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January 23, 2024

In case you missed it, SIM specialist Kigen hosted a webinar earlier this month about smart metering – but more about the impact of embedded SIM (eSIM) technology, actually, for the whole IoT market – which presented a thorough view […]

January 23, 2024

China ended 2023 with a total of 3.38 million 5G base stations at a national level, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said. By the end of last year, the country had more than 10,000 5G-powered industrial internet […]

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 18, 2024

Who do you trust? Thirty years ago, enterprises answered that question with three almost-equally cited sources: their primary computer vendor, their network provider (almost always their “interexchange” provider), and their network equipment vendor. This fall, in a group of 158 […]

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

ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) has published a new white paper that looks at the transformative role that future 6G technology is expected to play in enhancing integrated sensing and communication systems. NGA said that next-generation systems will enable distributed […]

January 17, 2024

This year’s Mobile Test Summit took place from November 28 to November 29, 2023. Wireless communications professionals came to the Rohde & Schwarz headquarters in Munich for two days of insights into the latest developments in mobile device and infrastructure […]

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 10, 2024

Rest assured, the future for telcos in 2024 is far less dire than this line from Star Wars – Attack of the Clones. But you wouldn’t know it based on growing industry concerns surrounding how bad actors are using Artificial […]

January 10, 2024

Let me start by saying it’s widely known that data centers benefit from being highly automated. Automated scripts can complete whatever task they are given much faster than a human and do it consistently, with fewer errors. The data center […]

January 9, 2024

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is closing on a $13 billion deal for Juniper Networks, according to a report yesterday (Monday, January 8) in The Wall Street Journal, and widely covered elsewhere since. So far, neither company has commented on the […]

January 9, 2024

T-Mobile US continues to maintain its lead in offering the fastest 5G speeds and availability, but Verizon and AT&T’s C-Band deployments are helping those carriers to make some inroads. That’s the general breakdown of Opensignal’s latest assessment of the state […]

January 9, 2024

As Congress works to hash out a federal budget, the Federal Communications Commission is warning that the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides monthly subsidies to help American families pay for broadband services, will have to end unless it receives an […]

January 4, 2024

In the transition to 5G, communication service providers (CSPs) have invested billions of dollars in building their infrastructure and virtualizing key components. Funding from the recent Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in the United States will further infuse capital nationwide to expand […]

January 4, 2024

Everyone is into AI these days, even network planners. But for network professionals, the primary focus has been on the use of AI in network operations. What about the impact of AI on network traffic? When I asked almost 100 […]

January 3, 2024

The radio access network (RAN) is the biggest energy draw in a mobile network. Because of this, network infrastructure vendors and operators are primarily focused on reducing power consumption in the radio domain. Doing this successfully has the potential to […]

January 3, 2024

On Tuesday evening, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 21 Starlink satellites in tow. Those satellites included the first six Starlink satellites with direct-to-cellular capabilities, essentially acting as cell towers in space and […]

January 2, 2024

Business critical mobility, demand and reliance on cloud-based services, and hybrid work that’s here to stay, are all trends that challenge IT operations. Whether users and devices are located across large enterprise sites or at remote branch offices, the requirements […]

December 28, 2023

Oxford picked rizz as its word of the year. Merriam-Webster picked authentic, while noting that rizz, deepfake, and coronation also stood out. In a similar vein, we present the 2023 Network Computing words of the year. These terms entered the […]

December 26, 2023

IoT is a revolution that is reshaping how we think about networking and connectivity. Imagine a world where your coffee maker knows when to start brewing, your thermostat adjusts itself for optimal comfort, and your car communicates with traffic lights […]