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 service. Essential services—the ones we count on in every aspect of modern life—have some basic […] The post FCC reinstates net neutrality regulation of broadband appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

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, while striking a deal with private equity firm EQT to get into the fiber game. […] The post T-Mobile kicks off 2024 with strong numbers and a fiber JV appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

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 of its 4G deal with state-owned operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL), according to local press […] The post TCS deploys large data centers in India as part of 4G contract appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

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 members of state-run 5G network Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), local press reported. The appointments were […] The post Malaysia moves closer to implementing second 5G network appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

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 a couple of months ago at MWC, where talk about Industry 4.0 mostly focused on (private) […] The post 5G/Wi-Fi, IT/OT in Industry 4.0 – it’s all way too simplistic, says Cisco appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

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 space on the towers for radios and antennas, the lease provides five-by-seven feet of ground space […] The post Implications for DISH’s big win in jury trial verdict against its primary tower collocation provider Crown Castle appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

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 future 6G systems. Majed Sultan Al Mesmar, director general of the TDRA, said: “The 6G […] The post TDRA unveils 6G roadmap in the United Arab Emirates appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

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 roads in the United States, NTT Data said in a release. Openvia Mobility has promoted […] The post Openvia Mobility, NTT Data to deploy private 5G in US roads appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

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 or Microsoft’s Copilot, chances are you’ve gotten back some interesting and relevant responses. Chances are […] The post How to build LLMs for telco AI applications appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more

‘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 on revenues. (More details here.) “We started the year with a solid first quarter, as […] The post Key takeaways from AT&T’s Q1 2024 appeared first on RCR Wireless News ..read more