Consolidated Communications sells wireless partnership stakes to Verizon for $490m
Broadband provider Consolidated Communications has worked out a deal with Verizon to buy Consolidated's share of five wireless limited partnerships, for an aggregate sum...
Five thousand private 5G networks in China? BS! Talking definitions, storms in teacups
Someone somewhere said something about 5,000 ‘private networks’ in China. (Forgive me for not having the reference to hand; I am trying to write...
The keys to electromagnetic testing for product development, compatibility, and safety
You can’t feel, see, hear, touch, taste, or smell it, but the air around you is full of electromagnetic activity. These bursts of oscillating...
In telecom cyber security, wicked problems require wicked solutions (Reader Forum)
A new report by Darkhorse Global, a geo-economic and national security consultancy, makes some good points about the convergence of national security and industrial policy frameworks...
Semtech/Sierra, Telit/Thales set ground for new east-west IoT clash (Analyst Angle)
There were two high profile pieces of M&A news in the IoT hardware space in the last week. First up, on Friday 29th July,...
Hybrid IoT gets real, as Semtech confirms Sierra buy to unite LoRa and cellular...
Well, it didn’t take long; “advanced talks” between Semtech and Sierra Wireless, as reported yesterday, have quickly concluded, with US firm Semtech confirming a...
Top 5 metaverse ‘metaplaces’: Ericsson sees consumer and enterprise applications
Telecom companies have a major role to play in delivering impactful metaverse experiences
The metaverse is kind of a funny thing. It’s not really real...
Mobile is ‘critical’, but security breaches are on the rise: Verizon report
Remote work/remote access means a larger attack surface -- and the inability to "disconnect" from work may be a factor
With the rise of remote...
Semtech in ‘advanced’ talks to buys Sierra Wireless, parties confirm
Note, this article has been superseded (see report here), following conclusion of the agreement between Semtech and Sierra Wireless.
US and Canadian firms Semtech and...
Ericsson, Vodafone offer service continuity for private networks
The “preemptive support service” leans on AI and ML to improve efficiency at a Foxconn factory in Hungary
Ericsson and Vodafone on Tuesday announced a service...
Vodafone trials use of street furniture for 5G in Bhopal Smart City
TRAI has selected Vodafone Idea to conduct trials at Bhopal Smart City as the main smart city location in India
Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea...
Germany, France and Italy want to charge Big Tech for broadband
The three governments want content providers to subsidize EU 5G and broadband buildouts.
The European Commission is under increasing pressure to make tech giants pay...
Airtel preps for 5G launch in key cities across India
Airtel recently secured 19,800 MHz of spectrum in the latest spectrum auction conducted by the Department of Telecom
India’s largest telecom operator, Bharti Airtel, aims...
What is 5G RedCap, and will it save cellular IoT? The skinny on the...
The latest release of the 5G New Radio (NR) standard has, at last, fixed a problem for cellular-based sensor comms with the emergence of...
Apple mixed reality headset will boost market, says GlobalData
The analyst firm further predicts that consumer mixed reality headsets will generate global revenues of $50 billion by 2030
Rumors about a high-end virtual reality...
How is in-building cellular being deployed?
Nextivity demystifies in-building cellular networks and explains how Cel-Fi solutions shorten time-to-value from months to weeks
Having ubiquitous, reliable, and performant in-building cellular service isn’t...
Who is buying Open RAN? Market sizing, outlook
Open RAN investment grows from less than 1 percent of total RAN spend in 2019 to 3-5 percent in 2022
While there are distinctions between...
Well, technically… carriers need to plan, plan again and then plan some more: Clearfield’s...
Clearfield's CEO Cheri Beranek discusses how ongoing supply-chain constraints are impacting the fiber industry and explores to what extent federal funding will help address this and other challenges related to building out fiber assets and closing the digital divide.
Singtel VC arm Innov8 stumps-up $100m of new funds for 5G, AI, and IoT...
Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) has said it will invest a further $100 million in 5G, AI, and IoT startups via its Singtel Innov8 corporate venture...
Revenue boost for automotive industry from cellular connectivity outweighs SEP licensing costs (Analyst Angle)
The automotive industry is being revolutionized by continuous cloud connectivity, autonomous driving technologies, drive train electrification and shared mobility. These transformations are being facilitated...
India concludes $19 billion 5G auction
The rollout of 5G is expected to begin in India in October 2022
The 5G spectrum auction in India, approved earlier this year, has concluded...
Comcast, Charter continue rapid mobile growth
Cable MSOs Charter Communications and Comcast both saw strong growth in their mobile businesses during the second quarter, with each cable company reporting net...
U Mobile modernizes BSS with Whale Cloud
Switching to cloud-based BSS took two and a half years, but was seamless – U Mobile CIO
Whale Cloud has announced the completion of its migration...
‘Ubiquitous and sophisticated digitalization’: vivo on a framework, technologies for 6G
The 6G white paper was elaborated by vivo Communications Research Institute
Chinese tech company vivo has released a white paper in which the firm explores...
American Tower ends Q2 with 30,000 telecom sites in Europe: CEO
In June last year, American Tower had closed the first tranche of the acquisition of Telxius Towers, comprised of nearly 20,000 communications sites in...