Yearly Archives: 2024

Is automation the answer for the 5G labor shortage? (Reader Forum)

In the transition to 5G, communication service providers (CSPs) have invested billions of dollars in building their infrastructure and virtualizing key components. Funding from...

TeamViewer invests ‘double-digit millions’ in Industry 4.0 duo to drive AI/AR IoT offer

German enterprise group-comms software provider TeamViewer, which has featured prominently in remote collaboration and augmented reality (AR) use cases for early private cellular network...

Jio expects to get approval for its satellite broadband offering soon

Jio has already completed with all the required submissions to local regulator IN-SPACe Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm is expected to gain landing rights and...

HFCL secures order to upgrade optical transport network for BSNL

BSNL previosuly said it expected to launch a 4G network this year Indian telecoms vendor HFCL has signed a deal worth INR 11.2 billion ($135...

SpaceX launches first direct-to-cell satellites

Newly launched Starlink satellites will support reciprocal access services with MNOs On Tuesday evening, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in...

How does RAN modernization foster sustainability?

The sustainability North Star— “zero traffic, zero watt” The radio access network (RAN) is the biggest energy draw in a mobile network. Because of this,...

France starts 2024 with 44,134 5G authorized sites

Mobile carriers in France are currently providing 5G services through spectrum in 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands France had a total of...

Kigen announces eSIM / iSIM deals with IoT platform providers Neue and TEAL

Ireland-based SIM specialist Kigen has issued a couple of announcements about supply deals in the eSIM / iSIM space. The firm is working separately...

Industry 4.0 lighthouses commended for AI-based productivity, sustainability gains

The World Economic Forum has inducted 21 manufacturing operations into its Industry 4.0 hall-of-fame based on their usage of sundry digital tech, notably AI,...

Lenders refuse to extend fresh funds to Vodafone Idea: Report

Vodafone Idea needs to obtain fresh financing in order to be in a position to launch its 5G network Indian carrier Vodafone Idea may face...

Orange Spain ends 2023 with 2,463 cities covered by 5G

Orange reported its 5G network currently covers 83.2% of the country’s overall population Spanish telco Orange ended 2023 with a total of 2,463 towns and...

EchoStar, Dish complete merger

Charlie Ergen's network companies are now officially one entity again, with EchoStar having completed its merger with Dish Network. The all-stock transaction was completed...

BT reportedly misses deadline to fully remove Huawei gear

BT said that all 4G and 5G data sessions and voice calls are now delivered by non-Huawei core equipment' U.K carrier BT Group missed the...

Kagan: Could TM Technologies help solve wireless spectrum shortage?

Being developed for the US military, could TM solve spectrum data crunch We use more wireless data every year, but the spectrum we use to...

Seven IoT reports to set you up for 2024 – on cellular/non-cellular edge/cloud private/public IoT

Some new-year reading, before the 2024 news agenda goes into over-drive; here, the enterprise team at RCR Wireless picks some choice long-form reports from...

Four telco trends to navigate in 2024 (Reader Forum)

It’s been an interesting 12 months for the telecommunications industry. From the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to ongoing macroeconomic instability, telcos have...

The Sunday Brief: CES preview—you want some AI with that?

Holiday greetings from Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri (picture is from the top of the Cranmer trail run at the Winter Park ski resort).  We...

Rakuten Mobile ends 2023 with over 6 million mobile subscribers

Rakuten Mobile initially launched mobile services in Japan in April 2020 Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile has reached over 6 million subscribers as of the end...

The current state of 5G in Germany

During 2023, the largest operators in Germany have been focusing on the expansion of their 5G networks, with some operators already offering coverage to...

5G-ACIA signs MoU with Taiwan’s TAICS

The collaboration deal between 5G-ACIA and TAICS was facilitated by Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) The 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA),...

The current state of 5G deployments in India

Airtel said its 5G offering was available across all districts in India while rival telco Jio's 5G networl already reaches over 7,700 towns and...

Jio partners with IIT Bombay to develop an AI-based model

Jio said that the new AI-based offering will be called ‘Bharat GPT’ Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm is currently working with Indian Institute of Technology...

Huawei expects revenues of over $98 billion in 2023

Huawei reported its revenues in 2023 would expand by nearly 9% year-on-year Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies expects to report revenue exceeding CNY 700 billion ($98.5...

5G FWA will be key for last-mile connectivity in India: Qualcomm

Qualcomm said 5G FWA will create new opportunities in the consumer and enterprise segments 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) will be a crucial technology for...

Vodafone Germany’s 5G network reaches 91% of population

Vodafone said its 5G SA network currently serves nearly 45% of the German population Vodafone Germany’s 5G network reached 91% of the country’s population as...
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