T-Mobile and Verizon are competing to offer 5G network slices tailored for public safety agencies Verizon Frontline’s new slicing service is available in more than a couple dozen U.S. markets but not yet nationwide AT&T’s FirstNet doesn’t offer slicing but touts an all-band, purpose-built solution for first responders Competition in […]
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Verizon released this teaser last week: “Project 624. All about the customer. Coming soon.” That led to all kinds of speculation – some good, some not so good — about what Verizon’s got cooking They got our attention. Now we wait Seven words and one number. That’s all Verizon is saying […]
China already has about 4,000 private wireless-enabled factories But these private wireless networks may not have a great return on investment Meanwhile, vendors around the world are starting to see some decent revenues from private wireless We see reports and headlines in the wireless ecosystem that tout the great strides […]
T-Mobile added 495,000 new phone customers in Q1, but that wasn’t enough to please Wall Street as shares tumbled The operator’s 5G Advanced network is now nationwide Much of Thursday’s earnings call focused on fiber and future plans in the space Sometimes you just can’t get what you want. Despite […]
Nokia Bell Labs showed off a dynamic digital twin project during its 100-year celebration in Murray Hill, New Jersey The demo showed how warehouse managers could remotely make changes to a warehouse floor using robots Nokia expects that it will roll this out as a proof-of-concept within a year During […]
Nokia is using glass as a circuit board material for its latest high-speed backhaul The point-to-point links can deliver 100 Gbps at 110 GHz over a kilometer The units will be available in 2027 Nokia is using glass for the circuit boards of its latest high-frequency point-to-point wireless backhaul, which […]
SK Telecom is developing Aster, a personal AI agent for smarter, personalized services Telecom-specific LLMs are being fine-tuned for secure, accurate AI performance AI is seen as a new interface, transforming user experiences and driving growth In an exclusive interview with Fierce Network, Jeong Minyoung, the head of SK Telecom’s […]
CEO Juho Sarvikas is driving fixed wireless access (FWA) growth in the enterprise Part of that strategy involves the recent hire of Ryan Sullivan to lead product management in the carrier channel In a nod to the tariff tensions, the company acknowledged it’s evaluating a manufacturing move to North America […]
The global smartphone market saw a 1.5% year-over-year increase in shipments during Q1 2025 Many manufacturers frontloaded shipments into the U.S. market The U.S. recorded a more than 5% increase in smartphone shipments during the quarter The global smartphone market saw a 1.5% year-over-year increase in shipments during Q1 2025, […]
MidWave Wireless spent years preparing the 1.4 GHz spectrum for market, and now it’s ready for prime time Its high-power, flexible-use spectrum is “ideally suited” for emergency services, critical infrastructure and mission-critical private broadband networks MidWave’s licenses cover the entire 1.4 GHz band across the United States and its overseas […]