T-Mobile USA’s president of technology spoke about the difficulties of rural coverage. It has reached 275 million POPs (points-of-presence) for its mid-band 5G network, and has another 25 million to go to reach its target. “As a rule of thumb, it is about 3x harder for every 10 million that you add. It’s very easy when you start out, and gets harder and harder to do.” It has also suffered a second data breach, affecting customer data. Axiata and Bharti Airtel have signed a merger agreement, to combine Axiata’s Dialog and Bharti Airtel Lanka, in Sri Lanka. No price has been given. OneWeb has been selected by Now Corporation to provide it with wholesale satellite connectivity services in the Philippines.…