Increasing demand for fast and secure bandwidth has resulted in a surge in transactions for fiber optic networks. Everything from smart devices to cloud services has accelerated the demand for …
2024
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Key considerations for dark fiber agreement negotiations (Reader Forum) >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Qualcomm combines with STMicro on wireless IoT; completes Sequans deal >
Qualcomm Technologies is to integrate its Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/Thread combo system-on-a-chip (SoC), which features on-board compute processing for low-power AI workloads on industrial IoT applications, into STMicroelectronics’ STM32 family of microcontrollers (MCUs). …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Vodafone on Open RAN—’I don’t think we’ll ever go back’ >
Beyond cost reduction, Vodafone sees Open RAN as a vector for innovation; cites work with Cohere Technologies After six years of collaborative work, Vodafone has moved from a proto-Open RAN …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">BT switches on local connectivity-and-compute platform for global enterprises >
BT has said it has “switched on” its network-as-a-service (NaaS) platform Global Fabric, following testing over the last couple of months. Commercial services will launch in early 2025, it said; …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">DirecTV to buy Dish DBS, reducing EchoStar’s debt load >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
EchoStar frames transaction in terms of debt reduction and strengthening its focus on wireless and satellite connectivity What can you get for a dollar these days? A satellite TV company, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Verizon strikes $3.3B tower deal with Vertical Bridge >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Verizon Communications has made a deal to sell the rights to lease, operate and manage more than 6,300 towers across the United States to telecom infrastructure company Vertical Bridge for …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Telus on Open RAN integration—if we can do it, you probably can too >
A Huawei rip-and-replace mandate prompted Telus to pivot to Open RAN Canadian operator Telus began working on virtualized Open RAN with Samsung in June 2020, and in February 2024 expanded …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Open RAN intelligent control—from vision to reality (Reader Forum) >
Among the most celebrated principles in the Open RAN paradigm, softwarization and disaggregation have taken center stage in discussions on the commercialization and deployment of O-RAN systems. A less frequently …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Deutsche Telekom operates 12,800 5G antennas via 3.6 GHz band >
Deutsche Telekom previously said its 5G technology will reach 99% of the German population by the end of 2025 German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom said that a total of 12,800 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">China reaches over 4 million 5G base stations >
5G mobile subscribers in China reached 966 million China had surpassed 4.04 million 5G base stations as of the end of August, according to data released by the country’s Ministry …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">RAN tricks, IT kicks, API blitz – we will make ‘best’ private 5G ‘in the world’, says Ericsson >
Note: sign up here to join the RCR Wireless webinar on how to scale private 5G in Industry 4.0 (‘balancing customisation and simplicity in private industrial 5G networks’) on October 10, featuring …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Intel leveraging RAG to ease enterprise AI adoption >
Dell Technologies among partners using Intel Xeon 6 and Gaudi 3 for RAG-based enterprise AI Alongside the recent launch of its latest Xeon 6 CPUs and Gaudi 3 artificial intelligence …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Fujitsu intros Japanese LLM for gen AI in global government, finance, healthcare >
Fujitsu has said its new Japanese-language large-language-model (LLM) is now available to global enterprise customers. Developed with Canadian data security and privacy outfit Cohere, the new product, called Takane, represents …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Intel’s Caroline Chan elected TIP president >
Chan has been on the board at TIP since 2017, making her its longest-serving member The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has elected Caroline Chan, VP in the Network and Edge …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">European Commission green-lights e& acquisition in Europe >
e& committed to implementing a number of measures to address the concerns noted by the European body The European Commission has granted conditional approval for United Arab Emirates (UAE) telco …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">O2 Telefonica deploys 1,900 5G transmitters in Germany >
O2 Telefonica now reaches more than 96% of the German population with its 5G service German carrier O2 Telefónica said it has deployed a total of 1,900 transmitters across Germany …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Kagan: Cable TV solution to FWA wireless broadband threat found at TechExpo 24 >by Jeff Kaganby Jeff Kagan
FWA is a competitive threat to cable TV like Xfinity, Spectrum, Altice Earlier this week, I attended the SCTE TechExpo 24 conference held in Atlanta. While this event was all …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">What is the role of BSS evolution in 5G monetization? >
As 5G Standalone ramps, monetization hinges on marrying customer experience with network insights While digital transformation has been a buzzword in many different industries for some time, the rubber is …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Four key challenges for autonomous public transport in smart cities >
An interesting press note across the news desk today from UK technology research group IDTechEx, which explores the continuing challenges to establish a coherent model for the global rollout of …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">How is T-Mobile US using data and AI for intent-based CX >
Working with OpenAI, T-Mobile US is trying to deliver predictive, “fairly magical” customer experiences T-Mobile US is working with artificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse OpenAI on a new customer-facing “intent-driven AI-decisioning …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Editorial Report: How is AI being applied in network testing and assurance? >
Artificial intelligence and machine learning has been moving into many aspects of network testing, from the field to service assurance, to fuel automation and increased efficiency. So where exactly is …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Britvic taps Wireless Logic to connect its taps – to streamline logistics, reduce plastic >
British soft drinks company Britvic has appointed cellular IoT provider Wireless Logic to provide telemetry data about consumption of drinks from its new digital ‘flavour taps’ in order to streamline …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Building 6G business models: Worries and opportunities >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
WASHINGTON, D.C—With 6G already looming on the horizon as a technical challenge, there is also the pressing issue that in terms of new revenues, 5G has, by and large, not …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">BSNL targets 100,000 4G sites across India by mid-2025 >
BSNL has already deployed a total of 35,000 4G sites across India Indian state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) aims to have a total of 100,000 4G sites across …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">ZTE embraces digital solutions to connect rural, isolated regions >
ZTE and China Mobile previously connected world’s highest UNESCO natural heritage site with 5G technology Chinese vendor ZTE claimed that its digital solutions are helping to bring connectivity to some …