Orbital data centers? Or just distributed LEO compute?
As the marketing pageantry around new space innovation pervades, strategic priorities may be cementing demand
Long Reads - The Telecoms & Connectivity Channel
In-depth features about the data center, AI, semiconductor, telco, and energy markets
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Free space optics: To the moon and back
Optical communication could transform the space industry, if it can beat the weather
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Are In-Line Amplifiers ready for the age of AI?
ILA fiber huts have changed little in the last 30 years, but do they now need to as we rush into a new era?
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Flying the Flag for subsea connectivity in the AI era
Flag, the company formerly known as GCX has a new name and is honing in on serving AI data centers
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Connected Infra Group CEO Borghei eyes tower M&A opportunities amid AI boom
As spectrum auctions offer tower industry encouragement says Borghei
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Life and death on a tower
Telecom tower climbers across the US are risking their lives to make always-on connectivity a reality
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MobileX goes all in on AI as MVNO outlines global ambitions
The US-based MVNO is using AI to forecast the best data plans to meet customers' requirements
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Surfing on the Tube
How TfL is bringing Internet connectivity to the London Underground, one station at a time
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AI ops hit the fairway at the Ryder Cup
The AI-powered future of golf's biggest transatlantic tussle
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Can ILAs unlock the networking bottleneck?
They are very much becoming an important cog in supporting explosive AI-fueled data traffic
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A direct approach to satellite communication
Is the D2D trend bringing innovation to the L-Band by satellite?
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Nvidia wants to reinvent the RAN
All eyes on bringing AI to the RAN for the 6G future
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MWC 2026: AI deluge grips telecoms industry
As Nvidia plays a starring role ahead of AI and 6G future
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Boldyn: London's TfL streetscapes are ideal hosts for providing mobile coverage boost
Crowded rooftops require small cells, says Boldyn Networks CTO
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A light through the blackout: connectivity in Myanmar's military coup
A Karenni digital connectivity story
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MVNOs: A niche or a nuisance?
Mobile virtual network operators are shaking up the telecoms market, but is this at the expense of the mobile operators?
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Broadcast’s infra Edge play
Why broadcast companies see the value in deploying data centers at TV and radio tower sites
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Is the telecoms industry ready to wave 2G off into the sunset?
While most use 4G and 5G mobile services, IoT devices have prolonged 2G’s 30-year-plus stay
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2025 telco talking points: AI, fiber frenzy, and an M&A boom
AI is reshaping the telecoms industry, but is it for better or worse?
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The biggest data center stories of 2025
Here’s the news highlights of the biggest year in data centers
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UK ISPs and altnets on Openreach’s telephone exchange exits
DCD talks to Zen, Netomnia, CityFibre, Neos Networks, and APFN about the UK’s upcoming mass exchange closure
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Copper exchanges in all shapes and sizes
A dive into the history of telephone exchanges in the UK
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History exchange: London telephone exchanges in focus
DCD looks at some of the more notable telephone exchanges in London
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BT’s landlord looms large over the UK’s telephone exchanges
What's to become of the UK's old telephone exchanges?
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The end of the line: The UK’s copper switch-off
How BT & Openreach are approaching the end of copper
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Copper gets the cold shoulder
The end is nigh amid the global fiber rollout
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The coming storm for satellites
Space weather could present an existential threat to the satellite industry unless its impact can be better understood
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The big fightback
Regular attacks against telecoms infrastructure have got network operators fed up