Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst

The Port of Tyne views its private 5G network as a key enabler of a broad suite of smart port use cases The Port of Tyne in the United Kingdom is …

In order to effectively benefit from telco AI solutions, operators need to first focus on building a robust data platform For telco AI use cases to materialize in a beneficial …

Arrcus CEO sees network-related bottlenecks that could impact the ability for operators to capitalize on telco AI offerings—but the problems are solvable Arrcus describes its mission this way: “To democratize …

Dell SVP of AI Strategy talks through LLM curation, optimization for telco AI use cases Earlier this year at Dell Tech World, company CEO, Chairman and Founder Michael Dell identified …

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 …

Dish Network CEO is also leaving EchoStar merger nears completion As the company reinvents itself to be a mobile network operator augmented by satellite capabilities brought in by EchoStar, Dish …

Enabling on-device gen AI applications across its portfolio is a clear priority for Qualcomm Following a strong set of gen AI announcements at its Snapdragon Summit last week, Qualcomm reported …

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 gets major upgrade to NPU and other subsystems; features a 5G-Advanced ready modem-RF system Last week at its Snapdragon Summit on Maui, Qualcomm product launches and …

Vodafone CEO describes sale as part of “right-sizing” effort Vodafone is existing the highly-competitive Spanish market with the sale of its business there to Zegona Communications. According to Vodafone, it’s …

Major multinational European carriers have publicly and repeatedly expressed intent to deploy Open RAN at scale. This is driven by a number of factors chief among them the need to …

Editor’s note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with Snapdragon Summit.  HAWAII—With the launch of its ambitious Oryon CPU for PCs and plan to embed the 12-core powerhouse …

The Oryon CPU is part of the Snapdragon X Elite SoC which is positioned to make Qualcomm an even more major player in the PC category Editor’s note: Qualcomm provided …

Softbank telco AI strategy includes working with NVIDIA on network automation and adding AI overhead into 5G RAN compute As interest and investment in artificial intelligence has reached a fever …

The Open RAN conversation has evolved from a narrow focus on the nuts and bolts of making a multi-vendor radio system work, to operationalizing these systems and layering in app-based …

Experts see the Open RAN RIC supporting energy and spectral efficiency, service differentiation and more In an Open RAN network, the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) is, in some circles at …

Intel sees the combination of 5G and AI as “transforming dreams into reality”  Intel has been an ecosystem and market leader as operators turn to new virtualized and open 5G …

Understand the key requirements for establishing a CI/CD/CT pipeline to manage Open RAN Beyond just opening up radio system interfaces to connect hardware and software components from different vendors, one …

A Q&A with Dish’s Sidd Chenumolu on the public cloud, network programmability and the role of the RIC Dish Wireless has reached major coverage milestones in its effort to build …

While Open RAN vendors are focused on hardware/software disaggregation and interoperability, operators also need RAN reaggregation As commercial Open RAN deployments, particularly in brownfield network environments, begin to ramp, the …

As brownfield Open RAN deployments pick up and interoperability processes are refined, questions around fiber expense and massive MIMO still dog the ecosystem Open RAN has come a long way …

Keysight updates on Open RAN innovations and the testing processes behind them Open RAN contains multitudes. It’s an ideological movement grounded in the belief that a diverse radio supplier ecosystem …

Buy-in from incumbent vendors could catalyze Open RAN deployment With Dell’Oro Group estimating that Open RAN manufacturer revenues accounted for a mid-single digit share ($2 billion to $3 billion) of …

Rakuten Symphony talks Open RAN benefits and bringing radio disaggregation to brownfield network environments Beginning in 2018, Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Rakuten Group, started deploying a greenfield …

Call center analytics and customer interactions among key telco AI use cases being discussed in boardrooms In the latest of our ongoing Telco AI Deep Dive series, Capgemini Americas Principal …

Part of the vision of Open RAN has been creating specifications and ecosystem alignment resulting in what is effectively a plug-and-play radio system. However, the reality today, and the near-term …