Altnets, Ericsson and Grok

The guys were delighted to welcome special guest, fellow hack Kieran Smith of the Financial Times, to another sober episode of the pod. Among Kieran’s areas of focus at the FT is the UK altnet sector, so, after reflecting on Iain’s underground field trip, they start with a deep dive into a market that looks set for significant consolidation and disruption this year. They eventually move on to reflect on the latest round of redundancies and what that says about the state of the industry, before concluding with a look at the recent spat between the UK and AI platform Grok.

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Altnets, Ericsson and Grok is an episode from Telecoms.com Podcast by The Telecoms.com Podcast.

This episode is 02:05:14 long.

This episode was published on Jan 19, 2026.

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