AT&T at MWC: Open RAN, AI and more
AT&T network CTO Yigal Elbaz on AI, Open RAN and how MWC trends from past years are playing out
RCR Wireless News caught up with...
Verizon EVP Joe Russo on AI, automation, RAN and RIC
Ahead of Mobile World Congress, Verizon put out a good bit of news, most of which speaks broadly to how it’s laying the groundwork...
The Sunday Brief: Where are they spending money? (2025 edition)
March greetings from Iowa and Missouri. Pictured is Jim with his colleague Marty Smith during a recent facility tour of Blue Star Power Systems...
Canada expands spectrum access for 5G innovation
By making this new spectrum available, Canada aims to enhance network performance, encourage innovation and drive productivity across various sectors
The government of Canada announced...
6G apps will be enabled by digital twins and FWA, says NGA
NGA noted that the Fixed Wireless Access white paper covers how FWA services in 6G will play a crucial role in increasing digital equity
ATIS’...
Samsung, KDDI Research to power future 6G networks with AI
Samsung and KDDI will research AI-driven solutions to optimize the design and operation of D-MIMO systems
Korean vendor Samsung Electronics and KDDI Research, the R&D...
Four reasons to be optimistic about telco AI
Is the telecommunications industry behind the AI curve? The industry says no, of course — but why?
Is the telecommunications industry behind the AI curve?...
Airspan buys Jabil’s open RAN assets – to target mobile operators
ICYMI (because we did): Last week, Airspan Networks announced a deal to acquire Jabil’s open RAN portfolio and associated intellectual property rights for an...
Qualcomm to buy AI/IoT specialist Edge Impulse to drive Dragonwing offer
Qualcomm Technologies has signed a deal to acquire US-based Edge Impulse, which makes miniaturised machine learning (ML) tools for microcontrollers (MCUs) in resource-constrained IoT...
Semtech boosts 5G family with Release 18 units, Japan meter pass, Skylo IoT samples
MWC 2025, Barcelona | Semtech Corporation has launched two new Qualcomm-based higher-end 5G broadband modules, gained certification in Japan for its low-power smart meter...
The AA puts Ericsson 4G/5G routers on 2,700 UK breakdown vans
Vehicle breakdown service The AA has a 4G/5G router from network equipment vendor Ericsson onto its entire fleet of vans in the UK. It...
Airtel pushes for telco consolidation, rural expansion
Sunil Mittal, chairman of Indian telco Bharti Airtel, said during MWC 2025 that consolidation in the telecom sector is essential to enable operators to...
ZTE, China Mobile introduce AI-driven 5G-A solutions
During MWC 2025, ZTE and China Mobilethe unveiled ‘Communication-Sensing-Computing-Intelligence' and ‘Ambient IoT’
ZTE Corporation has partnered with China Mobile to present the latest innovations in...
O2 Telefónica Germany selects AWS to expand 5G Core
O2 Telefónica will also use a unified set of AWS services, including Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus and Amazon Managed Grafana, to...
Editorial Webinar: Supporting AI, Using AI—Getting to pervasive intelligence in telecom networks
AI is helping CSPs optimize networks, predict maintenance needs, and automate operations to reduce costs and enhance service reliability. With AI-driven customer experience management,...
Commerce to review BEAD, signals shift toward ‘lowest cost’, ‘tech-neutral’
Commerce Secretary says the program "is in dire need of a readjustment" and emphasized "lowest cost" deployments
The U.S. Department of Commerce is going to...
Jio Platforms and partners to develop Open Telecom AI Platform
Jio said the new platform will incorporate open APIs and will utilize agentic AI, LLMs, domain-specific SLMs and non-gen AI machine learning techniques
Indian...
Huawei launches AI-centric 5.5G solutions
Huawei has developed intent-driven AI-centric 5.5G solutions, which include GigaGear, GreenPulse and GainLeap
BARCELONA—Chinese vendor Huawei announced the introduction of AI-centric 5.5G, or 5G-Advanced solutions...
Pure Storage joins AI-RAN Alliance
Pure Storage said it will leverage its modern storage expertise to enhance the Alliance’s ability to manage data storage needs
Data storage solutions provider Pure...
Nokia proof points about private 5G – devices, apps, traffic all rising fast
MWC 2025, Barcelona | In the press room, late on the final day, trying to digest a bunch of briefings. Further coverage will follow,...
STMicroelectronics intros two new MCU series for ultra low-power IoT
MWC 2025, Barcelona | STMicroelectronics (ST) has announced two new generations of microcontrollers (MCU) in its STM32 line for use in IoT devices: a...
Electric vehicles drive innovation in network drive testing (Reader Forum)
As environmental regulations tighten and sustainability goals move to the forefront of corporate agendas, the telecommunications industry finds itself at a crossroads. Like many...
MWC 2025: Five questions for T-Mobile US’ Karri Kuoppamaki
BARCELONA—Amid the flurry of sessions and briefings this week at Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, RCR Wireless News snagged a few minutes Karri...
Verizon adds Singtel, Skylo for global IoT; teams with Accenture on security
MWC 2025, Barcelona: Verizon Business has signed Bell Canada, Singtel, and Telenor IoT, as well as US satellite IoT operator Skylo, to provide IoT...
Deutsche Telekom showcases AI innovations at MWC 2025
Deutsche Telekom highlighted that its new AI Phone is chiefly designed to simplify everyday activities, with users having access to a virtual assistant that...