The latest news on AI, data center, telco, and cloud sector

T-Mobile US’ switching strategy lands in court again

Verizon has joined AT&T in challenging T-Mobile’s aggressive switching strategy that includes promotions, pricing comparisons, and a new Easy Switch tool In sum – what...

Amazon Leo to provide satellite connectivity to AT&T 

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...

Four Open RAN myths telcos need to move past, according to Wind River

For starters, automation and cloud-native tooling are making Open RAN more scalable, not less Despite the very real progress made around Open RAN, a few...

Bell sees rapid growth in AI-powered businesses, says CEO

Bell's CEO Mirko Bibic said in a conference call with investors that the company’s AI-powered enterprise solutions businesses are collectively growing approximately 60% year-over-year In...

Deutsche Telekom launches industrial AI factory in Munich

Deutsche Telekom noted that the infrastructure is built on nearly 10,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs In sum – what to know: AI factory – Built with nearly...

Amazon requests more time to launch Leo, SpaceX objects

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...

Leveraging existing infrastructure for quantum secure communications (Reader Forum)

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...

Verizon’s vision for metro fibre and private 5G for enterprise AI inference

At a PTC panel in Hawaii last month, Verizon and industry peers discussed how AI is reshaping networks and data centres, prompting the US...

Global broadband spending to peak by 2028: Dell’Oro

Jeff Heynen, vice president at Dell’Oro Group, told RCR Wireless News that XGS-PON will serve as the primary technology through at least 2030 for...

Telia and ice to combine mobile RAN in Norway

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...

SK Telecom turns to AI to restore profitability after FY2025 revenue decline

SK Telecom reported a consolidated revenue of KRW 17.099.2 trillion — down 4.7% year-on-year for fiscal year 2025 In sum – what to know: Cybersecurity fallout...

Viavi’s Q2 2026 earnings hit high end of guidance, driven by data center demand

Strong double-digit growth in NSE business drove net revenue higher, but Spirent’s revenue trailed behind estimates In sum — what to know:  Data center lift: Viavi...

The bulk-managed Wi-Fi industry needs economic ammunition — Now (Analyst Angle)

Managed Wi-Fi eliminates redundant truck rolls, avoids duplicate wiring, and enables smart building technology A regulatory storm is gathering as state legislatures from California to...

ABI Research on cloud | Data center boom should make telcos uneasy (Analyst Angle)

By 2035, global active data center IT capacity is forecast to surge nearly six-fold, from roughly 24 GW today to around 147 GW, as...

Rakuten Mobile to deploy 1Finity O-RAN radios at scale

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...

SmarTone upgrades its network with Ericsson 5G-A tech

Under the terms of the deal, Ericsson will supply its latest generation of radio equipment, including massive MIMO radios In sum – what to know: Programmable...

Opinion: The SpaceX-xAI mega-merger is an opening gambit to a bigger play

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...

U Mobile targets 5G-A use cases in Malaysia

U Mobile said that some partners in this initiative include Amazon Web Services, Huawei Malaysia, Palo Alto Networks, and Qualcomm In sum – what to...

Vodafone Idea boosts broadband infra across India

Vodafone Idea said it added more than 6,500 new unique 4G towers during the most recent quarter In sum – what to know: 4G expansion –...

Google subsea cable reaches Sydney

Google said that the Tabua subsea cable will connect the U.S. and Australia via Fiji and is expected to enter service later this year In...

Master and commander – Google and Meta chart AI’s subsea voyage

A panel at PTC in Hawaii comprising hyperscalers Google and Meta and wholesalers Exa Infrastructure and Southern Cross Cable Networks explored how AI is...

Three takeaways from Ookla’s H2 2025 Connectivity Report

T-Mobile US earned the title of Best Mobile Network in Ookla’s latest assessment Ookla has released the results of its H2 2025 Connectivity Assessment, and...

Agentic AI meets intent-based networking: A new era of network automation

With 6G on the horizon, operators need greater levels of network automation, and AI agents are here to deliver We have entered the era...

Why Wi-Fi 7 strengthens Wi-Fi/5G convergence

Wi-Fi 7 features designed to improve reliability and performance could push Wi-Fi/5G convergence even further, says Cisco Wireless CTO In sum – what to...

How engineers spot impairments in fiber lines from afar

Remote fiber monitoring has emerged as a popular tool for telecom and data center operators to accurately locate physical fiber issues from a distance...

Dell & AMD Webinar: Telco Collides with AI – The Future is Ultra Mega

AI is reshaping the economics of telecommunications. In this webinar on February 19th, discover how Dell and AMD products deliver elite-level performance for AI...

Telia posts flat 2025 revenue and lower profits

In Sweden, Telia said it delivered a record quarter, with service revenue growth of 4.8%, supported by consumer, TV, broadband and mobile services In sum...

Advantest rises on the AI tide

The company’s Q3 earnings show AI boom pushing up demand for semiconductor test equipment  In sum — what to know: Strong Q3 showing: Advantest posts record...

Sovereignty…hard to define, harder to pull off (Analyst Angle)

I saw this headline today: Amazon launched its “AWS European Sovereign cloud” with its first region in Brandenburg, Germany. I had to chuckle at...

Lenovo rollable PCs charting a new path for laptops (Analyst Angle)

Folding smartphones have been around for many years and are almost on the verge of becoming mainstream. But what these foldable screens mean for...

Nokia holds steady as ‘long-term’ AI infrastructure play starts to pay

Nokia saw net sales rise by three percent last quarter and two percent in the whole of last year, even as margins slipped, partly...

TPN picks Ciena to boost subsea connectivity in APAC

The deployment will support growing demand for cloud services, AI-driven workloads, and high-speed connectivity across the Indo-Pacific In sum – what to know: Pacific upgrades –...

SoftBank, Ericsson use AI to optimize massive MIMO coverage

SoftBank and Ericsson said that 5G downlink throughput improved by approximately 24% with the deployment In sum – what to know: AI optimization – The system...

Virgin Media O2 reaches over 500 UK sites with 5G SA

Virgin Media O2 launched its 5G SA network in February 2024 In sum – what to know: 5G SA rollout in Dorset – The Dorset rollout...

Amazon Leo satellites exceed brightness standards, study finds

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...

AI-native air interfaces explained

AI-native air interfaces could play a major role in 6G When people talk about AI in telecommunications, the conversation usually gravitates toward network management, whether...

AT&T beats targets, eyes 40m fiber locations, more convergence

AT&T reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year results, meeting or exceeding its 2025 guidance as it doubled down on fiber and 5G expansion with deals...

6G Foundry: Air-interface innovations for always‑on AI at scale

The 6G air interface is being purposefully designed to unlock more value from spectrum for all What you should know Giga-MIMO unlocks wideband channels in upper-midband spectrum...

Airspan, Space Compass bring 5G HAPS to maritime surveillance 

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...

Three ways digital twins can make 6G better

Experts believe that digital twins have the potential to revolutionize mobile networks, and will play a critical role in amping 6G’s performance   A digital...

BSNL mulls 4G expansion in India

BSNL already deployed 98,000 4G sites across the Asian nation In sum – what to know: 22,000 new 4G sites – The Indian government is considering...

RAN market stabilizes ahead of 6G development: Dell’Oro

Dell’Oro noted that RAN spending is expected to remain subdued until 6G-related capex gradually ramps up toward the end of the decade In sum –...

Atlantic crossings – crunch time for subsea cable in the AI era

At PTC’26 in Hawaii, a panel of hyperscale and wholesale operators comprising Google, Meta, EXA, and SCCN dissected the mounting pressures on Atlantic subsea...

Disrupting Telecom: How Zenture Is Rewriting the Enterprise Network Playbook with Robert Bye

In this episode, Robert Bye, Founder and President of Zenture Partners, unpacks why enterprise telecom remains stuck in a reactive, spreadsheet-driven world and how...

Cisco launches the Cisco 360 Partner Program

Major ecosystem overhaul replaces Gold status with new tiers and unified incentives to drive AI readiness. In sum - what we know: The new program - Cisco...

Key themes that will shape test and measurement in 2026

From historic AI spendings to ambitious 6G roadmaps, test and measurement players are setting sights on some of the biggest trends of 2026  The top...

NEC readies 5G massive MIMO radio for 2026 launch

NEC plans an initial Japan launch in early fiscal 2026, followed by international versions later in the year In sum – what to know: Throughput and...

Entel Peru increases 3.5 GHz spectrum for 5G

Entel said the added capacity will support use cases that depend on low latency and high reliability, including telemedicine, connected education, and industrial automation In...

The big dig – how edge AI inference shifts the fibre bottleneck 

As AI workloads move from centralised training to distributed inference, the industry’s infrastructure challenge is changing shape. Power and land matter, but Nvidia, SUBCO,...

RCR Wireless News launches the Defense Communications Forum

January 27, 2026 - RCR Wireless News has announced the launch of the Defense Communications Forum, a new event dedicated to addressing the evolving...