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FCC reinstates net neutrality regulation of broadband

The impacts on monetizing 5G network slicing remain to be seen The Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines to reinstate Obama-era Title II telecommunications regulation of broadband services, also known as net neutrality rules. "Broadband is now an essential...

T-Mobile kicks off 2024 with strong numbers and a fiber JV

T-Mo surpasses the 5 million broadband subs milestone, makes a deal for a fiber JV T-Mobile US reported postpaid phone net customer additions of more than half a million in the quarter and added more than 400,000 high-speed internet customers,...

TCS deploys large data centers in India as part of 4G contract

Last year, TCS and ITI secured an advance purchase order from BSNL to set up 100,000 4G sites across India Indian company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is currently installing large data centers in the four regions of India as part...

Malaysia moves closer to implementing second 5G network

Last year, the government of Malaysia announced plans to implement a second 5G network in the country The government of Malaysia is moving closer to implementing a dual 5G network in the country with the announcement of the new board...

5G/Wi-Fi, IT/OT in Industry 4.0 – it’s all way too simplistic, says Cisco

It seems like you can have the same conversation about Industry 4.0 whether AI is presented as the big kahuna in the tech-mix or hardly mentioned at all, like the elephant in the room. This conversation with Cisco, taped...

Implications for DISH’s big win in jury trial verdict against its primary tower collocation provider Crown Castle

New entrant 5G facilities-based national mobile network operator (MNO) DISH Wireless selected Crown Castle to provide up to 20,000 tower collocation cell sites for a fixed monthly rental fee in a lease agreement signed November 2020. In addition to...

TDRA unveils 6G roadmap in the United Arab Emirates

The 6G roadmap disclosed by TDRA establishes a schedule kicking off in 2024 with the establishment of a committee The United Arab Emirates (UAE) telecom regulator TDRA has unveiled a strategy to spearhead research and studies concerning the advancement of...

Openvia Mobility, NTT Data to deploy private 5G in US roads

NTT Data noted that the private 5G connectivity infrastructure includes a network architecture known as neutral host, using the CBRS public radio frequency spectrum Openvia Mobility and NTT Data are currently working towards the deployment of private 5G networks for...

How to build LLMs for telco AI applications

AWS, IBM, McKinsey and Nokia on curating an LLM for domain-specific applications; bigger isn’t necessarily better and, at some point, you have to dive in If you’ve used consumer-facing generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini...

Key takeaways from AT&T’s Q1 2024

'These aren't empty calorie additions', says Stankey of AT&T's wireless customer adds AT&T continued to emphasize its steady, 5G- and fiber-led strategy in its first quarter 2024 results, which beat Wall Street expectations on customer numbers and held the line...

Digital Catapult welcomes new vendors to test O-RAN in the UK

A group of firms will use SONIC Labs’ outdoor testing site in London to explore the potential of O-RAN in a real-world environment U.K. digital accelerator Digital Catapult has announced that SONIC Labs, an initiative aiming to advance Open RAN...

Korean Air claims first comprehensive UAM operations demo

Local telco KT Corp. took part in the UAM deomonstration in South Korea Korean Air, in collaboration with Korea Telecom (KT), Hyundai Motor Company, Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) and Hyundai Engineering & Construction said it has successfully completed what...

ZTE reports revenues of $4.22 billion in Q1

ZTE said its net profits amounted to CNY2.74 billion in Q1, representing an increase of 3.7% year-on-year Chinese vendor ZTE announced revenues of CNY30.58 billion ($4.22 billion) for the first quarter of 2024, surging 4.9% year-on-year. Meanwhile, the vendor’s net profits...

Ericsson: US consumers are ‘primed’ for FWA and prefer 5G over 4G

'Convenience is the clear advantage' U.S. consumers are primed to accept Fixed Wireless Access service as a primary connectivity option, and those who have it don't intent to switch any time soon, according to a new report from Ericsson's Consumer...

Abeeway takes Sequans NB-IoT/LTE-M module for new industrial IoT tracker

Actility-owned IoT asset tracking provider Abeeway is using the Monarch 2 GM02S module from Sequans for cellular IoT connectivity in the new version of its Abeeway Compact Tracker, according to the French IoT chipmaker. The Abeeway product uses the...

Swiss IoT firm u-blox eyes $100m GNSS sales to robot lawnmower makers

Swiss IoT module maker u-blox has secured “significant project wins” in the robotic lawnmower market, which it expects to generate more than $100 million of sales revenue “over time”, starting from 2024, it said. The firm has supplied GNSS...

Dell integrates Hyundai, Intel into NativeEdge platform to spur AI in Industry 4.0

Dell Technologies has expanded its edge partner ecosystem with Hyundai AutoEver, a factory IT/OT integration tool from car maker Hyundai, and Intel’s OpenVINO developer toolbox, commonly used for edge AI applications. The latter is now part of its NativeEdge...

#TBT: iPhone comes to Canada; Testing AT&T’s MediaFLO service; Does the world need a wireless web? … this week in 2008

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...

Lynk lands US government contract for sat-to-cell service

Satellite direct-to-cellular service provider Lynk announced today that it has signed a five-year contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to enable U.S federal agencies to purchase its services for unmodified smartphones over the next five years. Lynk...

‘We’re growing the right way’: AT&T’s Q1 delivers solid mobile, fiber numbers

5G, fiber continue to drive the telco's results in Q1 AT&T beat expectations on its customer growth, with revenues off just slightly from the same period last year as CEO John Stankey continued to emphasize the telco's focus on consistent,...

50 operators in 37 countries planning satellite services: GSA

The GSA report had identified 77 publicly announced partnerships between operators and satellite vendors Satellites are rapidly gaining prominence in the world of cellular communication, with 50 operators in 37 countries and territories already planning satellite services, according to a...

SoftBank invests to boost computing power for generative AI

SoftBank plans to invest a total of $960 million by 2025 to develop generative AI Japanese operator SoftBank plans to invest a total of JPY150 billion ($960 million) by 2025, with the aim of giving its computing facilities the necessary...

Private cellular IoT to reach 108m factory connections by 2030

There will be 108 million IoT connections on private LTE (4G) and 5G networks in the manufacturing sector in 2030, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. Manufacturing will be the biggest market for private 5G-IoT, it said....

True aims to increase AI-driven revenue in digital services to 30% by 2027

True also hopes to use AI to automate 100% of its repetitive processes within the next three years Thai telco True Corp this week held “AI Gets Real,” an event highlighting its AI ambitions this week. At the event, company...

‘Every tech is hyped, but this is different’ – Siemens goes all-in on industrial AI

There’s something funny about a captain of industry (Industrie 4.0) scratching his head when his boiler breaks down at his French summer house. But this was the tale that Cedrik Neike, chief executive at Siemens Digital Industries, told Hannover...