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US telecom retail remains resilient, but Wave7 Research’s Jeff Moore questions whether Starlink can become a national mobile operator. SpaceX could bypass the traditional retail model, but building a competitive …

Speaking at the RCR Wireless News’s Telco AI Forum 2026, AT&T and Verizon executives described AI-based RAN deployments that are already producing measurable results In sum – what to know …

SpaceX’s proposed acquisition of Grain Management’s 800 MHz spectrum portfolio strengthens Starlink Mobile’s push into terrestrial wireless. But coverage is not capacity, and building a competitive nationwide network could cost …

From the newsletter (October 1; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): Nokia and ICEYE are launching a sovereign satellite communications venture, while US telcos formalize a satellite coverage …

Verizon is moving from scripted RAN automation towards agentic network operations, where AI reasons across domains, shares context and takes action – with the operator retaining control of intent, outcomes …

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. …

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 …

Verizon’s ISAC crowd-sensing test ran on ordinary commercial 5G hardware In sum – what we know: Samsung and Verizon are working hard on the next generation of cellular connectivity, and …

Verizon chief technology officer and senior vice president of technology development Yago Tenorio told RCR that the industry needs to avoid fragmentation as 6G moves toward commercialization In sum – …

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 …

Enterprise-wide overhaul puts Gemini agents on Google Cloud in live network operations In sum – what we know: Verizon and Google Cloud have announced a new partnership, and it’s a significant escalation …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): America’s AI infrastructure boom is creating an unexpected bottleneck: the people needed to build it. Data centers are competing with broadband …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Telco integration is back in fashion (again), from satellite and terrestrial networks to private 5G and Wi-Fi. Mostly, it is an …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Lumen is betting that AI-driven connectivity will reward a different telco model: less legacy network, more fiber, software and control, with …

A day (or two) after SpaceX talked about plans for a terrestrial Starlink mobile network, analysts have started to debate whether Musk is building a fourth US carrier, optimising satellite …

SpaceX has spoken for the first time about its plans for a terrestrial mobile network to work with its satellite D2D service to rival AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon – including …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Different moves from Liberty Global and Vodafone, the NTIA and AT&T, NTT Docomo and Ericsson, plus TIM, show how telcos are …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): AI infrastructure is opening new opportunities for telcos, from data center connectivity to sovereign AI and defense networks. But the payoff …

Verizon, AT&T, and SK Telecom are betting big on AI infrastructure. But technology advisory group Omdia says the headline numbers are ceilings, and warns revenue will trail capacity growth for …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Orange looks like Europe’s strongest-performing incumbent telco this quarter, pairing robust financial growth with bold acquisitions and AI investments. While rivals …

The telecom industry says AI devices will overwhelm mobile uplinks and justify new spectrum and 6G investment. But beneath the forecasts, ratios and rhetoric, the evidence for an AI-driven radio …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Strong quarterly results from Verizon reinforce a broader shift across US telecoms: after years of heavy investment, mobile telcos are growing …

Verizon says its legacy telco turnaround is gathering pace, but that its bigger opportunity lies with AI infrastructure – connecting data centers, metro centers, and edge premises; starting with a …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): AI agents are moving from experimentation to execution in telecom, with operators chasing major cost savings while learning that technology must …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Verizon’s latest store sales and job cuts highlight a telecom industry still chasing growth beyond connectivity. As operators invest in AI, …