May 2023

California-based Maury Microwave, which focuses on test, measurement, emulation and RF calibration, has agreed to buy Wireless Telecom Group (WTT) and its Boonton, Holzworth and Noisecom test and measurement brands. …

Jio is seeking to attract firms across automobile, healthcare, manufacturing and other industries to develop possible use cases of 5G Indian operator Reliance Jio is said to be in negotiations …

Qualcomm views on-device AI as key to reducing cloud costs associated with AI processing As bullishness, or at least perceived bullishness, around artificial intelligence (AI) drives up stock prices and …

SoftBank and Sumitomo Electric have been conducting joint demonstrations to realize 5G-based smart factories since 2019 Japanese companies SoftBank and Sumitomo Electric announced plans to collaborate with the aim of …

US satellite broadband provider Viasat’s acquisition of UK-based counterpart Inmarsat for $7.3 billion has been given the green light by the European Commission. The approval follows clearance by the Competition …

BT is launching a series of 5G-based augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) showcases in the UK to give private enterprises and public sector organisations a taste of how …

Ever since Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, AT&T has been one of America’s crowning achievements. Over time it grew into one of the best-known and strongest brands. Then about …

The Canadian government has announced it will licence 80 MHz of mid-band spectrum at 3900-3980 MHz for local shared and private 5G networks. It has also proposed to release portions …

eSIM and iSIM unlock new IoT opportunities as operators scale 5G 2022 has been a landmark year for eSIM technology, with significant adoption from OEMs and CSPs across consumer and …

While RIC promises to bring intelligent control and automation to the radio access network, the devil is in the details As cellular technology becomes pervasive within enterprise environments, how best …

CFO says that carriers are moving into the densification phase of 5G Only about half of Crown Castle’s cellular towers have been “touched with 5G,” according to the company EVP …

Avid Telecom is accused of making 7.5 billion illegal robocalls to millions of people on the Do Not Call Registry Nearly every state in the U.S. — and D.C. — has joined …

Capgemini explained that the new lab will build advanced test beds and simulators to explore use cases French IT services firm Capgemini has announced the launch of a 6G research …

Indian telco BSNL will soon launch 4G using this locally-developed stack India’s communications minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said that the U.S. has showed interest in a locally developed 4G and 5G …

Dell’Oro highlighted that O-RAN revenue growth in Q1 was in the 10-20% range Open RAN (O-RAN) and virtualized RAN (vRAN) revenue growth moderated in the first quarter of 2023 after …

New industry-poll shock: critical comms vendor says enterprises are suffering with un-critical comms. That is the gist of a new survey from Ericsson-owned Cradlepoint, now established (or viewed, at least) …

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Spectrum is the backbone that carries all voice and data in wireless communications. It is a finite resource needed to connect virtually everything around us — smartphones, cars, laptops and …

The number of global IoT connections will grow at a compound rate of 10 percent per year (CAGR) over the next decade, almost tripling in the period, to reach 34.4 …

Verizon updates on C-Band, fiber build, FWA sub growth and enterprise 5G outlook While acknowledging his dissatisfaction with the company’s performance in 2022, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg this week gave …

John Stankey says AT&T will finish $6 billion cost-cutting plan this year, then move into cutting legacy infrastructure costs Now that it’s well-past the divestiture of Warner Media and executing …

KPN said it expects to gradually launch 5G SA in 2024 Dutch operator KPN said it has successfully tested 5G Standalone (SA) technology in the country, the telco said in …

Broadcom will develop 5G radio frequency components for Apple Broadcom has agreed to develop 5G radio frequency components, including FBAR filters, for Apple in a new multi-year, multibillion-dollar deal announced …

A new ETSI report looks at intelligent surfaces’ potential uses to boost telecom networks Intelligent surfaces are one of the use cases being floated for potential ways that as-yet-unstandardized 6G …

BSNL aims to initially provide 4G services in high-revenue telecom circles in India Indian state-owned operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has ordered $1.83 billion worth of infrastructure equipment and …