New LoRaWAN roadmap puts focus on usability in bid for ‘massive’-scale IoT

The LoRa Alliance’s new roadmap tackles IoT’s toughest challenges: interoperability, integration and deployment simplicity. By prioritising ecosystem maturity over radio innovation, LoRaWAN is betting that usability, not connectivity, will determine its next phase of growth. In sum – what to…

SpaceX IPO filing lays out Musk’s $28.5 trillion vision for AI, satellites, life beyond Earth

SpaceX’s IPO filing reads like a techno-futurist manifesto – but then that’s its business: a vertically integrated empire of rockets, satellites, and AI infrastructure to scale intelligence globally – and make humans a multi-planetary species. The numbers are enormous, the…

Amazon to buy Globalstar for $11.5bn – in bid to reshape the telco space race

Amazon has agreed a $11.5 billion deal to buy satellite company Globalstar to add scale, spectrum, and services to its fledgling Leo proposition; it has also extended a satellite airtime contract with Apple, and, via Globalstar’s XCOM RAN subsidiary and…

SpaceX brings Xsight Labs onboard ahead of Starlink v3 launch

Xsight Labs’ programmable X2 switch tapped by SpaceX to push throughput beyond 1 Tbps My home airport is XNA, so I spend a lot of time on United regional jets. Fortunately, the carrier is rapidly equipping its ERJ175s with Starlink kit, which means I can regularly access downlink speeds of more than 300 Mbps and […]

Why telcos are struggling to meet enterprise expectations

A new report from the Capgemini Research Institute suggests many operators are struggling to deliver measurable business outcomes for enterprise customers As enterprises accelerate digital transformation, telecom operators are facing growing pressure to move beyond connectivity and deliver measurable business outcomes. Yet a new report from the Capgemini Research Institute suggests many operators…

Four things to expect at MWC Barcelona 2026, according to Spectrum Effect

Spectrum Effect President and CRO: ‘MWC is going to be dominated by AI again, of course’ With Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2026 hitting the halfway point, AI is dominating the headlines. That’s to be expected. But beneath the buzz, deeper questions around economics, coexistence, and next-generation investment cycles are surfacing. Spectrum Effect’s President and […]

AI’s role in non-terrestrial networks

Can machine learning solve the challenges of non-terrestrial networks? Satellite-to-phone connectivity is becoming a whole lot more popular. Services are now delivering direct satellite connections to regular smartphones, extending coverage into places where traditional cell infrastructure simply doesn’t exist. Sure, most of those services are text-only, but there’s no reason to assume they won’t…

Page 1