There’s a feeling that 5G hasn’t delivered on the business case – Cisco
We spoke to Adam MacHale, Cisco’s Vice President – Service Provider EMEA, to get his thoughts on 5G, edge computing, VR and AR, and who is going to pay for it all.
Telecoms.com
Open RAN
KDDI’s Open RAN network now includes MU-MIMO
Japanese operator KDDI is ramping up its Open RAN activities ahead of a full-scale rollout in 2024.
Open RAN takes to the battlefield
AT&T, Fujitsu, and US defence contractor Northrop Grumman believe open architecture could hold one of the keys to military victory.
1&1 claims launch of the first European Open RAN network
German greenfield MNO 1&1 has launched its new mobile network, which is based on Open RAN technology and makes a virtue of being Huawei-free.
2022 has been a great year for telecoms, industry professionals say
According to Telecoms.com Annual Industry Report, the industry is predominantly happy with telecom’s business performance in 2022 as 63% vote for an ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ year.
UK ploughs £110 million into 5G/6G research and development
The UK government is ploughing cash into three universities and the UK Telecoms Lab announced in October in an effort to accelerate progress in 6G and 5G R&D.
UK lines up international allies on Open RAN
Australia, Canada and the US have agreed to back the UK’s vision for the development of Open RAN, a move that is all about improving vendor diversity in the telecoms space.
Vodafone hopes urban Open RAN deployment won’t lead to faulty towers
UK operator Vodafone has deployed Open RAN tech on some live masts in urban environments, claiming a European first in so doing.
Rakuten plans UK Open RAN customer experience centre
Operator to open facility in the UK next year dedicated to promoting and demonstrating Open RAN.
Qualcomm and Vodafone buddy up to develop 5G Open RAN infrastructure
US chip designer Qualcomm and UK operator group Vodafone are collaborating on high-performance, energy efficient 5G vDU and Massive MIMO RU solutions.
Orange switches to disaggregated switches
French operator group Orange has teamed up with Edgecore Networks to start using switches running on open-source software.
Vodafone doubles down on Open RAN with new partnerships and pilots
UK-based telco group Vodafone is pulling all the strings it can to turn its Open RAN dream into reality.
American Tower and Cellnex both acquire new allies
Giant Towercos American Tower and Cellnex have opted for partnerships to help them with the next phase of their expansion.
Do telcos have the right business model for the 5G era?
In part one of this Telecoms.com interview with HPE, we talk to VP and General Manager, Communications Technology Group Tom Craig (pictured) about the current state of 5G, Open RAN, and how operators can evolve and grow into new business frontiers.
NEC goes international with its open virtualized RAN software suite
Japanese tech giant NEC has continued its Open RAN crusade with the introduction of its open virtualized RAN software suite to the international market.
Rakuten Symphony gets intimate with AWS
Japanese Open RAN platform provider Rakuten Symphony is making itself available on Amazon Web Services.
ETSI and O-RAN Alliance release first Open RAN specification
Open RAN has taken a step closer to becoming an official standard, with European standardization body ETSI giving an O-RAN specification its seal of approval.
Global Open RAN market growth exceeds expectations once more
The latest findings from telecoms equipment market trackers Dell’Oro features another increase in its forecast for the Open RAN market.
NEC joins the Orange 5G SA cloud party
French operator group Orange has brought in NEC to help it deploy massive MIMO on its 5G SA experimental network.
The fusion of the telecoms sector with the wider tech industry is inevitable
Dennis Hoffman, SVP and GM, Dell Technologies Telecom Systems Business (pictured), thinks with the proliferation of Open RAN and edge computing a fusion of telecoms and the wider tech market ‘has to happen.’
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