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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.

  • Fighting talk and physical AI – T-Mobile sets its 5G stall

    by James Blackman April 29, 2026
    by James Blackman April 29, 2026

    T-Mobile US signed off another good quarter with some fighting talk about acquisition strategies and accounting habits at rivals AT&T and Verizon, and said its 5G network and compute build-out …

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  • Record results already and major changes ahead – Verizon preps for big AI summer 

    by James Blackman April 28, 2026
    by James Blackman April 28, 2026

    Strong growth and raised guidance sit alongside major AI work at Verizon, about to be unveiled with a brand new AI tech stack to drive further network automation and customer …

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  • Sovereignty is about resiliency, says BT – and how to kill the foreign kill switch

    by James Blackman April 28, 2026
    by James Blackman April 28, 2026

    Colin Bannon, chief tech officer at BT Business, reframed the sovereignty debate at FutureNet World in London last week: data sovereignty is largely secured, tech sovereignty is unrealistic, and operational …

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  • Nokia rides optical wave with hyperscalers as mobile waits on AI ‘supercycle’

    by James Blackman April 24, 2026
    by James Blackman April 24, 2026

    Modest top-line growth in the first quarter masks a more dramatic shift at Nokia, where a surge in optical networking for AI infrastructure is reshaping its revenue mix. In line …

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  • “Sold out in six months” – telcos clash on AI go-to-market strategy

    by James Blackman April 23, 2026
    by James Blackman April 23, 2026

    Debate at FutureNet World shifted from strategy to execution, as telcos BT and Orange outlined platform-led, partner-driven models, while Telus and Rakuten pressed for faster moves into AI-led solutions and …

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  • “A generational issue” – BT, Orange, Rakuten, Telus circle the AI prize

    by James Blackman April 23, 2026
    by James Blackman April 23, 2026

    At FutureNet World, Rakuten and Telus pushed for bold AI-led reinvention, while BT and Orange argued for a measured platform-driven evolution. But beneath the contrast, a shared strategy is taking …

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  • ‘No token performance here’ – physical AI on private 5G (easy as Raspberry Pi)

    by James Blackman April 20, 2026
    by James Blackman April 20, 2026

    Physical AI for robot automation in factories and plants requires lightweight maths models, not token-hungry language models, says NTT Data. It does not have to wait on expensive GPUs, when …

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  • Ericsson bets on enterprise 5G and APIs for longer-term AI upside – versus DCI game

    by James Blackman April 17, 2026
    by James Blackman April 17, 2026

    Ericsson is sticking to what it knows: 5G, public and private, and APIs, to expose 5G capabilities to developers and enterprises; it offers more coherent longer-term diversification, it implies, than …

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  • Ericsson posts 6% organic growth but misses targets amid FX drag and AI chip costs

    by James Blackman April 17, 2026
    by James Blackman April 17, 2026

    Ericsson saw 6% organic growth in Q1 2026, but slumped 10% in real terms with currency swings, divestment costs, and higher AI chip prices – causing it to miss targets. …

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  • “Robots are ready” – physical AI takes center stage in Industry 4.0

    by James Blackman April 16, 2026
    by James Blackman April 16, 2026

    Industrial humanoid robots and physical AI are moving from pilot to production – as Siemens, Nvidia, and lots of private 5G providers (including Nokia) roll up to Hannover Messe. In …

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  • ‘Three revenue-stream cycles’ – enterprise 5G is a growth engine, says Ericsson

    by James Blackman April 15, 2026
    by James Blackman April 15, 2026

    Private networks are not a niche, says Ericsson; they are the route to new markets, new buyers, and a third growth engine beyond the industry’s cyclical capex grind. Åsa Tamsons, …

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  • Amazon to buy Globalstar for $11.5bn – in bid to reshape the telco space race

    by James Blackman April 15, 2026
    by James Blackman April 15, 2026

    Amazon has agreed a $11.5 billion deal to buy satellite company Globalstar to add scale, spectrum, and services to its fledgling Leo proposition; it has also extended a satellite airtime …

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  • Telcos on notice in AI era – Lumen’s call to arms

    by James Blackman April 14, 2026
    by James Blackman April 14, 2026

    Lumen chief executive Kate Johnson has penned an open letter to enterprise CEOs (and the whole telecoms industry): that there is a golden opportunity to connect the AI revolution, but …

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  • InfiniG taps Nokia to bring ‘carrier-grade’ CBRS indoors, prep for enterprise AI-RAN

    by James Blackman April 13, 2026
    by James Blackman April 13, 2026

    A new partnership between InfiniG and Nokia upgrades in-building neutral-host coverage to ‘carrier-class’ standards while quietly positioning enterprise networks for AI-driven RAN innovation – which ties to both the Finnish …

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  • Cool heads, big plans – AT&T ties private 5G to AI grid

    by James Blackman April 9, 2026
    by James Blackman April 9, 2026

    AT&T is positioning private 5G as a necessary enterprise capability rather than a breakout revenue engine, tying its future instead to edge AI, spectrum pragmatism, and a broader “AI grid” …

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  • AT&T maps its AI-grid edge game with Nvidia, Cisco, Microsoft

    by James Blackman April 8, 2026
    by James Blackman April 8, 2026

    AT&T has clarified its emerging AI “grid” and IoT strategy, combining regional inference, cloud platforms, and private 5G to target enterprise use cases while testing where edge AI delivers most …

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  • Industry 4.0’s hourglass figure – AI and IoT put squeeze on OT hardware spend

    by James Blackman April 7, 2026
    by James Blackman April 7, 2026

    Bain & Company warns that traditional industrial control systems are losing their central role as AI and smart devices redefine the economic landscape. By 2030, software, AI workflows, and intelligent …

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  • Nokia review (part 2) | Has Nokia left a Trojan horse in the private 5G market?

    by James Blackman April 2, 2026
    by James Blackman April 2, 2026

    Final word on this fascinating Nokia narrative, this time from the independent analyst community – about how the Finnish firm is losing a little to Ericsson in its 5G heartlands, …

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  • Nokia review (part 1) | Nokia weighs old 5G pressures and new AI opportunities 

    by James Blackman April 2, 2026
    by James Blackman April 2, 2026

    Final word on this fascinating Nokia narrative, this time from the independent analyst community – about how the Finnish firm is losing a little to Ericsson in its 5G heartlands, …

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  • Private 5G: Siemens goes global, Nokia still at the races, open RAN in the UK

    by James Blackman April 1, 2026
    by James Blackman April 1, 2026

    Industrial giants and telecom vendors are pushing hard on private 5G – Siemens has expanded globally into North America, Nokia is continuing to land mission-critical enterprise deals, and a new …

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  • Ericsson takes most of VMO2 5G RAN project in UK (makes V sign at Nokia)

    by James Blackman March 31, 2026
    by James Blackman March 31, 2026

    Ericsson has emerged as “the primary RAN partner” to Virgin Media O2 in the UK, expanding its footprint in a major national 5G SA upgrade project that appears to come …

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  • HPE talks up AI network infrastructure, from cloud to edge

    by James Blackman March 30, 2026
    by James Blackman March 30, 2026

    HPE reinforced the telco shift at MWC: the urgent mid-gen upgrade of fiber interconnect and longhaul networks for the AI era, plus the edge inference agenda just coming on-stream – …

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  • Vodafone taps Aurora for AI-friendlier last-mile broadband in Germany

    by James Blackman March 25, 2026
    by James Blackman March 25, 2026

    Aurora Networks, under rebranded parent Vistance Networks, has upgraded Vodafone’s broadband network in Germany with Remote PHY, DAA, and virtual CMTS technologies – for improved AI-friendly last-mile connectivity. In sum …

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  • Optics and agents – Ciena presents telco play “to monetize anything-AI”

    by James Blackman March 24, 2026
    by James Blackman March 24, 2026

    Coherent optics, photonic line systems, and software agents are helping cloud providers and telco companies to manage the explosive AI workload demands on fiber networks – across cutting-edge interconnect systems, …

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  • Physical AI, without the theatre – Siemens finds its private 5G groove

    by James Blackman March 20, 2026
    by James Blackman March 20, 2026

    The tech is not the story (stupid!), says Siemens; it is a part of a solution, of course – just like IoT, and just like AI. Industrial enterprises have their …

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