Satellite direct-to-cellular service provider Lynk announced today that it has signed a five-year contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to enable U.S federal agencies to purchase its services for unmodified smartphones over the next five years. Lynk...

5G, fiber continue to drive the telco's results in Q1 AT&T beat expectations on its customer growth, with revenues off just slightly from the same period last year as CEO John Stankey continued to emphasize the telco's focus on consistent,...

The GSA report had identified 77 publicly announced partnerships between operators and satellite vendors Satellites are rapidly gaining prominence in the world of cellular communication, with 50 operators in 37 countries and territories already planning satellite services, according to a...

SoftBank plans to invest a total of $960 million by 2025 to develop generative AI Japanese operator SoftBank plans to invest a total of JPY150 billion ($960 million) by 2025, with the aim of giving its computing facilities the necessary...

There will be 108 million IoT connections on private LTE (4G) and 5G networks in the manufacturing sector in 2030, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. Manufacturing will be the biggest market for private 5G-IoT, it said....

True also hopes to use AI to automate 100% of its repetitive processes within the next three years Thai telco True Corp this week held “AI Gets Real,” an event highlighting its AI ambitions this week. At the event, company...

There’s something funny about a captain of industry (Industrie 4.0) scratching his head when his boiler breaks down at his French summer house. But this was the tale that Cedrik Neike, chief executive at Siemens Digital Industries, told Hannover...

Vodafone Idea recently said it expects to use the equity and debt funding to deploy its 5G service within six to seven months of securing the funds Indian operator Vodafone Idea said it has concluded its $2.16 billion follow-on public...

Verizon reported its first quarter 2024 results yesterday, improving its customer losses compared to the same period last year, increasing wireless service revenues and for the first time, breaking out revenue details for its Fixed Wireless Access Service. Here's...

The combined new entity will be owned 54% by PIF and 43.1% by stc Group The Public Investment Fund (PIF), the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, and Saudi telecom group stc announced the signing of definitive agreements whereby PIF...

China Mobile ended the first quarter with 488 million 5G subscribers China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, recorded operating revenues of CNY263.7 billion ($36.4 billion) in the first quarter of the year, an increase of 5.2%...

Jio also said its 5G FWA offering is already available in nearly 5,900 towns and cities in India Indian carrier Reliance Jio Infocomm has rolled out its 5G network across India, with over 108 million subscribers in the country, the...

After the Huawei Annual Analyst Summit, there are still so many questions. This was their 21st such gathering, and once again, it was very impressive. The theme was “Thrive with Intelligence." They did a great job of explaining how...

In this episode of Will 5G Change the World? NETSCOUT's Greg Mayo, senior director of engineering, looks at where 5G is (in terms of successes and areas for improvement) after five years in what is typically a 10-year generational...

French IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications claims its Calliope 2 platform is the first Cat 1bis unit to be approved by AT&T in the US. The product, which combines the firm’s Calliope 2 chip and GC02S1 module, is approved for...

The mood in the 5G Arena at Hannover Messe is muted, same as last year. All the buzz and excitement about private / industrial 5G at MWC, which seemed almost to bubble-over in the tight-knit halls of the Fira...

Carrier breaks out FWA revenues Verizon shared its Fixed Wireless Access revenues for the first time, reporting that during the first quarter its FWA revenue was $452 million—an increase of $197 million compared to the same time last year. Chairman and...

With the acquisition, Proximus will now own 120 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.6 GHz band Belgian operator Proximus will acquire 5G spectrum from compatriot IT firm NRB to boost its mobile coverage, the former said in a release. NRB is...

A recent report had also stated that DNB and five local carriers that had signed a share subscription agreement to take up a collective 70% stake in DNB had failed to reach an agreement Malaysian state-run 5G network Digital Nasional...

TRAI recently released a consultation paper on the possibility of spectrum auctions in the 37-3 7.5 GHz, 37.5-40 GHz and 42.5-43.5 GHz bands The decision by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to begin consultations on opening up several...

In a cloud-native world, the OSS should serve as an app store filled with tools for automation, orchestration, workflow engines and more Rakuten Group, with its operator Rakuten Mobile and hardware/software/services vendor subsidiary Rakuten Symphony, don’t live in the legacy...

Singtel said that Vonage APIs will be made available in the Paragon platform marketplace Singaporean telco Singtel announced it is partnering with Vonage, which is part of Ericsson, to help enterprises and telcos to innovate and scale their services and...

Hannover Messe, Germany: Nokia has introduced a new ‘micro-edge’ compute solution to process industrial AI/ML workloads on or adjacent to IoT sensor devices attached to private LTE/5G networks, and also to enterprise Wi-Fi networks. At the same time, it...

Greetings from Atlanta and the Midwest.  Pictured is a vintage t-shirt (from the Royals 2003 season) proclaiming what die hard fans are saying as team continues to be a contender throughout April for the first time in nearly a...

Step into the dynamic world of wireless infrastructure with Carrie Charles on 5G Talent Talk as she sits down with Patrick Halley, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA). Discover Patrick's unexpected journey into...