&#45;satellite&#45;internet&#45;and&#45;critical&#45;infrastructure</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Satellite internet is from backup to core infrastructure, as LEO constellations, non-terrestrial networks and direct-to-device services reshape connectivity, forcing governments and operators to rethink resilience, sovereignty and the architecture of the internet.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-19T12:59:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[No Safe Harbor: SCOTUS Scuttles the DMCA]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/no&#45;safe&#45;harbor&#45;scotus&#45;scuttles&#45;the&#45;dmca</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[America's Supreme Court, in Cox v Sony, recast online copyright liability, effectively sidelining the DMCA safe harbor and replacing it with a narrow inducement standard that leaves service providers little obligation to meaningfully police infringement.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-17T11:55:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Concerns Over America’s WiFi Router Ban]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/wifi&#45;router&#45;ban</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[America's FCC has barred new foreign-made consumer routers on security grounds, tightening supply for ISPs and households while raising costs and risking technological lag unless domestic manufacturing or approvals quickly expand in coming years significantly.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-30T13:38:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sovereignty Inversion: How RIRs Reduced National Sovereignty to a US$100 Liability Cap]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/sovereignty&#45;inversion&#45;how&#45;rirs&#45;reduced&#45;national&#45;sovereignty&#45;to&#45;a&#45;us100&#45;liability&#45;cap</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Regional internet registries, once coordinators of technical scarcity, now effectively cap liability at $100 while retaining control over national numbering systems, shifting risk to states and entrenching a governance model critics argue today inverts sovereignty.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-25T13:29:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Regional Internet Registries&#8217; Thick Governance Turns Uniqueness Into Double Extraction]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/regional&#45;internet&#45;registriesa&#45;thick&#45;governance&#45;turns&#45;uniqueness&#45;into&#45;double&#45;extraction</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Regional Internet registries, built for coordination, now sit atop scarce IPv4 assets while bearing little liability, suppressing capitalization and imposing "double extraction" that weakens operators, distorts markets and threatens the stability of global internet uniqueness.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-23T12:13:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Internet Number Resources Are Not Political Property]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/internet&#45;number&#45;resources&#45;are&#45;not&#45;political&#45;property</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Internet number resources, once clerical entries, now underpin real economic value, exposing a mismatch between registry power and accountability, while misplaced political narratives obscure the case for decentralised, operator-led control.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-18T09:58:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[FCC Alert on Cybersecurity Risks]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/fcc&#45;alert&#45;on&#45;cybersecurity&#45;risks</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The FCC warns telecom companies of rising ransomware threats after attacks quadrupled since 2022. The agency urges stronger defenses including patching, multifactor authentication, network segmentation, and closer oversight of vendors and incident response planning.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-13T10:19:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iran&#8217;s Digital Arsenal: When Invisible Fences Rise in the Conflict]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/irans&#45;digital&#45;arsenal&#45;when&#45;invisible&#45;fences&#45;rise&#45;in&#45;the&#45;conflict</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Iran's near-total internet blackout during airstrikes reveals how cyberattacks, sanctions and platform power can isolate a nation. The conflict shows digital infrastructure, satellites and cloud services becoming decisive weapons in modern geopolitical competition worldwide today.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-12T09:35:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Rapid Evolution of Transport Lasers]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;rapid&#45;evolution&#45;of&#45;transport&#45;lasers</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Exploding internet traffic and AI demand are driving a rapid upgrade in fibre transport lasers, from early one gigabit systems to 400, 800 and even 1.6 terabit links reshaping backbone capacity worldwide as networks scale.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-09T10:26:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rising Costs of Broadband Construction]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/rising&#45;costs&#45;of&#45;broadband&#45;construction</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Despite steady expansion of fibre networks, the cost of building them is rising. New survey data show labour-heavy construction, higher aerial costs and persistent inflation pressures likely to push deployment expenses higher in 2026.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-03-04T09:14:00-08:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Challenge of Adding Fiber to Poles]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;challenge&#45;of&#45;adding&#45;fiber&#45;to&#45;poles</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[An FCC ruling in a dispute between Comcast and Appalachian Power clarifies pole attachment cost rules, but exposes how regulatory delays and uncooperative utilities can slow fiber deployment and raise costs for broadband providers.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-02-26T11:40:00-08:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Winning the 6G Race]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/winning&#45;the&#45;6g&#45;race</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[America has declared its intent to win the 6G race, casting next-generation wireless as vital to security and growth. Yet standards are global, vendors multinational, and the rhetoric looks like spectrum lobbying than technological rivalry.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-02-12T12:38:00-08:00</dc:date>
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