The latest news on AI, data center, telco, and cloud sector

BSNL to install additional 100,000 4G towers in India

BSNL has recently concluded the installation of 100,000 towers for the provision of 4G services nationwide In sum – what to know: BSNL plans next 100,000...

Nokia secures deal to modernize Elisa’s 5G network infra

Nokia said that the new deal will cover Elisa’s operations in Estonia and Finland In sum – what to know: Extended 5G deal – Nokia will...

Temasek joins Microsoft, BlackRock to develop AI infra

Temasek is joining the AI Infrastructure Partnership, which aims to mobilize up to $100 billion in the AI infra field In sum – what to...

Inseego and T-Mobile push 5G FWA deeper into the enterprise

Inseego designed its first 5G FWA device exclusively for T-Mobile's enterprise play Inseego, the original MiFi innovator, made a bold move into enterprise fixed wireless...

Under the hook light – AI hype, hopes, hidden costs

Here’s a long editorial ramble – about the capability, trajectory, and sustainability of AI. It takes recent Apple research about the practical real-world struggles...

Editorial Webinar: Open RAN reality check – From open interfaces to open-ended innovation

Open RAN is entering its next phase. After years of the grinding work to standardize open interfaces between disaggregated radio components, the focus now...

Vodafone Idea activates 5G services in Bengaluru

Vodafone Idea recently announced plans to roll out 5G services across all 17 of its priority telecom circles in India by August this year In...

Ericsson, Google Cloud team up for on-demand core network service

New on-demand core service from Ericsson and Google Cloud promises scale, speed and integrated AI Ericsson has teamed up with Google Cloud to launch an...

NGMN calls for harmonized 6G – without total hardware refresh

The transition to future 6G technology should be evolutionary and should not force a complete hardware refresh, says NGMN In sum – what to know: Evolution,...

Nvidia boosts European sovereignty with AI infra push

Nvidia said the initiative spans France, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and several Nordic countries In sum — what to know: Massive AI infrastructure expansion – France,...

Record US data center power usage amid AI boom, forecasts EIA

EIA highlighted that a major contributor to the revised outlook is the expansion of data centers, particularly those supporting AI workloads In sum — what...

LiquidStack CEO breaks down AI infra pain points

LiquidStack CEO noted that many data center operators remain hesitant to adopt liquid cooling chiefly due to persistent misconceptions In sum – what to know: AI...

IoT to more than double over next decade – as “major demand centre”

In sum – what to know: Growth decade – IoT devices to hit 40.6bn by 2034, with cellular IoT tripling, non-cellular LPWA tech like LoRaWAN...

Bringing massive-scale cellular IoT into the 5G era (Reader Forum)

As legacy networks phase out, RedCap offers a 5G-ready path for low-power, high-volume IoT As 5G networks continue to evolve globally, a quieter but...

T-Mobile US makes fiber-focused play with new broadband offering

By partnering rather than overbuilding, T-Mobile US seeks to accelerate growth in underserved areas without assuming the financial burden of nationwide fiber deployment Earlier this...

Test and Measurement: PAWR fuses open-source mobile core with Ericsson 5G SA RAN

The PAWR test network integrated a local, open-source mobile core with an Ericsson 5G SA RAN The federally funded Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR)'s...

Ericsson, Supermicro advance connectivity for edge AI

Ericsson said that the combined offering would integrate its enterprise wireless solutions, including 5G and SD-WAN technologies In sum – what to know: Ericsson and Supermicro...

Indian government reviews progress of 6G goals

The country’s official 6G roadmap, the Bharat 6G Vision, was launched by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2023 In sum – what to...

Cisco expands AI data center portfolio

Cisco said that the new solutions include hardware, software and system integration In sum – what to know: Cisco hits $1B in AI infra orders early...

Operators to spend more than $17B on AI security

Flatlining consumer revenues are forcing telecom operators to consider B2B services as a long-term growth engine In sum – what to know: Operators shift focus to...

Qualcomm opens new AI R&D center in Vietnam

The new Qualcomm facility, staffed by scientists and AI experts in both Hanoi and Ho Chí Minh City, is part of company’s global AI...

Is the US ready for the AI infrastructure boom? (Reader Forum)

AI could prove hugely and positively transformative — but it's also not without its difficulties Recently, OpenAI announced the Stargate Project — a $500 billion...

Fibre to the ‘burbs – ITS and Boldyn connect four London boroughs

This is about my backyard, so it makes the cut; plus it is an interesting example of public/private cooperation to connect the ‘burbs. Boldyn...

Nokia bundles Leonardo team-comms into ‘Europe-made’ private 5G for critical industry

Nokia has partnered with defence firm Leonardo to secure team-comms on its top-tier private 4G/5G networks – as a 'Europe-made' comms bundle for critical...

Crosstown Vision: Mike Underdown on scaling Fiber in America cities

Michael Underdown, President & CEO of Crosstown Fiber, is a seasoned executive with nearly 30 years in the telecommunications infrastructure industry. Prior to his...

Qualcomm to acquire Alphawave Semi for $2.4B, supercharging its data center pursuits

Alphawave acquisition is "complementary" to Qualcomm's CPUs and NPUs, CEO says Qualcomm is taking aim at the data center chip space, seeking to bolster...

Kagan: Why Boldyn Networks is pausing private wireless acquisitions

Boldyn Networks' strategy is shifting to focus on organic growth rather than through mergers and acquisitions In previous conversations with Boldyn Networks, and after following...

AT&T hits 30M fiber locations, as broadband race heats up

AT&T touts its momentum, but competitors are moving aggressively into fiber as well, raising the stakes in the U.S. broadband market AT&T has reached a...

Samsung bets on AI to boost developer productivity

Samsung recently began beta testing its AI-powered coding assistant within its Device eXperience division In sum – what to know: AI-enabled development – Samsung will roll...

UK boosts AI ambitions with $1.3B investment

During London Tech Week, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang also confirmed the launch of a new Nvidia AI tech center in the UK In...

Amazon to invest $20B in Pennsylvania data centers

Amazon Web Services previously acquired land and a Talen Energy facility near the Susquehanna nuclear plant In sum – what to know: Historic investment – This...

e& advances 5G-A with new record speed

e& said that the achievement was made possible by aggregating FR1 bands at 2.1GHz and C-band, paired with Uplink 3Tx on a CPE at...

Ericsson wins Airtel gig to manage Indian 4G, 5G from single NOC

Ericsson is to run all of Bharti Airtel’s nationwide network services in India from a single central network operations centre (NOC) in India, as...

Trump admin’s ‘Bargain’ BEAD: Approvals yanked, new rules in play

States have 90 days to comply with revamped BEAD rules, including a 'Benefit of the Bargain' bidding round The Trump administration has released its updated...

Ericsson launches Canada-designed 5G system

Ericsson said that Bell will be the first telecom provider globally to adopt the new 5G system In sum – what you need to know: Canada-built...

JTower claims Japan’s first O-RAN-based shared 5G radio

JTower said it will begin interoperability testing with Japan’s four mobile carriers in fiscal year 2025 In sum – what to know: Japan’s first Open RAN...

5G coverage reaches 96% of Spanish population in 2024

Over the past three years, 5G coverage has expanded by 37 percentage points nationwide, according to a government report In sum – what you need...

Starlink secures license to launch satellite services in India

Starlink now joins Airtel-backed Eutelsat OneWeb and Reliance Jio Satellite Communications as the third company to be granted a GMPCS license in India In sum...

OpenAI eyes India for AI infrastructure partnership

OpenAI executives and top Indian officials are currently in talks to build AI infra in India In sum – what to know: AI infra ambitions –...

The Sunday Brief: Another disappointing BEAD delay

Greetings from Nashville, Cedar Rapids, and Kansas City.  It has been a whirlwind of activity since Memorial Day, and the summer promises to be...

Analyst Angle: AI-for-RAN will be a CFO favorite

How will mobile operators use AI/ML to boost capacity and energy efficiency in the radio network? The PR wars have started, and people will...

Work-shy AI collapses under questioning – Apple debunks AGI myth

New research from Apple casts serious doubts about excitable claims about sentient machines. Results suggest large reasoning models collapse under pressure – challenging the...

Bookmarks: From infrastructure to products — the new AI battleground

Editor’s note: I’m in the habit of bookmarking on LinkedIn and X (and in actual books, magazines, movies, newspapers, and records) things I think...

AWS unveils fully sovereign cloud for Europe

The AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be fully physically and logically separate from other AWS global regions In sum – what to know: Sovereign AWS...

Ambient IoT smart labels – another hopeful step (Linxens and Dracula team up)

Ambient IoT leaders Linxens and Dracula are to create battery-free smart labels to tackle the sector's grim sustainable IoT record and failed massive IoT...

AI in telecom – from quiet power to front-line force

Telecom operators aren’t new to AI – they’ve quietly optimized networks for years. But with the surge in generative AI, the sector is poised...

Five trends set to redefine global telecoms (Reader Forum)

From cloud migration to AI integration, five forces are reshaping global enterprise telecom strategies It’s nothing new that with strong communications comes business success. However,...

Orange signs with Eutelsat to offer LEO satellite support to global enterprises

Orange has expanded its global enterprise offer with satellite LEO connectivity for remote services and mobile backhaul via a deal with France-based Eutelsat Group. In...

Wi-Fi 7 gains ground as enterprise WLAN market grows 11%

Dell’Oro finds Wi-Fi 7 gaining traction as enterprise WLAN revenue rises and AI reshapes vendor strategies The enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) market is off to...

Rakuten Symphony, MobiFone to trial O-RAN in Vietnam

Rakuten Symphony will provide O-RAN equipment and collaborate with ecosystem partners for deployment and technical support In sum – what you need to know: Vietnam joins...