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Intel’s Caroline Chan elected TIP president

Chan has been on the board at TIP since 2017, making her its longest-serving member The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has elected Caroline Chan, VP in the Network and Edge Group at Intel Corporation and current TIP board member, as its president. Chan has been...

European Commission green-lights e& acquisition in Europe

e& committed to implementing a number of measures to address the concerns noted by the European body The European Commission has granted conditional approval for United Arab Emirates (UAE) telco e& to acquire sole control of PPF Telecom Group, excluding its Czech operations, under the...

O2 Telefonica deploys 1,900 5G transmitters in Germany

O2 Telefonica now reaches more than 96% of the German population with its 5G service German carrier O2 Telefónica said it has deployed a total of 1,900 transmitters across Germany since the beginning, the telco said in a release. The carrier, owned by Spanish telco...

Building 6G business models: Worries and opportunities

WASHINGTON, D.C—With 6G already looming on the horizon as a technical challenge, there is also the pressing issue that in terms of new revenues, 5G has, by and large, not yet delivered. So what might 6G business models even look like, when the industry...

BSNL targets 100,000 4G sites across India by mid-2025

BSNL has already deployed a total of 35,000 4G sites across India Indian state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) aims to have a total of 100,000 4G sites across India by mid-2025, local press reported, citing Jyotiraditya Scindia, India's Union Telecom Minister. Thirty-five thousand...

ZTE embraces digital solutions to connect rural, isolated regions

ZTE and China Mobile previously connected world’s highest UNESCO natural heritage site with 5G technology Chinese vendor ZTE claimed that its digital solutions are helping to bring connectivity to some of the world’s most remote and underserved regions. At the United Nations Summit of the...

#TBT: Rakuten Mobile launches 5G; the industry considers Open RAN; CBRS gains more support … this week in 2020

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Rakuten Mobile launches...

Capability vs. capacity: The duality of AI in telecom networks

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...

What should we expect from 6G?

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 secures 5G deal with Viettel in Vietnam

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...

Test and Measurement: Keysight seeks to extend software-centric strategy, pick up Synopsys’ optical design tools

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...

Global 5G connections exceeds 2 billion at end-Q2

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 named official telecom sponsor for FIFA World Cup 2026

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...

EU clears Swisscom’s proposed acquisition of Vodafone Italy

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...

Airtel reaches 140,000 villages in India with 5G services

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...

Spark New Zealand selects Nokia as majority 5G RAN partner

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 Idea signs new deals for 4G, 5G services

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, du claim first indoor 5G-A network in the Middle East

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...

Q&A: Keysight on AI in network testing and assurance

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:...

Qualcomm wants to buy Intel, according to reports

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...

‘Much more than chatbots’ — T-Mo US, OpenAI to ‘revolutionize’ customer experience with AI

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...

MTN, ZTE claims Africa’s first 5G maritime coverage

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...

Qualcomm explains 5G RedCap (Part 2)

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...

Qualcomm explains 5G RedCap (Part 1)

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...