Airspan buys Jabil’s open RAN assets – to target mobile operators
ICYMI (because we did): Last week, Airspan Networks announced a deal to acquire Jabil’s open RAN portfolio and associated intellectual property rights for an...
Qualcomm to buy AI/IoT specialist Edge Impulse to drive Dragonwing offer
Qualcomm Technologies has signed a deal to acquire US-based Edge Impulse, which makes miniaturised machine learning (ML) tools for microcontrollers (MCUs) in resource-constrained IoT...
Semtech boosts 5G family with Release 18 units, Japan meter pass, Skylo IoT samples
MWC 2025, Barcelona | Semtech Corporation has launched two new Qualcomm-based higher-end 5G broadband modules, gained certification in Japan for its low-power smart meter...
The AA puts Ericsson 4G/5G routers on 2,700 UK breakdown vans
Vehicle breakdown service The AA has a 4G/5G router from network equipment vendor Ericsson onto its entire fleet of vans in the UK. It...
Airtel pushes for telco consolidation, rural expansion
Sunil Mittal, chairman of Indian telco Bharti Airtel, said during MWC 2025 that consolidation in the telecom sector is essential to enable operators to...
ZTE, China Mobile introduce AI-driven 5G-A solutions
During MWC 2025, ZTE and China Mobilethe unveiled ‘Communication-Sensing-Computing-Intelligence' and ‘Ambient IoT’
ZTE Corporation has partnered with China Mobile to present the latest innovations in...
O2 Telefónica Germany selects AWS to expand 5G Core
O2 Telefónica will also use a unified set of AWS services, including Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus and Amazon Managed Grafana, to...
Editorial Webinar: Supporting AI, Using AI—Getting to pervasive intelligence in telecom networks
AI is helping CSPs optimize networks, predict maintenance needs, and automate operations to reduce costs and enhance service reliability. With AI-driven customer experience management,...
Commerce to review BEAD, signals shift toward ‘lowest cost’, ‘tech-neutral’
Commerce Secretary says the program "is in dire need of a readjustment" and emphasized "lowest cost" deployments
The U.S. Department of Commerce is going to...
Jio Platforms and partners to develop Open Telecom AI Platform
Jio said the new platform will incorporate open APIs and will utilize agentic AI, LLMs, domain-specific SLMs and non-gen AI machine learning techniques
Indian...
Huawei launches AI-centric 5.5G solutions
Huawei has developed intent-driven AI-centric 5.5G solutions, which include GigaGear, GreenPulse and GainLeap
BARCELONA—Chinese vendor Huawei announced the introduction of AI-centric 5.5G, or 5G-Advanced solutions...
Pure Storage joins AI-RAN Alliance
Pure Storage said it will leverage its modern storage expertise to enhance the Alliance’s ability to manage data storage needs
Data storage solutions provider Pure...
Nokia proof points about private 5G – devices, apps, traffic all rising fast
MWC 2025, Barcelona | In the press room, late on the final day, trying to digest a bunch of briefings. Further coverage will follow,...
STMicroelectronics intros two new MCU series for ultra low-power IoT
MWC 2025, Barcelona | STMicroelectronics (ST) has announced two new generations of microcontrollers (MCU) in its STM32 line for use in IoT devices: a...
Electric vehicles drive innovation in network drive testing (Reader Forum)
As environmental regulations tighten and sustainability goals move to the forefront of corporate agendas, the telecommunications industry finds itself at a crossroads. Like many...
MWC 2025: Five questions for T-Mobile US’ Karri Kuoppamaki
BARCELONA—Amid the flurry of sessions and briefings this week at Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, RCR Wireless News snagged a few minutes Karri...
Verizon adds Singtel, Skylo for global IoT; teams with Accenture on security
MWC 2025, Barcelona: Verizon Business has signed Bell Canada, Singtel, and Telenor IoT, as well as US satellite IoT operator Skylo, to provide IoT...
Deutsche Telekom showcases AI innovations at MWC 2025
Deutsche Telekom highlighted that its new AI Phone is chiefly designed to simplify everyday activities, with users having access to a virtual assistant that...
G+D adds Skylo to satellite IoT portfolio
MWC 2025, Barcelona: Germany-based security tech group Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has announced a satellite IoT deal with US satellite connectivity startup Skylo, offering Release-17 level...
o2 Telefónica deploys first Ericsson Cloud RAN in a 5G SA network
o2 Telefónica has implemented Ericsson Cloud RAN at the first of a what will eventually be eight mobile phone masts in the Offenbach area...
ZTE unveils AI-driven end-to-end network solution at MWC 2025
ZTE Corporation hosted the AIR DNA Future Network Launch Event at MWC Barcelona 2025, in which the company unveiled its new AI-driven end-to-end network...
Telkomsel, ZTE expand AI-powered network collaboration
Telkomsel and ZTE will work on AI-powered network management tools, including the introduction of what it claims to be the industry’s first AI-native baseband
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Telefónica urges Europe to allow telecom consolidation
The CEO of Telefónica said it is time to allow major European telecom companies to consolidate and grow to build technological capacity
BARCELONA—Spanish telco Telefónica...
The future of telecom Part 3: Navigating the evolving regulatory landscape and the push...
The telecom industry is on the precipice of enormous upheaval thanks to disruptive technologies, shifting consumer behavior, and other industry-wide changes, opening the doors...
Anritsu White Paper: Evolving Hyperscaler/Cloud-based Telecom Networks – Design and Testing Challenges
The evolution of wireless technology to 5G and beyond with synergistic expansion of use cases into new verticals, such as autonomous vehicles, telemedicine, smart...