Spectrum Mobile from Charter costs less and offers a more reliable connection to wireless data service compared to Xfinity Mobile from Comcast. The problem is these two companies do not compete. That means there is zero competitive pressure to keep all competitors at their...
Intel talks the importance of a robust Open RAN/vRAN ecosystem
Intel’s Kartik Srinivasan, senior director of product for Intel Ethernet, views virtualized and Open RAN as “game changer” that will only benefit from ongoing vendor-led work to muck through interoperability and integration requirements. In a...
The rich 5G vision that captured the popular imagination years ago, with articles in the media on how 5G would transform the way we live and work, has yet to be fully realized. There is growing consumer sentiment that 5G has been a letdown; that it...
The European Commission believes that the proposed merger of Spanish operatorsOrange and MásMóvil may reduce competition in the mobile and fixed internetmarkets.
On April 3, 2023, the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation toassess if the proposed merger would potentially restrict competition in several marketsegments...
India has earmarked a total of INR890 billion ($10.8 billion) for the allotment of 4G and 5G spectrum for BSNL
Indian state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has inked a strategic partnership with engineering services company L&T Technology Services (LTTS) with the aim of...
Dell talks taking an ecosystem approach to help reposition operators as “trusted business partners,” and capture new 5G service revenues
“If you go back 20 years, telcos provided a broad range of services to enterprises, and they were a trusted business partner,” Dell Technologies Senior...
Irish energy company ESB Networks has appointed Dublin-headquartered critical comms provider Sigma Wireless and Finnish network equipment vendor Nokia to deploy a private LTE network over a three year period. Nokia is supplying the core and radio access networks. The new infrastructure will support...
UK operator Vodafone has issued a report, written by telecoms consultancy STL Partners, that there will be (up to) 3.3 billion IoT devices variously trading with each other in an ‘economy of things’ by the end of the decade. The number is a colossal...
With generative AI putting a spotlight on NVIDIA, the company is pushing “accelerated computing” as key to bringing AI to bear across industries
The idea is to use NVIDIA services, software and systems to build “AI factories” that also run 5G RAN workloads
NVIDIA, SoftBank partnership...
In January 2022, Microsoft announced plans to acquire Activision for $68.7 billion
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked Microsoft’s attempt to acquire Activision Blizzard, claiming the deal would lead to “reduced innovation and less choice” in the cloud gaming market.
Announced in January...
In today's fast-paced telecommunications industry, companies are constantly looking for ways to grow their business and stay ahead of the competition. In this episode of 5G Talent Talk with Carrie Charles, we sit down with Joe Cecin, CEO of Ontivity, a national-scale network services...
Watching the evolution of telco carrier RAN networks feels like viewing a sports replay in slow motion. It’s interesting to see, and there are often angles and perspectives that crop up that aren’t immediately apparent. In the end, however, you still know where things...
In a world where startups dominate the headlines, there's something remarkable about a company that boasts a 94-year-old history. How has KLA Laboratories managed to not just survive but thrive for nearly a century?
In today's episode of 5G Talent Talk, Carrie Charles is joined...
The convergence of wireless and wireline networks will provide a consistent 5G experience no matter how consumers are connected, delivering on the technology’s many promises – from better and differentiated Quality of Experience (QoE) to advances in the IoT and AI fields. In 2023,...
Joining host Carrie Charles on today's episode of 5G Talent Talk is Leticia Latino Van-Splunteren, CEO of Neptuno USA. Together, they explore the way 5G technology is transforming the telecom industry and discuss the challenges and opportunities for building a talented and diverse workforce...
When it comes to 5G, its important to note that the functionality, the differentiation and the majority of the use cases that bring revenue happen at the core of the network. While the 5G core network presents somewhat of a minimal portion of the...
Tektronix has named a new president. Christopher Bohn, the company's vice president of global sales and operations, will take over from Tami Newcombe, who held the role of president for the past four years.
Newcombe has been transitioning from leading Tek to taking the...
Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) is a spectrum use coordination system designed specifically for 6 GHz operation
In order for unlicensed Wi-Fi 7 (or 802.11be) devices to play nice in the 6 GHz band with the licensed users already occupying that band, the Federal Communications Commission...
Digitalization is rapidly transforming education at all levels. In K-12 schools, colleges and universities, the evolution of data-driven technologies has opened the door to a host of compelling online learning and campus operations applications. To take advantage of these applications, educational institutions need networks...
How are energy and utility companies thinking about edge computing and the security of that edge?
A newly released report from AT&T looks specifically at how this sector is making use of edge computing and related security concerns. According to the September 2021 survey on...
T-Mobile added 854,000 postpaid phone subscribers in Q3, surpassing the 739,000 estimate and beating out AT&T and Verizon
T-Mobile US missed revenue estimates for Q3 2022 at $19.48 billion; however, the carrier’s wireless service revenue and core adjusted earnings hit estimates, with the former rising...
South Korea ended July with 25.1 million subscribers in the 5G segment
Nearly half of 5G base stations in South Korea are concentrated in the greater Seoul area, while other regions in the country are lagging behind in terms of the deployment of base stations,...
US satellite broadband provider Viasat’s proposed acquisition of UK-based counterpart Inmarsat for $7.3 billion is in question following a review by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that concludes a merger between the two will “lead to airlines facing higher prices and worse...
The Free Space Optics (FSO) Communication Market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $200 million to more that $2 billion, as reported in the latest study by Global Market Insights Inc.
The fast strides in wireless communications along with...
