With all the talk of AI-native telcos, it’s important to remember that to be AI-native, first you have to be cloud-native. What does that mean? It means there are very few operators that are cloud-native, so their perspective on being …
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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With focuses from client to edge to RAN to core, Intel is all-in on AI for 5G Mobile World Congress was big for Intel. In the larger sweep of 5G network disaggregation and automation, Intel has already built out a …
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39,997 feet above the Gulf of St. Lawrence—Still on the way home from Mobile World Congress, still trying to figure out Mobile World Congress. One thing I learned is that context and data are everything really if you’re looking to …
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BARCELONA—I know the show is over but I’m leaving the dateline on because, of course, I’m still here. Mobile World Congress was good; so good, in fact, it’ll take me a few months and a couple of off-schedule visits to …
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From vertical stacks to open, horizontal networks As it continues to grow its Telecom Systems Business, Dell Technologies announced ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona solutions that address ongoing operator efforts to broadly modernize, cloudily and automate network infrastructure …
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Qualcomm SVP Durga Malladi looks at 5G success stories to date, and discusses the AI-enabled future of telecoms In an wide-ranging interview ahead of Mobile World Congress with RCR Wireless News, Qualcomm SVP and GM of Technology Planning and Edge …
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AT&T, Verizon, Vonage all pushing network APIs and software developer outreach ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona While talk of network APIs and the value these open interfaces could bring to operators, software developers, cloud players, end users and …
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In its “State of AI in Telecommunications: 2024 Trends,” respondents tell NVIDIA telco AI solutions are already “improving both revenues and cost savings” The subhead of this article pretty well tells the story: NVIDIA research based on a survey of …
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The partnership combines Nokia RAN software and Layer 1 acceleration with NVIDIA CPUs for Layer 2 processing and GPUs for AI and vRAN acceleration Network equipment providers are rapidly working with partners to bring artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to bear …
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Think Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny: “What is a git anyways?” The move to 5G Standalone is afoot, and operators are working out the kinks of instantiating network slices tuned to the needs of particular end user applications. In …
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The move 5G Standalone and cloud native requires an overhaul of technology stack and organizational workflows While the industry is already beating the 6G drum, there’s still a lot left to do with 5G. The move to 5G Standalone (SA) …
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Qualcomm grew revenue 5% compared to Q1 2023 despite contraction in the IoT business Growth in its handset and automotive businesses led Qualcomm to first quarter 2024 revenues of $9.9 billion across its licensing and connectivity segments. The company reported …
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IBM Global AI Adoption Index finds three biggest barriers to AI success are limited skills/expertise, data complexity and ethical concerns Enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is on a major ramp and communications service providers (CSPs) are no exception. In …
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DDoS attacks have been plaguing telcos for over 25 years. For communications service providers (CSPs), the potential for an attack is nothing new. Typically, telco DDoS attacks are large and only getting bigger. For example, one of the most common …
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Across the board, mobile network operators are reducing capital expenditure guidance as the industry collectively reaches something of a midpoint in the 5G cycle. In the US market, for instance, Verizon is cutting planned 2024 capex to between $17 billion …
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Juniper CEO on AI-native vision: “No application downtime or performance issues” As HPE works to expand its networking business through the acquisition of Juniper Networks–a deal widely regarded as all about bringing artificial intelligence (AI) to bear “from edge to …
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Intel Foundry Services sees more than 100% growth in 2023 It was a mixed bag from Intel this week as the company reported fourth quarter financials. The client computing group (CCG) showed strong growth compared to the same quarter in …
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For enterprise AI, “Flexibility of deployment is key,” according to IBM CEO Arvind Krishna IBM this week reported a 4% year-over-year increase in revenue to $17.4 billion in the fourth quarter, and full-year revenue up 2% to $61.9. In prepared …
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T-Mobile US partnered with Cisco Meraki on 5G-based Connected Workplace offering While many medium-sized enterprises want to pursue various digital transformation strategies, they’re often under-equipped in the IT department to manage the complexity of combining connectivity and compute at scale. …
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AT&T’s five-year deal with Ericsson and a spike in 5G investment in India were bright spots in an otherwise contracting market With the exception of a major five-year deal with AT&T and a spending spike in India, Ericsson CEO Börje …
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In the sweep of everything that could be as construed as “tech,” artificial intelligence (AI) is leading the current hype cycle with visions of broad productivity gains enabled by cloud computing, large language models (LLMs), natural language processing-based user interfaces …
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5G Standalone opens up opportunities for automation, network slicing, RedCap In 2023, Verizon activated a good deal of its deep C-Band spectrum holdings, expanded the footprint of its fixed wireless access home broadband product, and extended its Verizon Cloud Platform …
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While 5G Standalone is often referred to as “real 5G,” is it really making any impact in the real world? Dozens of operators around the world have deployed 5G Standalone networks in an effort to capture opportunities that fit into …
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The new AT&T Connected Solutions group incorporates connected vehicles into larger IoT business Over the years CES has gradually brought in more and more automotive technology and this year was no exception. Given AT&T’s long-standing leadership in connecting vehicles, RCR …
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Employee re-skilling and regulation are key AI considerations; the CEOs of Accenture, IBM and Qualcomm share AI outlooks form the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Generative artificial intelligence (gen AI), how it works, how it should work, who should care, …