Telecom

Beware the Bots: Rising AI Traffic Threatens to Reshape ISP Networks

Rapidly growing bot traffic is changing how Internet networks are designed, managed and billed. As AI-driven applications expand, smaller ISPs could face rising capacity demands, unpredictable traffic patterns and costly infrastructure upgrades.

Maintaining the ITU “Artificial Intelligence” Resolution

A US proposal would replace "artificial intelligence" with "super intelligence" in ITU Resolution 214, remove references to shared concerns and prohibit ITU work supporting AI governance, regulation and ethics.

Submarine Cable Resilience Faces Growing Threats From Aging Fleets and Concentrated Ownership

Submarine cables underpin global communications, yet shipping accidents, sabotage risks and aging repair fleets threaten their resilience. Growing private ownership and fragmented international oversight raise difficult questions about infrastructure security, maintenance and accountability.

Data Centers Can Profitably Clean Up Their Act

As opposition to large data centers grows, developers face mounting pressure to address environmental impacts, infrastructure costs and limited local economic benefits. Greater transparency and community engagement could prove more profitable than secrecy.

Starlink’s Other Network

Starshield gives SpaceX a separate military satellite network, raising a broader question about whether Starlink could dedicate satellites to cellular and business backhaul without reducing broadband capacity for residential customers.

Starlink’s Unconventional Approach to Cellular

SpaceX is considering a terrestrial cellular network powered by Starlink satellite backhaul, but scarce spectrum, enormous capacity demands and entrenched rivals could make its boldest telecommunications gambit yet far harder to execute profitably at scale.

Wi-Fi 7 Adoption Is Accelerating

Wi-Fi 7 is spreading rapidly across America, promising faster speeds, greater capacity and fewer connectivity headaches. With big internet providers driving adoption, the technology is reshaping home broadband even as Wi-Fi 8 approaches.

China’s Qianfan Emerges as a Satellite Internet Option for Cuba

China's Qianfan satellite constellation could bring high-speed internet to Cuba, where Starlink remains banned, deepening Beijing's digital influence while giving Havana a connectivity upgrade designed to preserve the government's control over online access.

Poland Excluded from Starlink’s European Region: What Musk Dispute Reveals About Digital Sovereignty

Poland's exclusion from Starlink's new European roaming region has triggered a dispute with Warsaw, exposing how private infrastructure providers can shape cross-border connectivity and raising questions about digital sovereignty, accountability, and internet governance in Europe.

From 300 to 150,000+: What MTN Nigeria’s FTTH Journey Teaches Us About Scaling Connectivity

MTN Nigeria’s FTTH network has grown from barely 300 home connections to more than 150,000, showing how infrastructure, skilled people, vendor coordination and disciplined operating systems must evolve as connectivity moves from deployment to scale.