Category: Technology

January 2, 2024

The case statement in the bash shell provides an interesting and easy alternative to the more complex if statements. They represent the simplest form of the kind of logic that evaluates multiple values (e.g., “If it equals this, then do […]

December 26, 2023

For major entertainment productions, video equipment configurations can comprise a single projector, a linear LED wall, multiple projectors like in the immersive Van Gogh art exhibit, or millions of pixels as seen in the Sphere in Las Vegas. “You’re able […]

December 22, 2023

SpaceX has been granted special temporary authority by the Federal Communications Commission for field testing of direct-to-cellular communications via its Starlink second generation satellites. The company said that it would be testing up to five devices at different power levels […]

December 21, 2023

There are 2,900 private LTE/5G networks across the world at the end of 2023, including trial and pilot deployments. So says Berg Insight, which calculates a quarter (700; 24 percent) are based on 5G, with close to half of these […]

December 21, 2023

What Is SD-WAN? When designing a network to connect central and far-flung offices, IT leaders are increasingly turning to a Software-Defined Wide-Area Network (SD-WAN) overlay. A software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) is a virtual WAN architecture that’s service provider-agnostic. This allows […]

December 21, 2023

Colombian operators Claro, WOM, Tigo and Movistar have all secured 5G licenses in a spectrum auction carried out by Colombia’s ICT Ministry MinTIC. The country’s communications ministry said the auction had raised more than 1.5 billion pesos ($380 million). The […]

December 20, 2023

5G gained about 537 million connections around the world during the third quarter of 2023, according to 5G Americas, based on data from Omdia. That brings the global total to about 1.6 billion 5G connections, up 71% from the same […]

December 19, 2023

As conversations around global spectrum use for terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks coalesced at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Dubai, the future of wireless was top-of-mind. As work progresses on future 6G systems, a timeline is emerging for standardization and commercialization—and […]

December 14, 2023

U.S.-based Open RAN (O-RAN) firm Parallel Wireless announced the general availability of what it claims to be the world’s first hardware-agnostic 5G Standalone (SA) software stack. The company noted that the full Standalone solution gives operators, private networks and public […]

December 14, 2023

In today’s hyper-connected and data-driven world, businesses require a flexible and efficient network infrastructure that can keep up with ever-changing demands in an increasingly competitive digital landscape. Traditional cloud-based solutions offer flexibility but struggle with latency and scalability, especially for […]

December 13, 2023

While the focus of the Telco Sustainability Forum (available on demand here) is obviously around the technology and business strategies operators can use to drive energy efficiency, this is part of a bigger whole. Many emerging tools that help operators […]

December 12, 2023

The EUDCA Technical Committee has published a new whitepaper exploring whether microgrids are the ideal solution for adaptive and reliable software-defined power for next-generation data centres. It aims to start a discussion about the feasibility of data centres joining with […]

December 11, 2023

Semiconductor research and development will get a $10 billion boost in New York State, with an announcement Monday morning of what is being touted as the first and only publicly owned new High NA Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Center in North […]

December 11, 2023

R&M has planned to launch a program for the renewable energies market. It initially comprises network technology and services for the copper and fibre optic data networks of the wind, solar, and hydropower industries. The R&M solutions network sensors and […]

December 8, 2023

“Our target as an industry, as a society, is very clear,” Ericsson Head of Product Line 5G Sibel Tombaz said during a talk on 5G sustainability at the recent Telco Sustainability Forum (available on demand here). “We need to leave […]

December 8, 2023

Despite a 7.5% decline in November revenue, Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) is confident chip demand will soon pick up as demand for AI increases and work on the next-generation iPhone gets underway. TSMC reported monthly revenue of $6.6 billion (NT$206 billion), […]

December 7, 2023

Competition among wireless carriers has driven down per-minute use charges by 6 percent on average, with some carriers slashing prices by more than a third, according to a new study by Paul Kagan Associates Inc., Carmel, Calif. A closer look […]

December 7, 2023

Ericsson released yesterday the November 2023 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report, which confirms that enhanced mobile broadband, fixed wireless access, gaming and AR/VR/-based services as the most common early consumer use cases for 5G. The report highlights that 5G […]

December 7, 2023

Europe’s new Energy Efficiency Directive goes into effect next May, but the vast majority of data center operators aren’t able to collect the capacity and utilization statistics that regulators want. Under the directive, owners and operators of data centers with […]

December 6, 2023

The 3GPP organizational partners ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TSDSI, TTA and TTC said the body would begin planning for 6G specifications. In a statement, the standards body noted that work is underway for Release-18 and it will soon begin development […]