Opinion

Motorola Solutions argues that 5G has become a valuable connectivity layer for utilities, public safety and industry, but mission-critical operations still depend on resilient LMR networks, with broadband technologies serving …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): AI is driving investment across the telco stack – from data centers, fiber, and DCI to access networks, IoT, and edge …

The FCC faces a spectrum balancing act: strengthen GPS resilience without disrupting a thriving 900 MHz unlicensed ecosystem powering critical IoT, smart infrastructure, and billions in economic value across the …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Telecom operators are embracing AI through tightly governed, domain-specific deployments, focusing on bounded autonomy rather than full automation. The emerging model …

From the newsletter: AI agents in telecoms is sharpening focus on governance, controlled autonomy and human oversight, while momentum in private 5G and industrial AI continues to build through new …

Enterprises must treat voice and messaging identities as strategic assets, says First Orion, using authentication and branded comms to strengthen trust, combat fraud, and improve customer engagement. Telecommunications fraud has …

From the newsletter: As telcos rethink growth strategies, contrasting moves by Rocket Lab, Comcast, BT and Verizon highlight a common goal: using acquisitions, divestments, and selective consolidation to sharpen focus, …

From the newsletter: BT and Verizon’s $4bn enterprise joint venture reflects a broader telco shift towards partnerships over full integration, combining global reach and customer scale while allowing both operators …

From the newsletter: SpaceX’s potential move into retail mobile via Starlink changes the telco game, as hybrid networks, new spectrum, and trillion-dollar valuations challenge the carrier status-quo. You can picture …

From the newsletter: AI tokenomics is unlikely to rescue telco revenues; history shows metering models tend to commoditise. Long-term value will come from edge services, distributed AI, and networks embedded …

Subsea network resilience must be measured by corridor-level risk rather than cable count alone, argues Steve Roberts of EXA. He warns that shared dependencies, geopolitical instability, and repair constraints can …

Real-world network emulation is essential for successful 5G deployments, writes Cade Nelson, systems engineer at Apposite Technologies. It helps operators test performance under variable conditions, and this way reduces risk …

Autonomous networks vary by operational domain, with progress determined less by technology than by data quality, integration readiness and governance foundations. Nemanja Prekovic, head of delivery TMT at Avenga, explains. …

Satellite D2D technology is proven, but achieving ubiquitous US coverage depends on interoperability, argues Dr. Lee W. McKnight at Syracuse University. He examines why cooperation between carriers, satellite operators, and …

Telcos spent years being told it was becoming irrelevant. Hyperscalers were eating its lunch, OTT players were hollowing out its revenues, and its destiny was to be a glorified utility. …

Quantum computing is moving from long-term promise to practical telecom experimentation, writes quantum software company Classiq. As operators tackle complex optimisation, forecasting and security challenges, early pilots are helping build …

The push for orbital data centres promises abundant solar power, but faces severe constraints in heat rejection, launch costs, congestion, downlink bandwidth and depreciation – suggesting niche applications rather than …

As enterprises move from AI assistants to autonomous agents, Nick Earle, executive chairman of Eseye, argues that success will depend less on compute power and more on access to trusted, …

As nations race to build sovereign AI capabilities, successful strategies are converging on a common formula: control critical bottlenecks. The real differentiator is no longer ambition or spending, but the …

Cisco says enterprises must move beyond WPA2 to WPA3 and strengthen wireless security through SAE, forward secrecy, and Wi-Fi 7 – to enable resilient zero-trust-ready enterprise mobility across modern networks …

Why the bottleneck always moves, why economics is an equal partner, and why capital recovery in AI infrastructure now depends on workload liquidity. Every infrastructure supercycle has two engines, not …

AI’s growth is increasingly constrained not by chips but by infrastructure, from data storage and energy demand to connectivity bottlenecks. As data centers expand, the weakest link shifts, threatening to …

As AI becomes the public face of business, organizations must validate performance, security, and cost efficiency at scale. Comprehensive testing under realistic workloads is essential to ensure reliable, secure, and …

Runtime security is becoming a network architecture imperative for telecom operators, writes Nokia. To detect threats earlier without compromising performance, security must deliver continuous visibility, operate predictably under load, and …

Ambient IoT has proven battery-free sensing is possible, but enterprise adoption now depends on something bigger: reliable network infrastructure. As deployments scale, trusted, continuous visibility—not the tag itself—will determine which …