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Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst

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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.

  • The Agentic Network — T-Mobile US on aligning AI initiatives with customer outcomes

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst August 14, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst August 14, 2026

     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 …

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  • The Agentic Network — NVIDIA on the full-stack path to telecom autonomy

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst August 7, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst August 7, 2026

    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 takes shape as Open RAN, Cloud RAN and AI converge

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 30, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 30, 2026

    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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  • The Agentic Network — Boost Mobile on the right data for AI

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 30, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 30, 2026

    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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  • The Agentic Network — Cisco on the platform path to agentic operations

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 28, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 28, 2026

    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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  • The Agentic Network — Rakuten Mobile on turning data into outcomes

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 23, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 23, 2026

    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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  • The Agentic Network — Cisco on earning trust in autonomous operations

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 21, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 21, 2026

    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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  • The Agentic Network — Deutsche Telekom on APIs for trusted AI

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 16, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst July 16, 2026

    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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  • AI-native 6G is about a lot more than the network

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst May 6, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst May 6, 2026

    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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  • Understanding 6G use cases — inference, ISAC, digital twins and physical AI

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 29, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 29, 2026

    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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  • In the ramp to 6G, Qualcomm pushes NTN performance and NTN/TN integration

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 27, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 27, 2026

    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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  • Qualcomm is working to turn 6G ambition into commercial reality

    by RCR Wireless News and Qualcomm April 24, 2026
    by RCR Wireless News and Qualcomm April 24, 2026

    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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  • Qualcomm sees 6G ISAC as both a network efficiency tool and a new service platform

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 23, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 23, 2026

    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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  • The 6G experience — always-on, ambient AI

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 22, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 22, 2026

    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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  • For 6G spectrum allocation, the clock is ticking

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 21, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 21, 2026

    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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  • AI-native 6G will converge connectivity, compute and sensing

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 20, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst April 20, 2026

    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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  • SpaceX brings Xsight Labs onboard ahead of Starlink v3 launch

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst March 23, 2026
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst March 23, 2026

    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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  • Research note: The other AI — authentic intuition

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst October 28, 2025
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst October 28, 2025

    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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  • Research note: Intel on 18A process and progress

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst October 13, 2025
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst October 13, 2025

    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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  • Next-generation Wi-Fi is blazing fast; the United States’ commitment to 6 GHz Wi-Fi makes it possible

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst October 10, 2025
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst October 10, 2025

    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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  • Bookmarks: Qualcomm on edge AI — the story keeps getting more compelling

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst October 9, 2025
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst October 9, 2025

    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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  • AT&T Network CTO: ‘We’re playing to win’

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst September 29, 2025
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst September 29, 2025

    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 extension of voice in the AI era

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst September 28, 2025
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst September 28, 2025

    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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  • Meet the latest Snapdragon mobile and compute SoCs

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst September 24, 2025
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst September 24, 2025

    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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  • Qualcomm CEO calls his shot: ‘Pre-commercial’ 6G devices in 2028

    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst September 23, 2025
    by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst September 23, 2025

    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 …

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