FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s recent announcement that he supports the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile with their commitments is welcome news. The merger will create
The edge internet: Balancing the market power in the mobile internet value chain (Reality Check)
June 29th, 2007, a day of infamy in the world of telco’s. On that day, the vestiges of “walled gardens” and premium data services crumbled
On October 18, a group of operators including BT, EE, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, MTS, Telus, KPN, Orange and Vodafone gathered in London for the Mobile
This October, North American operator Verizon launched the first 5G fixed wireless access service, making it very clear that 5G is closer than you think.
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Today’s assurance vs. tomorrow’s assured networks, Part 2 (Reality Check)
In part 1 of this series, we discussed the state of networks heading into 5G, and why we’ll need to move beyond today’s concept of
Network Function Virtualization — NFV — promises much. NFV is the next generation of network architecture, replacing software running on dedicated hardware with virtual appliances
Merger and acquisition activity in the U.S. technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector will be robust at least well into 2019, driven by several factors,
Fake virtualization (Reality Check)
Dissecting a poignant phrase coined at this week’s SDN NFV World Congress On day one of this year’s SDN NFV World Congress in The Hague, I
Our networks have matured over the years, and as we roll into a new realm of 5G, we’re left revisiting, revising and even reinventing our
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Categories Internet of Things, Internet of Things (IoT), IoT, Opinion, Qualcomm, Reality Check, Sequans
Sequans CEO rebuts analyst’s designation of Qualcomm as “king of IoT silicon” (Reality Check)
Editor’s note: On June 22, RCR Wireless News published a contributed piece from analyst Mike Krell of James Brehm & Associates LLC titled “Analyst Angle:
Strong US TV and video market leads to controversial mobile network prioritization solutions (Reality Check)
Operators criticized for how they are handling prioritization in congested networks There are few things mobile operators do which are more controversial than prioritizing some types
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Categories 3D beamforming, 5G, 5G mmW, eMBB, millimeter wave spectrum, mmW, network operators, Opinion, Reality Check, small cell
The spectrum game and the mmW challenge (Reality Check)
Spectrum is an operators’ money pit, and its cash cow, and 5G is unlikely to change that any time soon. But in the era of
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Categories agility, AI, artificial intelligence, CLM, CSPs, digital transformation, Opinion, Reality Check
Using an “ABC” approach for successful digital transformation (Reality Check)
In the present era, it may be difficult to imagine communication service providers (CSPs) not moving toward digital transformation in some way. The new evolving
Using AI-driven analytics to please customers and streamline operations in a 5G world Every day we’re being bombarded with emails, blogs, and vendor dissertations about 5G
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Categories AI, artificial intelligence, Carriers, machine learning, network engineer, Opinion, Reality Check
AI makes a better salesperson than a network engineer (Reality Check)
In the relatively rare instances that artificial intelligence is already part of a telecommunications network, it is generally there to optimize connectivity and the network