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 that would position the Japanese operator as the generative AI …
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 in the bid to acquire assets valued at more than …
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 said it has achieved another landmark milestone: The world’s first …
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 the current limitations of artificial intelligence (AI). The pair claim …
Oracle said its enterprise customers will be able to connect to the platform ‘from almost anywhere’ Oracle will use Starlink, SpaceX’s low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, to enable high-speed communications for its Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP). According to Oracle, the ECP provides enterprises …
If most 5G-Advanced capabilities are aimed at the enterprise, can telcos still discover new consumer revenue? Do they need to? Here’s the problem for operators (it’s nothing new): The smartphone market is saturated — they can’t sell more monthly subscriptions, …
Ericsson reported a remarkable 54% market growth in North America in Q4 2024 Ericsson’s final quarter in 2024 showed rising sales for the first time in eight quarters, a feat it owes almost entirely to North America, and perhaps AT&T, …
Advanced sensing and positioning capabilities in 5G-A and 6G may allow operators to sell data on the ‘position of things’ Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC), a study item in 3GPP Release 18 and a priority in Release 19, refers to …
In 2017, Google purchased of a portion of HTC’s smartphone business for $1.1 billion Google issued a brief announcement about its intent to acquire a portion of Taiwan-based HTC’s extended reality (XR) unit for $250 million. The latest deal is …
The initial AI investment is expected to be $100 billion, but the White House noted it could end up being five times that amount One of President Donald Trump’s first actions in his reclaimed role was the announcement of a …
Has the slow rollout of 5G SA core networks hindered 5G RedCap adoption? Release 17 of the 5G NR standard includes a provision for IoT sensors to connect to 5G with significantly reduced network — and therefore hardware, and therefore, …
GSMA survey says: Enhanced multi-carrier operations, 5G multicast and advanced MIMO topped the list of 5G-Advanced priorities for telcos We saw the first set of technical specifications for 5G-Advanced (5G-A) in 3GPP Release 18; in addition to ongoing network performance …
GSMA found that only around 15% of operators in Europe with live 5G networks had launched 5G SA by the end of Q3 2024 A new GSMA report focusing on the mobile economy in Europe shows that while 5G will …
3GPP has established two basic 5G NTN architecture approaches: Transparent and Regenerative According to Rohde & Schwarz’s Wireless unit Technology Manager Reiner Stuhlfauth, the integration of non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) and terrestrial 5G networks is an architectural “paradigm shift.” In a …
T-Mobile US will acquire Vistar Media for $600 million, just two years after purchasing rideshare ad-tech company Octopus Interactive T-Mobile US will acquire digital out-of-home (OOH) advertising technology company Vistar Media in a $600 million deal that combines the telco’s customer …
3GPP Release 18, or 5G-Advanced, includes critical NTN updates Capabilities around the integration of 5G and non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) were first enabled with 3GPP Release 17; but it’s really Release 18, or 5G-Advanced (5G-A), that includes the serious stuff — …
T-Mobile Starlink will enable wireless emergency alerts and emergency texting Strong winds continue to wreak havoc across Los Angeles, fanning devastating flames that have, at latest count, claimed the lives of 24 people and destroyed entire neighborhoods. While thousands have …
The AI plan includes things like establishing a national data library and designated ‘growth zones’ U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer detailed The AI Opportunities Action Plan, designed to bolster AI growth and development across the country. The plan, said Starner, …
Whether we’re talking 6E, 7 or other standards like Wi-Fi HaLow, Wi-Fi was a big topic at CES this year CES 2025 finished up this week, one year — almost to the day — after the certification of Wi-Fi 7. …
The API joint venture was launched in September by Ericsson, Google Cloud and several major global operators An Application Programming Interface (API) joint venture launched in September by Ericsson, Google Cloud and several major global operators has been given the …
T-Mobile US remains the frontrunner in all five overall experience categories, OpenSignal found The latest Mobility Experience Report from OpenSignal reveals that when it comes to 5G reliability, the big three — T-Mobile US, Verizon and AT&T — all improved, …
Nokia and its partners took great care to ensure that the network survives the 239,000-mile journey to the Moon Nokia said it has completed the final integration of its Lunar Surface Communication System (LSCS) into Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission lander, …
While Microsoft is thinking on a global scale, the company’s Vice Chair and President noted that more than half of this total investment will be in the U.S. In a recent blog post, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith …
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati ruled that the FCC did not have legal authority to reinstate net neutrality rules A federal appeals court ruling last week overturned an April 2024 Federal Communications Commission vote to …
The SA 5G network supports use cases like machine health monitoring, drone inspections and digital twins Vodafone Portugal and Ericsson have partnered to deploy a Standalone (SA) private 5G at Portuguese cement manufacturer Cimpor’s production facility as part of a …
