In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector
NVIDIA, xAI join BlackRock and Microsoft's $30 billion AI infrastructure fund
NVIDIA and Elon Musk’s xAI are joining BlackRock and Microsoft in the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP),...
In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector
xAI expands Memphis presence with major property acquisition
Elon Musk’s xAI has acquired a one-million-square-foot property in Southwest Memphis. This expansion follows the December 2024 announcement of...
AI data centers must support intensive workloads such as deep learning, large-scale data analytics as well as real-time decision-making
Artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are the backbone of modern machine learning and computational advancements. However, one of the biggest challenges these AI data centers...
MWC25 Barcelona: A week of big ideas, innovation and future-shaping tech
MWC25 Barcelona just wrapped up, and what a week it was! With 109,000 attendees from 205 countries and territories, the world’s biggest connectivity event was buzzing with game-changing tech, powerful collaborations and discussions that...
As the telecom industry undergoes rapid transformation, driven by emerging technologies and shifting market dynamics, telecommunication companies (telcos) find themselves at a pivotal crossroads. For telcos, there is only one way forward: adapt and thrive, or resist and fall behind the competitive curve. This...
US regulators need to look forward, not backward — at light-speed
The world of telecommunications and technology has grown and changed dramatically and rapidly over the past few decades. Things make sense today that did not yesterday. Things are necessary today were not yesterday. Watching...
With amusement I read a note by a cable advocate on spectrum. The note seems to be mostly hung up on the definition of what is low-, mid- and high-band spectrum. It completely ignores the history of the terms and the technical reasons for...
Global mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Wireless Logic is providing IoT networking and airtime to Ireland-based ‘sensory hub’ provider Cubbie to regulate immersive environments in schools, hospitals, libraries and other locations in the UK and Ireland. Cubbie works with local councils, education authorities, and...
The Cisco UCS C845A M8 server is based on Nvidia MGX reference architecture and offers greater flexibility for AI workloads
As Cisco Live in Amsterdam continues this week, it’s clear that the company is focused on driving Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data center innovation, flexibility and scalability...
Americans received 68 billion unwanted robocalls in 2024. While that figure may seem substantial, significant progress has been made in the fight against robocall bad actors: 2024’s total unwanted robocall volume is down nearly 60% from the pre-pandemic high of 106.9 billion in 2019.
This...
At the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, a panel of leading AI researchers and industry figures tackled the question of artificial general intelligence (AGI): what it is, when it might emerge, and whether it should be pursued at all. The discussion underscored...
Verizon reported a total operating revenue of $35.7 billion in Q4 2024, up 1.6% from Q4 2023
Verizon CEO Hans Vestburg told investors that as he looks back on 2024 — and the telco’s last quarter, in particular — he feels “cautiously optimistic.” It...
SoftBank and Quantinuum will conduct market research and develop business models for quantum data centers
SoftBank has announced a partnership quantum computing company Quantinuum to develop new solutions to address the current limitations of artificial intelligence (AI).
The pair claim that a hybrid approach to...
Comcast is rolling out low-latency DOCSIS and extolling the benefits of low-latency internet for consumers
Is the industry finally getting somewhere with marketing and monetizing the low-latency aspect of advanced networks? Maybe, if you look at Comcast. As Comcast rolls out a new DOCSIS-based network...
If most 5G-Advanced capabilities are aimed at the enterprise, can telcos still discover new consumer revenue? Do they need to?
Here’s the problem for operators (it’s nothing new): The smartphone market is saturated — they can’t sell more monthly subscriptions, and they can’t, in many...
Ericsson reported a remarkable 54% market growth in North America in Q4 2024
Ericsson’s final quarter in 2024 showed rising sales for the first time in eight quarters, a feat it owes almost entirely to North America, and perhaps AT&T, more specifically. At the end...
The telecom industry continues to undergo a revolution fueled by 5G, the evolution of cloud-native technologies and open ecosystems, and the increasing demand for "always-on" networks with guaranteed service level agreements (SLAs) for personalized experiences.
Managing this complexity requires communication service providers (CSPs) to look...
Assurance solutions are becoming critical to support the growing need for higher-quality, reliable and more consistent network services
2025 holds much hope for the telecom industry, with operators standing at the forefront of the digital revolution. This offers a tremendous opportunity as we see a proliferation of...
Movistar said its 3G network sites will grow from 5,000 to 8,000, while its 4G network sites will increase from 6,000 to over 10,000
Colombian operators Movistar and Tigo have announced the launch of a unified mobile access network in the country, benefiting over 35...
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!
Nokia files fresh...
Fraud management is emerging as a pivotal area where generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and AI agents are providing cutting-edge fraud detection and prevention techniques that enable telcos to more effectively fight fraud. The telecom industry has long been encumbered by reliance on manual, labour-intensive...
As fraud methods continue to evolve and become increasingly rigid, these sophisticated and highly destructive cybercrimes — aimed at telecommunication providers — have brought about a fraud incident chasm. The growing gap between fraud methods and traditional fraud management solutions are leading to numerous...
Very Low Power or VLP devices are an emerging device category
The Federal Communications Commission has voted unanimously to allow Very Low Power (VLP) devices to operate, unlicensed, across the entirety of the 6 GHz band where unlicensed operations are allowed.
VLP devices that operate...
We will have to see how this pans out, but Verizon may have just hit a home run with Dan Schulman. Dan started out decades ago working at the original AT&T as an entry-level account manager. When he left AT&T, he was a Presidents...
