Network Infrastructure

Cambium’s collapse leaves WISPs facing a sprawling installed-base problem, with Airspan’s partial acquisition offering some relief but leaving ePMP and other product lines in limbo. The challenge now is securing …

From the newsletter (September 22; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): From live-network AI-RAN trials and a massive transpacific cable build to private LTE iPhones and stratospheric lasers, …

Orange is preparing to test Nokia’s AI-RAN platform in its live network, putting claimed radio-efficiency gains to the commercial test while exploring the bigger proposition of shared compute for AI …

From the newsletter (September 21; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): The best broadband network is not always fiber, says Mimosa Networks. FWA can make better economic sense …

AI inference is reshaping network demand, creating an opportunity for service providers to turn high-capacity, intelligent connectivity into new revenue as enterprises and hyperscalers scale AI workloads. AI has taken …

From the newsletter (September 18; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): AI may be making telecoms look increasingly central to the next digital economy, but updates on the …

Europe’s €15.6bn IRIS² initiative is moving from sovereign-connectivity ambition to hardware, with hundreds of LEO and MEO satellites, billions in industrial contracts and a separate Low-LEO pipeline taking shape. In …

From the newsletter (September 17; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): AI is strengthening the case for more mid-band spectrum, particularly as physical AI pushes more traffic upstream. …

The firm’s chief commercial officer said that Crown Castle’s long-term customer contracts provide visibility into future activity, while spectrum acquisitions and auctions could provide additional support In sum – what …

From the newsletter (September 16; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): A new traffic cycle is driving a major physical network build. The AI infrastructure story is becoming …

Nokia is pushing AI-RAN with mobile operators, supplying defense networks to governments, selling security to internet exchanges, and upgrading longhaul optical infrastructure – a sprawling set of bets that shows …

From the newsletter (September 15; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): AI safety warnings may be genuine, but they arrive alongside mounting questions about AI economics. As frontier …

From the newsletter (September 14; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): Verizon is expanding its 6G Innovation Forum as operators hunt for AI-driven use cases and a credible …

American Tower does not expect consolidation in Europe to materially affect its anchor tenants and said it has limited exposure to churn from some of the carriers that could potentially …

From the newsletter (September 11; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): AT&T CEO John Stankey offers a grounded (sounding) vision for the AI era for telcos: build better …

From the newsletter (September 10; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): Nokia’s new Cognitive Operations and Cognitive Edge Node look strikingly familiar as the company exits campus private …

From the newsletter (September 9; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): Telecoms is moving deeper into AI infrastructure as networks become programmable, distributed and intelligent – but the …

From the newsletter (September 8; sign-up if you want it sooner): Verizon is buying 80 million miles of Corning fiber through 2032 as it builds a converged network for broadband, …

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 …

Steven Vondran, president and CEO of American Tower, said that the current phase of network deployment is increasingly focused on capacity rather than coverage In sum – what to know: …

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 …

Speaking during the RCRTech Telco AI Forum, Gabriel Foglander, head of strategic RAN leadership at Ericsson, described AI-RAN as a bridge toward a broader shift to AI embedded across network …

As AI shifts from centralised training to distributed inference, network architecture is being redrawn around proximity, latency and resilience. Metro fiber, edge connectivity, and optical infrastructure will become as critical …

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 …

Space traffic is critical as debris and satellite constellations crowd low Earth orbit. Effective management will require tougher regulation, active debris removal, resilient satellite design and cybersecurity to keep orbital …