Network Infrastructure

Europe’s five biggest mobile operators – Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, TIM, and Vodafone Group – are building a pan-European “federated edge continuum”, stitching together their national edge assets into a single regional platform. But what is a federated edge – …

The setup combined FDD and TDD single user MIMO under 3GPP Release 17 specifications In sum – what to know: Uplink milestone – The companies achieved 682 Mbps on a live 5G SA network in Queensland, up from 516 Mbps …

AT&T Fiber has received Ookla’s first-ever Best Home Internet award in the United States In sum – what to know: Strategy validated – AT&T said Ookla’s first-ever Best Home Internet award confirms its existing fiber expansion approach rather than signaling …

Network capacity will be required to double in the next few years in order to cope with 5G adoption and AI demand, reckons American Tower – as its revenues rise on new 5G infrastructure investments In sum – what to …

As well as Rakuten Mobile, KDDI has started to deploy open vRAN, and SoftBank is also interested – says Omdia In sum – what to know: Leading APAC – Japan is Asia-Pacific’s leading Open vRAN market, with Rakuten operating the …

Pre-MWC, Telefónica has detailed advances in AI-driven network automation and enterprise edge. It has 12 level-4 autonomous use cases across Spain, Germany and Brazil (targeting level 4 across its operations by 2030), and has partnered Mavenir on core AI, and …

The hype around D2D shows no sign of slowing down, but some experts are skeptical of its commercial viability A group of skiers on a backcountry expedition in Lake Tahoe were caught in a massive avalanche Tuesday morning. What was …

Singtel Singapore views Latin America as a long-term growth market In sum – what to know: Brazil sales office launch – Singtel to open a local presence by Q3 2026 to support multinational enterprise customers. Focus on SD-WAN and SASE …

Addressing regulatory backlogs, the bill seeks to establish a fast-tracked shot clock for approval of satellite and space licenses In sum — what to know:  Clearing regulatory backlog: Senate Commerce okays a bipartisan legislation with amendments, that seeks to “streamline” …

The road to autonomous network goes through humans in the loop, says Venkat Pullela, Keysight’s CTO of Networking With AI being on every CTO’s vision board, a question they often get asked is: how close are we to autonomous networks? …

With goal to deliver faster onboard Wi-Fi and better crew communication in vessels, Amazon Leo signs new resellers extending service across global ocean routes In sum — what to know Amazon’s maritime push: Amazon Leo signs reseller agreements with maritime …

Europe’s largest enterprise fibre provider will scale infrastructure and partner-led operations across the Middle East, positioning itself as a regional gateway – whilst also divesting non-AI data centres in Europe to double down on asset-led digital infra. In sum – …

A new Ookla report traces the blistering growth of the satellite broadband provider that has been the subject of countless scoops of late Starlink is outpacing every other player in the satellite broadband race. New data from Ookla confirms that …

Dell’Oro said near-term O-RAN revenue expectations have been revised downward, while longer-term growth assumptions have improved In sum – what to know: Long-term O-RAN outlook improves – Expectations for the second half of 5G and early 6G deployments lifted the …

Under the agreement, AT&T will use Leo’s satellite internet service, while providing ground-based fiber connectivity to AWS data centers In sum — what to know:  Hybrid connectivity play: Amazon Leo and AT&T signed a new agreement which will see the …

Amazon told the FCC it needs a 24-month extension to meet Leo’s launch milestone for July, 2026 In sum — what to know: Missed milestone: Amazon has requested FCC to extend deadline for launching the first 1,618 Leo satellites to …

Experts disagree on timing, but carriers and customers should expect quantum technology capable of breaking today’s encryption to emerge in the 2030s “Q-day,” the day when quantum computers will be able to defeat the Internet’s current security mechanisms, is fast …

At a PTC panel in Hawaii last month, Verizon and industry peers discussed how AI is reshaping networks and data centres, prompting the US carrier to outline its strategy to leverage dense fibre and private 5G for enterprise AI workloads. …

The new entity will provide RAN services to Telia Norway and ice based on capacity usage In sum – what to know: Shared RAN, separate cores – Telia Norway and ice will combine radio networks while continuing to operate independent …

Rakuten Mobile plans to deploy 1Finity’s 32T32R massive MIMO O-RAN radio units operating in the 3.7 GHz band In sum – what to know: O-RAN mMIMO rollout – Rakuten Mobile will deploy 32T32R massive MIMO radios across its 5G network …

The deal creates the first-ever $1.25 trillion private company, marking a new chapter in AI compute race Confirming previous reports, SpaceX just acquired Elon Musk-owned startup, xAI, that you may know as the maker of the Grok chatbot, in an …

A panel at PTC in Hawaii comprising hyperscalers Google and Meta and wholesalers Exa Infrastructure and Southern Cross Cable Networks explored how AI is reshaping demand for submarine cables, driving hyperscaler-led builds, stressing legacy systems, and creating new regulatory and …

Nokia saw net sales rise by three percent last quarter and two percent in the whole of last year, even as margins slipped, partly because of investments and restructuring. Revenue growth came mostly from strong fiber-optic and data center demand, …

Scientists worry that Leo’s high reflectivity can pose a problem for astronomical studies  If you look up in the night sky, you can see satellites with bare eyes. That fascinating phenomenon now has become a cause of worry for the …

The new air-to-ground communication system is designed to deliver 5G connectivity from a HAPS aircraft in stratosphere for improved maritime intelligence Airspan teams up with Space Compass: The companies are designing a system that will deliver 5G connectivity from stratosphere …