Qualcomm, Aramco Digital focus on edge AI for industrial IoT
The agreement between Qualcomm and Aramco Digital was formalized during the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh
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Qualcomm and...
U Mobile to sell stake in DNB to focus on its own 5G infra
U Mobile has recently selected Huawei and ZTE as its key technology partners to build a new 5G network in the country
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A win for Open RAN: Rakuten Mobile hits EBITDA milestone
Rakuten Mobile hits a milestone, posting its first-ever quarterly EBITDA profit — excluding property taxes
Despite a wider net loss year-over-year and sinking shares, a...
NTT Data goes hard on agentic AI, retrofits Industry 4.0 to 5.0
NTT Data launches a retrofit-ready agentic AI stack to bridge Industry 4.0 to 5.0, transforming legacy RPA bots into autonomous agents and delivering modular,...
Private 5G update: US policy hobbles Industry 4.0 ahead of new golden age
Short-term pullback, long-term rebound – US interest in private 5G slumps on economic and political jitters, but global momentum builds as smarter models and...
Where do we stand with the 6 GHz band? An update (Analyst Angle)
April 2025 marks the 5-year anniversary of the FCC’s release of the 6 GHz spectrum band for unlicensed use. It is already widely used...
O2 Telefónica starts expansion of 5G streetlights in Germany
O2 Telefónica said that the project will begin in the 25 largest German cities in 2025
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O2 Telefónica...
Mobile UK urges government to prioritize mobile infra
Mobile UK noted that the recent Planning and Infrastructure Bill and the Autumn Budget represented missed opportunities to directly address mobile infrastructure investment
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NTT DATA expands data center footprint with new land deals
NTT DATA noted that this growth is part of the previously announced $10 billion investment aimed at expanding the business through 2027
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Schneider drives AI at US factory edge, EU industrial core
Schneider Electric advances industrial AI with a factory-edge copilot in the US and a sustainable AI data center in Portugal, supporting regional ambitions for...
Powering the AI Revolution: Zayo’s Bold Move to Lead the Future of Fiber and...
In this episode, Andrés Irlando, President and COO of Zayo Group, unpacks the transformative impact of Zayo’s acquisition of Crown Castle’s fiber assets and...
MasOrange claims Spain’s first 5G-A network
MasOrange noted that its new 5G Advanced network is a major enhancement of the current 5G Standalone (SA) network
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Open RAN: Navigating nuances to reap the rewards (Reader Forum)
In situations with transformative potential, just before a revolutionary breakthrough takes place, the forthcoming innovation is met with some hesitancy and skepticism. Presently, Open...
A new battleground — Data center real estate (Analyst Angle)
Exponential demand on AI computing capacity has triggered a boom in the data center market: current facilities are going through expansive refactoring, but there...
Vodafone Idea begins 5G trials in Delhi
Vodafone Idea initially launched its commercial 5G services in Mumbai in March
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Vodafone Idea kicks off 5G trials...
SK Telecom experiences big surge in its AI business in Q1
SK Telecom noted that the cumulative user base of Aster, its AI-based assistant surpassed 9 million
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SK Telecom’s...
Test and Measurement: Spirent’s Q1 in-line as acquisition by Keysight is delayed
Keysight had expected to close its Spirent buy by the end of April; that has been bumped to the end of July
Spirent Communications reported...
House committee takes lower 3 GHz, 6 GHz off the auction table in reconciliation...
Reconciliation bill text takes the lower 3 GHz, 6 GHz out of contention for auction. Where does this leave CBRS?
New mark-up language dropped...
Siemens lights Industry 5.0 touchpaper with agentic AI for factories
Industrial agentic AI – Siemens has unveiled AI agents that work autonomously across design, planning, engineering, operations, and service – coordinated by a generative...
Ericsson, telcos trial 5G Radio Dot System in Taiwan
Ericsson noted that the test demonstrated that its Radio Dot System can deliver strong indoor 5G performance using the CSPs’ 3.5GHz spectrum and 4x4...
The Sunday Brief: Two Q1 earnings mysteries
Mother’s Day greetings from Missouri, Iowa, and, by the time most of you read this, Florida, home of the Conexon Ignite workshop (CellSite Solutions...
OpenAI plans global expansion of Stargate project
OpenAI said the Stargate initiative, unveiled earlier this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, has an estimated long-term cost of $500 billion
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ABI Research: AI data center demand to grow at fast pace
According to ABI Research Principal Analyst Sebastian Wilke, the U.S remains at the forefront of AI data center investments
The demand for AI-focused data centers...
Analyst Angle: Will D2D make rural cell sites an endangered species?
Multiple companies have asked me to analyze this question: will D2D replace the rural cell site? Would it make sense for an operator to shut...
Powering progress—How private mobile networks are transforming utilities
The utilities industry, charged with powering, hydrating, and heating the world, is undergoing a profound transformation. Aging infrastructure, rising resource demands, and the growing...