Mobile network infrastructure: 5G, Open RAN, telecom sovereignty, and the road to 6G.
SpaceX agreed to buy Grain Management's nationwide 800 MHz portfolio, pending FCC approval, and AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile each dropped about seven percent after…
The Snapdragon X105 modem ships in every Gen 6 phone with NR-NTN satellite voice and video, and FastConnect 8800 brings 4x4 Wi-Fi 8 to…
Over fifteen years, the Open RAN initiative evolved from a China Mobile white paper to a $10 billion movement, yet the RAN market has…
Viettel has become the first company in Qualcomm's 6G Early Access Program, signaling a significant partnership. While focused on 6G, the real impact lies…
AT&T's recent $14 billion deal with Ericsson marks a significant commitment to Open RAN, aiming to shift 70% of wireless traffic to open platforms…
In the past year, Europe has taken significant steps towards Open RAN, highlighted by a joint declaration from major operators like Telefónica and Vodafone.…
The O-RAN Alliance, founded in 2018 by AT&T and China Mobile, has shifted discussions from cost and vendor independence to sovereignty concerns. As governments…
An e-commerce company just switched on a national mobile network, fully virtualized Open RAN on commodity servers, in the middle of a pandemic. The…
A year ago I said a press release with five logos does not lay fiber. The first Open Fronthaul specification just landed at Barcelona,…
AT&T and China Mobile just co-founded the same alliance. The xRAN Forum and the C-RAN Alliance are merging into the O-RAN Alliance, and the…
A Stanford professor and two tier-one operators just launched a forum to turn the radio access network into open software running on ordinary servers.…
China Mobile's research institute wants to empty every cell tower, pull the baseband back into one central pool, and turn the radio network into…
A friend's story highlights the vulnerability of internet phone services during power outages, which rely on home outlets and lack inherent power supply. Additionally,…
Concerns arise as citywide free WiFi projects falter, revealing flaws in their business models. Initial optimism missed economic realities, requiring more infrastructure than budgeted.…
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