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Rakuten Mobile launches...
A survey from Ciena published earlier this year revealed the dual nature of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on telecom networks.
On one hand, more than half of the telecom and IT engineers surveyed reported that they thought the use of AI would...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the vision for 6G begins to make its way from R&D to standardization, what are the trends and goals, both technological and societal, that will and should influence it?
Experts from across the telecom industry, government and academia gathered in Washington, D.C. this...
Nokia said that the 5G project with Viettel will cover 22 provinces across the country
Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has signed a new commercial deal with Vietnamese state-run telco Viettel Group to deploy 5G equipment for the first time nationwide in Vietnam.
In a...
Keysight Technologies plans to pick up Synopsys' optical design and analysis software tools, an acquisition that Keysight says will broaden its design engineering software portfolio and computer-aided engineering capabilities.
Synopsys is in the process of a pending $35 billion acquisition of microchip software...
Currently, there are 329 commercial 5G networks worldwide, according to 5G Americas
Global 5G connections exceeded 2 billion connections at the end of the second quarter of the year, with the addition of 192 million connections during the period, according to a new report by...
Verizon will supply FIFA with connectivity services across stadiums and other operation sites
Verizon has been designated the FIFA official telecommunication sponsor for the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Canada, Mexico and the U.S., as well as a tournament supporter in the U.S for the FIFA...
Swisscom said it aims to merge Vodafone Italy with Italian telco Fastweb, Swisscom’s subsidiary in Italy
Swiss telco Swisscom confirmed that the European Commission has cleared its proposed acquisition of Italian operator Vodafone Italy.
In a release, Swisscom noted that the completion of the Vodafone Italia...
Bharti Airtel ended its first fiscal quarter of 2025 on June 30, with a total of 90 million 5G subscribers
Indian operator Bharti Airtel’s 5G network currently reaches 140,000 villages, while its 4G network coverage extends to 800,000 villages across India, according to local press...
Nokia said the deal will help spark 'consolidate its RAN… simplify network operations' and 'improve cost efficiencies'
Spark New Zealand has chosen Nokia as its “majority supplier” for the expansion of its existing 4G and 5G program in cities across New Zealand. The carrier will use...
Vodafone signed new agreements with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung
Indian carrier Vodafone Idea has concluded different deals worth $3.6 billion with Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung for the supply of network equipment over a period of three years.
In a release, the Indian telco noted that the...
Huawei said it used three carrier aggregation (3CC) technology for this new deployment
Huawei, in partnership with United Arab Emirates telco du, has deployed what it claims to be the first indoor 5G-Advanced (5G-A) network in the Middle East. In a release, the Chinese vendor...
AI and its older sibling, machine learning, have been around and in development in telecom networks for many years now. This is particularly true among the tools of network testing, measurement, monitoring and assurance, which have traditionally been the means of viewing the network:...
Reuters reported that Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon is "personally involved" in the Intel takeover negotiations
The story of Intel’s struggles around design/build approach to semiconductors facing headwinds is continuing to unfold, and on Friday, took an expected turn when it was reported that Qualcomm approached...
T-Mobile US said it hopes to eventually create an AI blueprint that will applicable across industries
T-Mobile US has given ChatGPT creator OpenAI access to its customer data as part of a collaboration aimed at the development of an “intent-driven AI-decisioning platform.” The platform, called...
ZTE said the MTN 5G deployment will enhance tourism, fisheries and the broader maritime economy and support ecological preservation efforts
Mobile operator MTN South Africa, in collaboration with Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation, has launched what it claims to be Africa’s first 5G ultra-range maritime coverage...
5G RedCap supports fewer antennas and frequency bands, reducing device cost and size
This is the second part of a two-part story. Read Part 1 here.
5G reduced capability (RedCap) technology is designed for Internet of Things (IoT) support and IoT environments as it operates primarily in...
5G RedCap (Reduced Capability) technology, a component of 5G-Advanced is key to the evolution of 5G as the technology bridges the capability and complexity gap by offering the capacity and speed needed for use cases that typically do not require the full benefits of...
The majority of public safety professionals consider AI a top priority, but see 5G as the most impactful technology, reveals Verizon survey
The fourth iteration of Verizon Frontline’s survey of nearly 1,700 public safety professionals revealed that network reliability and resiliency are a top priority....
Keysight Technologies said that it has achieved an industry first, in the form of a quantum circuit simulation environment that features frequency-domain magnetic flux quantization.
The test company worked with Google Quantum AI on its new Quantum Circuit Simulation (Quantum Ckt Sim) Solution.
"In...
Free also said that its recent launch of 5G SA technology allowed the telco to become the first operator in France to launch VoNR services
French telco Free Mobile, a subsidiary of local telecoms goup Illiad, claimed to be the first operator in the country...
The outage affected Reliance Jio Infocomm's mobile and broadband services
Indian carrier Reliance Jio Infocomm, owned by local conglomerate Reliance Industries, experienced a nationwide network outage on September 17, affecting millions of users across India.
The outage, which began earlier in the day, was attributed to...
The main mission of the AI-RAN Alliance is to 'weave AI right into the fabric of the radio access network'
Officially launched in February 2024, the AI-RAN Alliance is a group of technology and telecom leaders focused on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into...
Network equipment vendor Ericsson has joined the new Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)-focused industry advocacy group, MSSA, that is focused on the use of satellite spectrum for direct-to-cellular device and IoT communications.
There are two broad approaches to NTN direct-to-cellular (D2C, sometimes also direct-to-device or D2D),...
