RCR Wireless News' MWC Key Takeaways delivers the latest trends, innovations and partnerships announced at Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona through a dynamic half-day event. The one day agenda is packed with interviews, panels and demos from a variety of industry leaders sharing the...
Mobile World Congress (MWC) is just behind us with the focus on how incredibly quickly the digital era is expanding. Telcos are becoming more customer-centric service operators. And while disruptive technologies continue to impact the industry, key trends will become more apparent, including mobile...
In case you missed it, the wireless brand ANDREW is back, and it means business. In early 2025, Amphenol completed the acquisition of CommScope’s outdoor wireless networks (OWN) and indoor cellular solutions (ICN), and the ANDREW brand, well-regarded in the wireless industry was reborn...
The ANDREW® brand was once synonymous with innovation in telecom network components. However, the brand became less prominent for over a decade within CommScope’s outdoor wireless networks (OWN) and distributed antenna systems (DAS) businesses — until the first of February, when the electronics giant...
BARCELONA—What were the main themes that came out of this year’s Mobile World Congress Barcelona? One might categorize them, in general, as a shift toward technological maturity, and from the possible to the practical, across the areas of Open RAN, artificial intelligence and Non-Terrestrial...
If the rollout of 5G technology is a game of two halves, as it is often described, as network technologies are deployed and upgraded in global 5G systems, and as a long-tail of carrier firms catches up with the leading pack, then the next...
AT&T’s four Open RAN pillars—open basebands, third-party radio integration, cloud RAN, and advanced network management
In a landmark deal that signaled the maturity of Open RAN for major brownfield communications service providers (CSPs), AT&T in 2023 announced it would spend more than $14 billion over...
Carpe diem; the time is now, don’t delay – or the AI revolution will get away from you. This is the message to mobile operators from hyperscale network software company Arrcus at Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona. Shekar Ayyar, the firm’s chief executive,...
MWC25 Barcelona: A week of big ideas, innovation and future-shaping tech
MWC25 Barcelona just wrapped up, and what a week it was! With 109,000 attendees from 205 countries and territories, the world’s biggest connectivity event was buzzing with game-changing tech, powerful collaborations and discussions that...
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 Yigal Elbaz, AT&T's SVP of technology and network services and network CTO for AT&T Services, at Mobile World Congress in...
Electro Rent's intellirent unit focused on testing solutions for the power, data center and renewable energy markets
Test equipment distributor Electro Rent is selling its intellirent business, which focuses on test equipment for power generation and distribution, data center and renewable energy, to private equity firm...
5G repeater extends coverage by 20% and can stand alone from the power grid, Airgain says
Airgain has just introduced a new, solar powered 5G repeater, which it says can extend 5G signals by 20% and operate "fully detached from the power grid."
Airgain is...
