One of the biggest challenges facing communication service providers (CSPs) is finding a way to monetize the huge investment required by 5G. That said, multiple interested parties are just as eager to cash in on capabilities the new technology could bring to enterprises. Some...
THOR is suitable for hard-to-reach or hard-to-navigate environments and situations
As part of its collaboration with the Department of Defense through NavalX and the SoCal Tech Bridge, Verizon Frontline unveiled a Tactical Humanitarian Operations Response (THOR) vehicle at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar. The...
Orange will begin deployment of the 5G standalone network in the town of Lannion, with expansion expected in 2022
Orange is launching a test Standalone (SA) 5G network in France to evaluate the benefits of cloud, AI and new radio technologies on its operation and...
As the connected and autonomous vehicle industry continues to evolve, it is becoming increasingly dependent on technologies that can help improve safety, security, efficiency and costs. While the widespread adoption of driverless mobility is still in the distance, the infrastructure that is needed to...
As part of the deal, Microsoft will require AT&T’s carrier-grade Network Cloud platform technology
AT&T and Microsoft have announced a strategic partnership that will see the carrier’s 5G mobile network moved to the Microsoft cloud and provides a path for its traffic to be managed...
TelcoDR Founder and CEO on the vision for bringing public cloud to telecom
BARCELONA--Cloud City in Hall 2 is by a wide margin the focal point of Mobile World Congress 2021. The lavish booth, conceived and built in a 101-day sprint, is the vision of...
The AI-on-5G platform combines the GPU and the DPU on the same EGX Nvidia AI card
At this year’s Mobile World Congress, Nvidia announced that it is extending support for Arm-based CPUs in the Nvidia Aerial A100 AI-on-5G, a platform first revealed in April at...
IBM also announced the expansion of its automation portfolio at MWC 2021
Helped along by its purchase of software company Red Hat, IBM has snagged cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) deals with Verizon and Telefonica. Using technology it obtained from the acquisition, IBM will offer the...
The new Ericsson Cloud RAN offering includes support for 5G mid-band and Massive MIMO deployments
With help from Intel, Ericsson has extended its Cloud RAN (Radio Access Network) offering to include support for 5G mid-band and massive MIMO deployments. Ericsson’s expanded portfolio will leverage Intel’s...
The pandemic gave us a glimpse at how cloud platforms and connectivity can come together to deliver ingenuity in how we connect — and we’re all eager to see how 5G and Edge computing will supercharge this opportunity. Imagine going from telehealth visits to...
Dish and Nokia will deploy a 5G SA core on AWS public cloud
A 5G standalone (SA) deal between Nokia and Dish Network marks the first deployment of 5G on the public cloud. The vendor intends to deploy its 5G SA Core for Dish on Amazon Web Services...
For the first time, Verizon gave the keynote address at E3, one of the biggest gaming expos in the world
Advanced technologies like 5G and Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) are making it possible to take graphic-heavy AAA games and online multiplayer games on the go,...
IBM expects unprecedented 5G hypergrowth to begin around mid-decade, and the decisions made by CSPs today are critical
The cloud hyperscaler dominance over legacy media companies has been making headlines lately, heightening the pressure on Communications Service Providers (CSPs) to avoid the same fate. The...
Dell is also introducing new reference architectures and an Open Telecom Ecosystem Lab
Dell Technologies launched new cloud-native network infrastructure that includes a full stack of open, scalable carrier-grade server and software solutions with the ambition to simplify and accelerate the telecom journey towards disaggregate networks the...
The private CBRS network will connect an elementary school and three housing locations in the school's district
Intel and AWS have partnered with Megh Computing, a provider of a real-time, AI-based Video Analytics Solution (VAS), to deploy a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) private network...
Enterprise data analytics and cloud company Cloudera is being taken private in an all-cash $5.3 billion transaction with affiliates of private equity companies Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR.
The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2021.
"This transaction provides substantial...
Accedian's Chief Strategy Officer: 'There is immense opportunity in 5G, the cloud and edge, for both customers and service providers'
RCR Wireless News spoke with Accedian’s Chief Strategy Officer Richard Piasentin about what service providers need to do to ensure that they are well-positioned to...
Amazon is acquiring MGM Studios' catalog of 4,000 films and 17,000 television shows for $8.45 billion
Amazon is acquiring MGM Studios for $8.45 billion, marking both the tech giant’s second second-largest acquisition behind the 2017 purchase of Whole Foods for $13.7 billion and the latest development...
The AstaZero test track includes a 5G corridor between France, Germany and Luxembourg
Ericsson and Volvo Cars have carried a successful test handover of connected cars between two mobile 5G networks in different countries at the AstaZero test track in Sweden, proving that seamless continuity...
Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband is available in parts of more than 70 U.S. cities and 60 stadiums and arenas
This week, Verizon has made further headway in the sports world, partnering with the National Hockey League (NHL) and with more National Basketball Association (NBA) teams. Verizon...
The new capabilities are expected to be available in the second half of 2021
Under a new partnership, SpaceX — Elon Musk’s private American aerospace company — will begin to locate its Starlink ground stations within Google Cloud’s data center properties. This, say the companies,...
Smartphones account for the biggest source of gaming revenue — 43% of total revenue from all devices
Smartphones appear to be dominating the global gaming market, according to new data presented by 123scommesse. In 2020, the global gaming market generated an estimated $177.8 billion, 43% — or...
AT&T Business CEO: '5G is going to be a game-changer for the healthcare industry'
AT&T is deploying a private 5G network, as well as Multi-access Edge computing (MEC), at the University of Southern California's (USC's) Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine to support cancer...
Director of Verizon 5G Labs: 'Music artists can build entire worlds with 5G and MEC'
“I was able to create my own world,” music artist The Hxliday says in a video released by Verizon 5G Labs. “This is more of a creative thought process than...
