ETSI establishes new industry specification group for 6G
ETSI noted that the initiative seeks to foster industry consensus on advanced multiple access methods aligned with 3GPP specifications
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI),...
SoftBank considers $25bn OpenAI investment
The investment would make SoftBank OpenAI's biggest financial backer
Reports began circulating this week that SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as...
Risks to telcos in 2025: Technology and strategy missteps, mismanagement and a changing world
EY's top 10 list of risks to telcos this year
What are the major risks to telcos' businesses this year? EY has a new report...
Boldyn gets $1.2bn debt capital to fund enterprise push in the US
Boldyn Networks has secured a $1.2 billion debt facility in the US to support its plans in North America to supply private networks, neutral-host...
Soracom, Sequans bundle developer kits for easier cellular IoT
KDDI-owned virtual network operator (MVNO) Soracom is supplying out-of-the-box global IoT connectivity into a pair of new developer evaluation kits from France-based IoT chipmaker...
Bookmarks: DeepSeek (of course), but Jevons’ Paradox really
Editor’s note: I’m in the habit of bookmarking on LinkedIn and X (and in actual books) things I think are insightful and interesting. What...
T-Mobile US touts 2024 successes, looks to the skies with Starlink
Starlink is supporting direct-to-device satellite connectivity for T-Mobile US
T-Mobile US reported Q4 earnings this week marked by continued momentum in wireless, and strong growth...
Kagan: Your company must balance new media and old media
Success in media relations has changed for companies, and in fact keeps changing. Do you understand the new rules and how to be successful...
Zayo pulls ahead in Crown Castle $8 million asset bid
Zayo reportedly outbid TPG for the Crown Castle assets, which would include its fiber and small cell businesses
According to reports from Reuters, fiber network owner...
AI infrastructure investment updates from Microsoft, Meta
Yesterday was a busy one with quarterly earnings calls from major AI infrastructure players Microsoft and Meta. And, as expected, the CEOs fielded questions...
Rakuten Mobile launches gen AI offering for companies
Rakuten Mobile noted its new AI tool is specifically tailored to align with Japanese business culture, regulations and industry norms
Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile announced...
MasOrange makes first VoNR call on its commercial 5G network
MasOrange said that VoNR is designed to integrate seamlessly with 5G-enabled services, such as AR, VR and IoT applications
MasOrange, Spain’s largest mobile operator as...
Spirent Communications White Paper: The Importance of Performance Testing for Residential Wi-Fi Deployment
The transformation of residential Wi-Fi from a convenient feature to an essential component of broadband connectivity underscores the critical need for comprehensive performance testing....
Vodafone makes ‘world’s first’ satellite video call using standard mobile phone
Vodafone engineer Rowan Chesmer video called the company's Chief Executive Margherita Della Valle from the remote mountains in mid-Wales
Forty years after claiming the U.K.’s...
Telco Sustainability Forum – Key Findings Report
With rising energy costs, growing consumption and the need to meet decarbonization goals on the horizon, the issue of sustainability has become critical for...
‘Record quarter’ and ‘strong growth’ – Nokia, Ericsson hail private 5G sales
Nokia and Ericsson both hailed healthy sales of private 5G networks to enterprises this week, to boost their final-quarter and full-year 2024 results. Nokia...
‘Fastest race, fastest network’ – Ericsson supplies private 5G to SailGP
Ericsson is supplying private 5G and edge routers to the international SailGP grand-prix series of high-performance F50 catamaran races around the world. Its Cradlepoint...
Mary had a little lamb… and farmed it with IoT and AI
A new government-funded scheme in the UK is seeking to apply IoT sensing and AI sense-making to lamb farming. The UK Agri-Tech Centre, an...
SoftBank, Quantinuum tackle hybrid quantum hurdles
SoftBank and Quantinuum will conduct market research and develop business models for quantum data centers
SoftBank has announced a partnership quantum computing company Quantinuum to...
Plainer than fiction – five years at the sharp-end of private 5G with LHIND
Lufthansa Industry Solutions (LHIND), a pioneer integrator in the private 5G space, has been running a test network on a Raspberry Pi in its...
Test and Measurement: Comcast touts ‘ultra-low lag connectivity’ using L4S
Comcast is rolling out low-latency DOCSIS and extolling the benefits of low-latency internet for consumers
Is the industry finally getting somewhere with marketing and monetizing...
Vodafone Spain to deploy private 5G network in a mining site
Vodafone said that the private network will securely connect mobile equipment and machinery, significantly enhancing communication and real-time data access
Vodafone Spain is set to...
NTT Data launches smart AI agent to boost gen AI adoption
NTT Data noted that the smart AI agent performs autonomous task extraction, organization and execution based on user instructions
NTT Data, a provider of digital...
Oracle bolsters enterprise platform with Starlink partnership
Oracle said its enterprise customers will be able to connect to the platform 'from almost anywhere'
Oracle will use Starlink, SpaceX’s low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation,...
Trump threatens Taiwan with semiconductor tariffs
“In the near future, we will be placing tariffs on foreign production of computer chips, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals to return production of these goods...