From devices to on-prem to the public cloud, getting telco AI right involves bringing more new players into an already rapidly expanding ecosystem It’s still early days for advanced artificial …
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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“A fully-automated, zero-touch deployment…self-configuring, self-healing, self-optimizing, self-evolving…That’s the nirvana,” of telco AI according to Red Hat Senior Director of Technology and Architecture Azhar Sayeed. Speaking recently with RCR Wireless News, …
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I still remember when TM Forum Live! was hosted in Nice down on the French Riviera, and it was very much a business support system (BSS) show. The scope of …
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Spirent Communications looks at the future of telco AI across the RAN, devices, data centers and operating models In its position as a provider of test, measurement and service assurance …
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Brownfield operators rejoice!—cloud-native is not a prerequisite for AI-native We’ve covered in these pages before an idea put forth in great detail by McKinsey and Company–and by others–that operators have …
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In February 2022, Etisalat rebranded to e&; the UAE-headquartered multinational was early in doing the hard work of reinventing from a telco to a tech-co, to borrow verbage from industry …
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Telco AI forecasted to become a $42 billion business by 2033 While artificial intelligence (AI) hype is running rampant, AI is also bringing real benefits to real businesses and the …
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While private 5G investment has clearly not lived up to forecasts, the technology has matured, enterprises are buying it, and it is delivering net new value. Perhaps the central dilemma …
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Like virtually every other large global enterprise, paper product manufacturer and distributor Georgia-Pacific is working to leverage generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) for workforce productivity gains. While the current focus …
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Cisco is bringing AI into its collaboration, networking, observability and security solutions; the message to customers at Cisco Live is we’re focused on “making AI work for you” LAS VEGAS—Cisco …
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LAS VEGAS–When Michael Dell took the stage to open Dell Technologies World earlier this week in Las Vegas, it was difficult to imagine that the expansive, innovative company he leads …
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LAS VEGAS—Here at Dell Technologies World, there’s crystal clear acknowledgement that AI will be a very material force multiplier as essentially all companies endeavor to become technology companies. There’s also …
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Editor’s note: Michael Dell wrote a book, Play Nice but Win, published in 2021, that covers the early days of Dell which were marked by rapid growth and portfolio expansions, …
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The rise of Open RAN, where multi-vendor radio systems comprising centralized, distributed and radio units are made interoperable, is now decidedly mainstream. Following early commercial deployments from greenfield operators, Open …
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LitePoint focused on testing Open RAN MIMO radio units as a whole rather than antenna-by-antenna As operators look to maximize spectrum utilization and deliver strong quality of experience to users, …
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EXFO and Verizon on how to effectively resolve PIM issues that impact network performance and drive up opex Passive intermodulation (PIM) is a huge headache for mobile network operators. PIM …
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With the continued evolution of 5G, close-in priorities for operators are understanding the why and how of 5G-Advanced, working with satellite providers on Non-terrestrial networks (NTN), and setting the stage …
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The latest test and measurement trends include Non-terrestrial and Open RAN networks To set the stage for the Test and Measurement Forum (available on demand here), Emil Olbrich, vice president …
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In partnership with Northeastern University, VIAVI is also using AI for city-scale network digital twins Operators, generally, are currently (and have been for some time) going through a number of …
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If you’ve recently attended or watched or read about any tech industry conferences, you’ve noticed the characterization of artificial intelligence (AI), both generative AI (gen AI) and more classical AI, …
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Tupl taking on engineering operations automation as network complexity spikes Founded in 2014, Tupl—based on the mathematics term “tuple” meaning a type of ordered list—has focused on AI-enabled operations automation …
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AWS, IBM, McKinsey and Nokia on curating an LLM for domain-specific applications; bigger isn’t necessarily better and, at some point, you have to dive in If you’ve used consumer-facing generative …
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In this episode of Will 5G Change the World? NETSCOUT’s Greg Mayo, senior director of engineering, looks at where 5G is (in terms of successes and areas for improvement) after …
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In a cloud-native world, the OSS should serve as an app store filled with tools for automation, orchestration, workflow engines and more Rakuten Group, with its operator Rakuten Mobile and …
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New paradigms around infrastructure automation and software development are guiding the cloud-native reinvention of Orange Change is afoot in the telecom industry as the move to cloud-native operating and technological …
