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  • Report: Building AI-Era Network Fabrics

    by RCR Wireless News August 20, 2026
    by RCR Wireless News August 20, 2026

    AI workloads are reshaping data centers and cloud networks, driving unprecedented demands on scale, performance, and resiliency. Scale-up, scale-out, and scale-across connectivity models are redefining how GPUs, racks, and data …

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  • Quantum Safe Networks Market Pulse Report

    by RCR Wireless News August 20, 2026
    by RCR Wireless News August 20, 2026

    In 2026, the quantum risk horizon moved — not because of a scientific breakthrough, but because of vendor behavior. Google pulled its post-quantum cryptography migration forward from the early 2030s …

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  • Telecom AI ambition far outpaces execution, HCLTech pulse survey finds

    by Christian de Looper August 19, 2026
    by Christian de Looper August 19, 2026

    Only a quarter of operators are ready to scale telecom AI In sum – what we know: HCLTech and Mobile World Live have released their “Telecom Pulse Survey Report” for 2026, …

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  • Industry perspective: From automation to autonomy

    by RCR Wireless News August 19, 2026
    by RCR Wireless News August 19, 2026

    Intent and knowledge as the foundation for decision-safe network operations This paper aims to advance industry discourse on Level-4+ autonomous networks by challenging a persistent assumption: that autonomy can be …

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  • Omdia sees RAN growth outside China despite weak global market

    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 19, 2026
    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 19, 2026

    Speaking to RCR Wireless News, Rémy Pascal, practice leader, mobile infrastructure and RAN lead analyst at Omdia, said the main regional contributors to growth in the first half of the …

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  • Unlock greater intelligence and innovation in OSS/BSS with a unified cloud, data and AI platform

    by RCR Wireless News August 19, 2026
    by RCR Wireless News August 19, 2026

    Discover how a unified cloud, data, and AI platform can unlock greater intelligence, operational agility, and innovative 5G services for your business. Accelerate your OSS/BSS transformation today. Download the report …

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  • Omdia: Mission critical networks demand more: Rethink your OSS and BSS

    by RCR Wireless News August 18, 2026
    by RCR Wireless News August 18, 2026

    “The next billion dollar growth engine for Communications Service Providers (CSPs) is the digitalization of mission critical verticals, and a modern OSS and BSS solution is the key to unlock …

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  • TM Forum report – IT with intent: the interconnected future of telco operations

    by RCR Wireless News August 18, 2026
    by RCR Wireless News August 18, 2026

    Discover how the telecom industry is undergoing a dual paradigm shift from traditional IT operating models to intent-based autonomous operations, all powered by 5G programmability and AI-driven networks, and the …

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  • Business Value Pathways

    by RCR Wireless News August 18, 2026
    by RCR Wireless News August 18, 2026

    Outcomes are what matter, everything else is how you get there. In a noisy market, CSPs still struggle to turn domain-level automation and growing data into end-to-end, closed-loop impact. Business …

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  • Preparing base station antenna sites for the 5G-Advanced and AI era (Analyst Angle) 

    by Jake Saunders, Vice President, ABI Research August 18, 2026
    by Jake Saunders, Vice President, ABI Research August 18, 2026

    Passive antennas are becoming strategic infrastructure for 5G-Advanced, as operators tackle capacity, uplink demand, energy costs, and site constraints while preparing physical networks for AI-assisted RAN operations. ABI Research has …

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  • The bulk-managed Wi-Fi threat didn’t die – it fragmented (Analyst Angle)

    by Adlane Fellah August 17, 2026
    by Adlane Fellah August 17, 2026

    The FCC’s retreat on bulk billing did not end the fight; it fragmented it. States and cities are now squeezing bulk Wi-Fi economics through opt-outs, access mandates, markup caps and …

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  • Indosat, Nvidia launch AI center as telco expands AI infra

    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 17, 2026
    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 17, 2026

    The UGM Indosat Nvidia AI Technology Center (NVAITC), launched in Yogyakarta, is part of the Indonesia AI Center of Excellence (AI CoE) initiative In sum – what to know: AI …

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  • Lockheed’s NetSense turns Verizon’s 5G network into a drone-tracking system

    by Christian de Looper August 14, 2026
    by Christian de Looper August 14, 2026

    NetSense demo in Miami tracked drones with unmodified 5G radios In sum – what we know: Lockheed Martin, Verizon, and Nvidia — along with Keysight Technologies, ODC, and Astris AI …

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  • Criss-cross comms – Lumen bets on east-west AI, while the edge keeps north-south in play

    by James Blackman August 14, 2026
    by James Blackman August 14, 2026

    Lumen sees the biggest AI networking opportunity between data centers and AI factories, but admits inference will also spread to the edge, leaving the future balance between east-west and north-south …

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  • Fighting talk (and team spirit) – Celona preps private 5G/Wi-Fi for AI scramble in Industry 4.0

    by James Blackman August 14, 2026
    by James Blackman August 14, 2026

    Celona chief Rajeev Shah tells RCR that its new converged two-fer private 5G/Wi-Fi solution, propped up on agentic AI, properly opens the door for physical AI in Industry 4.0 – …

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  • The Agentic Network — T-Mobile US on aligning AI initiatives with customer outcomes

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst August 14, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst August 14, 2026

     Leveraging AI to drive CX means continuously gathering data from “real people in real places doing real things,” T-Mobile EVP Ankur Kapoor explained The telecom industry often frames AI-enabled automation …

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  • Thursday (telco diary) | Ghosts in the machine – Wanted: more humans to build AI

    by James Blackman August 14, 2026
    by James Blackman August 14, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): America’s AI infrastructure boom is creating an unexpected bottleneck: the people needed to build it. Data centers are competing with broadband …

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  • Telstra targets AI-driven growth with 5G, digital infrastructure push

    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 14, 2026
    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 14, 2026

    In a conference call with investors, the telco’s chief executive officer Vicki Brady said that Telstra plans to increase network density and accelerate its rollout of 5G standalone during fiscal …

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  • U Mobile partners with OpenAI and AWS for enterprise AI

    by Christian de Looper August 13, 2026
    by Christian de Looper August 13, 2026

    From contact centers to network ops, U Mobile bets on frontier models In sum – what we know: U Mobile has announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI, with AWS providing the cloud …

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  • Lumen ready for AI traffic rush – with programmable fabric and “more fiber than anyone”

    by James Blackman August 13, 2026
    by James Blackman August 13, 2026

    Lumen is rebuilding around AI, pairing a vast US fiber footprint with programmable networking through Alkira. The bet is that enterprise connectivity is moving from connecting sites to connecting clouds, …

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  • Rakuten confirms KDDI roaming will be reduced as own network expands

    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 13, 2026
    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 13, 2026

    From October, Rakuten Mobile will continue using KDDI’s network in areas where it needs more time to build coverage, while roaming will be scaled back in areas where the telco …

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  • AI fiber build-out undermines rural BEAD skills-drive

    by Matt Kendall August 13, 2026
    by Matt Kendall August 13, 2026

    AI data centers and rural broadband are fighting over the same workers. AT&T and Meta are hiring thousands of fiber technicians to meet AI data center demand. But that is …

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  • Wednesday (telco diary) | Smells like team spirit – and that tech-bro Musk

    by James Blackman August 13, 2026
    by James Blackman August 13, 2026

    From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Telco integration is back in fashion (again), from satellite and terrestrial networks to private 5G and Wi-Fi. Mostly, it is an …

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  • Ericsson reframes OSS/BSS modernization around agentic AI and business outcomes

    by RCR Wireless News August 13, 2026
    by RCR Wireless News August 13, 2026

    As CSPs modernize operations, Ericsson’s OSS/BSS Business Value Pathways target monetization, experience and efficiency As communications service providers (CSPs) work toward increasingly autonomous networks, the OSS/BSS conversation is shifting. As …

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  • Telefónica embeds generative AI directly into business voice services in Spain

    by Christian de Looper August 12, 2026
    by Christian de Looper August 12, 2026

    The operator treats AI as a native network capability rather than an app layer add-on In sum – what we know: Telefónica is embedding generative AI directly into its business voice services …

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