Ukraine conflict hits telecoms: Russian drones struck Kyiv data centres and internet exchange infrastructure, knocking out connectivity for roughly 100,000 households and disrupting air-raid alert delivery; Datagroup also reported damage to its Kyiv data centre while services ran from backups. Cybercrime crackdown: Germany and Austria shut down nearly 14,000 fraud-linked phone numbers in “Operation Herakles,” prompting the German regulator to order stronger compliance checks on telco sales partners. India payments policy row: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rejected claims that UPI MDR was driven by foreign influence, insisting it’s not a tax and was set by NPCI and banks. Internet affordability risk: Nepal’s Supreme Court dismissed an ISP challenge to a Telecommunication Service Charge, with reports warning internet prices could rise 50–100%. Mobile data growth: Peru’s regulator said monthly mobile internet averaged 25.06GB per user in Q2 2026, up 21.1% year on year. Spam-scam prevention: Sweden launched a campaign urging people to “be rude” and hang up on spam callers. Network build-out: Venezuela’s CANTV expanded fibre ports in Los Chaguaramos, adding services including Aba Ultra, TV GO and IP telephony. Regulatory/industry watch: GSMA Intelligence forecast 2.4 billion 6G connections by 2035, with early growth slow and sensing built into the architecture.