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Opinion: The SpaceX-xAI mega-merger is an opening gambit to a bigger play

The deal creates the first-ever $1.25 trillion private company, marking a new chapter in AI compute race Confirming previous reports, SpaceX just acquired Elon Musk-owned startup, xAI, that you may know as the maker of the Grok chatbot, in an...

U Mobile targets 5G-A use cases in Malaysia

U Mobile said that some partners in this initiative include Amazon Web Services, Huawei Malaysia, Palo Alto Networks, and Qualcomm In sum – what to know: Neutral platform – U Mobile’s EIP is designed as an agnostic environment to develop and...

Vodafone Idea boosts broadband infra across India

Vodafone Idea said it added more than 6,500 new unique 4G towers during the most recent quarter In sum – what to know: 4G expansion – Vodafone Idea lifted 4G population coverage to 85.5% by December 2025 and plans to exceed...

Google subsea cable reaches Sydney

Google said that the Tabua subsea cable will connect the U.S. and Australia via Fiji and is expected to enter service later this year In sum – what to know: Second landing – Tabua has now landed in both Queensland and...

Master and commander – Google and Meta chart AI’s subsea voyage

A panel at PTC in Hawaii comprising hyperscalers Google and Meta and wholesalers Exa Infrastructure and Southern Cross Cable Networks explored how AI is reshaping demand for submarine cables, driving hyperscaler-led builds, stressing legacy systems, and creating new regulatory...

Three takeaways from Ookla’s H2 2025 Connectivity Report

T-Mobile US earned the title of Best Mobile Network in Ookla’s latest assessment Ookla has released the results of its H2 2025 Connectivity Assessment, and RCR Wireless News read through the 40-page report so you don’t have to. Here are...

Agentic AI meets intent-based networking: A new era of network automation

With 6G on the horizon, operators need greater levels of network automation, and AI agents are here to deliver We have entered the era of agentic AI, and it is here to deliver on the promise of autonomous network...

Why Wi-Fi 7 strengthens Wi-Fi/5G convergence

Wi-Fi 7 features designed to improve reliability and performance could push Wi-Fi/5G convergence even further, says Cisco Wireless CTO In sum – what to know: From best-effort to predictable - Wi-Fi 7 introduces deterministic capabilities that make it a more...

How engineers spot impairments in fiber lines from afar

Remote fiber monitoring has emerged as a popular tool for telecom and data center operators to accurately locate physical fiber issues from a distance and tighten resolution times Fiber optic cables are often described as the live blood of modern...

Dell & AMD Webinar: Telco Collides with AI – The Future is Ultra Mega

AI is reshaping the economics of telecommunications. In this webinar on February 19th, discover how Dell and AMD products deliver elite-level performance for AI systems while safeguarding existing network investments. We'll explore how the future of data centers and ultra...

Telia posts flat 2025 revenue and lower profits

In Sweden, Telia said it delivered a record quarter, with service revenue growth of 4.8%, supported by consumer, TV, broadband and mobile services In sum – what to know: Revenue stable, profits down – 2025 revenue held at SEK 81 billion,...

Advantest rises on the AI tide

The company’s Q3 earnings show AI boom pushing up demand for semiconductor test equipment  In sum — what to know: Strong Q3 showing: Advantest posts record quarterly sales amid soaring AI chip demand AI drives growth: The company says strong market demand...

Sovereignty…hard to define, harder to pull off (Analyst Angle)

I saw this headline today: Amazon launched its “AWS European Sovereign cloud” with its first region in Brandenburg, Germany. I had to chuckle at the absurdity of the focus on local staffing, as if a local technician’s paycheck is...

Lenovo rollable PCs charting a new path for laptops (Analyst Angle)

Folding smartphones have been around for many years and are almost on the verge of becoming mainstream. But what these foldable screens mean for laptops was not clear. But thanks to some bold steps taken by PC market leader...

Nokia holds steady as ‘long-term’ AI infrastructure play starts to pay

Nokia saw net sales rise by three percent last quarter and two percent in the whole of last year, even as margins slipped, partly because of investments and restructuring. Revenue growth came mostly from strong fiber-optic and data center...

TPN picks Ciena to boost subsea connectivity in APAC

The deployment will support growing demand for cloud services, AI-driven workloads, and high-speed connectivity across the Indo-Pacific In sum – what to know: Pacific upgrades – TPN is deploying Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme and RLS platforms to boost capacity, efficiency, and...

SoftBank, Ericsson use AI to optimize massive MIMO coverage

SoftBank and Ericsson said that 5G downlink throughput improved by approximately 24% with the deployment In sum – what to know: AI optimization – The system automatically adapts massive MIMO beam patterns based on real-time user distribution, delivering a 24% increase...

Virgin Media O2 reaches over 500 UK sites with 5G SA

Virgin Media O2 launched its 5G SA network in February 2024 In sum – what to know: 5G SA rollout in Dorset – The Dorset rollout brings Virgin Media O2’s total 5G SA coverage to over 500 sites across the U.K.,...

Amazon Leo satellites exceed brightness standards, study finds

Scientists worry that Leo's high reflectivity can pose a problem for astronomical studies  If you look up in the night sky, you can see satellites with bare eyes. That fascinating phenomenon now has become a cause of worry for the...

AI-native air interfaces explained

AI-native air interfaces could play a major role in 6G When people talk about AI in telecommunications, the conversation usually gravitates toward network management, whether it AI handling traffic flows, making routing decisions, or allocating resources more intelligently. These are...

AT&T beats targets, eyes 40m fiber locations, more convergence

AT&T reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year results, meeting or exceeding its 2025 guidance as it doubled down on fiber and 5G expansion with deals for Lumen and EchoStar assets, plus sharpened its focus on higher-margin enterprise services, and restructured...

6G Foundry: Air-interface innovations for always‑on AI at scale

The 6G air interface is being purposefully designed to unlock more value from spectrum for all What you should know Giga-MIMO unlocks wideband channels in upper-midband spectrum for wide-area coverage with high throughput. Subband full duplex (SBFD) increases uplink duty cycles, reduces uplink and...

Airspan, Space Compass bring 5G HAPS to maritime surveillance 

The new air-to-ground communication system is designed to deliver 5G connectivity from a HAPS aircraft in stratosphere for improved maritime intelligence Airspan teams up with Space Compass: The companies are designing a system that will deliver 5G connectivity from...

Three ways digital twins can make 6G better

Experts believe that digital twins have the potential to revolutionize mobile networks, and will play a critical role in amping 6G’s performance   A digital twin is a virtual rendering of a physical or digital object, so accurate that it...

BSNL mulls 4G expansion in India

BSNL already deployed 98,000 4G sites across the Asian nation In sum – what to know: 22,000 new 4G sites – The Indian government is considering an additional BSNL 4G expansion, with final technical specifications still being processed before a fresh...