The telecom networks originally built to carry phone calls and packets of data are in the midst of a dramatic shift. The past year saw early steps toward networks becoming a more integrated data fabric that can measure the world, process and sense collaboratively, and even stretch into outer space.
The following list of key IEEE Spectrum telecom news stories from 2025 underscore the evolution the connected (and wireless) world is today going through. A larger story is emerging, in other words, of how…
