Brightspeed can replace copper with unique wireless technology
Brightspeed isn’t yet applying to the FCC to retire large swathes of copper Instead it replaces copper automatically for customers who are having service problems It can replace copper with either fiber or a unique wireless technology Brightspeed is on...
AI is increasing 5G traffic. Signs point toward 6G as the answer
AI applications are driving significant increases in uplink traffic on 5G networks A Mobile Experts report predicted that AI-powered apps will push uplink traffic beyond current 5G capacity by 2027 Cisco and other service providers are working to manage AI-generated...
Verizon’s Sampath stresses focus on mobile and fiber
Verizon’s CEO of its Consumer Group stressed the company’s focus on mobility and fixed broadband He sounded a bit like AT&T’s CEO, who has also been stressing 5G and fiber After Verizon purchases Frontier, the company will pass 30 million...
Verizon’s rumored Frontier buy is all about ‘convergence, baby’
The purchase of Frontier could cost Verizon about $7 billion Until now, Verizon hasn’t seemed that interested in more fiber, beyond its existing Fios footprint But there’s been a lot of speculation that the three big wireless carriers will compete...
GenAI could illuminate decades worth of dark data
GenAI is transforming the way organizations manage and utilize unstructured data Unstructured data, including documents, photos and videos, is plentiful but difficult to harness While GenAI offers powerful tools for extracting and utilizing this data, experts emphasize the need for...
Analysts respond to VMware Explore with a big yawn
The biggest announcement to come out of the show was VCF 9.0, which saw VMware return to its focus on private cloud It’s not clear if VCF 9.0 will be enough to win over customers and partners upset over price...
MatSing scores big at New Orleans’ Superdome
The nearly 50-year-old Caesars Superdome in New Orleans underwent some long-needed renovations The new distributed antenna system (DAS) at the Caesars Superdome incorporates MatSing’s spherical lens antennas The network includes 30 multibeam lens antennas, ensuring coverage for all those selfies...
To overcome AI grounding challenges, we must dig deeper
Grounding techniques like retrieval-augmented generation have become popular to ensure AI models don’t hallucinate But naive RAG models still have their limitations AI developers like Google and Microsoft are working on new grounding techniques to keep AI models more accurate...
AI is the latest weapon for DDoS attacks
AI allows hackers to create a higher volume of DDoS attacks with a lower barrier to entry, according to Zayo It’s hard to say whether the increased frequency and duration of attacks is due to AI getting better or if...
Five things to think about when planning for 6G
Four experts discuss skills and the workforce in the 6G era Themes include soft skills, the battle for talent and changes in approaches to education Meanwhile, AI is really important, but it can’t do everything The next generation of mobile...