Slicing

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Vodafone finds itself centre stage again as telco consolidation gathers pace, while industry efforts to open up RAN software and scale …

Telcos spent years being told it was becoming irrelevant. Hyperscalers were eating its lunch, OTT players were hollowing out its revenues, and its destiny was to be a glorified utility. …

Telcos are being asked to fund the next wave of AI and 5G innovation while already burdened by enormous debt and relentless infrastructure costs. By breaking down carrier finances with …

The GSMA has issued a lobbying report to argue for sweeping regulatory reform in the EU as telcos face a €475 billion investment gap to catch up with rivals in …

For years, Communication Service Providers (CSPs) have poured billions into building out 5G Standalone (SA) infrastructure with plenty of hype into the speed and capacity it would bring, but without …

From real-time 5G slice validation to next-gen AI RAN software, Ericsson has highlighted a number of innovations ahead of MWC – spanning network performance, autonomous operations, and 6G readiness; with …

IoT has always been more concept than category – like a loose collection of private device networks. And it makes increasingly good sense to enterprises alongside industrial 5G networks and …

SailGP’s F50 catamarans are like the biggest and flashest IoT devices on the planet; they capture video and telemetry data which is transmitted on a portable private 5G system from …

Operators are moving through the gears with 5G SA and 5G-Advanced, balancing cap-ex constraints, operational complexity, and uncertain returns. While slicing, RedCap, and private 5G show promise, most are prioritizing …

5G is a game of two halves, they say – because the industry is between rollout of 5G NSA and 5G SA architectures, and because there is everything to play …

Ireland-based private 5G specialist Druid Software has released a high-end version of its 5G core network for distributed private 5G deployments at the enterprise and network edge – in order …

The business arm of French telecoms operator SFR has launched two new 5G network ‘slicing’ options for enterprise customers. These “differentiated connectivity solutions”, using 5G SA technology in the 3.5 …

SoftBank, in collaboration with a consortium, will exhibit a demonstration of this platform during an upcoming event in Japan this month Japanese telco SoftBank announced it has initiated field trials …

The new O-RAN Release 002 focuses on enabling Open Intelligence The O-RAN Alliance released its second wave of specifications for open radio access network (RAN) architecture. In a release, the …

Anritsu and InterDigital have combined on a new smart factory demo to showcase the “feasibility and readiness” of carrier-led 5G and multi-access edge compute (MEC) for Industry 4.0 use cases.  …

You may have heard a lot about 5G already. You may know which network operators have launched or will soon be launching 5G, which services they have prioritized for their …

5G networks open up a host of new possibilities for mobile network operators. Three very distinct initial capabilities are envisioned for 5G networks: enhanced mobile broadband, with high capacity and …