2023

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 interview with Liberty Media’s John Malone.  …

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 Cellnex Telecom for an undisclosed fee. …

Has 5G failed? No. Except you’d be forgiven for thinking so given everything that has been written about it in recent months – at least among the things I read, …

Artificial intelligence is being explored to improve customer service with smarter chatbots, dispatch network technicians more efficiently and automate simple, highly manual network operations tasks. It’s also being co-opted by …

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 capabilities through the recent acquisition …

Samsung said its AI model is coming ‘early next year,’ suggesting it might be included in its Galaxy S24 lineup Samsung Electronics this week announced Galaxy AI, which the company …

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-based campus network for BASF …

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 the way for a wider …

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” brand in its home market, holds …

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 deploy new AI chips from …

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 from the Industrial 5G Forum …

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 (mmWave) spectrum auction. In September, …

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 end of 2024, the telco …

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 lab dedicated to helping advance …

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 innovation The Telecom Infra Project’s marquee …

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 …

Telefónica and Siemens are to provide Spanish battery manufacturer Basquevolt with the “best technological and connectivity solutions” to launch a new “prototyping line” at its plant in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital …

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 5G networks. It has confirmed that …

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 research from Opensignal, Canada lags …

Verizon said that it was able to demonstrate a “significant boost to network performance” on its commercial network, as well as “meaningful power efficiency gains” and the capability to support …

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 total of 15.15 million subscribers …

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 German telco Telefónica Germany to …

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 that features ultra-high reliability and …

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

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 Industry 4.0 cases and proofs for …