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Musk, genius or lunatic, has no mobile answer in space or on land

Starlink Mobile's 800MHz acquisition won't much help Elon Musk's satellite service and his terrestrial challenges are still immense.

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Private Networks

Nokia faces difficulty of selling unwanted businesses

Nokia faces difficulty of selling unwanted businesses

byIain Morris,International Editor

Cloud sovereignty comes with trade-offs – Swisscom CEO

Cloud sovereignty comes with trade-offs – Swisscom CEO

byTereza Krásová,Associate Editor

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6G's monetization puzzle: From sensing to physical AI

6G's monetization puzzle: From sensing to physical AI

byAnne Morris,Contributing Editor, Light Reading

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China's path to 6G

China's path to 6G

byRobert Clark,Contributing Editor

Court gavel set atop a pile of money

Cable Technology

Cable One-Mega Broadband deal stays in limbo, but for how long?

Cable One-Mega Broadband deal stays in limbo, but for how long?

byJeff Baumgartner,Senior Editor

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AT&T follows Telefónica out of Mexico with $2B sale

AT&T follows Telefónica out of Mexico with $2B sale

byMichelle Donegan,Senior Editor, Light Reading

Cable Technology

Eurobites: Orange and friends look to develop Irish subsea link

Eurobites: Orange and friends look to develop Irish subsea link

byPaul Rainford,Assistant Editor, Europe

Verizon CTO Yago Tenorio

Verizon CTO: 6G needs a breakthrough for AI uplink demand

Verizon CTO: 6G needs a breakthrough for AI uplink demand

byMichelle Donegan,Senior Editor, Light Reading

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Cable Technology

Japan goes all-in to fortify subsea cable infrastructure

Japan goes all-in to fortify subsea cable infrastructure

byGigi Onag,Senior Editor, APAC

Elon Musk

Musk, genius or lunatic, has no mobile answer in space or on land

Musk, genius or lunatic, has no mobile answer in space or on land

byIain Morris,International Editor

Podcasts

Cable Technology

SCTE's TechExpo will pack plenty of tech, with a bigger focus on the 'experience'SCTE's TechExpo will pack plenty of tech, with a bigger focus on the 'experience'

byJeff Baumgartner

The Divide: How Oklahoma is meeting digital needs with Community Access Portals The Divide: How Oklahoma is meeting digital needs with Community Access Portals

byNicole Ferraro

Unpacking 6G with Omdia's Gabriel Brown Unpacking 6G with Omdia's Gabriel Brown

byJeff Baumgartner

The Divide: Why digital inclusion needs a new funding model The Divide: Why digital inclusion needs a new funding model

byNicole Ferraro

Cable Technology

Policy, tech and convergence to collide at The Independent Show Policy, tech and convergence to collide at The Independent Show

byJeff Baumgartner

The Divide: SHLB's Joey Wender on the fight to save E-Rate The Divide: SHLB's Joey Wender on the fight to save E-Rate

byNicole Ferraro

Optical Networking

Special report

Light Reading's Leading Lights Awards 2026: The Winners

Light Reading is delighted to announce the winners chosen from 151 finalists across the 30 categories comprising the 22nd annual Leading Lights Awards.

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Smartphones & Devices

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AI & Machine Learning

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The 6G core divide

The 6G core divide

Oct 1, 2026

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Why the first AI-native 6G cores will run on 5G foundations

Aug 20, 2026

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AI and Agentic AI and the Impact on Wide Area Networks

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Optical Networking

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