For the private-5G record… Texas-based private cellular and broadcast technology company Trilogy NextGen has installed an Ericsson-made private 5G network at the new Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) studio in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The network, which also combines multi-access edge compute (MEC) from Microsoft...
The 5G edge cloud network slicing solution can be used by enterprises and industries across a wide range of use cases including retail, media, utilities, healthcare and transportation
Finnish vendor Nokia and Austrian carrier A1 Austria announced that they have successfully completed what it claims...
Sub-terahertz frequencies will be tested in an indoor-only environment for high-throughput data links
Microsoft is going to test indoor sub-terahertz wireless links as a potential supplement to wired links in data centers, according to documents filed with the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology.
Sub-terahertz...
Professional services outfit Ernst & Young (EY) is to open an edge technologies lab (EY Edge Technologies Lab) in London with US-based Dell Technologies to demonstrate and develop edge-based “ecosystem technologies” to help enterprises with digital transformation. The venue will focus on industry-specific use...
US-based cellular IoT module maker Blues has appointed Alistair Fulton (pictured), formerly in charge of LoRa activity at chipmaker Semtech, as its new chief operating officer and vice president (“of ecosystem”) to handle the firm’s go-to-market strategy and partner base. Fulton has been around...
Vodafone’s IoT connectivity unit is to become a standalone business by April of next year (2024) following a major 10-year deal with Microsoft that will see both firms invest in the business, and the UK-based operator also commit $1.5 billion over the period to...
There are 2,900 private LTE/5G networks across the world at the end of 2023, including trial and pilot deployments. So says Berg Insight, which calculates a quarter (700; 24 percent) are based on 5G, with close to half of these in trial mode, but...
The advent of 5G technology has opened up a plethora of opportunities for innovation, from IoT applications to ultra-reliable low-latency communication. However, the journey towards realizing the full potential of 5G is fraught with complexities, especially when it comes to hyperscaling network services. This...
Amdocs will use the Nvidia AI foundry service to build custom large language models for telcos
Earlier this week, Nvidia announced an AI foundry service that runs on Microsoft Azure to gives enterprises an end-to-end solution for creating and optimizing custom generative AI (GenAI) models. Today,...
At the center of the Industry 4.0 ecosystem, agreed Industrial 5G Forum panelists, are the use cases
The complexity of the Industry 4.0 ecosystem, coupled with the disparate needs of different verticals, means that a variety of technology players have entered the arena. However, while...
Rockwell Automation and Microsoft are working to leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate industrial automation design and development. The pair said they will combine technologies to accelerate Industry 4.0 with “industry-first” generative AI, and also to “empower” workers. First up, as part of...
Orange has committed to non-cellular IoT connectivity technology LoRaWAN “beyond 2027”. The France-based mobile operator effectively told the SIDO Lyon, the major France-based IoT and AI trade fair, today (September 20) that it will continue to support the development of its public LoRaWAN network...
Deutsche Telekom tested the new private 5G network solution with Microsoft in a lab environment in Bonn
German carrier Deutsche Telekom launched its new "Campus Network Smart" solution, which will be delivered in collaboration with Microsoft, the operator said in a release.
Deutsche Telekom noted that...
The big message from the big massacre in ‘massive’ IoT – which has seen high-takes vendors written-down and high-stakes gamblers written-off – is that it is not a massacre at all. It is a general abandonment; a yellow-bellied resignation by the self-appointed commanders in...
What does it take to hyperscale 5G and telecom services to the next level?A combination of multi-vendor relationships, hyperscale infrastructure, platform and process and smart network data management. For telco-grade transformation, data, performance, agility and security are key to building sustainable architecture and services.
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Where were we? Oh yes; a quick-fire summary of a panel discussion with Intel and Microsoft from Private Networks Forum in May, which presents, in random order, five technology drivers and five business drivers (or other business concerns) for the rollout of 5G in...
A panel discussion with Microsoft and Intel at Private Networks Forum in May yielded some helpful insights about the push-and-pull for enterprises to deploy private 5G networks. The conversation, under the heading Mastering Each Vertical Via New Partnership Ecosystem, zipped through a number of...
In January 2022, Microsoft announced plans to acquire Activision for $68.7 billion
This week saw movement around Microsoft’s ambitions to purchase game publishing giant Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) extended the deadline for a review of the...
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!
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Capgemini said that other partners including Juniper, Intel, Casa Systems, Microsoft and Blue Planet participated in the trial
French IT services company Capgemini and Spanish telecom group Telefónica designed and implemented a proof-of-concept for an end-to-end 5G Standalone (SA) network slicing solution entirely provisioned and...
In today's data-driven world, a significant amount of data storage still happens on-premise. However, when organizations opt for cloud solutions, it is often through cloud subscriptions with hyperscalers like Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services. These cloud-based services offer tools for building applications, but...
A good – and overdue and delayed – catchup with Bernd Gross, chief technology officer at Software AG, at Hannover Messe some months back gave pause to reflect on broader developments with Industry 4.0, and with 5G as an adjunct to it, as well...
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It is easy to be benevolent when you’re top-dog. Which is true in life, of course – and is not to say that goodness should be graded by the relative comfort of the do-gooder. But what goodness is there in a boardroom, really? Because...
