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As most states finalize their broadband expansion plans, a few are standing out for their speed, strategy, and scope In sum – what to know: States push ahead – Louisiana, …
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Wi-Fi 8 is building the wireless foundation for a hyper-connected future The wireless world is on the brink of another major leap forward. As homes, enterprises, and industrial environments grapple …
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Three sides of Industry 4.0 – industrial AI in numbers (part 3)
Industrial AI has moved from experimental pilots to boardroom strategy. The global market was worth $43.6 billion in 2024, and is growing at 23 percent per year. While most of …
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Three sides of Industry 4.0 – industrial IoT in numbers (part 2)
IoT has always been more concept than category – like a loose collection of private device networks. And it makes increasingly good sense to enterprises alongside industrial 5G networks and …
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Three sides of Industry 4.0 – industrial 5G in numbers (part 1)
Three sides of Industry 4.0 – industrial 5G in numbers (part 1) Private 5G continues to outpace the broader telecoms market, with enterprise deployments expanding and industrial use cases taking …
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Major US carriers are rethinking neutral host networks. While MOCN promises multi-operator coverage on shared spectrum like CBRS, Verizon avoids it entirely and T-Mobile has withdrawn. But what are the …
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Embedding AI in the PHY layer gives the telco ecosystem new tools for efficiency, spectrum use, and performance — and lays the groundwork for 6G’s AI-native vision 5G promised speed …
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AI at the sharp end – 10 enterprise stories
Across industries and continents, enterprise AI is no longer an abstract ambition but a physical, operational, and financial reality. From automotive plants to hospitals, banks, and burger chains, organisations are …
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‘Beacons of innovation’ — Samsung, Orange expand European vRAN, Open RAN deployments
The collaboration focuses on integrating updated processing platforms into Orange’s network infrastructure In sum – what to know: More sites – Following pilot projects that have been underway since 2023, …
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FundamentalsTest and Measurement
How fiber is becoming a critical monitoring tool
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillLight beamed through fiber can be used to test and monitor fiber networks. It is also increasingly being used as a sophisticated sensor for the world around the fiber cable. …
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Three Wi-Fi OpenRoaming case studies — seamless connectivity in action
The WBA says 81% of industry executives surveyed plan to deploy Wi-Fi OpenRoaming According to the Wireless Broadband Alliance’s (WBA) Industry Report 2025, adoption of OpenRoaming is moving from pilot …
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What’s the environmental cost of that Gemini prompt? Google ran the numbers
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillGoogle researchers looked at how much energy, water and carbon emissions that a run-of-the-mill Gemini text query generates It has become conventional wisdom that using an AI chatbot like ChatGPT …