This strategic partnership is aimed at solving one of the big problems facing home FWA deployments
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is an exciting new service that delivers wireless broadband to homes. Like all emerging technologies, challenges arise as it rolls out at scale. Solace Power...
Organizations that align ambition with physics rather than narratives will gain durable advantages in 2026
2026 will not be a year of new network generations or completed AI buildouts. It will be a year where the gap between plans and physical reality becomes impossible to...
The pace of change, thanks to AI, is breathtaking at CES 2026
CES 2026 is coming quickly. This time around, things will be very different thanks to AI. With all the noise and chaos, just getting noticed will be tougher than ever. So, how will...
The intersection of AI and Wi-Fi will be the dominant theme in 2026 and beyond
As 2025 draws to a close, I had the opportunity to speak with three of the most influential voices shaping the future of Wi-Fi technology: Robert Stacey, Chair of the...
New Verizon CEO Dan Schulman is very busy reinventing the company
Something is starting to happen at Verizon, and so far, while it is still very early, I like what I am seeing. Historically, Verizon has always seemed to battle AT&T for the number one...
APIs are standardized. Semantics are shared. Operators are aligned. Developer sandboxes exist. Reference implementations are open.
Telecom operators have long believed that their networks contain latent platform value. Mobile networks authenticate devices, bind phone numbers to physical infrastructure, and observe behavior that applications cannot see...
Wireless and telecom will be key beneficiaries of the AI revolution
As artificial intelligence dominates headlines, boardrooms, and investor conversations, I am increasingly invited into senior-level discussions as companies try to understand what this fast-moving technology means for their future. Pair that with writing weekly...
This whole time, you've been your phone's operating system
Here's the uncomfortable truth about smartphones: For the past fifteen years, you've been doing the computer's job.
You're texting about dinner plans. Someone mentions a restaurant. You copy the address, switch to Maps, paste it, check the...
Connectivity is no longer an optional amenity but a critical infrastructure in multifamily housing
The technology landscape in multifamily housing is shifting faster than most property owners and asset managers can keep track of. Wi-Fi 7 is arriving before many properties have fully deployed Wi-Fi...
As of mid-2025, there were 17.4K postpaid carrier stores, down from 17.6K stores in mid-2024
We hear a lot about the evolution of telecom retail. Stores going away, we heard in 2020. Phone delivery is the path forward, we are told, as carriers launch...
Telecom’s current AI-RAN fantasy is seductive, but the reality is a costly engineering and economic trap
There is a seductive narrative sweeping through the telecom industry right now. It promises that if we feed enough petabytes of logs, traces, and configuration data into a massive...
Target said they will start saying 'hello' to the customer again, but is it enough?
Improving customer care is different for each company. Target, the giant retailer, recently announced that it will say “hello” to customers on the sales floor. While that is good news,...
It's an idea that sounds right — but is it possible?
Every few years, another telecom strategy presentation declares that “our goal is to become a tech company.” The phrase sounds inspiring. It signals ambition, innovation, and a desire to escape regulatory gravity. But it...
The picks include companies whose solutions are influencing how multifamily communities operate, connect, and engage residents
As one of the official OPTECH 2025 Influencers, I’m excited to attend this year’s premier multifamily technology conference in Las Vegas. OPTECH continues to be the place where innovation, investment, and...
The global economy is shifting from software intelligence to embodied AI — where algorithms meet physical production
Editor's note: This is part II of a two-part series. Read Part I: Why AI strategy is now an industrial race here.
The big idea: Software intelligence has already...
Solace Power held a webinar on doubling FWA network capacity with self-installable window CPE
5G Fixed Wireless Access is a relatively new technology that offers plenty of wireless broadband benefits to the home user. FWA is becoming a real game-changer for customers and carriers. Solace...
Telcos are betting billions on AI, but their true advantages lie in sovereignty and specialized infrastructure, not in a direct fight with hyperscalers
Telecom operators globally are rushing to build GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) platforms, promising to unlock the AI revolution. Their value proposition rests on two...
For Verizon, Starry represents a strategic solution to challenges related to how 5G-based FWA impacts cell performance
Verizon has had an eventful week with three major announcements: the departure of CEO Hans Vestberg, a direct-to-device deal with AST SpaceMobile, and the acquisition of struggling...
Verizon and T-Mobile US announced new CEOs — will AT&T?
The world of telecom and wireless investment has undergone significant changes. Now, it looks like a change of CEO leadership and rapid growth in AI, the next wave of transformation is now upon us. So,...
Who should property owners and asset managers trust when it comes to their telecom consultants?
When property owners sign connectivity deals worth millions, who's really looking out for their interests? The multifamily telecom consulting world operates largely in the shadows — a complex ecosystem...
AI’s future depends less on algorithms and more on the physical realities of silicon, power, capital, and geopolitics
The artificial intelligence sector has entered a new industrial phase. For two decades, the cloud business model created the illusion that computing capacity was an elastic, on-demand...
Oracle’s media investments illustrate how AI leaders are vertically integrating to control both compute supply and demand
Imagine this: Oracle’s Larry Ellison invests in Paramount Pictures and courts TikTok. At first glance, it looks like a billionaire hobby. Once aligned with Oracle’s multibillion-dollar AI infrastructure...
Survey shows internet now treated as essential utility, but gaps in strategy and service hinder performance in multifamily properties
Maravedis Research recently completed its annual Property Owners' Telecom Strategy & Sentiment Survey, gathering insights from 65 multifamily property owners, managers, and executives across the United States...
Who owns the words AI learns from?
When I first began publishing my own content, I thought of it mainly as a way to share ideas and test perspectives. But as I watched the rise of AI systems that ingest vast amounts of online writing,...
