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How to build LLMs for telco AI applications

AWS, IBM, McKinsey and Nokia on curating an LLM for domain-specific applications; bigger isn’t necessarily better and, at some point, you have to dive in If you’ve used consumer-facing generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini or Microsoft’s Copilot, chances are...

Nokia bolsters Industry 4.0 portfolio with ‘micro-edge’ AI compute, video AI positioning

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 has introduced a new video...

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, said they expected to command...

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 President and CEO Pekka Lundmark...

BSNL seeks help from Nokia, ZTE to stabilize its 4G network

BSNL said the core of its 4G network is being developed by the Center for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) Indian state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is reportedly seeking technical assistance from Nokia and China's ZTE to help integrate previous technology into its new...

Private 5G startup Ataya strikes OEM deal with RAN provider MosoLabs

US-based private 5G startup Ataya has appointed fellow California firm MosoLabs, producing radios and devices for shared and private networks, as the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for its Chorus-branded line of indoor and outdoor private 5G radio access points. The Chorus product is presented...

Private 5G – hype versus reality (regarding a mess of market forecasts)

Note, this article forms the intro section to a new editorial report from RCR Wireless about ‘private 5G – hype versus reality’. The full report is available to download for free here. It might be taken, as well, with new numbers (just in; April...

Private 4G/5G RAN sales jumped 40% in 2023 – “massive opportunity”, says Dell’Oro

New numbers, just in (further discussion here); analyst group Dell’Oro Group says private 4G/5G RAN revenues jumped around 40 percent in 2023, compared to 2022, with Nokia, Ericsson, and Huawei leading global sales during “this initial phase” – and Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung dominating...

Myths and legends – three lies the private 5G sector tells

Or three lies it has told, and is being forced to take back.  Ask Future Technologies – which appears, directly or indirectly, to have its fingerprints across every-other big private 5G deployment in the US – about the hype in the market, and it will...

Nokia, Vodafone trial L4S over end-to-end PON network

Nokia Bell Labs and Vodafone’s Fixed Access Center of Excellence recently performed what it claims to be the world’s first demonstration of L4S running over PON in Vodafone’s lab in Newbury Nokia and Vodafone announced they are currently collaborating to test the viability of L4S...

Smarter broadband: Improve the customer experience, generate new revenues 

Network service providers are growing their home broadband customer base rapidly, as a result of fiber expansion, new technologies including 5G-based Fixed Wireless Access and boosts from government subsidies to close the digital divide. Whether the last mile to the home is fiber- or wireless-based,...

#TBT: AT&T’s Project Angel; A mobile e-commerce gold rush; Telecom players pick tech sides … this week in 2000

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 enjoy the memories! AT&T Wireless begins...

Operator Batelco makes Nokia “sole supplier” of private 5G in Bahrain

Service provider Bahrain Telecommunication Company (Batelco) has signed a deal with Nokia to sell the Finnish vendor’s various private LTE and 5G systems, plus edge componentry and industrial devices, to public agencies and private enterprises in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in West Asia. The...

Nvidia unveils 6G research cloud platform

The Nvidia 6G research cloud platform is comprised of Nvidia's aerial omniverse digital twin for 6G Nvidia announced the availability of a 6G research platform that will allow researchers to develop the next phase of wireless technology. The Nvidia 6G Research Cloud platform is open, flexible...

India’s 5G users consume 3.6 times more data than 4G users: Nokia

Nokia revealed 5G users in India consumed 17.4 exabytes per month in 2023 5G users in India are using approximately 3.6 times as much mobile data traffic compared to 4G users since October 2022, according to a recent Nokia report. Nokia’s Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) revealed...

Future Technologies sells $14m of private 5G to US energy sector in 12 months

Evidence, or indication at least, that the burgeoning market for private networks in Industry 4.0 is as much about local knowhow and boots-on-the-ground as it is about global corporate reach; busy US-based system integrator Future Technologies has just stuck out a press note about...

Velaspan signs as managed provider to expand Nokia private 5G channel

Philadelphia-based managed private cellular provider Velaspan is targeting enterprises in global markets with Nokia’s private 4G/5G solution. It is the one of the first managed service providers to be authorised by the Finnish vendor as an enterprise solution partner, it said. Velaspan, founded in...

Ericsson opens federal 5G unit to sell USA-made tech to government agencies

Is there an echo in here? Swedish vendor Ericsson has established a new federal division in the U.S. to deliver “5G-driven digital transformation” across multiple agencies in the U.S. federal government. It follows a similar move by Finnish rival Nokia in January to launch...

Nokia preps ultra-compact private 5G to target 10m industrial SMEs

Nokia is preparing an ultra-compact version of its private cellular network solution to pitch to the small-and-medium sized enterprise (SME) market, particularly as it aligns with its focus on selling edge-based network-and-compute solutions to Industry 4.0 sectors. Speaking with RCR Wireless at Mobile World...

5G-Advanced: Six tests in the lab and field

Although the 5G-Advanced era does not officially begin until the freeze of 3GPP's Release 18, which is expected in June of this year, mobile network operators are already busy testing of related technology and features in the lab and even in the field. Here...

Maxis, Nokia expand collaboration for next-gen connectivity

Maxis recently engaged Nokia as a key partner to build part of its 5G Core ecosystem to meet future connectivity needs Malaysian telco Maxis and Nokia have inked a partnership with the aim of expand their collaboration and focus on next-generation connectivity. As part of the...

#TBT: C-block spectrum tussles; the ‘Big Mac’ of wireless devices; Wireline vs. wireless … this week in 1996

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 enjoy the memories! C-block spectrum tussles WASHINGTON-The...

Nokia strikes deal with Eurofiber to integrate private 5G and fiber for enterprises

Nokia has struck a deal with enterprise infrastructure provider Eurofiber to integrate its private LTE (4G) and 5G macro products into the Dutch firm’s “open digital infrastructure” offer, which utilises its own proprietary fiber optic network in Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. Eurofiber is...

Zain partners with Nokia for 5G Cloud RAN Infrastructure

Zain KSA recently said it aims to accelerate the deployment of 5G-Advanced (5G-A) services from 2024 Saudi carrier Zain KSA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nokia with the aim of collaborating on 5G cloud RAN infrastructure, the former said in a release. Through the...