In this episode of 5G Talent Talk, Carrie Charles welcomes Ruby Kolesky, CEO of Joyous, to discuss her inspiring professional career and the innovative work of Joyous. Ruby shares her journey from growing up in South Africa with dreams of becoming a comedian, to...
Dell’Oro pointed to 'increased skepticism' around the need for 'substantial investments in new technology' as one reason behind the decline
In a new 6G report, the Dell’Oro Group predicted that Radio Access Network (RAN) revenue will decline until 2029, and that this “downward pressure” will likely...
Ericsson, Nokia, NVIDIA, T-Mobile US establish the AI RAN Innovation Center
As T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert pointed out during the carrier’s recent Capital Markets Day, delivering cellular connectivity is “harder than it looks.” As such, T-Mo is looking to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to...
Appledore Research talks APIs, BSS/OSS, network automation and monetization
Operators are busy at the moment—they’re navigating a tough macro environment while working to muster the capital needed to modernize network hardware and software, including the slow transition to cloud-native networking. Simultaneously, the commercialization of artificial...
Network equipment vendor Ericsson has joined the new Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)-focused industry advocacy group, MSSA, that is focused on the use of satellite spectrum for direct-to-cellular device and IoT communications.
There are two broad approaches to NTN direct-to-cellular (D2C, sometimes also direct-to-device or D2D),...
In this episode of 5G Talent Talk, Carrie Charles interviews Seth Buechley, owner of Cathedral Consulting. Seth shares his journey in telecom, which began in the late 1980s when his father built cell sites, and later evolved into owning spectrum and focusing on public...
In this episode of 5G Talent Talk, Carries Charles speaks with Michelle Boexley, Chief Growth Officer of Pilot Global Technologies. Michelle shares her journey into the telecommunications industry, which began unexpectedly in IT sales during the Y2K era. Despite initially lacking a tech background,...
At roughly the mid-point of the 5G cycle (assuming 10-year generational upgrade cycles), there’s seemingly widespread criticism that it hasn’t delivered on the promises it made. That’s largely related to the massive capital spend operators undertook to acquire new spectrum and put it into...
Sequans will retain full commercial usage rights of the technology, via a perpetual license agreement
Qualcomm is buying 4G IoT technology from French-based fabless semiconductor company Sequans Communications in an acquisition that includes "certain employees, assets and licenses."
Sequans specializes in the design and supply of cellular...
AMD has a string of AI-related investments; this one focuses on hyperscaler AI compute
In its continued pursuit of a stronger arsenal of artificial intelligence capabilities, chip company AMD announced another major acquisition: A $4.9 billion cash-and-stock agreement to acquire New Jersey-based ZT Systems, which...
JTower said that the glass antenna is intended to be installed where consideration for the scenery is important
Japanese tower operator JTower announced the development of a glass antenna that it claims can "turn windows into base stations," to deliver 5G services in Japan’s capital...
With the contribution of ZTE, U Mobile will deploy hardware and software for an efficient second 5G network
Malaysian telcom U Mobile has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese vendor ZTE to collaborate on the deployment of a second 5G network in the...
In this episode of 5G Talent Talk, Carrie Charles interviews Kimberly McKinley, the Chief Marketing Officer of UTOPIA Fiber. Kimberly shares her unique career path, starting in healthcare accounting and moving through various marketing roles before joining UTOPIA Fiber in 2010. Utopia Fiber, founded...
DNB and Cybersecurity Malaysia will establish a National 5G Cybersecurity Testing Center
Malaysia’s state-run 5G network Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) has signed a collaboration deal with national cybersecurity specialist center Cybersecurity Malaysia (CSM), with the main aim of to boosting cybersecurity for 5G networks across...
Annual shipments of cellular IoT antennas, including both internal and external antennas, totalled 598 million units in 2023, and will spiral at a compound rate (CAGR) of 14.9 percent per annum in the period to 2028 to top 1.2 billion, according to IoT analyst...
Clear Ventures, General Catalyst, Hitachi Ventures, Liberty Global, Lightspeed, NVIDIA, Prosperity7 Ventures invest total of $30 million in hyperscale network fabric specialist Arrcus
With a recent $30 million round of funding, including $15 million from NVIDIA, Arrcus CEO Shekar Ayyar detailed two priorities: porting Arrcus...
A new network security report on trends in dedicated denial of service (DDoS) attacks has found that the telecommunications industry is seeing the fastest year-over-year rate of growth for DDoS attacks.
The financial industry still accounted for the highest percentage of attacks, at nearly...
CelcomDigi said that AiX also houses a collaborative space that serves as a live lab environment for startups, large enterprises, academia and government
Malaysian telco CelcomDigi launched its AI experience center, dubbed AiX, with the aim of creating digital solutions across a range of sectors...
The federal CHIPS for America program has released info about a new funding round of up to $1.6 billion, focused on bolstering advanced semiconductor packaging manufacturing in the United States.
The funding will be focused in five related research and development areas: Equipment, tools, processes...
The update is the result of the work carried out by the European carriers under the a previously signed Open RAN MoU
European carriers Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, TIM and Vodafone Group have released an update on the technical priorities of Open RAN, the telcos...
In this episode of "5G Talent Talk," Carrie Charles interviews Chad Tuttle, CEO of B+T Group. Chad shares his journey in the telecom industry, which began with his grandfather’s construction company in the 1950s, building radio and early AT&T towers. This influenced Chad to...
Cloud-native functions (CNFs) offer flexible deployment options
As cloud-native networks advance and the telecom industry moves toward advanced 5G services, IT platforms have shifted toward horizontal cloud infrastructures. These scalable and shared cloud platforms support a range of applications and services across different layers of...
The number of licensed cellular IoT connections in the region had reached 73 million last year
Licensed cellular IoT connections in Latin America are forecast to reach 125 million by 2030, according to a recent report by the GSMA.
The report stated that the number of...
Vodafone Spain has been recently acquired by Zegona Communications
Vodafone Spain expects its 5G network to reach 82% of the Spanish population by the end of this year, the telco said in a statement.
By the end of 2024, the telco’s 5G network infrastructure will reach...
