AI at the Edge of 5G

Sunday, January 4, 2026

A short but pointed intervention by Rafael A. Junquera, Co-Founder and Editorial Director of TeleSemana.com, is drawing attention inside the global telecom industry. Writing in Spanish, Junquera frames the current evolution of 5G not as a technology upgrade, but as a strategic fork in the road that could shape power relations in telecommunications for decades.

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South Korea’s Strategic Tech State

Wednesday, December 31, 2025
white-and-black paper lanterns during daytime

South Korea occupies a distinctive position in Asia’s technology landscape. Neither a Silicon Valley–style free market nor a fully state-directed system, the country has refined a hybrid model in which government capacity, industrial champions and digital platforms reinforce one another. At the heart of this model lies a conviction that technology infrastructure is not merely an economic sector, but a core instrument of national competitiveness.

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