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James Blackman

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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.

  • Metro fiber, “kick-ass” 5G, a little DCI and D2D – AT&T sets its course

    by James Blackman September 11, 2026
    by James Blackman September 11, 2026

    AT&T is stripping out its legacy copper network and making fiber and wireless the core of its business – with a converged service, enterprise push, and adjacent satellite integration all …

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  • Nokia hints at new campus-AI strategy, raises questions about its old campus-5G one

    by James Blackman September 10, 2026
    by James Blackman September 10, 2026

    Nokia’s new Cognitive Operations edge-compute platform for the mining sector, initially, looks familiar, and raises questions about the sale of its ECE business and its retreat from the ‘campus’ end …

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  • AT&T strikes deal with Amazon Leo – as EU operators seek D2D stake, US opens D2D tap

    by James Blackman September 9, 2026
    by James Blackman September 9, 2026

    AT&T is adding Amazon Leo to its enterprise connectivity mix as satellite moves deeper into terrestrial networks – and European operators eye D2D spectrum and US regulators push to expand …

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  • Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile poach from AWS, GE Vernova – as AI talent loop widens

    by James Blackman September 8, 2026
    by James Blackman September 8, 2026

    New executive appointments by Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile US – plus Nokia and Orange as recent examples – show how the telecoms, tech, and industrial sectors are converging as a …

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  • Private 5G docks in Hamburg – as Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson scratch a seven-year itch

    by James Blackman September 4, 2026
    by James Blackman September 4, 2026

    Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson have deployed a private 5G network at Hamburg’s Container Terminal Altenwerder, the latest chapter in a seven-year cellular experiment that shows how industrial 5G is a …

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  • VodafoneThree intros tiered 5G SA slicing portfolio for consumers, enterprises, critical services

    by James Blackman September 3, 2026
    by James Blackman September 3, 2026

    VodafoneThree has launched a portfolio of ‘fast-track’ 5G 5G SA slicing services in the UK for consumers and enterprises, alongside a new internet television service. Slicing portfolio – Branded as …

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  • New star in comms firmament – Softbank positions HAPS between terrestrial and satellite

    by James Blackman September 2, 2026
    by James Blackman September 2, 2026

    Softbank’s latest HAPS trial suggests the stratosphere could become more than a way to fill coverage gaps – potentially combining wide-area cellular, private networks, drones, and edge computing in one …

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  • Criss-cross comms – Lumen bets on east-west AI, while the edge keeps north-south in play

    by James Blackman August 14, 2026
    by James Blackman August 14, 2026

    Lumen sees the biggest AI networking opportunity between data centers and AI factories, but admits inference will also spread to the edge, leaving the future balance between east-west and north-south …

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  • Fighting talk (and team spirit) – Celona preps private 5G/Wi-Fi for AI scramble in Industry 4.0

    by James Blackman August 14, 2026
    by James Blackman August 14, 2026

    Celona chief Rajeev Shah tells RCR that its new converged two-fer private 5G/Wi-Fi solution, propped up on agentic AI, properly opens the door for physical AI in Industry 4.0 – …

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  • Thursday (telco diary) | Ghosts in the machine – Wanted: more humans to build AI

    by James Blackman August 14, 2026
    by James Blackman August 14, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): America’s AI infrastructure boom is creating an unexpected bottleneck: the people needed to build it. Data centers are competing with broadband …

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  • Lumen ready for AI traffic rush – with programmable fabric and “more fiber than anyone”

    by James Blackman August 13, 2026
    by James Blackman August 13, 2026

    Lumen is rebuilding around AI, pairing a vast US fiber footprint with programmable networking through Alkira. The bet is that enterprise connectivity is moving from connecting sites to connecting clouds, …

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  • Wednesday (telco diary) | Smells like team spirit – and that tech-bro Musk

    by James Blackman August 13, 2026
    by James Blackman August 13, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Telco integration is back in fashion (again), from satellite and terrestrial networks to private 5G and Wi-Fi. Mostly, it is an …

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  • Tuesday (telco diary) | About open RAN, c/o Dell’Oro…

    by James Blackman August 12, 2026
    by James Blackman August 12, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Open RAN is evolving from a promise of supplier diversity toward a more pragmatic focus on interface standardization, as operators weigh …

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  • Celona takes private 5G into the industrial Wi-Fi fight – with AI in the middle

    by James Blackman August 12, 2026
    by James Blackman August 12, 2026

    Celona is folding Wi-Fi 7, private 5G, public cellular and satellite into one AI-managed platform, targeting the complexity, cost and device shortages that have held back enterprise wireless adoption. In …

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  • Monday (telco diary) | Digging in, moving up – lessons from Lumen

    by James Blackman August 11, 2026
    by James Blackman August 11, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Lumen is betting that AI-driven connectivity will reward a different telco model: less legacy network, more fiber, software and control, with …

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  • Friday (telco diary) | Friday night fare – private 5G to go

    by James Blackman August 10, 2026
    by James Blackman August 10, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Private 5G is maturing, clearly, and the market is changing shape: Nokia is in retreat, slipping to fourth in the rankings, …

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  • Context before control – Blue Planet maps AI architecture for autonomous networks

    by James Blackman August 7, 2026
    by James Blackman August 7, 2026

    Blue Planet’s configuration management platform is only the starting point. As telcos pursue autonomous networks, the challenge is not simply deploying AI agents, but giving them the data, context and …

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  • Thursday (telco diary) | APAC telcos pile into AI infrastructure

    by James Blackman August 7, 2026
    by James Blackman August 7, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): APAC telcos are accelerating into the AI infrastructure market, building sovereign compute platforms alongside global technology partners – with initiatives from …

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  • Starlink Mobile – what is Musk actually building, beyond the chatter?

    by James Blackman August 6, 2026
    by James Blackman August 6, 2026

    A day (or two) after SpaceX talked about plans for a terrestrial Starlink mobile network, analysts have started to debate whether Musk is building a fourth US carrier, optimising satellite …

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  • Wednesday (telco diary) | Starlink – a weak hand and a big mouth?

    by James Blackman August 6, 2026
    by James Blackman August 6, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Elon Musk has set his sights on the US mobile market with a cost-effective Starlink-powered terrestrial network, with talk about small …

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  • 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 Federal explains …

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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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