India Tightens Grip on Foreign Satellite Operators Amid Jio’s Rising Space Ambitions
India is intensifying regulatory scrutiny of foreign satellite broadband providers, citing national security, data sovereignty, and signal spillover concerns. The move comes as Reliance Jio accelerates its own satellite internet…
LoRaWAN Eyes ‘Fourth Pillar’ Status as IoT Deployments Surge Past 125 Million Connections
The LoRa Alliance is making a bold case that LoRaWAN has outgrown its LPWAN niche, pointing to 125 million active connections and 25% annual growth as proof the technology belongs…
Redmi Turbo 5 Camera Deep Dive: How Xiaomi’s Computational Photography Is Redefining Mid-Range Smartphone Imaging
Xiaomi's Redmi Turbo 5 is turning heads in the mid-range smartphone segment with a camera system that demonstrates remarkable improvement through software optimization and AI-driven computational photography. We explore how…
BSNL Launches Aggressive Subscriber Enrollment Drive in Hoshiarpur as State-Owned Carrier Fights Back Against Private Rivals
India's government-backed telecom giant BSNL is doubling down on grassroots subscriber acquisition with a targeted enrollment campaign in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, signaling a broader strategic push to reclaim market share.…
OPPO Reno 16 Series Unveiled: K-Pop Collaboration, Triple Cameras, and What It Means for the Mid-Range 5G Smartphone Market
OPPO has officially teased its highly anticipated Reno 16 series, showcasing a refreshed design language, a triple-camera system, and a strategic K-pop partnership that signals the brand's aggressive push into…
Mavenir and Red Hat Unite to Help Telcos Cash In on the AI Economy Through Token-Based Charging
Mavenir and Red Hat are collaborating to give telecommunications operators a new path to monetizing AI services, leveraging a token-based charging model that mirrors familiar telecom billing frameworks. The partnership…
SK Telecom’s AX Innovation 2.0: How One Telecom Giant Is Redefining the Workplace With Personal AI Agents for Every Employee
SK Telecom is pushing the boundaries of enterprise AI adoption with its AX Innovation 2.0 program, which assigns dedicated AI agents to each employee as "digital colleagues." The South Korean…
How AI Is Forcing a Complete Rethink of Optical Network Architecture
Artificial intelligence workloads are reshaping the fundamental requirements of optical networks, demanding unprecedented capacity, ultra-low latency, and tightly synchronized data flows that legacy infrastructure simply wasn't built to handle. As…
The New Telecom Testing Imperative: How AI, Complexity, and the Trust Economy Are Redefining Network Validation
As telecom networks evolve into cloud-native, multi-technology ecosystems, traditional point-in-time testing is giving way to continuous, AI-driven validation frameworks. The stakes have never been higher — with operators, enterprises, and…
Taara’s Fingernail-Sized Photonic Chip Promises to Deliver Fiber-Class Speeds Through the Air — Without the Wait
Alphabet's Taara is ditching mechanical mirrors in favor of a revolutionary photonic chip the size of a fingernail, capable of beaming fiber-equivalent data rates through free space at a fraction…
5G: A Year of Breakthroughs and Challenges
2024 witnessed significant strides in 5G technology, with several key items shaping the industry’s trajectory. Here are five of the most impactful. Rise of Private 5G Networks: This was a…
Ericsson Forms a New Global API Venture with Top Operators
Some of the world’s largest telecom operators, including América Móvil, AT&T, Bharti Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Reliance Jio, Singtel, Telefonica, Telstra, T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone, together with Ericsson have announced…
Claro Argentina Selects Nokia for 5G Network Deployment
Nokia has signed a comprehensive 5G deal with Claro Argentina (Claro) to deploy 5G infrastructure across the country. The agreement will cover the first phase of 5G implementation in the…
IEEE Launches New Virtual Testbed for 5G and 6G Tech
Telecom engineers and researchers face several challenges when it comes to testing their 5G and 6G prototypes. One is finding a testbed where they can run experiments with their new hardware and software. The…
Nokia and Bharti Airtel complete successful 5G NSA Cloud RAN trial in India
Nokia today announced that it has successfully completed its first 5G non-standalone (NSA) Cloud RAN trial with Bharti Airtel (Airtel) in India. The project supports Airtel’s strategy of delivering a…
Ericsson and OPPO Sign Global Patent Cross License Agreement
Ericsson and OPPO have signed a multi-year global patent cross license agreement. This agreement includes a cross license covering patents essential to standards for cellular technologies, including 5G. OPPO, a…
Nokia and Telefónica Collaborate to Develop the Private Network Market
Nokia has announced an agreement with Telefonica, through its areas Telefónica Mobile Spain and Telefónica IoT & Big Data Tech Spain and Telefonica IoT & Big Data Tech, to drive…
Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 Announce New, Long-term Network Sharing Agreement
Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 has announced a new, long-term network sharing agreement. This agreement significantly extends the current agreement between Vodafone Limited (‘Vodafone UK’) and VMED O2 UK Limited…
5G Subscriptions Surging: 5.6 Billion 5G Subscriptions by the End of 2029
5G subscriptions will be close to 5.6 billion by the end of 2029 – with global 5G population coverage beyond mainland China set to double from 40 percent at the…
Nokia and Google Cloud collaborate to help developers worldwide create 5G applications faster with telco APIs
Nokia is expanding its collaboration with Google Cloud to give developers around the world the network software tools they need to create innovative new 5G enterprise and consumer applications faster…
Accenture Announces Intent to Acquire Fibermind to Strengthen Fiber and Mobile 5G Network Services
Accenture has agreed to acquire Fibermind, an Italy-based network services company, specializing in fiber and mobile 5G networks deployment, as well as infrastructure engineering services. The acquisition will strengthen Accenture’s…
Ericsson, 3 Denmark, TV 2, and Sony Successfully Trialed a Live Broadcast Over 3’s 5G Standalone (SA) Network
Ericsson, in collaboration with 3 Denmark, TV 2, and Sony, has successfully trialed a live television broadcast of a high-profile football match over a 5G standalone (SA) network, leveraging cutting-edge…
Nokia Makes Cellular Call Using The New 3GPP Immersive Voice and Audio Services (IVAS) Codec
Nokia has made a live immersive voice and audio call over a cellular network. Pekka Lundmark, Nokia’s President and CEO, held a live immersive audio and video call with Stefan…
Japanese Consortium Demonstrates of 5G Communication from Altitude of 4km Using 38GHz Band
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC., the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) , and Panasonic Holdings Corporation (Panasonic HD) have successfully conducted a 5G communication verification…
T-Mobile Offers 5G Backup Plan for ISP Outages
T-Mobile has announced the launch of Home Internet Backup, a new service designed to provide a secondary internet connection for customers facing outages with their primary Internet Service Provider (ISP).…
HPE Launches HPE Aruba Networking Enterprise Private 5G to Simplify the Deployment and Management of Private 5G Networks
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has introduced HPE Aruba Networking Enterprise Private 5G to help customers accelerate and simplify the deployment and management of private 5G networks, providing high levels of reliable…
AT&T and Cisco Introduce a Simpler Way to Deploy 5G Fixed Wireless Access for Businesses
Cisco and AT&T have announced a new digital buying experience that makes it faster and easier for businesses everywhere to take advantage of 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). For businesses…
Orange and Nokia Partner to Accelerate 5G Application Development in Europe
Orange and Nokia are expanding their partnership to advance network programmability and monetization. Using Nokia’s Network as Code platform with developer portal, developers will be able to test and take…
DNB and Ericsson Complete Multi-band Booster Solution Trial in 5G Network
Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) and Ericsson have successfully trialed what is known in the industry as a Multi-band Booster solution, which combines the best characteristics of the traditional microwave (6-42…
The Future of Connectivity: This Week in 5G, Wireless, and FWA
Here’s a roundup of key happenings in the 5G, wireless, and fixed wireless (FWA) domains across the globe this week. 5G Deployment Update: US Carriers Focus on FWA Expansion: Major…
