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James Blackman has been writing about the technology and telecoms sectors for over a decade. He has edited and contributed to a number of European news outlets and trade titles. He has also worked at telecoms company Huawei, leading media activity for its devices business in Western Europe. He is based in London.

  • SpaceX targets US carriers with small-cell terrestrial rollout and mega demand from physical AI

    by James Blackman August 5, 2026
    by James Blackman August 5, 2026

    SpaceX has spoken for the first time about its plans for a terrestrial mobile network to work with its satellite D2D service to rival AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon – including …

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  • Tuesday (telco diary) | More about ISAC – on battlefields and sportsfields

    by James Blackman August 5, 2026
    by James Blackman August 5, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Some fairly routine industry updates on Wi-Fi, LoRaWAN, 5G rankings, and telecom-related M&A, plus a bigger story – about how cheap …

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  • From missiles to pizzas – why 6G drone sensing has been fast-tracked for 5G

    by James Blackman August 4, 2026
    by James Blackman August 4, 2026

    Cheap drone warfare has changed military strategy, and governments want cheaper anti-drone detection to keep pace. 6G-native ISAC has been rushed into late 5G-era networks in response. Ericsson explains how …

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  • Monday (telco diary) | Network platforms and an AI hill of beans

    by James Blackman August 4, 2026
    by James Blackman August 4, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Different moves from Liberty Global and Vodafone, the NTIA and AT&T, NTT Docomo and Ericsson, plus TIM, show how telcos are …

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  • Friday (telco diary) | Telcos in AI and ISAC arms race

    by James Blackman August 3, 2026
    by James Blackman August 3, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): AI infrastructure is opening new opportunities for telcos, from data center connectivity to sovereign AI and defense networks. But the payoff …

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  • Thursday (telco diary) | Vodafone resets, AT&T reloads

    by James Blackman July 31, 2026
    by James Blackman July 31, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Vodafone’s full £4.3bn takeover of VodafoneThree in the UK and AT&T’s $23bn deal for EchoStar spectrum in the US signal telco …

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  • Wednesday (telco diary) | Orange leads Euro telco revival

    by James Blackman July 30, 2026
    by James Blackman July 30, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Orange looks like Europe’s strongest-performing incumbent telco this quarter, pairing robust financial growth with bold acquisitions and AI investments. While rivals …

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  • Tuesday (telco diary) | D2D in 3D – Amazon appeals to telcos

    by James Blackman July 29, 2026
    by James Blackman July 29, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Amazon’s planned 5,105-satellite LEO constellation signals a shift in the D2D race – from proving satellite connectivity to embedding it within …

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  • Private 5G – hype, hope, and (some) hard maths 

    by James Blackman July 28, 2026
    by James Blackman July 28, 2026

    Or: why a market leader became a market leaver. Private 5G is growing fast, but not explosively. SNS explains the market maths, the hype gap, and why Nokia has called …

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  • Monday (telco diary) | ‘A new telco growth profile’?

    by James Blackman July 28, 2026
    by James Blackman July 28, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Strong quarterly results from Verizon reinforce a broader shift across US telecoms: after years of heavy investment, mobile telcos are growing …

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  • Verizon strikes $1bn DCI deal with Google; AI cloud and edge sales to ramp in 2027

    by James Blackman July 27, 2026
    by James Blackman July 27, 2026

    Verizon says its legacy telco turnaround is gathering pace, but that its bigger opportunity lies with AI infrastructure – connecting data centers, metro centers, and edge premises; starting with a …

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  • Friday (telco diary) | The AI penny-drop for telcos

    by James Blackman July 27, 2026
    by James Blackman July 27, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): AT&T’s AI strategy suggests the real breakthrough is not bigger language models, but smarter orchestration. As inference becomes a network workload, …

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  • Spectrum supercycle – US opens floodgates; UK shares it out

    by James Blackman July 24, 2026
    by James Blackman July 24, 2026

    The US is preparing another multibillion-dollar 5G spectrum windfall, pairing a 2027 upper C-band auction with a 2028 2.7 GHz sale, while the FCC also rebuilds satellite licensing for the …

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  • Thursday (telco diary) | Telco pieces in the AI jigsaw

    by James Blackman July 24, 2026
    by James Blackman July 24, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): T-Mobile’s latest Q2 results make the case for it as the West’s growth leader among mobile operators. But they also show …

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  • Nokia nips and tucks, and sees supercycle upside – as AI and cloud orders double

    by James Blackman July 23, 2026
    by James Blackman July 23, 2026

    Justin Hotard’s AI-first reset of Nokia is beginning to deliver, as seen in its Q2 scores: AI and cloud demand is accelerating, infrastructure growth is returning, and the company is …

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  • Wednesday (telco diary) | What AT&T and Lumen tell us about the AI fiber build-out

    by James Blackman July 23, 2026
    by James Blackman July 23, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): AT&T’s strong quarter reinforces the case for fiber as the foundation of the AI economy. But as networks are built out, …

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  • AT&T’s bets on “best tech” (fiber) pay off with record adds, improving margins 

    by James Blackman July 22, 2026
    by James Blackman July 22, 2026

    AT&T’s second-quarter results show a telco reshaping itself around fiber-led growth, using fixed broadband to drive wireless gains and cash generation. The strategy is working – although top-line growth remains …

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  • Tuesday (telco diary) | Telco agents and outcomes

    by James Blackman July 22, 2026
    by James Blackman July 22, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): AI agents are moving from experimentation to execution in telecom, with operators chasing major cost savings while learning that technology must …

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  • Blue Planet intros AI agents to fight OSS configuration drift – and stand-up telco trust

    by James Blackman July 21, 2026
    by James Blackman July 21, 2026

    Blue Planet’s new configuration management platform is puzzle-piece in the autonomous-networks jigsaw – which is also a part of the big telco story about reliability and trust. As telcos grow …

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  • Monday (telco diary) | Sovereign AI for Industry 4.0

    by James Blackman July 21, 2026
    by James Blackman July 21, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Europe’s AI sovereignty push is gathering pace with the launch of Soofi S, while telecoms and governments reposition networks, chips, submarine …

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  • Friday (telco diary) | Verizon looks to AI horizon

    by James Blackman July 21, 2026
    by James Blackman July 21, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Verizon’s latest store sales and job cuts highlight a telecom industry still chasing growth beyond connectivity. As operators invest in AI, …

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  • When the push becomes the pull – private 5G and physical AI

    by James Blackman July 20, 2026
    by James Blackman July 20, 2026

    Private 5G was once sold as telecom’s answer to industrial connectivity. Now physical AI, covering robotics and automation, is changing the dynamic: industrial enterprises – and their technology providers – …

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  • Subsea shift – ITU and FCC redraw rules for global cable resilience

    by James Blackman July 20, 2026
    by James Blackman July 20, 2026

    New ITU recommendations and FCC regulations show how submarine cables are being recast as critical infrastructure. While the ITU targets deployment and repair bottlenecks, the FCC is tightening oversight of …

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  • Ericsson wins role in £8bn UK’s defense upgrade as private 5G moves to frontline

    by James Blackman July 17, 2026
    by James Blackman July 17, 2026

    Ericsson has a direct role in the UK military’s £8 billion tactical comms overhaul, highlighting the growing importance of private 5G, drones, and AI in battlefield engagements; the win also …

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  • Thursday (telco diary) | Satellite versus terrestrial

    by James Blackman July 17, 2026
    by James Blackman July 17, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Despite the hype and investment pouring into satellite D2D services, new analysis says space-based connectivity will complement, not replace, terrestrial networks, …

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