Ericsson launches Canada-designed 5G system
Ericsson said that Bell will be the first telecom provider globally to adopt the new 5G system
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Canada-built...
JTower claims Japan’s first O-RAN-based shared 5G radio
JTower said it will begin interoperability testing with Japan’s four mobile carriers in fiscal year 2025
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Japan’s first Open RAN...
5G coverage reaches 96% of Spanish population in 2024
Over the past three years, 5G coverage has expanded by 37 percentage points nationwide, according to a government report
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Starlink secures license to launch satellite services in India
Starlink now joins Airtel-backed Eutelsat OneWeb and Reliance Jio Satellite Communications as the third company to be granted a GMPCS license in India
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OpenAI eyes India for AI infrastructure partnership
OpenAI executives and top Indian officials are currently in talks to build AI infra in India
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AI infra ambitions –...
The Sunday Brief: Another disappointing BEAD delay
Greetings from Nashville, Cedar Rapids, and Kansas City. It has been a whirlwind of activity since Memorial Day, and the summer promises to be...
Analyst Angle: AI-for-RAN will be a CFO favorite
How will mobile operators use AI/ML to boost capacity and energy efficiency in the radio network? The PR wars have started, and people will...
Work-shy AI collapses under questioning – Apple debunks AGI myth
New research from Apple casts serious doubts about excitable claims about sentient machines. Results suggest large reasoning models collapse under pressure – challenging the...
Bookmarks: From infrastructure to products — the new AI battleground
Editor’s note: I’m in the habit of bookmarking on LinkedIn and X (and in actual books, magazines, movies, newspapers, and records) things I think...
AWS unveils fully sovereign cloud for Europe
The AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be fully physically and logically separate from other AWS global regions
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Sovereign AWS...
Ambient IoT smart labels – another hopeful step (Linxens and Dracula team up)
Ambient IoT leaders Linxens and Dracula are to create battery-free smart labels to tackle the sector's grim sustainable IoT record and failed massive IoT...
AI in telecom – from quiet power to front-line force
Telecom operators aren’t new to AI – they’ve quietly optimized networks for years. But with the surge in generative AI, the sector is poised...
Five trends set to redefine global telecoms (Reader Forum)
From cloud migration to AI integration, five forces are reshaping global enterprise telecom strategies
It’s nothing new that with strong communications comes business success. However,...
Orange signs with Eutelsat to offer LEO satellite support to global enterprises
Orange has expanded its global enterprise offer with satellite LEO connectivity for remote services and mobile backhaul via a deal with France-based Eutelsat Group.
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Wi-Fi 7 gains ground as enterprise WLAN market grows 11%
Dell’Oro finds Wi-Fi 7 gaining traction as enterprise WLAN revenue rises and AI reshapes vendor strategies
The enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) market is off to...
Rakuten Symphony, MobiFone to trial O-RAN in Vietnam
Rakuten Symphony will provide O-RAN equipment and collaborate with ecosystem partners for deployment and technical support
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Vietnam joins...
Editorial Report: The AI power play
AI is transforming digital infrastructure, but the race to scale faces a critical constraint: power.
As trillions of dollars flow into new data center capacity...
Inside Telefónica Germany’s cloud-first strategy — from IT to core
Telefónica Germany reveals how a public cloud overhaul of IT and telecom is redefining its network — and its culture
Telefónica Germany has taken a...
Canadian investment firm Brookfield pumps $10 billion into AI infra in Sweden
New investment will be focused on a new large AI facility in Strängnäs, Sweden – says Brookfield
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Swedish...
Arcep launches consultations for French 3.8-4.2 GHz band
The 3.8-4.2 GHz band is central to the European vision to harmonize industrial 5G use cases, acknowledges French regulator.
5G spectrum talks — Arcep has...
Ericsson sells stake in Vodafone Idea for nearly $50 million
Ericsson had originally acquired a 0.9% stake in Vodafone Idea in June 2024
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Ericsson quits Vodafone Idea –...
Amazon to invest $10 billion to boost AI in North Carolina
Amazon said that the investment is expected to create at least 500 new high-skilled jobs while supporting thousands of other jobs in the AWS...
Mid-sized smart-city push gets private 5G footing in France – c/o Ericsson
Ericsson’s new private 5G network in Istres, France, slashes surveillance costs, boosts city resilience, and sets a model for mid-sized smart-city deployments – delivering...
Reaching the real potential of 5G with mmWave
It has been seven years since the first 5G millimeter-wave customer premise equipment (CPE) emerged, to support home broadband service to residential customers. So...
FCC, down three: Simington to leave FCC this week
Republican FCC Commissioner's exit leaves the FCC at a 1-1 stalemate
The Federal Communications Commission will unexpectedly lose two members this week instead of one:...