Aduna Explores Agentic AI Layer to Unlock Telco API Potential
At Mobile World Congress 2026, Aduna’s Chief Commercial Officer Peter Arbiter outlined the company’s strategy to build an “agentic AI layer” that sits between telco networks and external AI agents, aggregating disparate carrier APIs into a single northbound interface. Aduna’s platform ingests southbound APIs from multiple carriers, normalizes them, and exposes a unified catalog that developers can call without navigating each operator’s proprietary system. By shielding the complexity of deterministic network services, the layer promises faster integration while maintaining the service‑assurance guarantees telcos require. Arbiter emphasized that there is no single “killer app” for the network, likening the current moment to the early days of 3G where the value came from millions of downstream apps. He highlighted fraud prevention—leveraging real‑time signals such as SIM swaps and device authentication—as the first high‑impact use case, noting that the same data can also power retail and logistics solutions. If adopted widely, the AI‑ready API hub could unlock new revenue streams for carriers, accelerate AI‑driven services across verticals, and give enterprises a trusted source of real‑time telco data, reshaping how digital ecosystems combat fraud and optimize operations.
(Part 1) A Discussion with Minnesota's State Broadband Director
The interview spotlights Bree Mackey, director of Minnesota’s Office of Broadband Development, as she outlines the state’s coordinated approach to expanding high‑speed internet and the role of the BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) program. Mackey traces Minnesota’s broadband legacy...
Behind the Cameras at the FNTV Studio
The FNTV studio at Mobile World Congress Barcelona turned its cameras on the production floor, revealing a nonstop stream of interviews, panels, and analysis featuring top telecom executives. Behind the scenes, crews coordinated rapid‑turnaround content while a mascot dog, Bowie,...
Moso Networks Bets on Plug-and-Play Private 5G
At Mobile World Congress, Moso Networks unveiled its plug‑and‑play private 5G solution, positioning the company as a bridge between complex carrier‑grade technology and enterprises that lack deep telecom expertise. The startup emphasizes an all‑in‑one radio that plugs into Ethernet like...
Built-In Security for AI-Driven Networks
The discussion centered on the necessity of embedding security directly into AI‑driven telecom networks, as illustrated by HPE’s new integrated telco portfolio unveiled at MWC. With AI increasing the volume of telemetry and the need for centralized training and edge inference,...
Mimosa’s FWA Carrier Fix for the Broadband Boom
James Blackman interviews Jim Neville, CEO of Mimosa Networks, about the company’s fixed wireless access (FWA) platform that underpins Reliance Jio’s rapidly expanding air‑fiber service and its global rollout across carriers on every continent. The discussion highlights how Mimosa’s equipment...
UniFi Dream Router 7 - ONE YEAR LATER - BETTER, WORSE, THE SAME?
Ubiquiti’s UniFi Dream Router 7 marks its one‑year anniversary, prompting a detailed performance review after twelve firmware releases and extensive real‑world use. The reviewer logged 1.25 TB of traffic, four access points, and only four ISP‑related outages, while the device maintained...
Verizon Wireless | Verizon Has A Plan ‼️👀 Is It A Huge Plan For The Network ❓
Verizon is positioning itself at the forefront of next‑generation wireless by accelerating investments in 6G research and AI‑enhanced network infrastructure. SBA Communications, a leading tower REIT, reported that Verizon’s rollout plans are driving a surge in tower demand, bolstering the...
Cisco’s Jeetu Patel On Making AITrustworthy at Scale
Cisco Chief Strategy Officer Jeetu Patel warned that AI’s move from chatbots to always-on digital agents will demand orders-of-magnitude increases in network capacity, security, observability and data-center scale. He argued three constraints—infrastructure, a trust deficit and a context gap—must be...
T-Mobile | T-Mobile Has Had Enough 😤😤 Tmobile Is Suing Now Too 👀‼️
T‑Mobile has filed a countersuit against Verizon in federal court, alleging that Verizon’s advertising misrepresented the speed and reliability of its 5G network. The complaint claims the ads misled consumers and gave Verizon an unfair competitive edge. T‑Mobile seeks injunctive...
AI, 6G and Sustainability: NGMN’s Perspective
At Mobile World Congress, the NGMN Alliance — an operator-driven consortium — will spotlight three interlocking strategic pillars: route to disaggregation, green future networks and 6G, offering guidance and practical examples for operators and vendors. NGMN board director Arash Assura...
T-Mobile | TMOBILE IS REALLY SERIOUS 👀‼️
T‑Mobile and Qualcomm announced a deeper strategic collaboration aimed at accelerating the transition from 5G‑Advanced to 6G. The partnership will focus on joint research, development of next‑generation modem technologies, and network‑level innovations such as AI‑driven slicing. Both companies expect to...
How AI Is Reshaping Telecom Networks
Speakers said AI is already reshaping telecom networks by shifting traffic from downlink-heavy to more uplink- and east‑west‑oriented patterns, driven by persistent, sensor‑style sessions from devices like smart glasses. They warned that AI traffic—projected to make up 20–40% of total...
Quantum-Safe Readiness: Operators Prepare for Q-Day
Speakers at the Barcelona discussion warned that “Q-Day” — the point when quantum computers can break today’s encryption — is likely four to eight years away, and urged organizations to act now because adversaries are already harvesting data to decrypt...
Rethinking Critical Infrastructure for AI
Speakers at MWC argued that AI is transforming network traffic from human-driven media to constant machine-to-machine flows, creating unprecedented demands for extreme bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and new east-west security. Networks must evolve into programmable, observable “data supply chains” that interconnect...
Huawei Closes The Digital Gap at Tech Cares Forum
At the Tech Cares Forum in Barcelona, Huawei announced it has exceeded its ITU Partner to Connect pledge, delivering connectivity to 170 million people in remote and rural areas across 80 countries—50 million more than its original commitment. The project...
MWC26: Why Trust Is Key for KPN
At MWC26 KPN CSO Benji Curtsy said the carrier is on track with its ‘connect, activate, grow’ plan launched in late 2024, hitting €5.8bn in service revenues, roughly €2.66bn in EBITDA and about €950m in free cash flow by end-2025...
Nokia CEO Justin Hotard on Private Wireless, AI & Infrastructure
Nokia CEO Justin Hotard used the Mobile World Congress stage to outline the company’s vision for an AI‑driven telecom future, stressing the shift toward private wireless, AI‑native networks and deeper collaboration with cloud players. He warned that while the AI super‑cycle...
Taara Launches Light-Based Connectivity for 6G and AI
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Taara unveiled its next‑generation light‑based connectivity solution aimed at powering 6G and AI‑intensive applications. The company positions the technology as a hybrid between fiber‑grade speed and wireless flexibility, addressing the capacity limits of...
FNTV In Barcelona - The Morning Analysis
Nokia’s Sunday event in Barcelona proved underwhelming, offering no major new customer deals or breakthrough announcements despite last year’s $1 billion Nvidia partnership to pursue an AI-driven RAN strategy. Speakers reiterated the dual promises of AI for RAN—cost and spectral-efficiency...
NGMN’s AI-Driven Approach to Network Simplification
Network simplification has become a strategic imperative as mobile networks grow in complexity, and the NGMN is positioning AI‑driven, cloud‑native architectures at the forefront. In its upcoming press briefing at MWC, board director Bernard Bureau outlined the alliance’s new “cloud...
How Does RPKI Help with Routing Security?
The video explains that the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the Internet’s routing backbone, was designed without security features, allowing any autonomous system to announce any IP prefix and creating a systemic vulnerability. It introduces the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) as...
Can Agentic AI Unlock the Telco API Opportunity?
The Unthinkable Lab in London gathered telcos, vendors, developers and regulators to debate whether agentic AI could become the primary driver of telco API demand. Hosted by Telecom TV’s Guy Daniels, the session produced a post‑event report that explores the...
Verizon Wireless | Verizon Has Got To Be Tired Of This ‼️‼️👀👀
The video highlights a recent dispute in a New England town where Verizon’s request to erect a new cell tower was rejected under a municipal ordinance. The proposed tower would have closed a coverage gap at the town’s edge, but...
T-Mobile | Big Network Update ‼️👀 Tmobile Is Moving Quick 👀
The video highlights T‑Mobile’s latest network upgrade, focusing on a successful demonstration of Ericsson’s cloud‑RAN software running on Nvidia’s AI infrastructure. The partnership showcases a hardware‑agnostic approach that lets mobile operators choose compute platforms without being locked into a single...
Building the 6G Future with Qualcomm
Qualcomm’s briefing ahead of MWC frames 6G as an imminent reality, emphasizing that the technology is moving from concept to demonstrable prototypes. The company highlights an AI‑native architecture that will reshape connectivity, sensing, and compute, with standardization already underway and...
Inside the Case: A Hardware Deep Dive with Meter (Sponsored)
The video is a sponsored deep‑dive into Meter’s hardware philosophy, hosted by Heavy Networking’s Ethan Banks and featuring Joshua Markle, Meter’s head of hardware. Rather than outsourcing generic chassis, Meter builds every component—from sheet‑metal enclosures to PCB layouts—in‑house to deliver...
Mauritius Telecom Ltd and 3 Others v Emtel Ltd (Mauritius)
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council delivered its judgment on 22 April 2024 in the case of Mauritius Telecom Ltd and three other respondents versus Emtel Ltd. The appeal, heard on 17 January 2024, concerned the validity of licensing and competition decisions affecting...
University of Surrey Unveils Pioneering Surrey Space Institute
University of Surrey has launched the Surrey Space Institute, a multidisciplinary hub that turns space research into tangible societal outcomes. The institute consolidates talent, technology and industry partners to serve society, secure space and explore the unknown. The institute leverages Surrey’s...
Fixed Wireless vs Fiber: The Real Trade-Offs
The Unmuted episode pits T‑Mobile’s executive vice president Alan Samson against the growing debate over fixed wireless versus fiber, outlining how the carrier is tackling the nation’s broadband expansion challenge. Samson explains T‑Mobile’s dual‑technology strategy: a flexible fixed‑wireless network that now...
IETF Interim: Network Time Protocols (NTP) 2026-02-26 15:00
The IETF Network Time Protocol (NTP) working group convened for its interim meeting, covering leadership turnover, document status, and upcoming coordination efforts. Eric Klein, the area director for six years, announced his departure, while Tommy Jensen was introduced as his...
Verizon Wireless | Verizon Has Big Mission 👀😳 But What Is It ❓
Verizon CEO Dan Schulman will address investors at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on March 2, marking the first public forum where the company is expected to outline its next‑generation strategy. The analyst notes that Verizon has not introduced...
Ericsson Goes All-In on Enterprise at MWC
At this year's Mobile World Congress, Ericsson has turned its Hall 2 presence into a showcase for enterprise‑focused connectivity, unveiling a suite of private‑5G, coverage‑extension and wireless‑van solutions aimed at vertical markets. The company highlighted live demonstrations, notably an autonomous warehouse...
ExpressRoute Scalable Gateway #azure #networking
ExpressRoute’s new scalable gateway replaces the legacy fixed‑throughput SKUs with a dynamic, auto‑scaling model. Customers can now define minimum and maximum scale units, each delivering 1 Gbps of bandwidth, and let Azure automatically adjust instances based on CPU, packet rates, and...
T-Mobile | Wow Tmobile Makes Another Move ‼️😳 Is This Good ❓
T‑Mobile announced an extension of its partnership with DoorDash, now offering same‑day delivery of home internet equipment such as routers. The service, which began with same‑day phone shipments, aims to bring broadband hardware directly to customers’ doors, leveraging DoorDash’s on‑demand...
VIAVI Explains Quantum-Ready Networks
Viavi’s briefing cuts through quantum hype to explain how networks will become quantum‑ready, emphasizing that test and measurement is the governance layer that transforms experimental quantum cryptography into deployable services. The company outlines a hybrid security model that blends quantum...
IETF Interim: RADIUS EXTensions (RADEXT) 2026-02-25 14:00
The interim IETF meeting focused on the RADIUS Extensions (RADEXT) draft, which has passed last call and is slated for a March 5 telechat before moving to the RFC editor. Participants reviewed remaining GitHub issues, clarified procedural steps, and confirmed...
Consumer Protection and Accessibility Advisory Committee Meeting
The Federal Communications Commission convened its Consumer Protection and Accessibility Advisory Committee (CPAAC) to review progress on two priority fronts: curbing illegal robocalls and advancing accessible communication services. Commissioner Olivia Trusty opened the session, emphasizing the agency’s mandate to...
Is MLO on WiFi 7 Routers Complete BS?
The video dissects a recent ratings.com report that questions whether the multilink operation (MLO) touted in Wi‑Fi 7 routers is anything more than hype. The creator explains that the discussion centers on how manufacturers have marketed MLO as a simultaneous use...
Is MLO on WiFi7 Routers a Complete SCAM?
Independent testing by Canadian site Ratings found that many Wi‑Fi 7 routers' flagship feature—multi‑link operation (MLO)—is frequently overstated in marketing and often functions more like basic load‑balancing than true simultaneous link aggregation. While the hardware in some devices supports multi‑band...
On the Mind: MWC Day Three
At MWC, Skyfora explained how it converts existing cellular infrastructure into weather sensors by measuring GNSS signal delays through the atmosphere to derive humidity and precipitable water vapor. The startup has patented the approach, validated its measurements against radiosonde benchmarks...
On the Mind: MWC Day Two
At Mobile World Congress Day Two, Deloitte’s Julie Shen led a panel of Intel and Deloitte executives to map the next wave of telco‑driven edge computing and AI. The discussion framed 2026 as the "year of telco main‑character energy,"...
Have Hyperscalers Overtaken Telcos for Good?
The optical networking market is consolidating as hyperscalers secure larger contracts and outpace telco capital spending. AI‑driven data‑center growth is redirecting investment toward scale‑only networking solutions, making IP over DWDM commonplace in hyperscale environments but lagging in telecom. Mid‑size vendors...
IETF Interim: Software Updates for Internet of Things (SUIT) 2026-02-24 19:00
The IETF SUIT (Software Updates for Internet of Things) interim meeting convened on February 24, 2026 to review progress on the draft specification for secure IoT firmware updates. Participants examined implementation feedback, identified gaps, and refined security mechanisms. The session...
Techstrong TV - February 24, 2026
Techstrong TV’s February 24 2026 episode spotlighted the rapid convergence of AI and enterprise infrastructure. RUCKUS President Bart Giordano explained how AI‑driven applications and edge workloads are forcing a rewrite of wireless performance, reliability, and security. Microsoft’s Tiffany Treacy and Keith Kirkpatrick...
T-Mobile | Massive Aggressive Deal ‼️😳👀 Tmobile Swinging For The Fences 😳
T‑Mobile unveiled a new business‑focused promotion that bundles ten lines on its Super‑Mo plan for $15 per device, coupled with up to $1,100 off the iPhone 17 Pro through a trade‑in. The offer translates to $150 monthly plus taxes and a $35 connection...
Orange and Ng-Voice Launch IMS-as-a-Service to Transform Voice Economics
Orange Wholesale International announced the launch of an IMS‑as‑a‑service platform built on NG Voice’s fully containerized, cloud‑native solution. The joint offering reframes voice delivery as a subscription‑based service, targeting mobile operators and MVNOs that need to support traditional voice, 2G/3G...
T-Mobile | Something Is Missing ‼️😳 What Could It Be 👀
The video, hosted by Techlife’s Tyrone, reviews a recent Yahoo Finance piece on T‑Mobile (TMUS) and questions whether the carrier’s recent stock rally—pushing the share price from the $195‑$200 range to near $220—has a sustainable catalyst. Tyrone acknowledges T‑Mobile’s aggressive wireless...
IETF Interim: Media Over QUIC (MOQ), 2026-02-10
The day‑two IETF interim on Media Over QUIC (MOQ) focused on the contentious “switch” mechanism that governs how clients change bitrate streams. Participants debated whether the switch should be implemented on the client side or remain a relay‑centric feature, with...
IETF Interim: Media Over QUIC (MOQ) 2026-02-23 17:00
The IETF Media Over QUIC (MOQ) virtual interim convened on February 23 to bridge the gap between the Boulder meeting and the upcoming ITF‑125. Organizers reviewed procedural notes, reminded participants of the QR‑code‑linked code of conduct, and outlined the agenda, which...