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How Cellnex is boosting renewable energy use in telecom networks

Cellnex is both generating and purchasing renewable energy to help meet its sustainability goals As the main tower company in Europe, with a portfolio of more than 130,000 sites, Cellnex Telecom has a unique perspective on providing renewable energy power...

Four ways network transformation supports sustainability

As a new generation of technology replaces legacy networks, there are opportunities for increasing efficiency, and therefore, sustainability of networks. In the current shift from 4G to 5G, operators are also finding additional possibilities for better efficiency, through the...

Four ways that Telus works to implement sustainability

Telecommunications service providers are seeking to cut costs and reduce their environmental footprint by increasing their overall efficiency. At the recent Telco Sustainability Forum virtual event, Shazia Zeb Sobani, VP of fiber networks at Telus, shared some of the...

Vodafone Business on how to serve both customers and the sustainability agenda

Vodafone Business sees sustainability as a strategic imperative and customer demand As Vodafone Business sees its customers pushing the boundaries on sustainability, it is taking the same strategy: both as part of its own strategic telecom sustainability imperatives, and also...

Wi-Fi and cellular: A pragmatic perspective to convergence (Analyst Angle)

Wi-Fi technology is a foundational element of global connectivity, linking billions of devices and enabling countless digital services. While its adoption has been robust across residential, enterprise, and public domains, understanding its current state, technological advancements, and associated challenges...

Democratizing testing for accelerated Open RAN deployment (Reader Forum)

The shift toward Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) infrastructure, built on interoperable technologies from multiple vendors, is accelerating. To unlock the full potential of Open RAN - delivering cost efficiency, performance enhancements, and greater flexibility - it's crucial...

‘We have lift-off!’ One NZ launches first nationwide D2C texting service with Starlink

The direct-to-cellular or D2C texting service is available on four smartphones, free of charge for eligible users One New Zealand has become the first carrier to launch a nationwide satellite-based direct-to-cellular, or D2C, texting service to its customers, relying on...

6G technology and spectrum needs: Unlocking the next generation of wireless connectivity

As we march toward 2030, the relentless demand for wireless data is reshaping the landscape of connectivity. Meeting this demand requires a well-orchestrated strategy to secure new spectrum and optimize existing bands. The success of 6G, with commercial deployments...

Why, and how, telecom is thinking about sustainability

Motivations, practical considerations and more influence how the industry defines sustainability How the telecom industry thinks about—and defines—sustainability lead to its priorities and actions, and why it matters to the industry to work towards sustainability of telecom networks and businesses. A...

10 contact center automation trends to look out for in 2025 (Reader Forum)

In today’s dynamic business landscape, it’s essential to provide exceptional customer experiences (CX) efficiently while alleviating the burden on agents. This requires the use of automation and related technologies to expedite and manage manual processes, ensuring they keep up...

Four 2025 telecom predictions from Nvidia (Reader Forum)

RCR Wireless News received the below 2025 predictions via email from Nvidia. They are attributed to the company's Senior Vice President of Telecoms Ronnie Vasishta. The AI connection: Telecommunications providers will begin to deliver generative AI applications and 5G connectivity over...

How telcos can remain competitive in an ever-evolving landscape (Reader Forum)

In today’s increasingly competitive and digitalized world, telcos strive to remain relevant, but various challenges abound in both B2B and B2C segments. B2B customers, for example, can have a difficult relationship with their telcos across countless portals and assisted...

#TBT: Nokia and Apple go to court; FCC previews broadband plan; the ‘untapped’ mobile data opportunity… this week in 2009

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and...

Resilient fraud management systems: What it takes to effectively integrate AI agents (Reader Forum)

Fraud management is emerging as a pivotal area where generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and AI agents are providing cutting-edge fraud detection and prevention techniques that enable telcos to more effectively fight fraud. The telecom industry has long been encumbered...

The age of industrial intelligence – Celona on 2025

I know that now is the time of year for industry leaders to rattle off their top five predictions for the coming year, offering up a list of bullets that just so happen to fit into their product launch...

Rip and replace funding passes as part of defense bill

This year's defense authorization bill includes full funding for the rip and replace program for telecom networks The U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden's desk. The $895 billion bill...

Private edge AI and 5G to enable new Industry 4.0 apps – Nokia on 2025

A couple of submissions from Nokia, here, in response to RCR's request for industry soothsayers to step forward, and tell us about the year ahead – in industrial networking, computing, sensing, analytics (and everything in between) in the name...

Test and Measurement: Viavi to buy positioning specialist Inertial Labs

Inertial Labs offers solutions including GNSS tracking, LiDAR scanning and alternative PNT Viavi Solutions is buying a Virginia company that specializes in precise positioning and navigation technologies for use aerospace, defense and industrial settings. Inertial Labs has solutions that Viavi...

Ericsson, Vodafone Portugal deploy SA 5G network at cement plant

The SA 5G network supports use cases like machine health monitoring, drone inspections and digital twins Vodafone Portugal and Ericsson have partnered to deploy a Standalone (SA) private 5G at Portuguese cement manufacturer Cimpor’s production facility as part of...

Data-driven site selection: How GIS tools are transforming tower deployment (Reader Forum)

In an era defined by rapid digital transformation, robust and reliable wireless networks are indispensable to modern connectivity. Nearly every aspect of daily life relies on seamless internet access, so the importance of strategic wireless tower placement has grown...

Three IoT trends to watch for – Wireless Logic on 2025

The internet of things (IoT) continues to grow apace as more industries connect devices for commercial and operational reasons. Transforma Insights forecast global IoT connections to land at 18.2 billion this year, with a projected rise to 20.4 billion...

The power of AI agents in tearing down fraud (Reader Forum)

As fraud methods continue to evolve and become increasingly rigid, these sophisticated and highly destructive cybercrimes — aimed at telecommunication providers — have brought about a fraud incident chasm. The growing gap between fraud methods and traditional fraud management...

Silicon Labs ships four million Wirepas IoT mesh chips for Indian AMI push

US chip-maker Silicon Labs has said it has shipped four million Wirepas sub-GHz RF mesh IoT units for India’s advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) initiative, to go in smart electricity meters. The Indian government set new rules in 2021 to...

1NCE extends cloud core with AWS, intros IoT developer certification

A couple of announcements from Germany-based IoT MVNO 1NCE: the firm has introduced a new global certification program for software ‘integrators’ to streamline IoT development and accelerate IoT innovation; as well, announced a couple of weeks back, 1NCE has...

The year of AI-driven industrial cloud strategy – ABI Research on 2025

The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in industrial enterprises is reshaping the way organizations view and implement cloud strategies. Industrial enterprises generate a staggering amount of data – from factory sensors to supply chain systems – and leveraging...