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NTIA has approved all BEAD state plans

With all BEAD state plans approved, vendor selection is starting As of this week, all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories which are participating in the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program have had...

Qualcomm Webinar: 6G Spectrum – Vision, global perspectives and innovations to power the next era of wireless connectivity

As we advance toward 2030, the insatiable demand for wireless data continues to surge, underscoring the urgent need for a comprehensive strategy to secure additional spectrum and optimize existing bands. Ensuring the success of 6G hinges on the timely...

Rural CBRS sites have more than doubled since 2021, NTIA report says

Nearly 70% of the more than 400,000 CBRS sites are in rural areas, according to a new NTIA report on CBRS usage Use of the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum continues to rise, according to a new...

Simplicity, efficiency, safety – three (more?) enterprise drivers for private 5G

There was some good chat about the drivers behind the surging interest from enterprises in private 5G at Industrial 5G Forum earlier this month. In truth, the same talking points kicked off just about every session, probably, but Canadian...

Qualcomm targets $22 billion in automotive, IoT revenue by 2029

Qualcomm wants to diversify its offerings and reduce its dependency on the mobile handset market At its 2024 Investor Day, Qualcomm outlined ambitious financial targets in several emerging growth areas as part of its larger strategy around reducing its dependency...

Test and Measurement: Keysight beats guidance but sees lower revenues

Keysight reported a net loss for the quarter due to a $315 million tax-related expense in Singapore Keysight Technologies beat the high end of its guidance for the most recent quarter, but still saw lower revenues than the year-ago period...

Blueprints for Scalable Growth and Effective Leadership with Serghei Busmachiu of Utilities One

In this episode of 5G Talent Talk, Carrie Charles interviews Serghei Busmachiu, CEO of Utilities One, about his inspiring journey and the impressive growth of Utilities One. Originally from Moldova, Serghei immigrated to the U.S. in 2013 and began...

Editorial Webinar: What’s up with 5G-Advanced?

5G-Advanced (5G-A) is expected to launch commercially around 2026 and is often described as a “stepping stone” to 6G. If that's the case, what features can we expect for 5G-A? What progress have CSPs and their partners made in...

Editorial Report: Tying telco AI investments to opex reduction and network monetization

As AI use cases crystallize and general technology is adapted for domain specificity, in this case, telecoms, the song remains the same—aligning investment with opex reduction and monetizable service delivery. AI has a clear role to play but in...

AT&T quits NB-IoT – sales stopped ahead of Q1 network shut-down

AT&T has stopped selling NB-IoT data plans and certifying NB-IoT devices, as it starts the process to decommission its NB-IoT network in the US entirely. The decision was taken as part of a strategy for “improving” its IoT services...

MTN, Huawei claim first 5G-Advanced trial in Africa

MTN said that the 5.5G trial took place at its headquarters in Johannesburg South African telco MTN, in collaboration with Chinese vendor Huawei, said it has successfully completed the first 5G-Advanced, or 5.5G network trial in Africa. The telco said that...

Turkcell is actively investing in AI: CEO

Turkcell has identified AI as one of its four strategic focus areas Turkish operator Turkcell is actively investing in the artificial intelligence (AI) field in order to keep up with the rapid development of this technology, the operator’s CEO Ali...

What’s next for 5G? 3GPP Release 18, 19 and beyond

To understand the commercial reality of cellular connectivity, in this case 5G, it’s important to understand the standardization work that set the stage for real-world deployments. So before we look into what’s coming from 3GPP in Releases 18, 19...

The key to private 5G?—‘Survival of the ecosystem’

Appledore Research sees private 5G pulling $232 billion in annual enterprise spend by 2027 There was maybe always a disconnect between what the telecoms set wanted out of private 5G (and how quickly they wanted it) versus what the industrial...

Ericsson, FPT ink 5G collaboration deal in Vietman

Ericsson and FPT intend to harness the capabilities of 5G in connectivity and data management to enable the creation of advanced AI-driven solutions Swedish vendor Ericsson and Vietnamese technology giant FPT have inked a partnership with the main aim of...

SK Telecom to introduce AI-powered customer service

SK Telecom collaborated with leading global LLM companies to develop a sophisticated AI system specifically tailored for telecommunications applications Korean telco SK Telecom announced the successful completion of its AI Customer Service Support System beta service. The system, powered by...

Kagan: How to be seen and heard at CES 2025 over the noise and chaos

How can companies get the most out of #CES2025 and throughout 2025 CES 2025 is coming soon. Are you ready? This is one of the biggest and most important shows of the new year. It is a huge event in...

iPhone 16 is the fastest 5G iPhone yet and makes ‘a strong case for upgrading’ Ookla says

The iPhone 16 is fastest 5G iPhone yet in five out of 11 countries, Ookla says Ookla wasted no time in diving into data around the performance of the newly released iPhone 16 from Apple. The company collected speed and...

Did (or will) Open RAN deliver on its original promises?

Did Open RAN deliver on the technological and market-based promises it was meant to bring to? Tough question. And what were those initial promises again? We went back through the O-RAN Alliance archives to a white paper published in...

Gen AI in action – what business leaders need to know (Reader Forum)

The level of attention on generative AI (gen AI) in business is no longer a surprise. It promises game-changing disruption – faster and more cost-effective operations, improved customer and employee experiences, and a competitive edge. The fact is that...

Siemens wins major IoT sustainability deal with UAE government

Siemens has won a major deal to retrofit 60 government buildings in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with IoT sensors and software. The UAE government has set a plan to reduce energy and water consumption by 27 percent per...

Open RAN fronthaul testing considerations—automation is key

End-to-end fronthaul testing, as well as isolation testing, provide the big picture and granular data needed to drive Open RAN adoption Given one of the primary goals of Open RAN—providing architectural flexibility by breaking up the centralized unit (CU), distributed...

RIC reality check—what’s working, what needs more work?

The RIC can support quick wins but further standardization, and a more coherent approach to AI/ML integration, is needed to foster trust Back to this idea referenced in the introduction—how to leverage Open RAN interfaces for real-world innovation—it all comes...

Carr tapped as Trump’s choice to lead FCC

Carr wrote a chapter in Project 2025 that outlined priorities for the FCC Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, is the incoming Trump administration's pick to run the FCC. Carr, 45, has focused on telecom workforce needs...

The Sunday Brief: Who’s got momentum? (Part 2)

November greetings from Cedar Rapids and Kansas City.  The picture will be a familiar sight for those in the fiber industry.  Yes, we are getting a second fiber to the home (FTTH) provider for our 28-home community.  The market is getting...