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Wireless Insights and What’s Ahead at Connect (X) with Patrick Halley of WIA
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...
Test and Measurement: O-RAN spring plugfest kicks off
The O-RAN Alliance has kicked off its spring plugfest to further develop Open RAN features and ensure interoperability across the O-RAN ecosystem, with more than 40 companies participating around the world.
This spring's plugfest has six areas of focus,...
Delta to deploy T-Mobile US 5G hybrid network at headquarters
Delta will also move more than 60,000 lines to T-Mobile US
T-Mobile US is now Delta Air Lines preferred mobility partner, the companies announced this week. As part of the pair-up, Delta will move more than 60,000 lines to T-Mobile...
America Movil to invest in 5G in all its markets: CFO
Garcia noted that America Movil is on track to meet its capital investment forecasts for 2024, which will be $7.1 billion
Mexican carrier América Móvil will invest in 5G technology in all the markets in which it operates, the company's...
Reliance Jio ends February with over 40% market share in India
Jio and Airtel are the only two telcos currently offering 5G services in India
Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm added a total of 3.59 mobile subscribers during February, taking its overall market share above 40% for the first time, according...
China Mobile, Qualcomm, ZTE achieve 5.4 Gbps with 3CC CA test
ZTE said the new 5G test was carried out in the city of Jiaxing, China
Chinese vendor ZTE has collaborated with Qualcomm Technologies and China Mobile's Zhejiang branch to achieve 5.4 Gbps peak data rates, ZTE said in a release.
Through...
Swedish mining company Boliden taps Industry 4.0 startup Radtonics for private 5G
Swedish mining company Boliden (New Boliden) has appointed local industrial 5G network “challenger” Radtonics to deploy a private 5G network at its mine in Garpenberg, in Dalarna County in Sweden. Boliden produces zinc, copper, lead, nickel, silver, and gold,...
“A long way from Silicon Valley” – operators get enterprise (and service), says Vodafone
Note, this article is a continuation of a previous post, which can be found here.
Funny thing about telecoms, and telcos specifically, so often derided in the Industry 4.0 market for not ‘getting’ enterprise, is that they have listened and...
Orange on cloud native—‘It’s about agility, scalability, resource efficiency, cost optimization’
New paradigms around infrastructure automation and software development are guiding the cloud-native reinvention of Orange
Change is afoot in the telecom industry as the move to cloud-native operating and technological principles push and pull operators into new paradigms. With a...
Achieving end-to-end automation in a multi-cloud environment
Quality data, digital twins and AI/ML will all help operators enable end-to-end automation in a multi-cloud environment
Managing the complex components of a multi-cloud environment is proving to be a monumental challenge for network operators, especially coupled with the growing...
#TBT: Amdocs buys Qpass; MetroPC launches in Detroit; TV broadcasters make way for MediaFlo … this week in 2006
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and...
Boots on the ground – who’s who in the supply of private 5G networks
There was a period, a couple of years ago, when the telecoms ecosystem talked about ‘priming’ the supply of private 5G networks into enterprises. It was presented as a winner-takes-all game, to an extent, and mobile operators, in particular,...
The future of 5G: elevating connectivity with non-terrestrial networks (Reader Forum)
In today’s evolving telecoms landscape, providers are faced with mounting competition and growing pressure to provide the best, most reliable service. Many experts in this sector understand the limitations of existing networks, realizing that the true way to establish...
Huawei uses AI to accelerate network intelligence
Huawei said it has pioneered in applying network intelligence technologies to the data communication field
Chinese vendor Huawei is using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to upgrade network capabilities at all levels with the aim of accelerating network intelligence, Steven Zhao,...
Ericsson installs 5G test network in Turkey
The 5G test network at İTÜ Ayazağa campus is being built using Ericsson Radio System products and Ericsson 5G standalone core
Ericsson has partnered with Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ) and Turkcell with the aim of installing a 5G test network...
Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in UAE-based AI company G42
The investment will strengthen the two companies’ collaboration on bringing the latest Microsoft AI technologies to the UAE
Microsoft has announced an investment of $1.5 billion in G42, an UAE-based artificial intelligence (AI) technology holding company.
The investment will strengthen the...
VIAVI Solutions Test Suite: NITRO Wireless Open RAN Test Suite 2024
The NITRO Wireless Open RAN Test Suite 2024 integrates proven conformance, interoperability, performance, and security test platforms for 3GPP and Open RAN with advanced technologies like cloud, artificial intelligence, automation, and digital twins.
This suite tackles network complexity by focusing...
Intel White Paper: High-precision timing for 5G RAN
The evolution of radio access networks (RANs) from closed-ecosystem, single-vendor approaches to highly interoperable sets of open standardsbased solutions continues to drive down implementation cost and complexity.
Software-defined virtualized RANs, consisting of disaggregated subsystems and elements, enable a greater level...
Nokia reports ‘slow start’ to 2024, but expects stronger second half
Nokia reported a 20% decline in Q1 2024 net sales
Nokia has reported a “slow start” to 2024 but said this was expected, and that it anticipates things to pick up in the second half of the year. Company...
Siemens goes big on industrial AI at Hannover Messe – new apps, services, partners
Hardly a surprise, but German industrial technology juggernaut Siemens has said it will go big on AI at Hannover Messe next week. In truth, quite how big is unclear, but it has stuck out a press notice with AI...
Qualcomm, Samsung achieve 1024 QAM in FDD and TDD bands
Use of advanced modulation is a first for FDD, partners say
Samsung Networks and Qualcomm have used advanced modulation as defined in 3GPP Release 17 to boost downlink speeds by about 20% compared to the use of 256 QAM.
The lab...
Ofcom provides updates on mmWave spectrum auction
Through this process, Ofcom aims to award spectrum in the 26 GHz and 40 GHz bands
U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has provided updates on how it will make mmWave spectrum available in the 26 GHz and 40 GHz bands.
In...
Viavi joins OpenAirInterface Software Alliance
Viavi is the first test equipment provide to join OSA's board
Viavi Solutions announced it has joined the strategic board of the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OSA).
With this new addition, the OSA will now have a test equipment provider on its...
University of Glasgow develops antenna for future 6G networks
The antenna could help future 6G networks deliver ultra-fast data transfer with high reliability
Researchers from the University of Glasgow have developed an innovative wireless communications antenna which they say could pave the way for future 6G networks.
The antenna combines...
Tampa Electric to test LTE gear with STA licence ahead of big Anterix build-out
Tampa Electric (TECO) has applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US for a six-month Special Temporary Authority (STA) license in the 936.5-939.5 MHz spectrum band, running to the start of December, to build an “experimental” private...