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Three telecom training initiatives focused on fiber

To be successful, fiber training programs must be 'modern, scalable' and have a 'very low barrier to entry' Last June, the Biden administration announced how it will allocate BEAD funds to U.S. states and territories, with Texas and California receiving the largest sums at $3.3...

India defers 5G spectrum auction to June 25

Local telcos Bharti Airtel, Jio and Vodafone Idea will take place in the spectrum auction India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has announced a 19-day postponement of the upcoming spectrum auction, now scheduled to begin on June 25. Local press reports stated that the decision was communicated...

FCC seeks to ban ‘bad labs’ from certifying devices

A new NPRM from the FCC will propose bringing rules on test lab certification in line with federal law on secure networks The Federal Communications Commission will vote at its open meeting on Thursday on a proposal meant to ensure that the hundreds of labs...

Forging the Path at World Wide Technology with Tonya Stopke

In this episode of 5G Talent Talk, host Carrie Charles chats with Tonya Stopke, Senior Vice President at World Wide Technology (WWT). Tonya shares her inspiring journey from humble beginnings to a leadership role, emphasizing perseverance, authenticity, and community support. Tonya discusses WWT's evolution into...

FCC designates ‘Royal Tiger’ robocalling ring as a threat to consumers

C-CIST classification identifies an international robocalling group dubbed 'Royal Tiger' as a consumer threat For the first time, the Federal Communications Commission is designating a persistent international calling fraudster ring as a threat to consumers, in an action meant to help telcos target its scam...

EchoStar continues to shed subscribers

EchoStar continued to lose customers across its mobile, broadband and pay-TV customer bases as a combined company following the acquisition of Dish Network—but its losses overall were less than at the same time a year ago. Compared to the year-ago period, retail wireless losses...

CTIA 5G Summit: Competitiveness, auction authority and closing the digital divide

'We are in the midst of a global battle over the future of wireless networks,' said Commerce Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. global competitiveness, the ongoing lack of spectrum auction authority for the Federal Communications Commission and how telecom carriers will continue to support...

#TBT: Motorola hedges its Google bets; Skype to launch group video chat; 100 billion devices by 2020? … this week in 2010

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! Motorola hedges its...

Key takeaways from Verizon Q1 2024 results

Verizon reported its first quarter 2024 results yesterday, improving its customer losses compared to the same period last year, increasing wireless service revenues and for the first time, breaking out revenue details for its Fixed Wireless Access Service. Here's a more detailed look at...

The Sunday Brief: Q1 earnings preview—cable’s moment

Greetings from Florida and the Midwest.  Pictured is one of our newest finds in North Kansas City called the Iron District,  a collection of shops and restaurants including the best sourdough in town (website here).  We hope everyone is enjoying both NCAA tournaments this weekend, and,...

T-Mobile to light up additional 2.5 GHz spectrum

T-Mobile US will finally turn up airwaves that it bought in 2022 T-Mobile US plans to turn up much of its long-awaited Auction 108 2.5 GHz spectrum in the next few days, in what it says will provide an "immediate boost" in performance for tens...

The AI-native telco—in conversation with Rakuten Symphony

With all the talk of AI-native telcos, it’s important to remember that to be AI-native, first you have to be cloud-native. What does that mean? It means there are very few operators that are cloud-native, so their perspective on being AI-native isn’t necessarily grounded...

Nokia taps Dell for servers, becomes Dell’s preferred private network partner

In an extension of an existing partnership, Nokia will transition its Nokia Airframe server customers to Dell Technologies' PowerEdge servers, while becoming the preferred enterprise private network provider for Dell. The companies say they are also going to continue their joint R&D work at the...

Stage X becomes fourth mobile operator in South Korea

Stage X will launch its 5G network using spectrum in the 28 GHz band A local consortium dubbed Stage X has been selected as the new company to operate the spectrum in the 28 GHz band, effectively becoming the country’s fourth mobile carrier, local news...

India set to allow telcos to lease spectrum for private networks

This move by the government of India will allow domestic telcos to secure additional sources of revenue India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) will soon announce the rules around the leasing of mobile spectrum by local carriers to companies willing to deploy private networks, paving the...

Arcep extends trial platform for 5G use cases

Arcep said it has awarded a total of 81 trial licenses since March 2022 French regulator Arcep said it will extend an ongoing trial platform in the 3.8 – 4.0 GHz band for manufacturers and market players wanting to experiment and test new 5G use...

Verizon reports ‘meaningful’ power efficiency improvements in Intel-supported vRAN deployment

Verizon said that it was able to demonstrate a "significant boost to network performance" on its commercial network, as well as "meaningful power efficiency gains" and the capability to support higher throughputs, through the use of Intel's 4th generation Xeon Scalable processor with vRAN...

Vodafone supplies hybrid 5G private network infra to Italian energy company

The Vodafone hybrid 5G private network infrastructure will cover 23 of Snam's facilities Vodafone Italia is providing Italian energy infrastructure company Snam with a hybrid 5G private network infrastructure that will cover 23 of the company’s facilities and connect a large number of devices simultaneously. “The...

Telstra buys cloud services company Versent for $267.5m

As part of the deal, Telstra will also acquire Versent subsidiary Stax, an enterprise self-service management platform Telstra has solidified the purchase of Melbourne-based cloud services company Versent for $267.5 million. The deal will bolster Telstra Purple, the carrier’s tech services business, while enabling Versent...

Open RAN—where are we vs. where we’re going

Buy-in from incumbent vendors could catalyze Open RAN deployment With Dell’Oro Group estimating that Open RAN manufacturer revenues accounted for a mid-single digit share ($2 billion to $3 billion) of the total $40 billion annual RAN market in 2022, analyst Stefan Pongratz expects disaggregated radio...

Qualcomm, Baidu team up on XR, metaverse technology

Baidu will integrate the Qualcomm Snapdragon Spaces XR developer platform into its XiRang metaverse platform Chinese internet giant Baidu announced this week on social media that it has partnered with Qualcomm announced on extended reality (XR) and metaverse technologies to create a new metaverse platform...

TSMC moves ups renewable energy target by 10 years

TSMC is a member of RE100, a global renewable energy initiative that targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is now aiming to use 100% renewable energy for its global operations by 2040, ten years ahead of its original target. Further,...

Kagan: How Qualcomm is dealing with growing China problem

Bloomberg has reported that Qualcomm has just suffered another significant stock decline. They have in fact been struggling for several different reasons over the past several years. The good news is, they remain one of the few leaders in the smartphone chip market, worldwide....

Fighting fire with fire: Telcos must combat AI scammers with own AI strategy (Reader Forum)

The telecom industry, and Americans across the country, continue to be inundated by robocalls — to the tune of 77 billion unwanted robocalls over the past 12 months. Robocalls have undermined consumer trust in voice calling to such an extent that 68% of Americans...