Category: News

January 31, 2024

Enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is on a major ramp and communications service providers (CSPs) are no exception. In fact the IBM Global AI Adoption Index 2023, published on Jan. 10, found that “37% of IT professionals within the […]

January 31, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) can potentially transform networking, where the operational model has largely remained static for decades, but AI needs to be native in the network versus an overlay. The difference between AI-driven and AI-native networks is fundamentally about integrating […]

January 30, 2024

University of Hawaiʻi (UH) and Ocean Networks yesterday announced a $120 million, public-private partnership to construct a submarine optical fiber cable system that will connect the Hawaiian Islands and improve and expand high-speed broadband internet throughout the state. The project, […]

January 29, 2024

What to believe? Who to believe? (We’ll write about this one day.) But, just because it’s modish, and because it presents another (!) way to segment the non-traditional new-cellular comms market, new research reckons the combined market for public and […]

January 26, 2024

T-Mobile US beat out its mobile competitors on postpaid phone net additions in the fourth quarter, posting 934,000 for the quarter and 3.1 million for the year. In its home broadband business, T-Mo added 541,000 net new customers in the […]

January 25, 2024

Finnish vendor Nokia said it is collaborating with T-Mobile US to launch a dedicated gateway solution that supports LTE, 5G NonStandalone and 5G Standalone technologies for the carrier’s fixed-wireless high-speed internet (HSI) traffic. Under the terms of this deal, Nokia […]

January 24, 2024

Following a year ripe with innovation, disruption, and challenging macro-level conditions, IT departments continue to be at the forefront of organizational ambitions to accelerate business transformation. Generative AI (GenAI), sustainability initiatives, and other strategic priorities are set to emerge from […]

January 23, 2024

Just to muddy the water, already stirred-up with competing analyst forecasts; the number of private LTE/5G networks worldwide will grow from over 4,000 in 2022 to over 60,000 in 2028, reckons research company Analysys Mason. Enterprise spending on private networks […]

January 22, 2024

The United States’ leadership in spectrum policy, 5G and reaping the economic benefits of the most advanced mobile networks are in jeopardy and have to get back on track, CTIA’s president and CEO says in a strongly worded new blog […]

January 19, 2024

The Global Certification Forum is adding device certification for cellular Non-Terrestrial Networks to its programs, responding to increasing interest across the industry in making sure that IoT devices and mobile phones successfully interoperate with emerging satellite-based connectivity options. NTN certification […]

January 18, 2024

Over the years CES has gradually brought in more and more automotive technology and this year was no exception. Given AT&T’s long-standing leadership in connecting vehicles, RCR Wireless News caught up with AT&T Vice President of Connected Solutions Cameron Coursey […]

January 18, 2024

Finnish vendor Nokia announced plans to invest €360 million ($391.6 million) in software, hardware and chip design in Germany, with the aim of advancing Europe’s competitiveness in the field of microelectronics for technologies including future 6G systems and artificial intelligence […]

January 18, 2024

Japanese telco NTT Docomo plans to unveil a number of new technologies for 5G’s evolution, 6G and generative AI during the Docomo Open House’24, which will be held in Tokyo this week. The operator said in a release that technologies […]

January 17, 2024

I have been in the Telecom industry since 2004 when I started in network engineering at Verizon, this year marks 20 years in the industry! I ‘grew up’ Telecom and have worked in wireline, wireless and places where they converge, […]

January 17, 2024

Most telecom providers are still leaning on virtualized network workloads rather than fully cloud-native infrastructure, but 2024 could be a turning point, according to a new analyst report. IDC expects that cloud-native deployment of telecommunications network works will accelerate this […]

January 16, 2024

Step into the future of AI with Ajay Malik, CEO of secomind.ai, in today’s episode of 5G Talent Talk with Carrie Charles. Ajay shares his passion for AI, drawing on his extensive 30-year career, which includes stints at major tech […]

January 16, 2024

Indian state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has started its 4G deployment and will have completed a significant part of the rollout by November 2024, local press reported, citing the country’s telecom minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw. Vaishnaw also said that […]

January 16, 2024

Many enterprise IT execs plan to enhance their network and data center infrastructures, particularly in areas of sustainability, energy efficiency, hybrid cloud, and cybersecurity, in 2024. They may find themselves stymied, however, by a lack of trained professionals capable of […]

January 11, 2024

Malaysia’s communications minister, Fahmi Fadzil, said that the country has achieved its target of 80% 5G coverage in populated areas, paving the way for the launch of a second 5G network, local press reported. Fahmi also said the country would […]

January 11, 2024

U.S.-based Open RAN (O-RAN) firm Parallel Wireless said it has already deployed a total of 1,500 sites across Africa. Parallel Wireless partnered with regional telecommunications providers and governments in countries including Nigeria, Tanzania, Guinea Conakry, Ghana, South Sudan, Uganda, DRC, […]