As most states finalize their broadband expansion plans, a few are standing out for their speed, strategy, and scope
In sum – what to know:
States push ahead – Louisiana, Texas, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Nevada are turning BEAD plans into action...
Wi-Fi 8 is building the wireless foundation for a hyper-connected future
The wireless world is on the brink of another major leap forward. As homes, enterprises, and industrial environments grapple with an unprecedented surge in connected devices — from smart...
Industrial AI has moved from experimental pilots to boardroom strategy. The global market was worth $43.6 billion in 2024, and is growing at 23 percent per year. While most of the real value still lies in proven, production-grade use...
IoT has always been more concept than category – like a loose collection of private device networks. And it makes increasingly good sense to enterprises alongside industrial 5G networks and industrial AI systems. New research from Verizon Business says...
Three sides of Industry 4.0 – industrial 5G in numbers (part 1)
Private 5G continues to outpace the broader telecoms market, with enterprise deployments expanding and industrial use cases taking shape. New data from Dell’Oro Group shows sustained almost-double-digit growth...
Major US carriers are rethinking neutral host networks. While MOCN promises multi-operator coverage on shared spectrum like CBRS, Verizon avoids it entirely and T-Mobile has withdrawn. But what are the alternatives? Here, we take a look at MOCN, MORAN,...
Embedding AI in the PHY layer gives the telco ecosystem new tools for efficiency, spectrum use, and performance — and lays the groundwork for 6G’s AI-native vision
5G promised speed and capacity, but delivering on that promise has created new...
Across industries and continents, enterprise AI is no longer an abstract ambition but a physical, operational, and financial reality. From automotive plants to hospitals, banks, and burger chains, organisations are investing billions to insert AI into every layer of...
Wi-Fi 7 trials show multi-gigabit speeds, low latency, and readiness for mainstream adoption, says WBA
Wi-Fi 7, the next generation of wireless technology, is quickly moving from lab concepts into real-world deployments. Three trials conducted this year — led by...
Light beamed through fiber can be used to test and monitor fiber networks. It is also increasingly being used as a sophisticated sensor for the world around the fiber cable.
On the surface, an optical fiber seems like an unassuming...
The WBA says 81% of industry executives surveyed plan to deploy Wi-Fi OpenRoaming
According to the Wireless Broadband Alliance’s (WBA) Industry Report 2025, adoption of OpenRoaming is moving from pilot to mainstream. Of the 170 industry executives surveyed, 81% said...
Google researchers looked at how much energy, water and carbon emissions that a run-of-the-mill Gemini text query generates
It has become conventional wisdom that using an AI chatbot like ChatGPT for queries requires far more energy than using a regular...
Private 5G is gaining traction globally, with deployments from Tesla to Sinopec showing measurable productivity, safety, and efficiency gains, reinforcing forecasts of rapid market growth and momentum toward mainstream industrial adoption. Here are 23 of the best.
As is its...
More tales of the rising momentum in the private networks market: BSNL has teed-up Numaligarh Refinery Limited in India, Nokia is supplying GSM-R (actually on 2G, with a 4G/5G evolution path) to ProRail in the Netherlands, and Vodacom is...
Given the enormous sums in play, it sounds churlish – even tone-deaf – to say the AI industry is somehow misunderstood. But something doesn’t add up, and often it’s the judgement of its real potential value.
A quick think piece...
We’re calling it. The private 5G race is properly on. A couple of recent flagship deals – Verizon at Thames Freeport on the Thames Estuary, Tampnet with Aker BP in the North Sea – show this market is delivering....
Neoclouds aim to bridge a gap between centralized hyperscale clouds and highly distributed telecom networks
As telecom operators face mounting infrastructure demands — from AI workloads to cloud-native 5G networks — the industry is entering a new era of cloud...
SGP.32 promises to untangle IoT’s complex eSIM provisioning challenges — but its implementation remains a tough nut for the industry to crack (and just to explain).
In sum – what to know:
Urgent needs – roaming restrictions and data sovereignty laws...
ISAC leverages radio signals and infrastructure of mobile networks to detect, locate and interpret objects in the environment
As the industry explores what 6G will look like, one of the most discussed — and often misunderstood — concepts is Integrated...
Challenges in Open RAN testing include inconsistent output from OTICs, according to industry experts
It has been nearly a decade since the telecom industry began its concerted push toward Open Radio Access Networks (Open RAN). Open RAN appeared to be...
New report from Deloitte highlights the major challenges facing expansion of data center and power infrastructure
The power needs for data centers, particularly those designed for artificial intelligence computing, are expected to grow rapidly—and it's already a major bottleneck for...
SGP.32 introduces a streamlined eSIM architecture for IoT, enabling global, zero-touch provisioning. It reduces complexity, boosts flexibility, and shifts power dynamics all over the place. Here’s the skinny… Note, this is the last chance to sign up to RCR's...
When it comes to network impacts of gen AI, watch the uplink: Ericsson Mobility Report
Artificial intelligence, and generative AI in particular, is causing a "fundamental shift" in the nature of network traffic, according to the newly released Ericsson Mobility...
Cloud-native networks may help operators minimize energy use, reduce carbon footprints and lower costs
Cloud-native architectures are reshaping telecom networks, often spotlighted for their agility, speed to market and operational flexibility. But they also deliver another vital, often overlooked benefit:...
In neutral-host private networks, testing and integration are particularly important
There are a number of network testing challenges that are evident at the halfway point of the 5G era—most prominently, Fixed Wireless Access (read more here), the nascent integration of...
