2024

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Reliance Jio Slows Down 5G Expansion Amid Monetisation Issues: Report

Telecom Talk

Reliance Jio is adjusting its 5G expansion strategies in response to low capacity utilisation, focusing on upgrading 4G users and enhancing network coverage.

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Tunisie Telecom, Orange and Ooredoo bid for 5G licences in Tunisia

Developing Telecoms

Tunisia’s three biggest mobile operators – Tunisie Telecom, Orange Tunisie and Ooredoo Tunisia – reportedly submitted their applications for 5G licences on Monday, with approval expected in the next three weeks.

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Huawei’s upcoming chip may break China’s 7nm barrier

Telecoms Tech News

Chinese tech giant Huawei continues to defy expectations, steadily reclaiming its position in the global smartphone market despite weathering over five years of stringent US sanctions. Showcasing remarkable resilience and innovation, the company’s recent chip development and smartphone sales advances paint a picture that transcends mere corporate resilience.

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Vodafone Germany leans into fibre infrastructure sharing to reach 11m premises

Total Telecom

News The operator says it will soon be able to offer fibre optic broadband to more than 11 million homes and businesses across the country Vodafone Germany is set to offer its fibre broadband packages to 11 million premises across the country, a move it says will make it the largest fibre network in the country. The expansion comes via the implementation of new infrastructure sharing partnerships with Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Glasfaser, which will increase Vodafone’s commercial reach by 9.5

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AT&T proposes moving CBRS users via incentive auction

Light Reading

Verizon, Charter, AWS and others currently use the CBRS band for a variety of wireless services. But an AT&T proposal would upend those operations by shifting CBRS users to another portion of the band.

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AT&T EVP Sambar Joins AST SpaceMobile, Eyes Future of 5G

VoIP Review

The telecommunications world recently learned that Chris Sambar, AT&T’s Executive Vice President and Head of Network, will be departing the company on October 11. This announcement came via a memo circulated among AT&T employees, which stressed his significant contributions over a 22-year tenure. Sambar played a vital role in propelling the company’s connectivity efforts, especially in 5G advancement, launching FirstNet, and expanding fiber networks across many homes and busi

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Forget performance — the only three goals for AI-native 6G systems that matter

RCR Wireless

For Rakuten Mobile’s SVP of Next Generation Advanced Research, the key is to decouple 6G workloads from the cloud-native platform In a recent article, RCR Wireless News laid out the definition of AI-native as it pertains to 6G; however, in an even more recent conversation with Rakuten Mobile’s Senior Vice President of Next Generation Advanced […] The post Forget performance — the only three goals for AI-native 6G systems that matter appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

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Operators scaling back spending on 5G and fixed broadband

telecoms.com

More dire news for the financial state of the telecoms industry, with a Dell’Oro report claiming telecom capital expenditure (capex) dropped 10% YoY in the first half of 2024.

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A Letter From Our CEO

Paloalto Networks

To our community, customers, partners and colleagues, Let me begin with a sincere apology for a recent marketing decision at an event hosted by Palo Alto Networks during Black Hat in Las Vegas. The misguided attempt to welcome guests with branded lampshade-wearing hostesses was not consistent with our values. I appreciate you not judging us on this isolated event, and I want to reassure you of our continued commitment to and celebration of inclusion and diversity.

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Update ESXi Host to the latest ESXi 8.0U3b without vCenter

vmware

If you're like many ESXi users that are running bunch of ESXi hosts without vCenter Server in labs and testing environments, you might wonder how to

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Airtel Digital TV Launches New Entertainment Plan With Amazon Prime Benefits

Telecom Talk

Airtel Digital TV teams up with Amazon Prime to launch new plans, combining over 350 live TV channels with Prime Video content in HD.

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Somalia’s NCA, IFC to revamp submarine cable landings

Developing Telecoms

The National Communications Authority of Somalia (NCA) partnered with the International Finance Corporation to prepare new regulations for submarine cable landings aimed at bolstering Somalia’s connectivity sector.

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Richard Bennett: The Curious Case of Wi-Fi 7

Broadband Breakfast

In the vain hope of making Wi-Fi faster, unlicensed spectrum supporters appear to be committing an error of misdiagnosis in their current push to allocate ever-more unlicensed spectrum in the highly prized mid-band. Like a doctor over-prescribing antibiotics for a viral infection, more unlicensed spectrum risks the long-term health of our communications ecosystem and, unfortunately, isn’t even doing the Wi-Fi patient any good.

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Ukraine’s newest telco to receive $435m investment from EBRD, IFC

Total Telecom

News The move is the largest direct foreign investment in Ukraine since the war began This week, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have confirmed they will jointly invest $435 million into Ukraine’s newest converged telco. Back in April, a consortium led by telecoms mogul Xavier Niel’s NJJ Holding announced plans to purchase both Ukrainian TV and fixed broadband provider Datagroup-Volia and mobile operator Lifecell, with t

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Amarisoft powered Orange 5G at Olympics in best open RAN example yet

Light Reading

The private 5G network built for broadcasters and journalists at this year's Paris Olympics came from not Ericsson or Nokia but a tiny French startup, Amarisoft.

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Reality Check on the Open RAN Revolution with VMware

Fierce Telecom

In this interview, we’re joined by VMware’s Manish Shrestha as we dive into the transformative world of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) and discover how we’re progressing toward reshaping the | Join VMware's Manish Shrestha as we explore the challenges, opportunities and potential of Open RAN in building a future of effective interoperability in the telco sector.

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Kagan: Cable TV solution to FWA wireless broadband threat found at TechExpo 24

RCR Wireless

FWA is a competitive threat to cable TV like Xfinity, Spectrum, Altice Earlier this week, I attended the SCTE TechExpo 24 conference held in Atlanta. While this event was all cable TV, I know the cable television industry is facing a perplexing and new wireless challenge. How does it compete with the new wireless broadband […] The post Kagan: Cable TV solution to FWA wireless broadband threat found at TechExpo 24 appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

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Xerox and HCLTech Extend Agreement to Drive Innovation with AI and Digital Engineering

HCL Tech

Xerox and HCLTech Extend Agreement to Drive Innovation with AI and Digital Engineering siddhartha_bhatnagar Mon, 08/26/2024 - 12:46 NEW YORK and NOIDA, India, August 26, 2024 — HCLTech , a leading global technology company, today announced an extension of its strategic AI-driven Engineering services and Digital Process Operations (DPO) partnership with Xerox.

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Escaping the Matrix: AI and Submarine Cables

Telegeography

We are now moving from sci-fi to reality with the launch of many AI services that are poised to transform industries and reshape our daily lives. While data centers are expanding rapidly to support AI requirements, there is less clarity on how AI might impact long-haul network infrastructure, especially submarine cables. This is exactly what I delved into during my keynote at Submarine Networks World 2024.

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The Top 5 Largest Scale Intrusions in 2023

Paloalto Networks

What Powered Them? Large-scale cyber intrusions increased during 2023, exploiting vulnerabilities in web applications and internet-facing software. Attackers favored this attack vector even more than phishing and other social engineering tactics. But why? Attackers are using new technologies and tactics that take advantage of shortcomings in patch and vulnerability management processes.

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VMware Cloud Foundation Spotlight: Spark Innovation with Customer Stories

vmware

Join us at VMware Explore Las Vegas, Nevada | The Venetian August 26 – 29, 202 4 Register Now Navigating Cloud Chaos to Turn Challenges into Opportunities Embracing cloud-smart approaches to digital transformation allows organizations to be future-ready and stay ahead of the curve. Are you interested in learning how your cloud strategy can be agile, scalable and flexible with support from VMware Cloud Foundation ?

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Vodafone Idea Launches 4G Network in Sri Vijaya Puram Formerly Port Blair

Telecom Talk

Vodafone Idea has launched the Vi GIGAnet 4G Network in Sri Vijaya Puram (formerly Port Blair), transforming connectivity in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and enhancing experiences for both residents and visitors.

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Huawei announces an intelligent WAN designed to transform cloud network connectivity for the AI era

Developing Telecoms

As AI technologies become all-pervasive, they are starting to impact service development and digital intelligence transformation across a range of industry sectors, in turn imposing ever greater demands on existing enterprise and carrier network infrastructures.

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Exclusive Series: Municipal Broadband and Open Access

Broadband Breakfast

Editor's note: This is the second of a four-part series on open access networks in the lead-up to Digital Infrastructure Investment on Thursday, September 19: 'All-in' on Open Access. WASHINGTON, September 16, 2024 – In the United States, before there were extensive broadband open access networks, there were simply municipal broadband networks.

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Harnessing generative AI for digital equity

AWS Telecommunications

An interview with Kaniz Mahdi, Director Telco Technologies & Worldwide Solution Architects Here’s our chat with Kaniz to discuss her storied experience in the telecom space, why she joined AWS, and her passions and visions. Kaniz is the powerhouse behind the upcoming generative AI hackathon and she provides the “why” of what promises to be an exciting event.

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AST SpaceMobile's first five BlueBird satellites reach orbit

Light Reading

The successful launch of AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird satellites puts the broadband startup on a trajectory to provide satellite roaming to its telco partners, AT&T and Verizon.

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Open RAN Update: What have we learned?

Fierce Telecom

Open RAN has proven itself in the field and in the lab, but decision makers within network operator organizations remain cautious about this technology. | Open RAN has proven itself in the field and in the lab, but decision makers within network operator organizations remain cautious about this technology. The industry has learned that open RAN brings new integration challenges, but also new revenue opportunities.

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Kagan: Network X wireless trade show focuses on new wireless growth

RCR Wireless

Wireless expands to Private Wireless, FWA, wireless broadband, AI, Wi-Fi 7 The past decade has seemed to be tougher than usual for the wireless industry. During the past decade, wireless has taken some strange paths in the search. Now, finally, it may have found a few new areas for growth. Plus, more will likely enter […] The post Kagan: Network X wireless trade show focuses on new wireless growth appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

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PAL of Massachusetts, State Police and AT&T Distribute 200 Laptops to Boston Teens

AT&T Connects

Law enforcement officials often know their communities better than anyone and have firsthand experience working to address the challenges faced by local families. That’s why AT&T teamed up with the Police Activities League of Massachusetts (PAL) to help close the digital divide in Boston. AT&T and Human-I-T collaborated with PAL and the Massachusetts State Police to bring 200 refurbished laptops and backpacks stuffed with school supplies to Boston students who need it most.

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High-Speed FWA Using mmWave With the Help of Li-Fi

Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

On a regular basis I keep reading about how Fixed Wireless Access ( FWA ) continues to gain ground at the expense of cable operators, especially in the USA (see articles by Ookla , OpenSignal ). One of the challenges with FWA is the need to (generally) install external antennas, especially when higher frequencies like mmWaves is involved. One of the approach would be to use transparent antennas that I have explained here.

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Enabling the Safe Use of GenAI Applications

Paloalto Networks

AI Access Security Now Available Today, we’re pleased to announce the general availability of AI Access Security , an innovative offering that addresses the unique security challenges posed by generative AI and large language models in corporate environments. AI Access Security empowers organizations to harness the power of GenAI technologies while maintaining robust protection for sensitive data and ensuring compliance with security policies.

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#VMwareExplore 2024 Q&A: Get a Sneak Peek at What NetApp Has Planned

vmware

Ahead of VMware Explore 2024, read this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and Jonsi Stefansson, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at NetApp.

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BSNL Launches Indigenous 4G Network at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in AP

Telecom Talk

State-owned telecommunications company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched its indigenous 4G network at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP)

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Huawei discusses the Intelligent World: new insights into the future of ICT

Developing Telecoms

A digital and intelligent revolution is under way. How can it be managed to benefit us all? Huawei, its industry partners and a number of think tanks have come together and released a set of reports exploring the intelligent world and outlining the way it can change our lives, businesses and environment– for the better.

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USDA’s Andy Berke Champions Fiber as Key to Rural Broadband Success

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2024 – Can low-Earth orbit satellites really solve rural America’s broadband gap? Fiber Broadband Association CEO Gary Bolton isn’t convinced. "If we can get electricity to a house, we can get fiber there too," Bolton remarked in a conversation Wednesday with Andy Berke , administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service.

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5G powered robot put to work in German vineyard

telecoms.com

Deutsche Telekom has set up a 5G campus network for a ‘smart vineyard’, which is looking make up for a shortage of skilled workers with robotics, AI and image recognition.

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SpaceX blames European hostility on AST's 'misinformation campaign'

Light Reading

A group of European wireless network operators are threatening legal action if American regulators approve SpaceX's efforts to provide phone-to-satellite connections to T-Mobile customers.

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