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October 2026's roundup: SpaceX moves to lease tens of thousands of US tower sites as the FCC opens more spectrum for direct-to-device, 5G-Advanced reaches live networks, mmWave fixed wireless gets a second act, and operators sell, merge and restructure.
August 2026's roundup: EE launches the UK's first commercial 5G slicing service as India's regulator moves first to mandate per-slice tariffs and disclosed speeds, AI-RAN validation reaches SoftBank's live Japanese network, satellite operators from AST SpaceMobile to Elveo Mobile jockey for direct-to-device position, and Charter's completed Cox mega-merger reshapes the US cable map.
August 2026's roundup: operators from SK Telecom to Ooredoo built or monetized AI infrastructure directly, AI-RAN validation reached the device and per-user level, agentic AI moved deeper into live network operations, and governance caught up with a watermarking mandate, an incident-reporting coalition, and a hard look at why AI inference costs keep rising even as token prices fall.
July 2026's roundup: Hughes Network Systems nears bankruptcy as SpaceX files to launch 100,000 satellites, Nokia's AI-RAN commercial deployments trail Ericsson's 15+ by a full order of magnitude, the FCC finalizes a $6.3B C-band incentive package and closes AT&T's $23B EchoStar spectrum deal, and fiber capital and industrial 5G both keep expanding globally.
Verizon Business, KDDI and BMW Group announced a connected-vehicle partnership on July 9, 2026 that puts newly manufactured BMW and MINI vehicles for the US market on Verizon's nationwide 5G Standalone network — the first vehicles to use that network since its launch. Here's what the Verizon BMW connected vehicles deal actually covers, how KDDI's platform fits in, and what it signals for enterprise IoT and network slicing beyond the automotive sector.
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