Telcos spent years being told it was becoming irrelevant. Hyperscalers were eating its lunch, OTT players were hollowing out its revenues, and its destiny was to be a glorified utility. That narrative is now dead – and what’s replaced it …
AI workloads are reshaping data centers and cloud networks, driving unprecedented demands on scale, performance, and resiliency. Scale-up, scale-out, and scale-across connectivity models are redefining how GPUs, racks, and data centers are linked, creating opportunities across the full AI infrastructure …
AI is not just driving demand for more network capacity. It is fundamentally changing what networks need to do. AI workloads introduce a traffic profile unlike anything cloud computing has required before, with massive east-west data flows, tightly synchronized compute …
Testing and validation are how the telecommunications industry explores new technologies, frameworks, and features, as well as how technological evolution and maturity are reflected. The test and measurement space has to be at the very cutting edge of current and …
The push for orbital data centres promises abundant solar power, but faces severe constraints in heat rejection, launch costs, congestion, downlink bandwidth and depreciation – suggesting niche applications rather than hyperscale displacement of Earth-based infrastructure overall. Vish Nandlall tells the …
Non-terrestrial networks (NTN) are extending 5G and future 6G service domains beyond terrestrial limits. As its capabilities evolve, performance expectations are shifting toward carrier-grade reliability. This webinar on July 16th discusses the emerging NTN industry, the 3GPP standards roadmap, market …
Communications service providers are currently focused on the practical use of AI to reduce opex; the next step is leveraging AI to create new revenue streams Telecommunications infrastructure is being recast as AI infrastructure, and communications service providers (CSPs) have …
Cisco says enterprises must move beyond WPA2 to WPA3 and strengthen wireless security through SAE, forward secrecy, and Wi-Fi 7 – to enable resilient zero-trust-ready enterprise mobility across modern networks security architecture evolution now. Wireless networks are no longer just …
As operators scale into a 5G-first world, the complexity of interoperability grows just as quickly. New network architectures, sunsetting of legacy technologies and the rapid rise in standalone (SA) deployments mean operators need reliable, standardised ways to ensure their services …
As CSPs face challenges such as fragmented data, declining margins, and the need for massive infrastructure investments, AI offers potential for revenue growth and operational transformation. However, the fragmented and siloed nature of telco data complicates AI adoption, often leading …
The threat timeline for quantum-era security is compressing. Harvest now, decrypt later attacks, accelerating hardware development, and mounting regulatory pressure are pushing post-quantum cryptography from long-term roadmap to near-term operational requirement for communications service providers. In this report, RCRTech examines the drivers, …
Why the bottleneck always moves, why economics is an equal partner, and why capital recovery in AI infrastructure now depends on workload liquidity. Every infrastructure supercycle has two engines, not one. The technical engine is bottleneck migration. Workloads expose a …
AI’s growth is increasingly constrained not by chips but by infrastructure, from data storage and energy demand to connectivity bottlenecks. As data centers expand, the weakest link shifts, threatening to limit AI’s future scale and performance. Frontier AI companies are …
Join this webinar to learn how to use NI test hardware and software, including PXI Vector Signal Transceivers (VSTs) and RFmx, for RF component and device noise-figure measurements. It includes some background on noise-figure theory and application, provides an overview …
Ericsson is providing the back-end OSS/BSS, IBM is providing the IT services – in combination, they enable freedom of choice over CRM and user services During MWC Barcelona, RCRTech principal analyst Sean Kinney spoke with Ericsson’s Mats Karlsson, vice president …
There is a persistent challenge at the heart of broadband operations. Service providers collect enormous amounts of network and Wi-Fi telemetry, yet still struggle to use it to improve in-home connectivity. The modern home generates huge volumes of data across …
Join this quick recap for a concise, insider view of the latest 3GPP progress toward 6G. Speakers from Qualcomm and RCRTech will unpack key outcomes from RAN Plenary #112, where 6G scenarios and requirements approach completion and early baseline design choices …
What you should know: 6G goes beyond wireless evolution to power an AI-native future. 6G begins by strengthening what matters most: reliable, efficient wireless connectivity everywhere it is needed. Unlike prior generations that emphasized peak downlink rates, 6G explicitly targets …
As utilities prepare for 6G, AI-native networks, digital twins and integrated sensing promise to transform the power grid into an autonomous, software-defined system where connectivity, intelligence and energy converge to deliver resilient, self-optimising operations at scale. The electric power grid …
As telecom operators embrace D2D satellite connectivity, the industry is moving closer to closing persistent coverage gaps, extending resilient mobile access to remote regions, and ensuring geography no longer determines access to connectivity, safety, or economic opportunity. The announcement that …
Telcos are being asked to fund the next wave of AI and 5G innovation while already burdened by enormous debt and relentless infrastructure costs. By breaking down carrier finances with a simple lemonade-stand analogy and real 2025 operator numbers, Vish …
Defense communications has entered a new phase of urgency. Networks are no longer just the pipes that move information across the battlespace; they are becoming the sensing, compute, coordination and decision infrastructure that modern missions depend on. At the same …
If your video calls freeze, streaming services buffer during peak hours or online games lag at the worst possible moment, you are not alone. Many households struggle with inconsistent internet performance even though they pay for broadband service. The good …
As satellite constellations reshape global connectivity, attention is shifting beyond internet access toward compute in orbit. The challenge now is understanding how space-based infrastructure will integrate with terrestrial networks to support resilient, distributed digital services. Satellite constellations are already transforming …
Critical communications networks are increasingly being pushed beyond the limits of single-bearer design, as operators in defence, utilities and public services face growing demand for resilient, always-on connectivity across unpredictable and high-risk environments. Designing critical communications around a single access …
