Successful enterprises are those that never stop adapting to the changing terrain of business. Like the veteran team captain who reads the field, identifying opportunities and weighing risks, enterprises that flourish are those who take the initiative. In sport as well as business, staying...
I have been in the Telecom industry since 2004 when I started in network engineering at Verizon, this year marks 20 years in the industry! I ‘grew up’ Telecom and have worked in wireline, wireless and places where they converge, I have seen lots...
As future 6G standards are discussed this year, current work on Releases 18 and 19 in areas such as AI / ML, MIMO, and power savings will provide the starting point.
The rollout of 5G is well underway. At the same time as 5G is...
David Joosten, director of the Americas and partner markets at Vodafone Business, identifies key trends that will shape the digital enterprise market in 2024, as follows...
1 | 5G and IoT will benefit society more than AI
The convergence of 5G and IoT will create more...
In the transition to 5G, communication service providers (CSPs) have invested billions of dollars in building their infrastructure and virtualizing key components. Funding from the recent Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in the United States will further infuse capital nationwide to expand mobile broadband services, particularly...
It’s been an interesting 12 months for the telecommunications industry. From the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to ongoing macroeconomic instability, telcos have had to take a hard look at their business models and shift their strategies.
Traditionally, revenue growth has been the top...
Power distribution systems are rapidly evolving across the world in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and meet bold climate goals. Today, governments at the national, state and local levels are collectively investing trillions of dollars to build renewable energy sources and modernize their...
As we step into the new year, the shadow of ransomware continues to loom large over the digital landscape. Cyber attackers show no signs of relenting and 2024 is poised to become their second-most prolific year on record.
The need to confront this expanding threat...
When any new technology is about to debut, it’s hard to decide when to stay pat and when to upgrade. Or even whether it’s worthwhile. These questions will be front and center for many organizations when Wi-Fi 7 reaches the market early next year.
Wi-Fi...
Based on his insights gained over the past decade, Kristoff Van Rattinghe, chief executive at Belgium-founded IoT tracking firm Sensolus, discusses how IoT technology is developing and the trends companies can expect in 2024.
Containers, pallets, special loading racks, trailers, boxes and mobile machinery –...
Throughout 2023, we’ve witnessed an explosion of interest in AI technology catalyzed by the advent of ChatGPT. With both promise and peril, this new wave of artificial intelligence sparked a dichotomous public discourse – some hailing AI as the key to a transformative future,...
Per a Global market Insight report, market size for 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) is set to be valued at more than $25 billion in 2022-2023 and is poised to depict a 30% CAGR through 2023-2032, on account of the growing demand for high-speed...
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article titled “After More Than Four Years, Has 5G Lived Up to Expectations?” The article explores whether or not 5G has lived up to the hype, and potential reasons for the technology’s overall performance in the market....
For more on smart metering, and to hear more from Neil Bosworth, check out the RCR Wireless webinar on smart metering (October 19; available on-demand).
The urgency to address environmental concerns plays a crucial role in the development and adoption of smart meters. Approximately...
Wireless operators are devoting significant attention to deployments of indoor 5G coverage for large venues, transportation hubs, commercial developments and other high-density public or semi-public spaces. Since the majority of cellular traffic originates indoors, this is hardly surprising; macro networks have difficulty penetrating indoor...
For production companies to thrive in today’s competitive market, going digital is not merely an option but a necessity. Workflows where paper still dominates are often the bottlenecks that frustrate employees. Implementation of a manufacturing execution system (MES) can help to effectively manage transformation...
In the dynamic world of network traffic management, the concept of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) has been a subject of intense debate in recent years. As concerns around data privacy and cybercrime have grown, the use of encryption technologies to secure data across public...
5G growth is a persistent trend across industries, and reports have forecasted that 5G subscriptions will reach 4.4 billion globally by the end of 2027, accounting for approximately 48% of total global mobile subscriptions.
5G network technologies are evolving faster than any previous generation, with cloudification...
In our lifetimes we've been witness to some rare yet truly transformative moments. The arrival of the World Wide Web is an obvious one; the launch of the iPhone is another in 2007. Well, we're amid the next truly transformative moment: the advent of...
AI players Qualcomm, Huawei, Betacom, Juniper Networks, Cisco, Celona
The AI event in Washington, DC yesterday should be your radar for what it said and what it did not say. Listening to the current raging debate, Artificial Intelligence is big, important and is also a...
While the path to widespread 5G adoption has progressed at a pace steadier than first anticipated, there's a notable resurgence in the 5G race among telco leaders. Despite the swift start in 5G deployment by major providers, the pursuit of transformative use cases has...
With concerns around both environment impact and overall costs of energy, operators around the world are looking to do whatever possible to create a greener future.
In a recent report, the GSMA announced that core networks and data centers owned by communication service providers (CSPs)...
Four nines, five nines, six nines – everyone wants more nines. Every enterprise wants ultra reliability, with guaranteed uptime of 99.99 percent (or 99.999 percent, or 99.9999 percent). But here’s the thing; a flippant rule of thumb says every extra nine in pursuit of...
The fast-tracking of cloud computing continues. According to Gartner, the worldwide public cloud services market is expected to grow by 20.7% to total $591.8 billion in 2023, up from $490.3 billion in 2022.
As the CTO of BT, my team and I are embedded in...
