In this edition of DBTT we give analysts' takes on a number of recent events, news and trends in telecoms including: 

• Dean has been to several industry events lately, including the Mplify NaaS event, FYUZ and Wi-Fi Now (write-ups are here, here & here). Benoit has been thinking about fibre take-up and personal data ownership.
• The recently published Final Opinion on the Upper 6GHz spectrum band by Europe's Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG). What are they suggesting, and what might it mean for 5G & 6G, Wi-Fi and the broader wireless ecosystem? Dean has also written a full article on this.
• A view on the trend of "enshittification" of online services and applications, as per Cory Doctorow's thesis. What does it mean for the Internet? Does AI make it worse? And what could be done at a systemic level or via policy to limit it? Does personal reputation or better filtering / curation help?
• We discuss recent layoffs at large telecom operators and what this might indicate about the industry's health and future prospects. Is this just reflecting the end of a capex cycle and the adoption of software-based networks needing less headcount? Is AI to blame? What does it tell us about the future of the telecoms industry?

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