The Sunday Brief: Post-earnings telecom landscape (you want some Netflix with that?)
Greetings from Iowa and Missouri. Pictured is our neighbor’s elaborate balloon arc for their daughter’s graduation bash (it’s even more impressive than the photo)....
Telefónica Tech signs with Microsoft to expand enterprise cybersecurity porftolio
Telefónica Tech has announced a global deal with Microsoft to offer an expanded roster of cybersecurity services to enterprise customers. The deal includes artificial...
Test and Measurement: Northeastern’s OTIC up and running
Northeastern University's Open6G OTIC, which is among a cohort of Open Testing and Integration Centers (OTICs) certified by O-RAN Alliance last year, announced this...
EchoStar gets DoD contract to provide 5G smart devices, services
EchoStar said that the estimated value of the program with all yearly options is up to $2.7 billion over 10 years
EchoStar announced it has...
How to secure private 5G networks
Nokia noted that private 5G is well equipped with comprehensive in-built security features mandated by 3GPP
The deployment of the edge on-premise is essential to...
BSNL launches indigenous 4G site in Kolkata: Report
BSNL has been conducting trials in Punjab to test the capability of the Indian-developed 4G technology
Indian state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has...
Where AI makes a difference for the telecoms industry (Reader Forum)
Generative AI (GenAI) is a breathtaking technology feat that could substantially impact society and the economy. The business adoption rate will determine the extent...
Verizon bets on C-Band to handle the Preakness surge
Last year's race saw 53.3 million connections in a 12-hour period, according to Verizon Associate Director of Network Operation
Verizon is coming down the back...
Kagan: Ready or not wireless has begun it’s 5G, AI, FWA evolution
Wireless executives need to prepare for the next growth wave
Over the past fifty-years, wireless has been a leading growth industry. That being said, at...
Virgin Media O2 signs UK public sector deal for discounted digital-change tech
UK operator Virgin Media O2 Business has signed a deal with the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), the UK government’s procurement and trading fund, to...
Qualcomm Webinar: Open, virtualized and AI-driven networks – a silicon vendor’s perspective
Commercial momentum for Open and Virtualized RAN is on the rise, demonstrating ecosystem readiness to move Open vRAN forward with deployments at scale. In...
Zain invests $427mn to expand 5G, digital services in Saudi Arabia
Zain said it will expand its current 5G network coverage to 122 cities across the country
Saudi telco Zain KSA announced plans to invest a...
Qualcomm and Aramco target digital transformation in Saudi Arabia
Qualcomm noted that the deal aims to boost advanced technologies for industrial use cases in the country
Qualcomm Technologies and Saudi energy firm Aramco signed...
NTT Docomo to launch new subsidiary to target global expansion
NTT Docomo said it will launch the new subsidiary in July this year
Japanese telco NTT Docomo announced plans to create a new subsidiary, dubbed...
Honda and IBM collaborate on software-defined vehicle R&D
Honda and IBM will research specialized semiconductor technology and open software solutions to address software-defined vehicle challenges
Honda Motor Co. and IBM are collaborating on...
Wi-Fi and 5G private networks both belong in the networking ecosystem (Reader Forum)
With the arrival of every new generation of networking technology, the comparison of mobile- and Ethernet-based solutions has traditionally been debated including now, prompted...
AT&T strikes commercial D2C agreement with AST SpaceMobile
The new agreement for a commercial direct-to-cellular service is the latest step in the two companies' relationship
AT&T has officially inked an agreement with satellite...
Smart ports in Europe – five key private 4G/5G deployments
Smart ports are just about the easiest place to put a private 5G network right now – at this point in the development of...
A shifting ecosystem takes stock of the state of the infrastructure market
ATLANTA, GA—The changes across the telecom infrastructure market are well beyond that of "just" a jump from one G to the next—although some of...
Editorial Report: Securing the edge – where 5G meets the enterprise
With the rapid evolution of wireless communication technologies, 5G has emerged as a transformative force, particularly in enterprise settings where private networks at the...
Swedish mining firm Boliden joins NorthStar 5G program
Boliden said it has been working to digitize and automate its mining operations in order to increase productivity and safety
Boliden, a Swedish multinational metals,...
Spain clears Vodafone acquisition by Zegona
The acquisition of Vodafone Spain is valued at EUR5 billion
The Spanish government has approved the acquisition of 100% of the Vodafone Spain Group by...
Virgin Media O2 expands collaboration with Netcracker
Virgin Media O2 will be able to leverage a unified 360-degree customer view across all channels
Netcracker Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, said...
Netmore takes LoRaWAN to APAC; targets operator, tower-co, enterprise deals
Sweden-based LoRaWAN network operator Netmore Group, with infrastructure operations across Europe, and also in the US, has said it is ready to build IoT...
Why AI will be the new normal for 5G, 6G RAN (Reader Forum)
Mobile connectivity pervades every aspect of today’s society. Changing lifestyles, remote work, smart automation and the proliferation of cloud-native applications are all driving fundamental...