Telecoms and Big Tech: collaboration or assimilation?
Will telcos evolve into new types of business? Will tweaks to the business model more or less maintain the status quo, or will big tech start to swallow the sector up?
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mwc 2023
MWC 2023 recap – what’s the point of telecoms?
This year’s big telecoms get-together revealed an industry going through an identity crisis.
There is no silver bullet for 5G monetisation
We caught up with Accenture at MWC 2023 to find out more on 5G monetisation and the growing sense that it’s difficult to do.
Netflix CEO calls on telcos to contribute to content cost
Greg Peters, co-CEO Of Netflix, used his keynote address at Mobile World Congress to ask telecoms operators to contribute to the costs associated with producing entertainment content.
Swisscom Ericson and AWS collaborate on hybrid cloud PoC on 5G core
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson and Swiss operator Swisscom have announced a proof-of-concept (PoC) collaboration to explore hybrid cloud use cases with hyperscaler AWS, beginning with 5G core applications.
Nokia ponders the killer apps of 6G
The marketing drum of 6G has begun and Nokia is among those speculating on what it might do – such as chipping humans with NFC devices and scanners that can measure the bodily information of crowds.
Ericsson admits 5G revenue generation will take time
We caught up with kit vendor Ericsson at MWC who admitted that while 5G use cases are difficult to find, we shouldn’t necessarily be looking for them anyway.
Cisco lands T-Mobile US enterprise 5G FWA gig
Deutsche Telekom’s US operation is making steady progress in the corporate sector, and it has just done a deal with Cisco that could help it make further gains.
Deutsche Telekom taps into satellite for full coverage IoT
German operator Deutsche Telekom is about to start using satellite to ensure full global coverage for its Internet of Things offering.
Orange set to extend experimental 5G network to Spain
Orange is upbeat about how its experimental cloud-native 5G standalone network has performed to date, and as such plans to extend the concept to Spain in the near future.
DoCoMo adds Ericsson and Keysight to 6G research group
Japan’s NTT DoCoMo plans to expand its 6G experimental trials and has established two new partnerships to help it.
One year into Kyivstar’s battle to keep Ukraine connected
A year on from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we spoke to Ukrainian operator Kyivstar about the ongoing challenges of keeping telecoms infrastructure functioning in a warzone.
Huawei’s 5.5G vision is what 5G should have been all along
Chinese kit vendor Huawei has shared its wish list for what it calls 5.5G at Mobile World Congress 2023.
Qualcomm lines up OEMs for satellite smartphones
The trickle of satellite-capable smartphones looks set to become a flood if MWC is anything to go by.
GSMA explains its strategy for network API standards
We caught up with the GSMA who today launched the Open Gateway Initiative at MWC, which is supposed to offer a unified platform for network API developers.
Red Hat and Samsung seek to help operators cope with vRAN ramp-up
As commercial vRAN deployments take off, open source software specialist Red Hat is working with Samsung on a new solution to help telcos scale their virtualised infrastructure.
HPE: ‘4G was all about consumer…5G is all about enterprise’
HPE is at MWC talking up its recent purchase of Athonet, and we caught up with Richard Band, Solution Lead Mobile Core & 5G (pictured), who told us when it comes to 5G, all the action is in the enterprise space.
Intel launches new vRAN kit and claims market dominance
Intel has launched a new chip with integrated acceleration for vRAN networks, a move that it clearly hopes will help it maintain a massive presence in the growing market for virtualised radio networks.
MWC 2023 day 1 – telecoms is nearly as complicated as ordering a coffee
Choice and complexity are the hallmarks of the telecoms industry these days, making the job of explaining it harder than ever for all concerned.
GSMA hopes to accelerate 5G innovation with network APIs
Major telcos kicked off Mobile World Congress (MWC) with a renewed effort to make 5G services more exciting than slightly faster mobile broadband.
Events
5G Core – Digital Symposium
- 20-20 April 2023
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OpenRAN World (co-located with the 6G Summit)
- 26-27 April 2023
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6G Summit (Co-located with OpenRAN World)
- 26-27 April 2023
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