Yearly Archives: 2026

T-Mobile US’ switching strategy lands in court again

Verizon has joined AT&T in challenging T-Mobile’s aggressive switching strategy that includes promotions, pricing comparisons, and a new Easy Switch tool In sum – what...

Amazon Leo to provide satellite connectivity to AT&T 

Under the agreement, AT&T will use Leo’s satellite internet service, while providing ground-based fiber connectivity to AWS data centers In sum — what to know:  Hybrid...

Four Open RAN myths telcos need to move past, according to Wind River

For starters, automation and cloud-native tooling are making Open RAN more scalable, not less Despite the very real progress made around Open RAN, a few...

Bell sees rapid growth in AI-powered businesses, says CEO

Bell's CEO Mirko Bibic said in a conference call with investors that the company’s AI-powered enterprise solutions businesses are collectively growing approximately 60% year-over-year In...

Deutsche Telekom launches industrial AI factory in Munich

Deutsche Telekom noted that the infrastructure is built on nearly 10,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs In sum – what to know: AI factory – Built with nearly...

Amazon requests more time to launch Leo, SpaceX objects

Amazon told the FCC it needs a 24-month extension to meet Leo’s launch milestone for July, 2026 In sum — what to know: Missed milestone: Amazon...

Leveraging existing infrastructure for quantum secure communications (Reader Forum)

Experts disagree on timing, but carriers and customers should expect quantum technology capable of breaking today’s encryption to emerge in the 2030s “Q-day,” the day...

Verizon’s vision for metro fibre and private 5G for enterprise AI inference

At a PTC panel in Hawaii last month, Verizon and industry peers discussed how AI is reshaping networks and data centres, prompting the US...

Global broadband spending to peak by 2028: Dell’Oro

Jeff Heynen, vice president at Dell’Oro Group, told RCR Wireless News that XGS-PON will serve as the primary technology through at least 2030 for...

Telia and ice to combine mobile RAN in Norway

The new entity will provide RAN services to Telia Norway and ice based on capacity usage In sum – what to know: Shared RAN, separate cores...

SK Telecom turns to AI to restore profitability after FY2025 revenue decline

SK Telecom reported a consolidated revenue of KRW 17.099.2 trillion — down 4.7% year-on-year for fiscal year 2025 In sum – what to know: Cybersecurity fallout...

Viavi’s Q2 2026 earnings hit high end of guidance, driven by data center demand

Strong double-digit growth in NSE business drove net revenue higher, but Spirent’s revenue trailed behind estimates In sum — what to know:  Data center lift: Viavi...

The bulk-managed Wi-Fi industry needs economic ammunition — Now (Analyst Angle)

Managed Wi-Fi eliminates redundant truck rolls, avoids duplicate wiring, and enables smart building technology A regulatory storm is gathering as state legislatures from California to...

ABI Research on cloud | Data center boom should make telcos uneasy (Analyst Angle)

By 2035, global active data center IT capacity is forecast to surge nearly six-fold, from roughly 24 GW today to around 147 GW, as...

Rakuten Mobile to deploy 1Finity O-RAN radios at scale

Rakuten Mobile plans to deploy 1Finity’s 32T32R massive MIMO O-RAN radio units operating in the 3.7 GHz band In sum – what to know: O-RAN mMIMO...

SmarTone upgrades its network with Ericsson 5G-A tech

Under the terms of the deal, Ericsson will supply its latest generation of radio equipment, including massive MIMO radios In sum – what to know: Programmable...

Opinion: The SpaceX-xAI mega-merger is an opening gambit to a bigger play

The deal creates the first-ever $1.25 trillion private company, marking a new chapter in AI compute race Confirming previous reports, SpaceX just acquired Elon Musk-owned...

U Mobile targets 5G-A use cases in Malaysia

U Mobile said that some partners in this initiative include Amazon Web Services, Huawei Malaysia, Palo Alto Networks, and Qualcomm In sum – what to...

Vodafone Idea boosts broadband infra across India

Vodafone Idea said it added more than 6,500 new unique 4G towers during the most recent quarter In sum – what to know: 4G expansion –...

Google subsea cable reaches Sydney

Google said that the Tabua subsea cable will connect the U.S. and Australia via Fiji and is expected to enter service later this year In...

Master and commander – Google and Meta chart AI’s subsea voyage

A panel at PTC in Hawaii comprising hyperscalers Google and Meta and wholesalers Exa Infrastructure and Southern Cross Cable Networks explored how AI is...

Three takeaways from Ookla’s H2 2025 Connectivity Report

T-Mobile US earned the title of Best Mobile Network in Ookla’s latest assessment Ookla has released the results of its H2 2025 Connectivity Assessment, and...

Agentic AI meets intent-based networking: A new era of network automation

With 6G on the horizon, operators need greater levels of network automation, and AI agents are here to deliver We have entered the era...

Why Wi-Fi 7 strengthens Wi-Fi/5G convergence

Wi-Fi 7 features designed to improve reliability and performance could push Wi-Fi/5G convergence even further, says Cisco Wireless CTO In sum – what to...

How engineers spot impairments in fiber lines from afar

Remote fiber monitoring has emerged as a popular tool for telecom and data center operators to accurately locate physical fiber issues from a distance...
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