[New] Faster mobile processors are necessary for on-device AI, which could drive more sales toward high-end devices equipped with Qualcomm's chips.
Nasdaq
[New] Beyond defence and emergency services, attention in 2026 will increasingly focus on additional public-private communication solutions delivered over commercial mobile infrastructure.
Strand Consult
[New] Political pressure on China and its equipment in critical infrastructure will increase as mobile operators begin providing solutions for NATO communications, first responders, and other critical services.
Strand Consult
[New] In 2026, foldable phones will continue to redefine what a mobile device can look and feel like.
Grit Daily News
[New] As mobile tech developers aim to get out in front of the biggest trends that will shape their industry in 2026, many are focusing on the speed of processors, the size of batteries, or the number of cameras packed into a phone.
Grit Daily News
[New] The HIMARS and ATACMS combination is expected to draw particular attention from Beijing because it would allow Taiwan to target PLA staging areas, ships and infrastructure from mobile launchers, a capability China has repeatedly warned against.
Yahoo News
Around two dozen airlines have announced plans to use Starlink to offer high-speed WiFi on their planes, and SpaceX has signalled it could soon launch its own mobile carrier service powered by the satellite network.
Business Insider
Rheinmetall's modular Skyspotter system demonstrates NATO's accelerating shift toward integrated, mobile counter-drone architectures capable of protecting critical infrastructure against evolving small UAS threats in contested European environments.
Drone Warfare
Russia will likely respond by deploying additional mobile air defence assets, implementing more aggressive combat air patrols, and investing in counter-drone electronic warfare systems specifically tuned to detect and neutralize long-range UAVs before they reach critical infrastructure.
Drone Warfare
Set to save taxpayers £300 million, the multi-year project's first installation of mobile infrastructure is expected to begin in 2026 and be fully rolled out by 2028 - revolutionising rail passenger experience.
GOV.UK
By 2030, private networks could account for as much as a quarter of all mobile network infrastructure spending.
ComputerWeekly.com
CBP plans to replace ESTA, which has been prone to fraud of all sorts, with a mobile app to make it easier to collect identity data, geolocation, social media history and device information from foreign visitors to the U.S.
BiometricUpdate.com
T-Mobile is hoping that customers who try the free emergency satellite service might eventually decide they want the paid service for additional capabilities beyond just emergencies.
Mobile Internet Resource Center
Modeling by the Bell Labs research division of Nokia - the results of which were shared with Light Reading - points to a compound annual growth rate for global network traffic on both fixed and mobile networks of 19% between 2024 and 2034.
Light Reading
In 2025, mobile AI faces a crossroads: innovations like on-device processing promise enhanced privacy and efficiency, but unmet expectations, inconsistent performance, privacy risks, ethical dilemmas, and fragmentation erode trust.
WebProNews
Africa is projected to reach 10% 5G availability in 2025, indicating early-stage adoption constrained by infrastructure investment, even as mobile traffic continues to scale to billions of gigabytes annually.
Electro IQ
Mobile network data traffic grew slightly more than expected - 20% between Q3 2024 and Q3 2025.
Ericsson.com
Improved Profitability in Mobile Infrastructure Nokia plans to lift Mobile Infrastructure gross margin to 48-50 percent by 2028 while growing operating profit beyond 1.5 billion euro baseline.
TelecomLead
Last updated: 04 January 2026
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