Posts tagged with: Modernization

AT&T partners with Helium for better Wi-Fi offload

AT&T is collaborating with Helium to expand the number of Wi-Fi hotspots available to AT&T’s wireless customers It’s a vote of confidence in Helium, which uses a novel decentralized approach The initiative improves Wi-Fi offload management through QoS monitoring AT&T...

FNTV: Nokia’s AI bet: Can optical networking solve carrier woes?

AI traffic is overwhelming carrier networks, and Nokia believes optical networking is the solution. But there’s a catch: while Nokia’s tech might work, the business case for carriers is a major challenge. Hyperscalers profit from AI, but carriers are left...

Tarrifs are sure to hurt more for smaller RAN vendors

Tariffs are unlikely to derail the entire open RAN movement, but will affect smaller vendors more profoundly If tariffs push operators toward more conservative investment approaches, that could mean open RAN suffers more than traditional RAN Smaller vendors are already...

Established vendors aren’t only players in private 5G game

Nokia, Ericsson and Huawei aren’t the only options in the private 5G gear game SNS Telecom & IT told us that Celona has over 100 customers STL Partners said Bristol-Myers Squibb Biologics Manufacturing Facility in Dublin has used Vilicom for...

Orange’s Network Modernization Strategy with Jean Louis Le Roux

At MWC25, Orange’s Jean Louis Le Roux shared insights into the company’s network modernization strategy. With traffic doubling every three years and enterprises shifting to the cloud, Orange is evolving from rigid infrastructure to a more flexible, software-driven network. This...

SNS says 5G private networking will be dominant in the US by 2027

SNS said that the private networking space in the U.S. will be worth over $3.7 billion by 2027 Neutral host is growing concurrently in the U.S., the firm reports. STL Partners also said that manufacturing is the most dominant private...

Verizon 4G and 5G to take off in 35 U.S. Air Force bases in 2025

Verizon is once again serving its largest U.S. military customer with 4G and 5G updates across 35 U.S. Air Force bases This is part of a plan to roll 5G in 84 Air Force and Space Force bases by 2028...

Fierce Network announces the 2024 Fierce Network Innovation Awards winners

Questex’s Fierce Network, a mega portal designed to meet the needs of decision makers throughout the global communications industry, today unveils the winners of the 2024 Fierce Network Innovation Awards. Building on the esteemed legacy of the Fierce Innovation Awards:...

5G SA heads to UK train tracks

5G FMRCS systems are largely expected to arrive later in the 2020s Airspan is ahead of the pack, already working on a 5G rail project in the UK Less is known about Amtrak’s US plans for FMRCS  Get ready for...

5G APIs for 2025? Analysts agree fraud protection works

Much of 2024 didn’t hold much for the prospects of 5G APIs That started to change in Q3 as Nokia and Ericsson and some operators stepped up Analysts expect to see security and anti-fraud APIs arrive in 2025 Through much...