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Telstra, KT, Verizon and Telia Norway are among the CSPs who have conducted 1.6 TB tests Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme coherent optical transceiver, which supports network speeds up to 1.6 Tbps, became commercially available in the fall of 2024. A …

Nokia balanced MWC 2025 developments in its core telecom business with a new 5G.MIL partnership with Lockheed Martin and Verizon, plus closing the Infinera deal BARCELONA—Nokia’s announcements this week reflect both the company’s telecom roots and its efforts to pursue …

Leveraging Ericsson’s joint API venture Aduna, the telcos will deliver network APIs related to end user security Aduna, an Application Programming Interface (API) joint venture launched in September by Ericsson, Google Cloud and several major global operators, has announced that venture …

Electro Rent’s intellirent unit focused on testing solutions for the power, data center and renewable energy markets Test equipment distributor Electro Rent is selling its intellirent business, which focuses on test equipment for power generation and distribution, data center and renewable …

Verizon is using Qualcomm’s RIC platform to support an AI-powered energy-saving app from Samsung Verizon, in a major Open RAN move, announced today it is using the Qualcomm RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) from the vendor’s new brand Dragonwing — also …

For operators, Xeon 6 with performance cores supports vRAN acceleration and edge AI use cases As Intel goes through a leadership transition and rumors of a potential split between the foundry and products businesses make the rounds, the company made …

AST SpaceMobile supported live NTN video calls for Verizon, AT&T via its new Bluebird LEO satellites Verizon said that it has successfully completed its first Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) live video call between a device on its terrestrial cellular network and …

AT&T, T-Mobile US and Verizon have taken ‘very different approaches’ on rural 5G expansion, Ookla finds Over the past five years since launching 5G, the three national carriers have all expanded their rural 5G footprints. Each has taken a different …

RootMetrics network testing looked at metro, state and national performance of the three major carriers RootMetrics’ data put AT&T’s network on top in at the national and state-level in its network testing for the second half of 2024 in overall …

February greetings from Boston (pictured), Iowa, and Missouri.  The last two weeks have been filled with earnings releases, economic reports, and general news.  We will do our best to cover the most salient parts of the past fortnight in 2,200 …

Super Bowl LIX takes place this Sunday at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana In preparation for Super Bowl LIX taking place at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, Verizon installed about 509 5G UltraWideband and 155 C-band radios inside …

Verizon reported a total operating revenue of $35.7 billion in Q4 2024, up 1.6% from Q4 2023 Verizon CEO Hans Vestburg told investors that as he looks back on 2024 — and the telco’s last quarter, in particular — he …

The new AI Connect suite from Verizon comes as McKinsey estimates 60% to 70% of AI workloads will be for inference by 2030  It’s been a busy two weeks in the world of AI. OpenAI and partners announced a planned …

January greetings from Minnesota, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio and Iowa — back on the road drumming up business for CellSite Solutions even with Arctic Chill weather.  But never too busy to stop for lunch with Jeff Moore (pictured), founder of Wave7 Research and a former …

Shared infrastructure provider Boldyn Networks has signed a deal to acquire Germany-based private 5G specialist and Industry 4.0 integrator Smart Mobile Labs (SML) for an undisclosed fee. It signals the UK-headquartered firm’s move into the German market, a key geography …

We have done this exercise before; but that was back in 2022, and it is high time to update the list, especially with all the UK activity around private 5G in early 2025. So here goes: a fairly comprehensive list, …

Honeywell noted that a key practical benefit of the 5G solution is its potential to support business continuity during unexpected disruptions Honeywell has announced a collaboration with U.S. carrier Verizon to provide an integrated technology solution for retail and logistics …

Verizon said a small number of individuals and a small percentage of traffic were impacted in Salt Typhoon Verizon said that it has “contained” the impacts of the Salt Typhoon hack, which targeted high-profile political figures and was allegedly perpetrated …

January greetings from Missouri and Iowa, where one of the two states received a foot of snow (and the other, their northern neighbor, received a small amount yet participated in a string of freezing temperatures).  This week’s Midwest’s weather incidents …

As Greil Marcus said of Bob Dylan, somewhere between Nashville Skyline and Blood on the Tracks: what is this shit? Because the newest ‘magic quadrant’ study from Gartner, which holds a Bob-like influence in the heritage pop canon of telecoms …

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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy …

Verizon Business has been appointed by the US Air Force to upgrade 4G/5G infrastructure, including additional C-Band carriers and new “macro builds” and small cells, at 35 Air Force bases throughout the US. The contract is part of the Air …

Verizon carried out this 5G trial with Samsung Electronics and MediaTek Verizon, in collaboration with Samsung Electronics and MediaTek, has successfully achieved 5.5 Gbps download speeds in a controlled 5G lab environment, the carrier said in a release. Using carrier …

In this episode of 5G Talent Talk, Carrie Charles speaks with Dennis McColl, founder of PracticalRF. Dennis shares his career journey, starting with his early fascination with wireless technology and his three-decade tenure at Verizon, where he transitioned from hands-on …

Enterprises are hungry. Appetites for digital transformation are reaching a new intensity, brought on in part by excitement around paradigm-shifting tools like generative AI. This enthusiasm is inspiring enterprises to be bolder with their technology roadmaps and strategies in general, …