Network Infrastructure

The RCRTech Roundtables, facilitated by a host of experts, will provide attendees with the opportunity to share their experiences and discuss the challenges they are currently facing regarding powering data …

From the newsletter (October 1; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): Nokia and ICEYE are launching a sovereign satellite communications venture, while US telcos formalize a satellite coverage …

Verizon is moving from scripted RAN automation towards agentic network operations, where AI reasons across domains, shares context and takes action – with the operator retaining control of intent, outcomes …

From the newsletter (September 30; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): IoT providers are pushing programmable, software-defined connectivity, while AI-RAN promises network efficiency rather than market growth. Operators …

From the newsletter (September 29; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): AI is fuelling a networking infrastructure boom, with Corning scaling fiber production to meet demand, while new …

AT&T has signed a $3 billion-plus fiber supply deal with Corning, adding to a string of major commitments as AI data-center construction tightens optical supply and telcos bulk up their …

SK Telecom warns telcos not to repeat their 5G mistakes with AI-RAN – while Optus considers how they should re-architect their infrastructure as “social networks for agents”. In sum – …

From the newsletter (September 25; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): Rakuten Mobile and T-Mobile offer tangible AI-RAN examples, embedding intelligence in network automation and distributed compute. Their …

Satellite connectivity is becoming wedged into conventional terrestrial telecom infrastructure, bringing new regulatory, certification, and interoperability requirements alongside its buzzy commercial growth. The US has banned Huawei et al; 3GPP …

From the newsletter (September 24; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): Optus, Orange, SK Telecom, plus ZTE and Samsung, are sharpening the AI-RAN debate: near-term gains from AI …

From Intelligent RAN Forum: AI-RAN is becoming less futuristic and more practical, with Optus reporting live-network gains in link adaptation, coverage prediction and compensation. But scaling those AI-for-RAN capabilities across …

Mimosa Networks argues broadband operators should build for the business case, not fiber-first dogma. As BEAD funding and rural economics shift, FWA in unlicensed spectrum offers another route to viable …

From the newsletter (September 23; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): Cambium’s collapse exposes the risks of vendor dependence for WISPs, while private 5G and IoT keep expanding, …

Cambium’s collapse leaves WISPs facing a sprawling installed-base problem, with Airspan’s partial acquisition offering some relief but leaving ePMP and other product lines in limbo. The challenge now is securing …

From the newsletter (September 22; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): From live-network AI-RAN trials and a massive transpacific cable build to private LTE iPhones and stratospheric lasers, …

Orange is preparing to test Nokia’s AI-RAN platform in its live network, putting claimed radio-efficiency gains to the commercial test while exploring the bigger proposition of shared compute for AI …

From the newsletter (September 21; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): The best broadband network is not always fiber, says Mimosa Networks. FWA can make better economic sense …

AI inference is reshaping network demand, creating an opportunity for service providers to turn high-capacity, intelligent connectivity into new revenue as enterprises and hyperscalers scale AI workloads. AI has taken …

From the newsletter (September 18; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): AI may be making telecoms look increasingly central to the next digital economy, but updates on the …

Europe’s €15.6bn IRIS² initiative is moving from sovereign-connectivity ambition to hardware, with hundreds of LEO and MEO satellites, billions in industrial contracts and a separate Low-LEO pipeline taking shape. In …

From the newsletter (September 17; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): AI is strengthening the case for more mid-band spectrum, particularly as physical AI pushes more traffic upstream. …

The firm’s chief commercial officer said that Crown Castle’s long-term customer contracts provide visibility into future activity, while spectrum acquisitions and auctions could provide additional support In sum – what …

From the newsletter (September 16; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): A new traffic cycle is driving a major physical network build. The AI infrastructure story is becoming …

Nokia is pushing AI-RAN with mobile operators, supplying defense networks to governments, selling security to internet exchanges, and upgrading longhaul optical infrastructure – a sprawling set of bets that shows …

From the newsletter (September 15; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): AI safety warnings may be genuine, but they arrive alongside mounting questions about AI economics. As frontier …