April 2022

5G networks will result in more data, and so testing needs to be more efficient. But at the same time, 5G networks will have critical applications running on them, and so testing also has to be more accurate. Jaana Tengman, director of Product Management at Infovista, comes on the podcast to discuss this test & measurement balancing act in more detail, as well as how things like automation are helping.

Private 4G/5G and edge computing are key enablers of enterprise digital transformation Seeing a big opportunity in enterprise adoption of 5G and complementary solutions, Dell Technologies has invested heavily in …

Thank you to the TD Ameritrade Network and host Nicole Petallides for inviting me to be a guest on their Trading 360 show. As an industry analyst in wireless and …

Tower companies, data centers, fiber businesses — communications infrastructure are like “internet plumbers.” Communications infrastructure is crucial for preparing the world for digital transformation. As cloud technology evolves and moves …

Verizon, which remained second, saw a strong increase in speeds, likely due to new C-Band deployments Ookla’s latest speed tests concluded that T-Mobile US was the fastest mobile operator in …

AT&T is using a drone carrying a lightweight signal generator to test high-gain outdoor antennas in spectrum up to 40 GHz. As described in AT&T’s filings with the Federal Communications …

Mobile operators Brisanet, Claro, TIM and Vivo are partners in the O-RAN program U.S.-based Open RAN company Parallel Wireless said it is partnering with Inatel, Telecom Infra Project (TIP), Brisanet, …

The average number of 5G base stations per district in Seoul is estimated at 1,507 units South Korea’s capital Seoul ended March with a total of 37,680 5G base stations, …

Ericsson saw very strong continued momentum in North America in Q1, where sales were up 9% y-o-y, driven by continued very high demand for 5G solutions Ericsson is currently investing …

Fujitsu Network Communications’ 5G mMIMO Radio Units are coming to the Telecom Infra Project and Meta’s Evenstar O-RAN program.

Casa Systems stock price popped 40% after Verizon took 9.9% ownership stake Verizon has taken a keen interest in vendor Casa Systems. In addition to striking a multi-year deal to …

Ericsson said the new agreement includes cloud-native 5G Core and 5G Standalone (SA) solutions Middle East carrier Batelco and Ericsson have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on …

The Telit executive said that artificial intelligence can transform utilities customer engagement as well as their operations   Companies operating in the utility sector are starting to see the benefits …

This alliance is part of SoftBank Robotics’ roadmap to implement an IoT system onto a unified smart facility management platform   SoftBank Robotics Group (SBRG) has announced a partnership with …

Many industry experts consider global SA progress to be surprisingly slow As of January 2022, GSA reported that 99 operators in 50 countries worldwide are investing in public 5G Standalone …

This report, a companion to the Telco Cloud Forum, aggregates, analyzes and contextualizes the wide-ranging discussions from expert speakers, including technology buyers, sellers, policy makers and innovators bringing the scale, …

Join us to learn about the latest designs in signal analysis to overcome your basestation transmitter testing challenges and ensure compliance and maximumaccuracy within 5G NR specifications.

5G New Radio (NR)’s massive MIMO and beam management support are both essential to 5G mmWave carrier deployment strategies.

NTT’s Managed Campus Networks solution complements NTT’s Managed SD-WAN and Managed Private 5G offerings   NTT, a global technology and business solutions provider, announced a number of enhancements to its …

Intel aims to achieve 100% renewable electricity use across its global operations Intel Corporation announced plans to further reduce its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and develop more sustainable …

Deutsche Telekom now holds 48.4% of T-Mobile US Deutsche Telekom has increased its participation in T-Mobile US after it paid $2.4 billion to Japanese operator SoftBank Group, according to a …

Qualcomm’s leading role in driving advanced wireless technologies into the 3GPP global 5G standards I first wrote about the five Qualcomm wireless inventions that defined the 5G NR Release 15 …

Deloitte is seeing ‘a lot of experimentation’ around private network deployments Private cellular networks for enterprises are considered a major monetization opportunity for communications service providers (CSPs) to set up …

Google has 20 announced subsea cable projects in operation or development across more than 200 countries and territories Google revealed plans to build the world’s first subsea cable to connect …

Yes, we have done the Leone analogy before, kind-of (see: 1NCE upon a time in America), but the original Spaghetti Western title works even better to tell the story, briefly, …