Like virtually every other large global enterprise, paper product manufacturer and distributor Georgia-Pacific is working to leverage generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) for workforce productivity gains. While the current focus is “all about speed these days,” according to Vice President …
Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst
Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst
Sean focuses on multiple subject areas including 5G, 6G, Open RAN, hybrid cloud, edge computing, and Industry 4.0. Prior to his work at RCR, Sean studied journalism and literature at the University of Mississippi then spent six years based in Key West, Florida, working as a reporter for the Miami Herald Media Company. He currently lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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Cisco is bringing AI into its collaboration, networking, observability and security solutions; the message to customers at Cisco Live is we’re focused on “making AI work for you” LAS VEGAS—Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins kicked off the company’s annual Cisco Live …
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LAS VEGAS–When Michael Dell took the stage to open Dell Technologies World earlier this week in Las Vegas, it was difficult to imagine that the expansive, innovative company he leads started four decades ago selling souped-up IBM clones out of …
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LAS VEGAS—Here at Dell Technologies World, there’s crystal clear acknowledgement that AI will be a very material force multiplier as essentially all companies endeavor to become technology companies. There’s also clear acknowledgement that doing AI isn’t as simple as writing …
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Editor’s note: Michael Dell wrote a book, Play Nice but Win, published in 2021, that covers the early days of Dell which were marked by rapid growth and portfolio expansions, its transition from public to private and back to public, …
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The rise of Open RAN, where multi-vendor radio systems comprising centralized, distributed and radio units are made interoperable, is now decidedly mainstream. Following early commercial deployments from greenfield operators, Open RAN is scaling out in brownfield networks. In addition to …
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LitePoint focused on testing Open RAN MIMO radio units as a whole rather than antenna-by-antenna As operators look to maximize spectrum utilization and deliver strong quality of experience to users, multi-antenna MIMO radio units have become mainstays in global radio …
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EXFO and Verizon on how to effectively resolve PIM issues that impact network performance and drive up opex Passive intermodulation (PIM) is a huge headache for mobile network operators. PIM can materially impact network performance while also costing operators time …
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With the continued evolution of 5G, close-in priorities for operators are understanding the why and how of 5G-Advanced, working with satellite providers on Non-terrestrial networks (NTN), and setting the stage for the commercialization of 6G in the 2030 timeframe. And …
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The latest test and measurement trends include Non-terrestrial and Open RAN networks To set the stage for the Test and Measurement Forum (available on demand here), Emil Olbrich, vice president of network technologies with Signals Research Group (SRG), laid out …
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In partnership with Northeastern University, VIAVI is also using AI for city-scale network digital twins Operators, generally, are currently (and have been for some time) going through a number of significant transformations, chief among them the shift to cloud-native 5G …
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If you’ve recently attended or watched or read about any tech industry conferences, you’ve noticed the characterization of artificial intelligence (AI), both generative AI (gen AI) and more classical AI, as a sort of panacea for business problems regardless of …
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Tupl taking on engineering operations automation as network complexity spikes Founded in 2014, Tupl—based on the mathematics term “tuple” meaning a type of ordered list—has focused on AI-enabled operations automation for telecommunications network operators. In conversation with RCR Wireless News, …
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AWS, IBM, McKinsey and Nokia on curating an LLM for domain-specific applications; bigger isn’t necessarily better and, at some point, you have to dive in If you’ve used consumer-facing generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini …
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In this episode of Will 5G Change the World? NETSCOUT’s Greg Mayo, senior director of engineering, looks at where 5G is (in terms of successes and areas for improvement) after five years in what is typically a 10-year generational cycle. …
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In a cloud-native world, the OSS should serve as an app store filled with tools for automation, orchestration, workflow engines and more Rakuten Group, with its operator Rakuten Mobile and hardware/software/services vendor subsidiary Rakuten Symphony, don’t live in the legacy …
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New paradigms around infrastructure automation and software development are guiding the cloud-native reinvention of Orange Change is afoot in the telecom industry as the move to cloud-native operating and technological principles push and pull operators into new paradigms. With a …
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On the push to industrializing Open RAN, Ericsson focused on cloudification, automation and open interfaces Operators around the world are investing in RAN modernization and, along with it, architectural shifts to open interfaces and cloud-based platforms that enable more robust …
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The evolution from 5G to 6G core networks includes new requirements for AI, interoperability, positioning, sensing, sustainability and more The current emphasis on bringing cloud-native technology and operating principles into 5G—with the move to a Standalone 5G architecture and cloud-native …
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As cloud RAN deployment ramps, the importance of 5G transport (and transport automation) comes into focus Significant radio access network (RAN) re-architecture and modernization is picking up pace globally with an emphasis on deployment of Cloud RAN with open interfaces …
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Dell Technologies, Microsoft and Vodafone Business are combining private 5G and hybrid cloud at the on-premise edge in managed service offering The needs of modern enterprises are becoming increasingly complex, increasingly quickly. The digital transformation imperative clearly involves leveraging hybrid …
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Orange sees its cloud-native reinvention as setting the stage for the ultimate move to AI-native networking As it relates to how telecom networks were built and operated, not much changed between 1990 and 2010; physical networks were (and some still …
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DISH Wireless EVP Eben Albertyn on lessons learned from building and operating a cloud native 5G Standalone Open RAN network After more than a decade of strategic spectrum acquisition, and given the regulatory go-ahead related to the T-Mobile US acquisition …
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Greetings from Spain, Florida, and the Midwest. Pictured is Jim wearing a replica Roman emperor helmet while visiting filmmaking friends in Madrid. This has been an action-packed two weeks with Mobile World Congress and the C3 Transform conference. This week, …
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As 5G marks its fifth year in commercial availability, network monetization is elusive and it seems the best is (hopefully) still to come. The shift from 5G Non-standalone to Standalone is a pivotal moment, introducing a new cloud-native core, revolutionary service-based architecture …