Christian de Looper

NestAI and Nokia fuse 5G, AI, and sensing for NATO forces In sum – what we know: Nokia Defense and Finnish AI lab NestAI have announced a set of new integrated operational …

Real-time AI RAN tuning lifted peak downlink throughput 31% network-wide across Tokyo In sum – what we know: Samsung and KDDI have completed a months-long trial of Samsung’s AI-powered RAN …

Tencent Cloud claims zero downtime moving 1,200 microservices for XLSMART In sum – what we know: Tencent Cloud has completed a large-scale public cloud migration for Indonesian telecom operator XLSMART in 4.5 …

Ericsson’s architectural blueprint adds an agentic service experience layer In sum – what we know: Ericsson has put agentic AI at the center of its operations and business support stack …

Six specialized Nokia agents will roll out through 2027 In sum – what we know: Google Cloud and Nokia have expanded their partnership to push Gemini-powered AI agents directly into Nokia’s network …

TelcoAgent pairs zero-shot KPM forecasting with a 3GPP knowledge graph In sum – what we know: Telecom networks generate an enormous amount of operational data, and the people running them …

Taara Beam swaps mechanical mirrors for a fingernail-sized photonic chip In sum – what we know: Fiber gets all the credit, and for good reason. It’s the backbone of global …

SK Telecom’s AX Innovation 2.0 program treats AI agents as “digital employees” In sum – what we know: SK Telecom wants you to think of AI agents less as software …

Operators can switch on Ericsson’s AI models on existing AI-ready hardware In sum – what we know: Ericsson has launched a new software suite it calls “AI in RAN,” a …

The Nvidia-powered AI-RAN deal moves the partners’ year-long collaboration to deployment In sum – what we know: Nokia and Indosat have signed a strategic network modernization and AI-RAN rollout agreement …

Dynamic CX layers predictive intelligence onto T-Mobile’s existing network to pre-position capacity In sum – what we know: T-Mobile has unveiled a new AI-powered network technology called Dynamic CX, timing the launch …

AT&T’s Pascal Desroches frames direct-to-device satellite as a complement to terrestrial networks In sum – what we know: AT&T’s CFO laid out the company’s satellite playbook days before Starlink’s parent …

Panelists argued defense 5G built on 3GPP standards offers speed, scale, and a path to reclaiming contested spectrum In sum – what we know: At the Defense Communications Forum, a …

Why trust, sovereignty, and clear demand signals matter more to defense connectivity than engineering in the 6G era How do you build a trusted and interoperable defense connectivity ecosystem? The …

Panelists say defense networks must assume day-one attack and lean on civilian infrastructure to stay up The definition of resilience in defense communications is shifting, and so is the way …

The Nvidia-powered service bundles SoftBank’s telecom edge network with central GPU data centers In sum – what we know: SoftBank has announced its “AI Data Center GPU Cloud,” a sovereign …

Operators, spectrum leads, and coalition partners weigh in on edge AI, survivability, and spectrum coordination At the Defense Communications Forum, a series of military operators, spectrum policy leads, and coalition …

Defense and industry leaders detail NTN standards progress, tactical use cases, and the security gaps still ahead The convergence of 5G and non-terrestrial networks (NTN) has moved well past the …

Verizon’s Lamont Copeland on assigning modalities to missions and modernizing TDM in bites Verizon’s Lamont Copeland recently spoke to RCR Wireless’ Sulagna Saha at the Defense Communications Forum, arguing that …

A panel at the Defense Communications Forum put timelines on drone detection, waveform debates, and the limits of sensing from space At the Defense Communications Forum, a panel moderated by …

Foxconn’s modular facilities are designed to deploy in under 12 months In sum – what we know: Three companies that don’t usually work together have announced an AI infrastructure project …

Nokia is making specific claims about resolution rates, truck rolls, and operational efficiency In sum – what we know: Nokia has announced that it’s embedding agentic AI across its fixed network product …

T-Mobile, Nokia, and Nvidia agree on where AI and wireless are converging, but not on the compute architecture to get there The “AI RAN” label has become a bit of …

Connect (X) industry panel covers the transition to AI inferencing and infrastructure scaling The edge has been a conference talking point for the better part of a decade, but a …

The carrier is increasing build activity by 20% while integrating AI to streamline construction Verizon is accelerating its network build activity by over 20% year-on-year, pushing past 30 million fiber …