Yearly Archives: 2023

The Sunday Brief: The CNBC John Malone interview—explained and deciphered (2023 edition)

Greetings from Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana.  Pictured is the state capitol building for the Bayou State (full history here).  This week’s Brief will focus on a wide-ranging...

Boldyn buys Edzcom from Cellnex, targets private 5G ‘leadership’

UK-headquartered neutral host provider Boldyn Networks, majority owned by Canada-based CPP Investments, has agreed to acquire private networks specialist Edzcom from Spanish tower company...

The kid is alright (it’s the folks you should worry about) – why we should lay off 5G

Has 5G failed? No. Except you’d be forgiven for thinking so given everything that has been written about it in recent months – at...

‘We all have to be careful’: GenAI is fueling voice and text-based scams

Artificial intelligence is being explored to improve customer service with smarter chatbots, dispatch network technicians more efficiently and automate simple, highly manual network operations...

Palo Alto Networks makes two security-related acquisitions

Palo Alto Networks recently entered into definite agreements to Acquire Talon Cyber Security and Dig Security Cybersecurity specialist Palo Alto Networks is expanding its security...

Samsung reveals generative AI model, targets 2024 launch

Samsung said its AI model is coming 'early next year,' suggesting it might be included in its Galaxy S24 lineup Samsung Electronics this week...

Vodafone Germany, BASF start construction of 5G campus network

Vodafone Germany said the new campus network will be ready by the end of 2024 German carrier Vodafone announced it is setting up a private...

5G-Advanced to boost connectivity in industrial settings: Huawei

Huawei believes that 5G-Advanced technology will enable wireless production and flexible manufacturing with its low latency and high reliability 5G-Advanced technology, or "5.5G", will pave...

‘Tech-co first, telco second’ – private 5G firm Citymesh emerges as MNO for enterprises

On the face of it, the acquisition of local internet service provider EDPnet by Belgium-based Citymesh, which describes itself lately as a telco “challenger”...

Anthropic to use Google chips for its large language model

Google recently invested $2 billion in Anthropic San Francisco-based generative AI startup Anthropic has revealed that it will be one of the first companies to...

Is 5G even relevant to process manufacturers?

Cargill site director gives a view from the factory floor—5G use cases aren’t clear and don’t justify in the investment In a refreshing reality check...

Ofcom confirms details of mmWave spectrum auction

Ofcom said that each lot will comprise a block of 200 megahertz U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom has confirmed the details of the country’s first millimeter-wave...

Rakuten Mobile aims to end 2024 with 8-10 million subscribers

Rakuten Mobile said it attracted 192,000 new mobile customers only in October Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile expects to reach 8-10 million mobile subscribers by the...

University of Glasgow unveils 6G lab

TiC6G houses a suite of instruments capable of testing prototype devices for future 6G networks The University of Glasgow announced the opening of new research...

Mavenir: ‘Open RAN is here to stay’

As Open RAN matures and scales, Mavenir shines a light on the distinction between interoperable, multi-vendor radio systems, and using advanced RAN to deliver...

#TBT: Bring on the 5G lasers; Dish seeks $2B for build-out; China’s plan to boost VR … this week in 2022

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...

Battery maker Basquevolt taps Telefónica for URLLC factory upgrade (minus 5G, Wi-Fi)

Telefónica and Siemens are to provide Spanish battery manufacturer Basquevolt with the “best technological and connectivity solutions” to launch a new “prototyping line” at...

Netherlands opens 3.6 GHz band for private 5G

The Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure (RDI) has announced local spectrum licences in the so-called ‘3.6 GHz band’ are available now for local private...

Canada’s 5G speeds lag behind: Opensignal

A relatively low share of the 3.5 GHz band used for 5G connections can be a reason behind Canada's predicament, says Opensignal According to new...

Verizon reports ‘meaningful’ power efficiency improvements in Intel-supported vRAN deployment

Verizon said that it was able to demonstrate a "significant boost to network performance" on its commercial network, as well as "meaningful power efficiency...

SK Telecom ends Q3 with 15.15 million 5G subscribers

SK Telecom added nearly 400,000 5G subscribers during Q3 SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom operator, ended the third quarter of the year with a...

Telefónica launches public acquisition offer for Telefónica Germany

Telefónica currently holds approximately 71.81% of the shares in Telefónica Germany Spanish operator Telefónica has made a voluntary public acquisition offer to the shareholders of...

Huawei, China Unicom to install 5G-Advanced production line

Huawei highlighted that 5G-Advanced networks provide ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency China Unicom and Huawei claim that they are installing a commercial 5G-Advanced production line...

Digitizing Telecom and Elevating People With Subbu Meiyappan of ECSite

The mission at ECSite is to empower the workforce, break data silos, and embrace the future of technology in telecom. In this episode, we...

Nokia and Aramco to develop 5G use cases and applications for Industry 4.0

Nokia Bell Labs, the Finnish vendor’s research division, is working with Saudi energy company Aramaco, owned by Saudi Aramco, are working to develop 5G-related...
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