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Google Cloud saw strong fourth-quarter revenue and shrunk operating losses as parent Alphabet takes the long view on profitability.

Google will invest up to $1 billion in a partnership with Airtel as part of its Google for India Digitization Fund Google has announced plans to invest up to $1 billion in a partnership with India’s second-largest mobile network operator …

Each year advancements in wireless network technology transform the way businesses use and benefit from mobile capabilities. 5G offers super-fast speeds, low latency and massive capacity. Mobile edge computing brings compute and storage services to the edge of a wireless …

Hyperscalers have been strengthening their telco ambitions in 2021, culminating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) launching its own private 5G solution this month (December). The AWS model for private 5G is consumption-based with pricing determined by coverage area and bandwidth. …

Verizon and Google Cloud have confirmed a partnership on 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC). Verizon said it is the first US operator to offer “5G mobile edge computing” with “all” of the major cloud providers. It is working with …

Google Cloud: “Edge is de facto creating a new set of applications” At the recent Google Cloud Next event, the company took the wraps off Google Distributed Cloud, a new product portfolio that extends Google infrastructure to the edge and …

With some operators projecting MEC-related service revenues in the 2022 timeframe, what’s the current state of play? Beyond operators building out new compute infrastructure, how can existing public cloud infrastructure and on-prem enterprise equipment be leveraged to more quickly deliver …

Google announces Virtual Machine (VM) support for its Anthos hybrid cloud platform and will offer an API to manage K8s on Azure and AWS.

Google unveils new customer tools, data integrations aimed at raising sustainability awareness, energy usage As the global economy demand more from the cloud, cloud users should be mindful of how much energy they need. That’s the message this week from …

Google Cloud has introduced a new embedded computing toolset to help manufacturers develop and deploy IoT solutions for consumers and enterprises. Slipping under the radar at the company’s annual Google Next shindig, which majored on the distribution of its cloud …

With some operators projecting MEC-related service revenues in the 2022 timeframe, what’s the current state of play? Beyond operators building out new compute infrastructure, how can existing public cloud infrastructure and on-prem enterprise equipment be leveraged to more quickly deliver …

September greetings from the Midwest and Southeast.  Pictured is one of the many “Instawalls” in Kansas City that celebrate our local football team, the Chiefs.  We are excited about our return to the City of Fountains and are anxious about …

Note, this article is taken from a longer editorial report on private 5G enterprise NOCs; to access the report, click here, or on the image below. For the attendant webinar on the same subject, including panellists from ABI Research, Vodafone, …

Ultra narrowband IoT network provider Sigfox is working with Google to build a new range of IoT devices that can leverage local artificial intelligence (AI) analytics at the ‘edge’, in compute nodes on customers’ premises. Sigfox has signed a deal …

Google: ‘Tensor was built for how people use their phones today and how people will use them in the future’ Blaming computing limitations of third-party options, Google announced that its newest smartphone series, the Pixel 6, will sport an in-house …

A new report by analyst house ABI Research says the traditional telco community is restructuring its enterprise operations, including by establishing brand new business units, in order to deliver custom 5G networks for private industrial usage, and to make 2021 …

Note, this article is continued from a previous post, entitled ‘Software AG, StarHub and the blueprint for carrier-led industrial private 5G’, available here. Bernd Gross, chief technology officer at Software AG, is presenting the case for telcos as the go-to …

Let’s cut to the chase: will Sigfox and LoRaWAN, painted as arch rivals at the low-power end of the IoT space, ever be combined into a single IoT solution? Will the owners of these twin technologies, which have propped up …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy …

Siemens is to integrate Google’s cloud and analytics technologies with its factory automation portfolio. The pair said their offer will help manufacturing companies to move away from fragmented legacy software, and “bring AI/ML to the manufacturing industry at scale”. Manufacturing …

Nokia partnering with Google Cloud, AWS and Microsoft to bring open and cloud RAN to the edge with both operator and private enterprise networks In October last year, Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark, in addition to sharing Q3 financials and giving …

Google will no longer make games in-house for its Stadia gaming platform It’s been two nearly years since Google launched its Stadia gaming platform designed specifically for streaming. At the time of the launch, Google also announced Stadia Games and …

NFL playoff greetings from Lake Norman, NC (we only wish we were at Kansas City’s Union Station, pictured right).  As we await two excellent NFL football games, we thought we would dive in to the opportunities facing one of the Telco Top …

Jon Lewis, director of strategy at UK-based smart street lighting company Telensa highlights a dozen tech trends to watch for in the year ahead. Here goes… 1 | The ‘smart city’ becomes a reality  The idea of a smart city …