Amphenol wants to bolster its fiber optic interconnect position and was impressed by CommScope’s team after buying its DAS unit Amphenol is buying CommScope’s Connectivity and Cable Solutions (CCS) business …
Kelly Hill
Kelly Hill
Kelly Hill reports on network test and measurement, AI infrastructure and regulatory issues, including spectrum, for RCR Wireless News. She began covering the wireless industry in 2005, focusing on carriers and MVNOs, then took a few years’ hiatus and returned to RCR Wireless News to write about heterogeneous networks (remember those?) and network infrastructure. Kelly is an Ohio native with a masters degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, where she focused on science writing and multimedia. She has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, The Oregonian and The Canton Repository. She lives in northern Virginia, not far from Data Center Alley.
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Meta’s profits were up 36% and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it is working on “personal superintelligence for all” In sum – what to know: – Strong profits, revenues — Meta beat expectations …
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Chip EDA company settles with DoJ for knowingly selling to a military university in China that is on the banned Entity List Electronics and semiconductor design company Cadence has reached …
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‘Every Azure region is now AI-first,’ said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Microsoft delivered profits up 24% year-over-year and revenue of $76.4 billion for the quarter, up 18% from the same time …
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Test and Measurement: Keysight delivers massive quantum control system for research testbed
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillKeysight delivers major quantum control system to Japan’s Keysight Technologies has delivered the first commercial quantum control system capable of controlling more than 1,000 superconducting qubits — the largest control system …
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A new agreement between San Jose and PG&E is the latest in a string of moves by the California utility, aimed at supporting data centers’ power needs In sum — …
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Ookla’s network testing report for the first half of 2025 reveals strong tailwinds for T-Mo in mobile, but AT&T shines in wireline In sum – what to know: T-Mobile’s stunning …
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Google Cloud was a small but mighty contributor to Alphabet’s Q2 earnings In sum – what to know: AI paying off – Google Cloud is still a relatively small portion …
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AI Action Plan aims to boost infrastructure, export tech and repeal limitations on AI
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillWhat’s in? Federal support for domestic AI tech and data center projects. What’s out? Any regulations that “unnecessarily hinder” AI, and LLMs that factor DEI into responses. In sum – …
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Arielle Roth will lead the revamped ‘bargain BEAD’ program at NTIA for extending broadband In sum – what to know: NTIA administrator confirmed – Arielle Roth, who has worked on telecom …
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Amphenol sales were up nearly 60% year-on-year, with strength in IT and data communications In sum – what to know: On the hunt – Amphenol’s sales were up nearly 60% year-on-year; …
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AI data center interconnect will bolster optical transport, finds Dell’oro In sum, what to know: Optical transport bounce-back – 2024 was a tough year for optical transport, but AI data …
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Enterprise networks are being shaken up with the convergence of NetOps/SecOps and adoption of AI — but some things remain the same, according to a new report from Viavi Solutions …
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CEO C.C. Wei says TSMC is “trying very hard to narrow the gap” between supply and demand for AI chips Taiwan chip giant TSMC reported profits that leaped more than …
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SES touts the creation of a ‘global multi-orbit connectivity powerhouse’ and plans to explore IoT, D2D It’s a big couple of weeks for telecom and tech-related acquisitions, from the T-Mobile …
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The $35 billion Ansys acquisition is complete, readying Synopsys to offer more holistic and integrated silicon engineering solutions Synopsys has successfully closed on its $35 billion Ansys acquisition, just days …
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Test and Measurement: Speeds are up, but latency, uplink drag down non-LEO satellite performance
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillOokla analysis shows better latency for HughesNet, but Starlink LEO still outshines other satellite offerings When it comes to space-based connectivity, there are no work-arounds for the laws of physics …
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Untangling a ‘spaghetti mess’: DT details a sovereign, cloud-native migration
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillDT has a long-term strategic partnership with Google Cloud, and the two untangled a ‘spaghetti mess’ of legacy systems How do you take more than 40 legacy telco data systems …
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FCC cites competitive fiber and LEO offerings in approving the SES/Intelsat merger Among the major transactions that the Federal Communications Commission recently approved is the $3.1 billion purchase of Intelsat …
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In laying out a spectrum pipeline, only 100 megahertz of upper C-Band is specified in the bill. The FCC and NTIA have to find another 700 megahertz, 500 of which …
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Google’s data center energy use grew 27% in one year, plus eight more takeaways from its 2025 environmental report
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillIn Google’s 10th annual report, the company said it reduced emissions even as its data center electricity consumption rose by 27% in one year ‘Tis the season for environmental sustainability …
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DoJ conditions on HPE’s Juniper buy include a stipulation that a license for AI Ops for Mist’s source code must be auctioned Just days after settling on terms with the …
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OpenAI revealed as the source of a newly signed $30 billion a year cloud contract for Oracle Multiple news outlets have confirmed that the eye-popping, $30 billion-a-year contract that Oracle …
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Test and Measurement: Synopsys says Ansys merger approval in China is at an ‘advanced stage’
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillSynopsys still has to win regulatory approval in China for its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys Synopys is getting closer to closing its $35 billion acquisition of engineering simulation and …
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Oracle revealed news of another huge cloud contract, on top of accelerating growth Oracle has signed a cloud services contract worth $30 billion a year which will start hitting its …