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AI-generated editorial illustration of satellites from multiple providers exchanging data through an orbital router and the US Space Force Space Data Network.

North America National Telecom Trends

Space Force awards $60m for multi-vendor SDN integration

The Space Force will test cross-network links and orbital routers as it tries to connect commercial satellite systems through standard interfaces.

Aug 18, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration showing technicians refurbishing and reusing telecom network equipment for the VMO2 and TXO circular-economy programme.

Europe and Middle East National Telecom

VMO2 says equipment reuse avoided 5,262 tonnes CO₂e

A 10-year equipment recovery programme with TXO shows how refurbished network hardware can reduce waste and the need for newly manufactured replacements.

Aug 14, 2026
AI-generated editorial graphic showing a telecom tower and Array Digital Infrastructure's Q2 2026 site-rental revenue, tenancy and T-Mobile lease figures.

North America National Telecom Trends

Array site-rental revenue rises 95% after T-Mobile lease

Array's tower rental revenue nearly doubled in Q2 as the T-Mobile lease lifted its base, while tenancy rose only slightly.

Aug 13, 2026
Editorial illustration of drones being detected above a Miami cityscape by a 5G cellular antenna using radio sensing.

North America National Telecom Trends

Lockheed Martin tests NetSense drone sensing on Verizon 5G

The Miami-area demonstration used Verizon spectrum and AI software to detect and track drones, with pilot deployments planned ahead of targeted 2027 availability.

Aug 13, 2026
Editorial illustration of a compact local-5G base station and ceiling antenna providing wireless coverage to separate conference sponsor booths

JPNOG

JANOG58 turned a sponsor annex into its first local-5G operations trial

JANOG58’s most consequential wireless result was not a headline speed test. Faced with an overflow of sponsor booths in a separate annex, the meeting team assembled a licensed local-5G service, provisioned it through CPE routers and operated it across three conference…

Aug 13, 2026
A rooftop 5G radio site with power equipment and bundled physical backhaul descending into the street network.

Global Cloud Services Trends

5G speed begins behind the antenna

A new radio icon does not guarantee a faster service. Spectrum, site density, fibre backhaul and core capacity determine whether 5G performance survives the busy hour.

Aug 12, 2026
A technician aligning an augmented-reality guide to an industrial valve beside a geometric calibration target and edge box.

Global Cloud Services Trends

Augmented reality needs a reality check

A convincing overlay is not enough. Useful AR depends on low delay, stable calibration, safe attention and a maintained map of the physical world.

Aug 12, 2026
Two copper coils on an adjustable wireless-power test bench with meters and a metal safety test object.

Global Cloud Services Trends

Wireless power claims need a distance-and-efficiency boundary

“Wireless” can describe a charging pad separated by millimetres or energy sent across a room. Those are different engineering and regulatory propositions, and any deployment claim should state which one it means.

Aug 12, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a telecom engineer in a network laboratory with server racks, test equipment, network-monitoring screens and a cellular tower

Creators

Harald Welte and the work of opening telecom’s closed interfaces

Across Linux firewalls, licence enforcement, open phones, GSM network functions and SIM tooling, Harald Welte repeatedly made closed communications systems inspectable. His record shows both the leverage of public implementations and the hardware, regulatory and maintenance…

Aug 12, 2026
A local network cabinet, community premises and a distant tower forming a physical internet access chain.

North America Regional ISP

Regional connectivity needs an operating chain

Plateau Telecommunications shows why coverage depends on paths, power, staff, equipment and visible regulatory milestones working together.

Aug 12, 2026
A technician inspecting an electric vehicle battery enclosure, charging interface and blank diagnostic terminal.

Global Cloud Services Trends

A Tesla investment needs a scenario, not a slogan

A famous product and a volatile share price do not answer whether the expected return compensates for execution, competition and valuation risk.

Aug 11, 2026
Editorial scene of two paired low-band spectrum assets passing between hands above a contract, with disconnected unlit towers across city and rural terrain.

North America National Telecom Trends

Grain owns T-Mobile’s 800 MHz map; the access model comes next

The nationwide low-band portfolio has completed its transfer from T-Mobile US to Grain Management for $2.9 billion in cash plus Grain’s 600 MHz licences. Ownership is now settled. Whether the spectrum becomes a shared infrastructure layer, a set of private networks or something…

Aug 11, 2026
Editorial Costa Rican network cutaway connecting 4G and 5G radios to a core, multi-vendor automation layer and bounded rApp trial with manual approval.

Latin America and Caribbean National Telecom Trends

Ericsson’s ICE contract puts the automation layer on trial before Costa Rica’s 5G SA goes live

Ericsson has confirmed the technical scope of its contract with Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad for Kölbi’s 5G Standalone network. The distinctive purchase is not only radio and core equipment, but a multi-vendor automation platform whose value can be judged only after…

Aug 11, 2026
Conceptual unbranded cloud-network edge handoff with routing equipment and fibre cross-connects in a calm operations room.

North America Cloud Services Trends

IBM Cloud's 2020 routing flood made provider boundaries an accountability test

IBM Cloud's operator, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), attributed its 9 June 2020 cloud disruption to an external network provider that sent a flood of incorrect route advertisements—messages saying which network can carry traffic to a block of Internet Protocol…

Aug 11, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration showing FCC signage, a US government building and an American flag alongside text about Danielle Thumann Severs’ FCC nomination.

North America Institutional Trends

Trump nominates Danielle Thumann Severs for FCC seat

US President Donald Trump has nominated Danielle Thumann Severs to the FCC; confirmation would add a fourth commissioner and create a one-seat quorum margin.

Aug 11, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a stadium with a neutral-host DAS, distributed antennas and Airspan MobileAccess 6000 equipment representing AT&T’s Davis Wade Stadium project.

North America National Telecom Trends

AT&T leads neutral-host network at Davis Wade Stadium

AT&T will own a shared stadium DAS designed to support multiple mobile operators across Mississippi State University’s 60,000-plus-seat venue.

Aug 11, 2026
Editorial night scene of several severed fibre routes and staged repair work in Southern California.

North America National Telecom Trends

Verizon restored Southern California service, but the severed route remains unnamed

Thousands of Verizon users in Southern California reportedly lost calls, messages and internet access after multiple fibre lines were cut in what the operator described as vandalism. Service returned in stages on Sunday, yet the public account leaves the most important resilience…

Aug 11, 2026
Editorial cutaway of a stadium distributed-antenna system with sector coverage and a compact shared headend.

North America National Telecom Trends

AT&T's Davis Wade network is neutral-host by design; the other hosts remain unnamed

AT&T is leading and will own a 53-sector MIMO distributed-antenna system at Mississippi State University's Davis Wade Stadium, using Airspan's MobileAccess 6000 platform across mid-band spectrum. The design is intended for more than 60,000 seats and multiple operators, but no…

Aug 10, 2026
Generated realistic editorial context showing a generic regional telecommunications operations facility.

North America Regional ISP

Plateau Telecommunications and the Record of Regional Connectivity

Regional communications become dependable through a chain of ordinary controls: usable paths, accurate routing, powered facilities, staffed operations, replaceable equipment and visible regulatory milestones. Plateau Telecommunications offers a useful, bounded record for…

Aug 10, 2026
Editorial image of 5G-A demonstrations in a controlled lab stopping at the threshold of a real production floor.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

U Mobile has built a 5G-A sandbox; the next proof is a production handoff

U Mobile's physical Enterprise Innovation Platform Hub gives enterprises somewhere to develop, test and demonstrate 5G-Advanced and AI applications. The launch is an ecosystem milestone, not a deployment result: value will be created only when a tested use case survives…

Aug 10, 2026