The O-RAN Alliance has kicked off its spring plugfest to further develop Open RAN features and ensure interoperability across the O-RAN ecosystem, with more than 40 companies participating around the world. This spring’s plugfest has six areas of focus, according to O-RAN Alliance. They are: -Testing of O-RAN energy consumption, energy efficiency and energy savings, […] The post Test and Measurement: O-RAN spring plugfest kicks off appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

Delta will also move more than 60,000 lines to T-Mobile US T-Mobile US is now Delta Air Lines preferred mobility partner, the companies announced this week. As part of the pair-up, Delta will move more than 60,000 lines to T-Mobile US and the carrier’s 5G hybrid network will be deployed at the airline’s Atlanta headquarters. […] The post Delta to deploy T-Mobile US 5G hybrid network at headquarters appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

Garcia noted that America Movil is on track to meet its capital investment forecasts for 2024, which will be $7.1 billion Mexican carrier América Móvil will invest in 5G technology in all the markets in which it operates, the company’s CFO, Carlos García Moreno, said during a conference call with investors. “We are going to […] The post America Movil to invest in 5G in all its markets: CFO appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

Jio and Airtel are the only two telcos currently offering 5G services in India Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm added a total of 3.59 mobile subscribers during February, taking its overall market share above 40% for the first time, according to the latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Jio ended […] The post Reliance Jio ends February with over 40% market share in India appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

ZTE said the new 5G test was carried out in the city of Jiaxing, China Chinese vendor ZTE has collaborated with Qualcomm Technologies and China Mobile’s Zhejiang branch to achieve 5.4 Gbps peak data rates, ZTE said in a release. Through an end-to-end field test of three carrier component carrier aggregation (3CC CA) combined with […] The post China Mobile, Qualcomm, ZTE achieve 5.4 Gbps with 3CC CA test appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

Swedish mining company Boliden (New Boliden) has appointed local industrial 5G network “challenger” Radtonics to deploy a private 5G network at its mine in Garpenberg, in Dalarna County in Sweden. Boliden produces zinc, copper, lead, nickel, silver, and gold, at mines in Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Ireland. The Garpenberg mine is “one of the world’s […] The post Swedish mining company Boliden taps Industry 4.0 startup Radtonics for private 5G appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

Note, this article is a continuation of a previous post, which can be found here. Funny thing about telecoms, and telcos specifically, so often derided in the Industry 4.0 market for not ‘getting’ enterprise, is that they have listened and changed, arguably, and are selling new digital services based on new business ‘outcomes’ at last […] The post “A long way from Silicon Valley” – operators <i>get</i> enterprise (and service), says Vodafone appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

New paradigms around infrastructure automation and software development are guiding the cloud-native reinvention of Orange Change is afoot in the telecom industry as the move to cloud-native operating and technological principles push and pull operators into new paradigms. With a renewed sense of conviction about the network as a platform for innovation—not just a utility-like […] The post Orange on cloud native—‘It’s about agility, scalability, resource efficiency, cost optimization’  appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

Quality data, digital twins and AI/ML will all help operators enable end-to-end automation in a multi-cloud environment Managing the complex components of a multi-cloud environment is proving to be a monumental challenge for network operators, especially coupled with the growing need for automation techniques driven by AI and ML to streamline operations. However, as Viavi […] The post Achieving end-to-end automation in a multi-cloud environment appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

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 enjoy the memories! Amdocs to buy Qpass for cross-platform content ST. LOUIS—Software developer and billing platform […] The post #TBT: Amdocs buys Qpass; MetroPC launches in Detroit; TV broadcasters make way for MediaFlo … this week in 2006 appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more