Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell sent the following memo, re-published in full, to company employees. “This has been an incredibly difficult time in America – troubling and sad. The murder of George Floyd is an atrocity. We all stand in …
Intel pledges $1 million “to address social justice, racism” Intel CEO Bob Swan on May 31 sent the following memo, re-published in full, to company employees. “I’m writing to you to address recent events that have occurred here in the United States …
The battle for the edge is now. With its ability to connect to any device, anywhere, the edge is driving industries to move to datacenter-less environment delivering real time outcome-based, data-driven decisions. Whether you’re a manufacturer looking to connect your …
5G is meant to be flexible so its radio access network should be too Nokia is unique compared to its competitors Ericsson and Huawei in that the company has amped up messaging around open RAN generally and, specifically, its role …
As Ansel Adams put it, “There’s nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept The story of open RAN is nuanced. Beyond the formidable technology piece, geopolitics inform how the ecosystem of open RAN proponents are framing the …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Ignacio Contreras, Qualcomm (Ep. 8) On the latest episode of Will 5G Change the World?, Qualcomm Senior Director of 5G Marketing Ignacio Contreras discusses near-term consumer adoption of 5G handsets and …
Nokia collaborated with other vendors in Rakuten Mobile’s network build Earlier this month the Open RAN Policy Coalition launched with a number of open RAN vendors, naturally, and operator members, including AT&T, DISH, NTT, Telefonica, Verizon and Vodafone. None of …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Mike Zeto, Boingo Wireless (Bonus Episode) What’s the future of in-building venue connectivity? This week on Will 5G Change the World? Mike Zeto, Boingo Wireless SVP of global strategy and emerging …
AT&T took, and is still taking, heat for branding its LTE-Advanced network “5GE” For some time now, AT&T has marketed its LTE-Advanced network as “5GE,” with the “E” referring to the evolution from LTE to 5G. In addition to using …
Simplicity is key in delivering enterprise private network solutions According to a virtual panel hosted during the Wireless Infrastructure Association’s ConnectX event, enterprises are eager to leverage shared access to Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum and computing infrastructure to solve …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Sandro Tavares, Nokia (Ep. 7) Nokia looks to the standalone 5G future In the latest episode of Will 5G Change the World? Nokia’s Sandro Tavares, global head of networks marketing, discusses …
Right now 5G is primarily focused on providing an enhanced mobile broadband experience primarily to consumers with compatible handsets. As people upgrade their devices and carriers invest in scaling networks, adoption is growing and will continue to do so. As …
Verizon CFO talks millimeter wave 5G, DSS and mid-band With COVID-19-related restrictions emptying out central business districts, shopping centers and large public venues, there has been discussion in the telecom industry around whether millimeter wave 5G investments, designed to support …
5G is many things, chief among them an exercise in managing complexity. The network is becoming more complex, the way the network is being used is becoming more complex and MEC is another line item on the list of complexities, …
Last month Microsoft acquired vEPC specialist Affirmed Networks Microsoft this week announced it has signed a definite agreement to acquire Metaswitch Networks, a cloud-native virtual network functions provider that works with fixed and mobile operators. This follows Microsoft’s acquisition of …
Edge computing is a broad term that, at a high-level simply means moving computing out of data centers and closer to where applications are running, but has specific qualities that pin what specific edge being referenced to the requirements of …
We measured spectrum usage in two markets and were able to verify that T-Mobile and AT&T are using spectrum licenses on loan from others to improve their wireless services. National U.S. operators T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T were loaned spectrum licenses …
Goal is to time broad 5G availability with 5G iPhone availability Speaking May 12 at the MoffettNathanson Media and Communications Summit, AT&T SVP and CFO John Stephens acknowledged that COVID-19’s impact on the economy has changed the calculus related to …
Dell Technologies, IBM and Microsoft are developing cloud, edge, 5G strategies Operators have, across the board, acknowledged the importance of edge computing in delivering a differentiated, revenue-generating 5G service. There have also been a number of trials in key mobile …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Shekar Ayyar, VMware (Ep. 6) Telco cloud, virtualization all part of creating 5G service revenue Shekar Ayyar, VMware executive vice president and general manager of the Telco and Edge Cloud business …
The notion of ecosystem development is a recurring part of the edge conversation. The idea is that a diversity of technologies and use cases need to be developed, requiring buy-in and coordination between not just technology vendors and network operators …
Executives lay out business, network strategies post T-Mobile, Sprint merger Coming off a protracted but now-closed merger with Sprint and a decent Q1, T-Mobile executives this week told a story of a new power on the rise–combined with Sprint, the …
The combination of 5G and edge computing promises to fast-track the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Internet of Things (IoT). With 10 to 20 times faster speeds and dramatically lower latency, 5G makes it much more feasible to …
The combination of 5G and edge computing promises to fast-track the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Internet of Things (IoT). With 10 to 20 times faster speeds and dramatically lower latency, 5G makes it much more feasible to …
Open RAN Policy Coalition launched this week with key operator members In examining the long arc of open radio access networks, the focus of groups like the O-RAN Alliance and Telecom Infra Project has been on developing open standards and …
