With UEQM, stronger streams can use higher-order modulation, while weaker streams can fall back to more robust modulation Unequal modulation (UEQM) in Wi-Fi 8 refers to the ability to assign …
Defense Communications Market Pulse Report
Defense communications has entered a new phase of urgency. Networks are no longer just the pipes that move information across the battlespace; they are becoming the sensing, compute, coordination and decision infrastructure that modern missions depend on. At the same …
Editorial Report: Scaling AIOPs from insight to action
As operators accelerate their transformation from connectivity providers to digital service platforms, AIOps has emerged as a critical lever for turning data-driven insight into operational impact. Moving beyond dashboards and analytics toward automated decisioning and closed-loop action is now central …
Test, measurement and service assurance in the AI era
As AI steadily gains ground across industries, test, measurement, and service assurance are under pressure to evolve. Vendors are now facing mounting complexities that traditional test and measurement methods were never designed to handle. Read RCR’s latest report to explore the impacts …
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The operator is testing a hybrid-powered base station in Japan that offers a look at how operators can check carbon footprint without sacrificing service continuity Hybrid-powered base station: SoftBank is …
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The JV project, known as the Intra-Asia Marine Cable (I-AM Cable), will link Japan, Malaysia, and Singapore; it is between NTT Data, Sumitomo and JA Mitsui Leasing In sum – …
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The trial builds on a 2024 milestone, when Samsung completed an end-to-end vRAN call in a lab environment using Intel’s Xeon 6 system-on-chip In sum – what to know: Closer …
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Amid heightened network expectations, communications providers are faced with increasingly complex environments In today’s hyperconnected world, disruptions or disconnections of any form are more than an inconvenience. They have evolved …
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Amphenol has completed its $10.5 billion cash acquisition of CommScope’s CCS business, leaving CommScope with Ruckus and ANS, rebranded together as Vistance Networks. ANS has been rebranded individually as Aurora …
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CES 2026: Keysight, Samsung demonstrate NR-NTN link in n252 band as direct-to-cell connectivity takes shape
by Sulagna Sahaby Sulagna SahaThe demonstration verifies vendor interoperability, while publicly validating the n252 S-band in a non-terrestrial network system In sum — what to know: The demo: Keysight, Samsung achieved a live NR-NTN …
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Could AI make networks that immediately fix disruptions real? Self-healing networks are exactly what they sound like — networks that can track real-time changes that disrupt service, and re-route traffic …
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The approval will let SpaceX deploy a batch of 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites, bringing direct-to-cell (DTC) connectivity outside the U.S. and supplemental coverage inside In sum — what to know: …
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Kyivstar’s 5G initiative is designed to assess 5G performance in real urban conditions In sum – what to know: 5G amid conflict – Kyivstar is advancing 5G pilots despite ongoing …
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Telefónica has been gradually exiting most international markets since 2019, focusing instead on its core operations in Brazil, Germany, Spain and the UK In sum – what to know: Chile …
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EchoStar’s $40bn spectrum sell-off to AT&T and SpaceX ends its own ambitions to be a fourth mobile operator in the U.S., and boosts capacity for other terrestrial and satellite providers. …
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CES 2026: LitePoint clears testing milestone with Qualcomm’s upcoming Wi-Fi 8 platform
by Sulagna Sahaby Sulagna SahaEven as the world is still settling into Wi-Fi 7, hardware for the next generation is already moving from concept to test bench In sum— what to know: LitePoint validates …
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Why not take the same strands of light that already power the world’s fiber-optic cables and let them travel freely through the air? When Telstar 1, the first ever communications …
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The 6 GHz spectrum sharing proposal outlines a Wi-Fi-first, mobile-later approach In sum – what to know: Wi-Fi first, mobile later – The split-priority approach gives Wi-Fi early and broader …
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The new Tokyo trial reduced wireless link latency by around 90% compared with scenarios that did not use 5G and 5G Advanced technologies such as L4S In sum – what …
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Roughly 80% of operators already use AI for analytics; however, these deployments are largely limited to decision-support use cases In partnership with Radcom, GSMA Intelligence has launched a new report, …
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CES 2026: A look at Keysight’s new AI integrity builder, and how it makes AI better
by Sulagna Sahaby Sulagna SahaAI’s performance is often dubious, and to use it for safety-critical applications without continuous monitoring or iterative adaptation is perhaps the worst possible way Machines don’t have morality. They can’t …
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The FCC will vote to create a new category of ‘geofenced variable power’ (GVP) devices that can use the 6 GHz band under specific rules; the idea is to enable outdoor …
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BT has sold BT Federal, its US government contracting operation, to system integrator 22nd Century Technologies, marking another step to gut its international infrastructure portfolio as BT International pivots to …