Tag: NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

November 1, 2023

Samsung Electronics and O₂ Telefónica announced that the companies will test advanced cloud-native vRAN (virtualized Radio Access Network) and Open RAN technologies in Germany. The two technologies enable network operators to set up even more flexible network architectures in which […]

October 31, 2023

5G-Advanced (5G-A) is expected to be commercially launched around 2026, Hiroyo Masuda, senior architect of 6G infrastructure, strategic planning division of advanced technology development unit at Fujitsu, told RCR Wireless News. “Normally, market introduction of any feature will first be […]

October 30, 2023

Omdia and Broadband Forum have published a new report that shows global broadband service providers are focused on introducing technology that directly improves bandwidth and latency for value-added services. In fact, 72% of the more than 111 service providers interviewed […]

October 27, 2023

Chinese vendor Huawei generated revenues of CNY456.6 billion ($62.5 billion) in the first three quarters of the year, climbing 2.4% year-on-year. “The company’s performance is in line with forecast,” said Ken Hu, Huawei’s rotating chairman. “Moving forward, we will continue […]

October 27, 2023

American Tower Corporation (ATC) reported overall revenues of $2.82 billion for the third quarter of 2023, climbing 5.5% year-on-year, the company said in its earnings statement. American Tower’s profits for the period amounted to $577 million, down 29.6% compared to […]

October 27, 2023

Japan’s NTT Corporation and Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom Co. have entered a partnership around the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) concept, which promotes the use of photonics technologies to develop high-speed, high-capacity network and information processing infrastructure. According to its […]

October 24, 2023

Finnish vendor Nokia announced a new carrier-grade portfolio of Wi-Fi 7 devices. In a release, Nokia said that the new portfolio includes dual-band, tri-band and quad-band configurations to address various regulatory constraints and meet market demands. Nokia noted that the […]

October 24, 2023

While Verizon’s Q3 2023 earnings were down from last year, both its earnings and wireless subscriber growth topped Wall Street estimates, giving the carrier a much-needed boost in the stock market, with shares rising more than 8% in early trading. […]

October 23, 2023

Chinese vendor ZTE said it has recorded an operating revenue of CNY 89.39 billion ($12.22 billion) for the first three quarters of the year. In a release, the company said its net profit amounted to CNY 7.84 billion in the […]

October 23, 2023

It’s been about 15 years since public cloud stormed onto the scene and established itself as a core component of any enterprise’s digital transformation strategy. Over that time, the threat landscape has changed radically. As such, enterprises need to take […]

October 16, 2023

Recent data paints a conflicting picture in relation to cybersecurity budgets. Some research indicates that budgets are increasing healthily with CISOs eyeing up their next spending sprees. Other studies suggest security budgets are tightening or even being slashed despite previously […]

October 16, 2023

BICS announced that it has enabled the “world’s first-ever” intercontinental 5G Standalone (SA) roaming connection. The real-world connection runs between a 5G SA network from BICS’ parent company, the Belgian mobile operator Proximus, and Middle Eastern operator stc Kuwait’s 5G […]

September 29, 2023

Today’s fast-paced digital landscape demands that network administrators respond quickly to performance issues, security risks, and other problems that could result in costly system outages.  But as networks continue to grow in complexity, doing so becomes increasingly challenging. Unsurprisingly, maintaining […]

September 26, 2023

Beginning in 2018, Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Rakuten Group, started deploying a greenfield Open RAN network. Since then, Rakuten Group has also spun off hardware/software and consultancy vendor Rakuten Symphony to sell its technology stack and approach […]

September 25, 2023

The previous decision by the U.K. government to ban local telecoms firms from using Huawei equipment in the deployment of the country’s 5G networks has cost local carrier BT a total of £500 million ($612 million), local press reported, citing […]

September 25, 2023

In our lifetimes we’ve been witness to some rare yet truly transformative moments. The arrival of the World Wide Web is an obvious one; the launch of the iPhone is another in 2007. Well, we’re amid the next truly transformative […]

September 15, 2023

How are bad actors getting access to organizations? In many cases, they simply log in. Sophos research finds that one of the most common root cause of attacks is compromised credentials. In fact, 30% of respondents to its 2023 Active […]

September 11, 2023

Killer application? We don’t need your killer application. Or rather … the network itself is the killer application, in that it enables multiple services and lets users do what they want. Chris Sambar, AT&T’s network president, makes that argument in […]

August 28, 2023

Cisco has unveiled a new Lifecycle Services (LCS) offering that’s aimed at enabling enterprise customers to get the most out of their networking and technology investments. LCS is being delivered by Cisco’s Global Customer Experience (CX) team, which includes some […]

August 21, 2023

If one were to solicit a list of the developments most often on the mind of CISOs, AI would certainly be near the top and will continue to be for years to come. After all, there is clear evidence that […]