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Reflections from M360 Eurasia: Sovereignty, Satellites, and the AI Reality Check

By Sylwia Kechiche, May 2026

Samarkand hosted M360 Eurasia for the first time. The conversations matched: digital sovereignty has moved from rhetoric to procurement decisions, satellite is now core operator strategy, and AI ambition is running ahead of the infrastructure to support it.

Opensignal is now SBTi approved. Here's what that means and why it matters.

By Marketing, Opensignal, May 2026

Opensignal has had its emissions reduction targets independently validated and approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and we're now listed as an approved company on their public directory.

This is the result of a process that began in 2024, when we formally committed to setting science-based targets - a pledge that required us to submit a commitment letter to SBTi and then do the substantive work of building a credible, independently verifiable roadmap for reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. That work is now complete.

Fibre Is No Longer a Utility — It’s the Backbone of the AI Economy

By Sylwia Kechiche, April 2026

Reflections from the FTTH Conference 2026 — a panel session where representatives from 1&1, Colt, Eurofiber and Covage discussed how business fibre is rapidly shifting from infrastructure to strategy, as AI-driven demand, data centre interconnectivity, and resilience requirements redefine its role in the digital economy.

AI and 6G: Cutting Through the Hype — A Reality Check from the Industry

By Sylwia Kechiche, April 2026

A reflections from recent Fierce Network panel: AI will take 6G by storm.

D2D at MWC26: Sky-high ambitions, ground-level constraints

By Fiona Armstrong-Mills, March 2026

MWC26 had enough Direct-to-Device (D2D) announcements going into full orbit. However, amongst the hype, we unpick some of the myths and misconceptions surrounding this emerging technology.

Wrapping up consumer AI post MWC 2026: lots of hype, little reality

By Fiona Armstrong-Mills, March 2026

At MWC26, AI was everywhere. While the vast majority of focus was on “AI for networks”, there was also a level of excitement about consumer AI use cases. But how realistic is this consumer AI future, and how should mobile operators prepare?

Networks on Autopilot? We are getting closer, but mind the gap

By Sylwia Kechiche, March 2026

A reflection on the MWC panel bringing together cloud providers, vendors, and operators to confront a simple question: Are we actually reaching autonomy, or are we just getting better at sophisticated automation?