January 2025

HPE says the DoJ’s logic is “fundamentally flawed,” and plans to “vigorously defend the transaction in court”  In January 2024, HPE announced its intent to acquire AI-native networking specialist Juniper …

Verizon reported a total operating revenue of $35.7 billion in Q4 2024, up 1.6% from Q4 2023 Verizon CEO Hans Vestburg told investors that as he looks back on 2024 …

Falcon Shores now an internal test chip; AI infrastructure system coming with Juaguar Shores  Intel has struggled to compete against AMD and NVIDIA in the AI infrastructure space. While the …

BSNL first announced the tender in November 2024 to kickstart 5G operations in Delh Indian state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has received interest from three companies for …

ETSI noted that the initiative seeks to foster industry consensus on advanced multiple access methods aligned with 3GPP specifications The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI),  an independent, non-profit organization responsible …

The investment would make SoftBank OpenAI’s biggest financial backer Reports began circulating this week that SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25 billion into OpenAI, a move …

EY’s top 10 list of risks to telcos this year What are the major risks to telcos’ businesses this year? EY has a new report out that identifies the top …

Boldyn Networks has secured a $1.2 billion debt facility in the US to support its plans in North America to supply private networks, neutral-host systems, and other connectivity solutions to …

KDDI-owned virtual network operator (MVNO) Soracom is supplying out-of-the-box global IoT connectivity into a pair of new developer evaluation kits from France-based IoT chipmaker Sequans. The new modules are available …

Editor’s note: I’m in the habit of bookmarking on LinkedIn and X (and in actual books) things I think are insightful and interesting. What I’m not in the habit of …

Starlink is supporting direct-to-device satellite connectivity for T-Mobile US T-Mobile US reported Q4 earnings this week marked by continued momentum in wireless, and strong growth in its broadband business which …

Success in media relations has changed for companies, and in fact keeps changing. Do you understand the new rules and how to be successful going forward with both old media …

Zayo reportedly outbid TPG for the Crown Castle assets, which would include its fiber and small cell businesses According to reports from Reuters, fiber network owner Zayo Group is the frontrunner …

Yesterday was a busy one with quarterly earnings calls from major AI infrastructure players Microsoft and Meta. And, as expected, the CEOs fielded questions about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s splashy …

Rakuten Mobile noted its new AI tool is specifically tailored to align with Japanese business culture, regulations and industry norms Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile announced the launch of “Rakuten AI …

MasOrange said that VoNR is designed to integrate seamlessly with 5G-enabled services, such as AR, VR and IoT applications MasOrange, Spain’s largest mobile operator as a result of the merger …

The transformation of residential Wi-Fi from a convenient feature to an essential component of broadband connectivity underscores the critical need for comprehensive performance testing. This whitepaper, The Importance of Performance …

Vodafone engineer Rowan Chesmer video called the company’s Chief Executive Margherita Della Valle from the remote mountains in mid-Wales Forty years after claiming the U.K.’s first mobile phone call, Vodafone …

With rising energy costs, growing consumption and the need to meet decarbonization goals on the horizon, the issue of sustainability has become critical for telecoms to address. RCR Wireless News‘ latest …

Nokia and Ericsson both hailed healthy sales of private 5G networks to enterprises this week, to boost their final-quarter and full-year 2024 results. Nokia went furthest, to say it had …

Ericsson is supplying private 5G and edge routers to the international SailGP grand-prix series of high-performance F50 catamaran races around the world. Its Cradlepoint routers will be installed in the …

A new government-funded scheme in the UK is seeking to apply IoT sensing and AI sense-making to lamb farming. The UK Agri-Tech Centre, an independent organisation for agricultural innovation, is …

SoftBank and Quantinuum will conduct market research and develop business models for quantum data centers SoftBank has announced a partnership quantum computing company Quantinuum to develop new solutions to address …

Lufthansa Industry Solutions (LHIND), a pioneer integrator in the private 5G space, has been running a test network on a Raspberry Pi in its work labs and meeting rooms – …

Comcast is rolling out low-latency DOCSIS and extolling the benefits of low-latency internet for consumers Is the industry finally getting somewhere with marketing and monetizing the low-latency aspect of advanced …