LoRaWAN has reached 125 million deployments, growing at 25 million per year. Which still looks modest next to cellular IoT’s mega count. But LoRa Alliance chief Alper Yegin argues the …
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 …
China Tower has established about 6.2 million base station sites, including 3.26 million 5G sites across the Asian nation In sum – what to know: Tower transformation – China Tower …
MDU connectivity consolidation is not one story but three – told from the perspective of who owns the operators doing the consolidation. Maravedis Research sorts the MSP segment by ownership, …
China Mobile has introduced AI into applications spanning sports, culture, and finance, while also exploring AI mobile phones, AI glasses, and humanoid robots In sum – what to know: Mobile …
BT and Verizon are combining international enterprise units into a 50/50 JV serving 3,000 customers across 180 countries, streamlining global connectivity services while letting both firms sharpen their focus on …
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 …
Ericsson’s architectural blueprint adds an agentic service experience layer In sum – what we know: Ericsson has put agentic AI at the center of its operations and business support stack …
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 …
Speaking during a keynote session at MWC Shanghai 2026, Globe president and chief executive officer Carl Cruz said AI is fundamentally changing how companies compete In sum – what to …
AI is pushing telcos beyond network autonomy and into a new era of business intelligence. Working with operators worldwide, Wipro explains how the industry’s next transformation will create intelligent, adaptive …
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. …
Yue Wang, chief technologist at China Telecom, said that AI-native 6G will require a fundamental architectural shift toward the joint orchestration of networking and computing resources In sum – what …
Huawei executives said the telecom industry must evolve from monetizing data traffic alone to monetizing both bytes and AI-generated tokens as AI services become increasingly embedded in consumer and enterprise …
Six specialized Nokia agents will roll out through 2027 In sum – what we know: Google Cloud and Nokia have expanded their partnership to push Gemini-powered AI agents directly into Nokia’s network …
Telco vendors are rushing agentic AI into OSS and BSS stacks – hard, at DTW Ignite this week. Nokia has just announced work with AWS and Databricks to build the …
Speaking at the opening keynote of MWC Shanghai 2026, Zhong Zhihong, chief engineer at China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said China will continue to accelerate the deployment of …
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 …
