Fundamentals

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, TIM and Vodafone detail Open RAN interests—SMO, RIC, RAN hardware acceleration are focus areas As Open RAN has becomes mainstream, the industry focus has shifted from …

In all the to-and-fro last week about how to size the private 4G/5G market, mostly following the quarterly results from Ericsson and Nokia, an email exchange with the Global mobile …

The use of mmWave links in Wi-Fi 8 is expected to deliver higher bandwidth and data rates Even though the certification for Wi-Fi 8, or 802.11bn, is still several years …

Five years in and 5G hasn’t delivered. Can telco AI enable opex reduction and service differentiation? Communications service providers (CSPs) are increasingly investing in telco-specific artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to …

MAPC builds upon the network management improvements of previous generations of Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 7, or 802.11be, was only certified in January and its adoption is just beginning to ramp up; …

Convergence, rejuvenation, transformation, sophistication…AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Telstra, Vodafone execs chart a course to growth at DTW24—Ignite There were a number of prominent themes this year at TM Forum’s Digital Transformation …

Speaking at an event in London on Wednesday (July 10), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) presented its portfolio of joint AI solutions and integrations with Nvidia, along with its channel strategy …

Note, this article forms a (concluding) part of a recent editorial report from RCR Wireless about ‘private 5G in Industry 4.0 – hype versus reality’. The full report, which extends …

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has claimed triumphant IoT trials of new Wi-Fi HaLow technology in different enterprise venues. Its ‘phase-two’ tests of the technology, listed as 802.11ah in the …

Note, this article forms a (middle) part of a recent editorial report from RCR Wireless about ‘private 5G in Industry 4.0 – hype versus reality’. The full report, which extends …

From devices to on-prem to the public cloud, getting telco AI right involves bringing more new players into an already rapidly expanding ecosystem It’s still early days for advanced artificial …

For telco AI workloads, on-prem data centers are the future, according to Dell Technologies At the recent Telco AI Forum, Dell Technologies and silicon partner AMD announced the Dell PowerEdge …

“A fully-automated, zero-touch deployment…self-configuring, self-healing, self-optimizing, self-evolving…That’s the nirvana,” of telco AI according to Red Hat Senior Director of Technology and Architecture Azhar Sayeed. Speaking recently with RCR Wireless News, …

France-based operator Orange shared hands-on experience of bringing artificial intelligence (AI) into its network operations last month at Telco AI Forum 2024, hosted by RCR Wireless. In interview, Alexis Koalla, …

Telcos are under increasing pressure to scale their network operations and to see the return on their 5G investments As telecommunications providers continue the shift towards multi-vendor, multi-cloud and cloud-native …

Spirent Communications looks at the future of telco AI across the RAN, devices, data centers and operating models In its position as a provider of test, measurement and service assurance …

Artificial intelligence isn’t entirely new — although its manifestation as generative AI certainly is — and the telecom industry has been pursuing it in one way or another for some …

What’s in the way of telco AI adoption? The telecom industry is anxious to figure out artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, and how it can be applied to their businesses …

An expanded artificial intelligence ecosystem is rapidly emerging and shifting, with the goal of making it easier for telecommunications companies to consume and leverage generative AI.  In a discussion during …

Seeing as you enjoyed our last post so much, here is another entry based on the same report by the CTIA, the cellular industry association in the US, and the …

Three “mega trends” are transforming the modern ‘mobility’ industry, which variously covers the crossover of the automotive, transport, and logistics sectors – basically anywhere vehicles, mostly cars, are used. These …

In a new report, ATIS’ NextG Alliance looks at anticipated 6G spectrum needs based on expected KPIs With the telecom industry, and governments around the world, already looking ahead to …

The World Economic Forum has listed 10 emerging technologies with the “greatest potential to make a positive impact in the world in the next three-to-five years”. Which is a curious …

The stat that tends to get quoted back to RCR Wireless whenever the conversation turns to ambient IoT is that 78 million batteries from battery-powered IoT devices will get dumped …

As with every tech show at the moment, there was a deal of evangelical fervour at Digital Enterprise Show in Málaga last week about the potential of AI to super-charge …