This week in TelCo

- Telecom news this week: Inseego to showcase 5G-Advanced hardware, cloud software, and edge connectivity offerings at MWC Barcelona 2026. ([telecomlead.com](https://telecomlead.com/news/telecom-news-inseego-mobile-world-congress-telefonica-liberty-global-netomnia-att-verizon-124383?utm_source=openai)) - UK fibre broadband provider Netomnia (passing ~3 million homes) is in talks to be acquired by Telefonica & Liberty Global via their joint fibre venture Nexfibre for about £2 billion. ([telecomlead.com](https://telecomlead.com/news/telecom-news-inseego-mobile-world-congress-telefonica-liberty-global-netomnia-att-verizon-124383?utm_source=openai)) - AT&T and Verizon together cut ~17,700 jobs in 2025 (~7% of combined workforce) amid cost-cutting, restructuring, and nascent AI adoption; Verizon led with ~9,700 layoffs, AT&T ~8,000. ([telecomlead.com](https://telecomlead.com/news/telecom-news-inseego-mobile-world-congress-telefonica-liberty-global-netomnia-att-verizon-124383?utm_source=openai)) - In Australia, consumer advocacy group ACCAN warns that the telecom sector (dominated by Telstra, Optus, TPG) is heading toward market failure due to poor competition, with rising prices, outages (including fatal emergency call failures), and declining service reliability. ([theaustralian.com.au](https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/telco-industry-racing-toward-market-failure-accan/news-story/d61efd13f7cc3a7a24cc2c8a9d86d570?utm_source=openai))

Telecom News Roundup: MWC Barcelona, Big M&A Talks, Major Layoffs, and Australian Market Alarms In this week’s telecom bulletin, we cover Inseego’s 5G-Advanced showcase at MWC Barcelona 2026, a landmark fibre-broadband acquisition bid in the UK, hefty workforce cuts at…

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