Operators & the Struggle for a Bigger Bite of Layer Cake
Here are three very different recent posts from around the web. Superficially they’re almost unrelated, but put them…
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A Vision of Opportunity: Vodafone IoT, AI, and More
Phil Skipper, Head of Business Development at Vodafone IoT, was first involved in IoT back in the heady…
Conducting Business? Where Telecom’s Next Trillion Dollars Is Hiding
“If you think you’re in the connectivity business in 2026 as an operator, you’ve lost 50% of your…
Silos and Business Model: The HR Issue in Autonomous Networks
In 2025, China Mobile tested a fully level 4 autonomous network in Guangdong, and the results were certainly…
Commercialising innovation is our big problem – is this the solution?
As an industry, the telecoms environment is very good at talking about innovation. We’re great at showcasing it,…
Retail, Dentists and Loyalty: How Telcos Can Leverage In-Store Experiences
Telcos have a blue ocean of opportunities in front of them. According to consultancy Simon-Kucher, global telcos capture…
Telecom Hype vs Reality: 2026 Anti-Trends Reveal What Won’t Deliver (And What Might)
By Adam Hughes, Cerillion Every year, the telecoms industry finds a new frontier to get excited about. AI…
The Easy Money vs Big Money Quandary Plays Out in Barcelona
There is a conversation the telecoms industry has been having with itself, in various forms, for the better…
The Spectrum API Gap: Why AI-RAN’s Best Trick Has No Enterprise Customer (Yet)
AI-driven spectrum management is getting real. The network API economy is maturing. But nobody is connecting the two.…
The Simplification Paradox: Why Another Framework Won’t Fix Telecoms’ Complexity Problem
Telcos are paying the price for a standards process optimised for vendor optionality rather than operator discipline, but…