Leveraging AI to drive CX means continuously gathering data from “real people in real places doing real things,” T-Mobile EVP Ankur Kapoor explained The telecom industry often frames AI-enabled automation …
Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst
Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst
Sean focuses on multiple subject areas including 5G, 6G, Open RAN, hybrid cloud, edge computing, and Industry 4.0. Prior to his work at RCR, Sean studied journalism and literature at the University of Mississippi then spent six years based in Key West, Florida, working as a reporter for the Miami Herald Media Company. He currently lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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Operators need telco-trained models, guardrails, simulation and distributed AI infrastructure to move from network automation to new AI-era services. The telecom industry’s agentic AI conversation often starts with network operations. …
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AI-RAN promises a software-driven path to greater capacity, programmability and operational efficiency The RAN’s next phase will not be defined by AI, cloud or openness in isolation, but by the …
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As Boost Mobile has learned, service providers have to understand, “Where does AI bring value to the business and where does it not?” The telecom industry has spent the past …
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Service providers need a North Star architecture, embedded governance and agentic platforms that connect AI to real network context For service providers, the agentic AI conversation tends to split into …
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From fraud prevention to RAN energy savings, Rakuten Mobile is using AI to move network data from insight to automated action The telecom industry discourse on AI keeps returning to …
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Agentic AI in telecom has to start with open-loop recommendations, explainable confidence and human-centered workflows before operators will trust closed-loop autonomy At DTW Ignite in Copenhagen, much of the telecom …
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Network APIs move telecom beyond connectivity by giving enterprises trusted signals for authentication, fraud prevention and AI-driven customer interaction The telecom industry’s network API conversation has matured quickly. The early …
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Qualcomm details its AI-native 6G vision which spans the air interface, through devices and the network, to the cloud Qualcomm is positioning 6G as much more than the next generation …
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Qualcomm sees 6G commercialization being shaped by sensing, distributed intelligence and new multi-device experiences that merge the physical and digital worlds For Qualcomm, the case for 6G is about building …
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From 5G NR-NTN milestones to mmWave research, Qualcomm is working to make satellite connectivity a core part of the 6G system As the telecommunications industry moves toward 6G commercialization in …
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Through ecosystem alignment, early system validation and a focus on an AI-native approach, Qualcomm is pushing 6G toward rollout in 2029 As it has with previous generations of cellular, Qualcomm …
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With ISAC, Qualcomm says operators can improve spectral and energy efficiency while opening the door to new cellular services Integrated sensing and communications, or ISAC, is shaping up as one …
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Qualcomm sees the smartphone evolving into an AI orchestrator as multi-device experiences become the norm New generations of cellular typically come to market with a killer use case — mobile data …
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With AI traffic expected to surge, Qualcomm sees spectrum decisions made today shaping 6G leadership in the future While the standards and technology needed to support commercial 6G launches in …
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From ISAC and digital twins to personal AI and physical AI, Qualcomm and its partners are designing 6G as an end-to-end intelligent platform As Qualcomm looks beyond 5G, the company …
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Xsight Labs’ programmable X2 switch tapped by SpaceX to push throughput beyond 1 Tbps My home airport is XNA, so I spend a lot of time on United regional jets. …
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As Cadence Design Systems leverages AI to push ever more deeply into computational science, what does that mean for engineers? WASHINGTON DC, Oct. 28, 2025: — NVIDIA’s GTC DC event, a …
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As Intel attracts billions in investment, onboarding external customers to 18A will inform the future of cutting-edge semiconductor fabrication in the United States During the recent Intel Technology Tour in …
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At SCTE’s recent TechExpo25 in Washington, D.C., a senior White House official reminded attendees that the Trump Administration’s 2020 decision to open the full 6 GHz band to Wi-Fi should …
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Editor’s note: I took a few weeks off from the column — and logged around 21,000 air miles mostly going to conferences but also seeing Lady Gaga with my wife …
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On the heels of EchoStar spectrum acquisition, AT&T gives strategy update During the excellent Mobile Future Forward event in Seattle, Washington, RCR Wireless News sat down with AT&T SVP and …
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The topline messaging from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit was clear: enable AI everywhere through the high-performance, power efficient silicon used in a broad range of product categories — smartphones, of course, but …
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Editor’s note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accomodations associated with Snapdragon Summit. At Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm debuted Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for handsets and the Snapdragon X2 Elite …
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Editor’s note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accomodations associated with Snapdragon Summit. MAUI—Qualcomm CEO Cristiano laid out his vision of the near-term future today in a keynote speech at …