Old apartment buildings have some big broadband infrastructure problems
Older apartment buildings often struggle with internet bandwidth and maintaining device connections But many MDU owners don’t own their building’s infrastructure and are locked into legacy contracts with a service provider The existence of bulk billing arrangements between broadband providers...
2024 Fierce Network Innovation Awards are open for submissions
Questex’s Fierce Network, a mega portal to meet the needs of decision makers throughout the global communications industry, today announces the call for submissions is open for the 2024 Fierce Network Innovation Awards. This prestigious awards program recognizes the trailblazers...
Ericsson’s Q3 results reflect the fruits of AT&T deal
The AT&T contract that Ericsson won almost a year ago is now in the delivery phase That was reflected in Ericsson’s Q3 earnings report, where North America sales grew by 55% year over year Ericsson also sees network investments by...
Verizon is using AI to improve call center performance
Verizon told us how they are deploying AI in their call centers A VP said that the AI helps staff learn how to best deal with customer calls Apps include a live call transcription and a virtual assistant MOBILE WORLD...
To avoid fraud, NTIA will publish a list of certified Buy America compliant companies
An NTIA executive revealed today that the agency is about to publish a Build America Buy America document with self-certified vendors The agency has created this list to help avoid fraud in the BEAD program But a CommScope executive expressed...
Cloud providers want to crank up rack power 10X for AI
Cloud providers are looking to ramp up rack power to as much as 1 gigawatt This kind of power level is still several years out Key hurdles include worker safety and the physical space available in data centers The electrical...
Chris Sambar to depart AT&T after 22 years
Sambar joined AT&T in 2002 as network operations manager and is a former SVP of FirstNet AT&T didn’t give a reason for his departure or share plans for a successor Sambar has been a big cheerleader for the D2D startup...
EchoStar’s new deal: Let the wireless games begin
It looks as though EchoStar finally got the financial lifeline it needed – in the nick of time EchoStar President and CEO Hamid Akhavan said they’re playing to win in the wireless business and now it’s time to execute Will...
With Vodafone Idea’s $1.6B Nokia deal, Indian operators say nope to Open RAN
The deal is crucial for Vodafone Idea, which has been losing its subscriber base because of its inability to upgrade its network Nokia will possibly replace gear by Huawei or ZTE Vodafone Idea expected to support Open RAN since it...
Verizon service ‘fully restored’ after nationwide U.S. service disruption
A heatmap on Downdetector shows a cluster of outages around New York, another smaller cluster in Chicago and still smaller clusters in various locations, mostly in the U.S. southeast Downdetector said it saw more than 1.6 million user reports of...