MPLS vs SD-WAN vs MPN vs NaaS – how MNO enterprise strategies are changing
MNOs are moving beyond traditional circuit transport to offer managed overlays and consumption-based models. As the lines blur between MPLS, SD-WAN, MPN, and NaaS,...
Nokia, SoftBank sign network modernization deal in Japan
Nokia said that the deal includes its latest AirScale portfolio, featuring Habrok Massive MIMO radios and AirScale baseband units
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Network...
Telefónica launches strategic plan to drive long-term growth
Telefónica explained that the growth plan focuses on technological modernization, operational simplification, and AI-driven innovation
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Accelerate growth – Telefónica’s Transform...
The platformization imperative: Redefining telcos to compete in the cloud + AI era (Reader...
Networks are the platform and the next strategic leap for telcos
In our first piece, we drew parallels between Microsoft’s transformation from a perpetual software...
From Hype to Human: Hanwha’s Edge with Bryant Tam
In this episode, Bryant Tam, Vice President of Hanwha Data Centers, shares his journey from building substations at Southern California Edison to developing next-generation...
How telecommunications operators can thrive in the software-centric era (Reader Forum)
What lessons can be learned from Microsoft’s cloud transformation?
Editor's note: This is the first part of a three-part series co-authored by Jim Brisimitzis and...
Telefonica completes sell of its business in Ecuador
For Telefonica, the transaction is aligned with its ongoing strategy to streamline its portfolio and reduce exposure in Latin America
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6G capex ramp to begin around 2030: Dell’Oro
Dell’Oro estimates 6G-related RAN capex will represent 55–60% of total RAN investments between 2029 and 2034
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6G capex – Dell’Oro...
Quality RF, quality AI – iBwave’s quiet mission to prep private 5G for the...
As enterprises rush to deploy AI across their factories and logistics sites, the less glamorous work of radio design has never mattered more. US...
Fiber and 5G lead OECD digital transformation
Korea, Iceland, Spain, Finland, and Lithuania lead the OECD with more than 80% of fixed broadband delivered via fiber
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Fiber...
SK Telecom accelerates expansion of its AIDC initiative
Under this new strategy, SK Telecom will expand its Ulsan AI data center to a 1 GW-scale capacity
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Ulsan AIDC...
Orange seeks full control of MasOrange
Once completed, the transaction will make Orange the sole owner of Spanish telco MasOrange
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Full control – The €4.25 billion...
Private 5G and industrial AI at the enterprise edge – the John Deere view
AI is reshaping industrial operations – from real-time quality control to predictive maintenance and digital copilots on the factory floor. As these AI workloads...
Part I: Why AI strategy is now an industrial race (Analyst Angle)
The next decade’s defining competition isn’t about who builds the best AI, but who learns fastest
The defining economic competition of the next decade is...
SK Telecom ends Q2 with 17.3 million 5G subscribers
SK Telecom recorded a net loss of KRW167 billion in Q3, compared with a profit of KRW280 billion a year earlier
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OneLayer explains £28m global plan to secure private 5G in Industry 4.0
Security startup OneLayer has $28 million of new funding, and a big plan to expand further into Europe and Latin America as industrial enterprises...
Market Pulse Report: Non-Terrestrial Networks Market Insights: Global Overview
As 5G matures and the path to 6G takes shape, non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) are becoming essential to extending connectivity, enhancing resilience, and enabling global...
MatSing bringing hardware innovation to macro 5G networks
From events to venues and now macro networks, MatSing lens antennas lower TCO without compromising performance
Privately-owned MatSing, founded in 2006, set out to reinvent...
ATIS releases new guide to advance SSI in telecom
Beyond security, ATIS notes that SSI could create new strategic opportunities for telecom operators to deliver digital identity services to customers and partners
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India adds 6,400 new 5G sites in September
India had a total of 504,588 5G base stations as of the end of September
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Deployment pace accelerates – India...
Telecom GPU-as-a-Service: Beyond the hype (Analyst Angle)
Telcos are betting billions on AI, but their true advantages lie in sovereignty and specialized infrastructure, not in a direct fight with hyperscalers
Telecom operators...
Zayo, Nokia to modernize IP network infrastructure
The first phase of Zayo's deployment is underway in New York and New Jersey, with plans to extend the upgraded infrastructure to additional markets
In...
Verizon acquires Starry Internet amid leadership transition (Analyst Angle)
For Verizon, Starry represents a strategic solution to challenges related to how 5G-based FWA impacts cell performance
Verizon has had an eventful week with...
ZTE reports revenue of $14.5 billion in Jan-Sep
ZTE said that revenue from computing-related businesses in the period grew by 180% year-on-year, accounting for 25% of total revenue
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Editorial Report: Private 5G and generative AI in Industry 4.0
There is a sense, increasingly, that all Industry 4.0 roads lead to here; that all the new remote-worker and production-line applications that private 5G...