NTIA has approved all BEAD state plans
With all BEAD state plans approved, vendor selection is starting
As of this week, all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the five U.S....
Qualcomm Webinar: 6G Spectrum – Vision, global perspectives and innovations to power the next...
As we advance toward 2030, the insatiable demand for wireless data continues to surge, underscoring the urgent need for a comprehensive strategy to secure...
Rural CBRS sites have more than doubled since 2021, NTIA report says
Nearly 70% of the more than 400,000 CBRS sites are in rural areas, according to a new NTIA report on CBRS usage
Use of...
Simplicity, efficiency, safety – three (more?) enterprise drivers for private 5G
There was some good chat about the drivers behind the surging interest from enterprises in private 5G at Industrial 5G Forum earlier this month....
Qualcomm targets $22 billion in automotive, IoT revenue by 2029
Qualcomm wants to diversify its offerings and reduce its dependency on the mobile handset market
At its 2024 Investor Day, Qualcomm outlined ambitious financial targets...
Test and Measurement: Keysight beats guidance but sees lower revenues
Keysight reported a net loss for the quarter due to a $315 million tax-related expense in Singapore
Keysight Technologies beat the high end of its...
Editorial Webinar: What’s up with 5G-Advanced?
5G-Advanced (5G-A) is expected to launch commercially around 2026 and is often described as a “stepping stone” to 6G. If that's the case, what...
Editorial Report: Tying telco AI investments to opex reduction and network monetization
As AI use cases crystallize and general technology is adapted for domain specificity, in this case, telecoms, the song remains the same—aligning investment with...
AT&T quits NB-IoT – sales stopped ahead of Q1 network shut-down
AT&T has stopped selling NB-IoT data plans and certifying NB-IoT devices, as it starts the process to decommission its NB-IoT network in the US...
MTN, Huawei claim first 5G-Advanced trial in Africa
MTN said that the 5.5G trial took place at its headquarters in Johannesburg
South African telco MTN, in collaboration with Chinese vendor Huawei, said it...
Turkcell is actively investing in AI: CEO
Turkcell has identified AI as one of its four strategic focus areas
Turkish operator Turkcell is actively investing in the artificial intelligence (AI) field in...
What’s next for 5G? 3GPP Release 18, 19 and beyond
To understand the commercial reality of cellular connectivity, in this case 5G, it’s important to understand the standardization work that set the stage for...
The key to private 5G?—‘Survival of the ecosystem’
Appledore Research sees private 5G pulling $232 billion in annual enterprise spend by 2027
There was maybe always a disconnect between what the telecoms set...
Ericsson, FPT ink 5G collaboration deal in Vietman
Ericsson and FPT intend to harness the capabilities of 5G in connectivity and data management to enable the creation of advanced AI-driven solutions
Swedish vendor...
SK Telecom to introduce AI-powered customer service
SK Telecom collaborated with leading global LLM companies to develop a sophisticated AI system specifically tailored for telecommunications applications
Korean telco SK Telecom announced the...
iPhone 16 is the fastest 5G iPhone yet and makes ‘a strong case for...
The iPhone 16 is fastest 5G iPhone yet in five out of 11 countries, Ookla says
Ookla wasted no time in diving into data around...
Did (or will) Open RAN deliver on its original promises?
Did Open RAN deliver on the technological and market-based promises it was meant to bring to? Tough question. And what were those initial promises...
Gen AI in action – what business leaders need to know (Reader Forum)
The level of attention on generative AI (gen AI) in business is no longer a surprise. It promises game-changing disruption – faster and more...
Siemens wins major IoT sustainability deal with UAE government
Siemens has won a major deal to retrofit 60 government buildings in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with IoT sensors and software. The UAE...
Open RAN fronthaul testing considerations—automation is key
End-to-end fronthaul testing, as well as isolation testing, provide the big picture and granular data needed to drive Open RAN adoption
Given one of the...
RIC reality check—what’s working, what needs more work?
The RIC can support quick wins but further standardization, and a more coherent approach to AI/ML integration, is needed to foster trust
Back to this...
Carr tapped as Trump’s choice to lead FCC
Carr wrote a chapter in Project 2025 that outlined priorities for the FCC
Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, is the...
The Sunday Brief: Who’s got momentum? (Part 2)
November greetings from Cedar Rapids and Kansas City. The picture will be a familiar sight for those in the fiber industry. Yes, we are...
SECO teams up with Raspberry Pi on IoT and HMI solutions, software integration
Italian embedded IoT solution developer SECO has a deal with UK-based Raspberry Pi to work together to develop customised hardware and software solutions for...
e& UAE, Ericsson expand 5G network with dual-band radios
Ericsson noted that its AIR 3229 dual-band radio enables e& UAE to deliver 5G services simultaneously on both the 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz...