No single company, network or technology can build the metaverse. Instead, the industry will have to tap into every available foundational technology across the ecosystem, from the very edge of the network all the way to the devices themselves. 5G and Wi-Fi, high-powered cameras and sensors, advanced hardware and software and graphics and audio will The post Enabling the metaverse with a device-edge-cloud continuum appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

Qualcomm focusing R&D efforts on Giga-MIMO to support future spectrum deployments The early vision of 5G, which has come to life based on global operator-led deployments, involved a mix of low-, mid- and high-band frequencies to strike the right balance between coverage and capacity. Looking ahead to 6G in the 2030 timeframe, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. The post Unlocking the upper mid-band on the path to 6G appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

Qualcomm SVP of Engineering talks 5G, AI and IoT at Mobile World Congress 2023 In addition to its long-standing leadership in smartphone and other mobile devices, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a driving force in the research and standards work that has defined 5G New Radio, 5G Advanced, and future 6G capabilities. In this context, SVP of The post 5G Advanced and the path to 6G appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

Qualcomm is leveraging automotive connectivity for assisted and autonomous driving, digital cockpit, and more As Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said during CES, the company is “all in on auto.” With its Snapdragon Digital Chassis, a platform designed to facilitate the transition to software-defined vehicles via digital cockpit, driver assistance and enhanced safety features, Qualcomm is The post Keeping safety first on the road to autonomous driving appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

Qualcomm brings multi-vendor automation and SMO capabilities to private networks with the Edgewise Suite As Industry 4.0 concepts meant to optimize efficiency in sectors like manufacturing, utilities, mining and more gain interest and adoption, private networks, including 4G, 5G and Wi-Fi, are emerging as a key piece of a bigger puzzle. Keeping in mind the The post How are private networks transforming industries? appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

Air interface innovations and new services on the way with 5G Advanced and 6G In addition to driving the ongoing standardization of 5G Advanced and early scoping of 6G, Qualcomm engages in long-term foundational research geared toward identifying and solving problems facing ever-evolving mobile networks. Looking between now and the end of the decade, Qualcomm The post <strong>The 6G vision: Qualcomm on foundational research priorities</strong> appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

The notion of mmWave for a mobility use case has gone from being the subject of skepticism to the subject of massive investment for operators looking to keep up with capacity demands. In addition to helping offload traffic from sub-7 GHz 5G networks, mmWave is key to delivering new types of monetizable applications, both mobile The post Bringing mmWave from vision to reality appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

Kit maker Broadcom's acquisition of VMware could hamper innovation in the server market, according to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority.

One of the constant wireless industry topics of conversation is spectrum: Who is buying what, who is using what, the technical pros and cons of different bands—and how to get more of it in commercial use. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has put out a new request for comment on a national spectrum strategy The post Got any ideas about a new spectrum pipeline? NTIA wants to hear them. appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

Telecoms industry body the GSMA has released a couple of reports waxing on future spectrum allocation and its economic implications.

Chinese operators had deployed a total of 2.29 million 5G base stations nationwide as of the end of November Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 25.76 million 5G subscribers in February, according to the operators’ latest available statistics. China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 16.6 million The post Chinese carriers add 25.76 million new 5G subscribers in February appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

Crisil Ratings said that a total of 20-25 million subscribers are already using 5G technology in India About a third of wireless data users in India, or 300 million subscribers, are expected to use 5G services by March 2025, according to a recent report by local Crisil Ratings. Crisil Ratings, which is owned by S&P The post India to reach 300 million 5G subscribers by March 2025: Report appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

(Telecompaper) Amazon is expanding in the hardware market with more smart TVs under its Fire brand...

Approaching a decade since SD-WAN emerged as a networking technology, it is safe to say nearly all corporate network managers have at least heard of SD-WAN. The COVID-19 pandemic forced IT infrastructure teams to accommodate remote work and accelerated the shift to cloud services. These changes in the underlay shifted the cybersecurity threat landscape and drove SD-WAN vendors and customers to focus more on security than ever before. SD-WAN is becoming more complex, integrating SASE architectures and improving services to meet the needs of the WAN world.  When we first asked our WAN Manager Survey respondents about SD-WAN in 2018, interest was high, but few respondents had installed the technology or begun the rollout process. Over the past four years, early adopters who finished their deployments have started to assess the impact, and more enterprises than ever are in the rollout stage. We’ve looked at the enterprise SD-WAN market every two years to see what has changed and solidified.

Liberty Global wants to take full control of its Belgian subsidiary Telenet and is willing to spend US$1 billion to do so.

Japanese telco Softbank this week served up more evidence of how graphic processing units (GPUs) can do some of the heavy lifting in virtualised radio access networks (vRAN).

Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has teamed up with the University of Ottawa and the Université de Sherbrooke to establish a new Quantum research hub in Montreal.

(Telecompaper) China Telecom saw its revenues grow 9.5 percent to CNY 481.4 billion in 2022. Service revenues amounted to CNY 434.9 billion, representing an increase of 8 percent from 2021...

Korean electronics giant Samsung wants a piece of the precise positioning market.

(Telecompaper) UK wholesale operator Openreach has reached the milestone of making full-fibre broadband available to 10 million premises across the UK...

(Telecompaper) Nigeria President Mohamadu Buhari has approved the exemption of the telecommunications sector from payment of a 5 percent excise duty earlier approved by the government, The Vanguard reported...

(Telecompaper) BlackBerry has agreed to sell pretty much all of its non-core patents and patent applications to Malikie Innovations in a deal worth up to USD 900...

Openreach, BT’s wholesale arm, has declared full fibre broadband is now available to 10 million homes, businesses and public services across the UK.  

(Telecompaper) Liberty Global has made an offer to buy out the minority shareholders in Belgian operator Telenet...

(Telecompaper) Ransomware attacks have become the most prominent cybersecurity threat to transport sector systems in the European Union, according to a new report...

Just months after announcing a huge round of layoffs, US hyperscaler Amazon is preparing to wield the axe once again.

The Hungarian government has increased its holding in mobile operator Yettel as part of an ongoing strategy to tighten state control over its telecoms sector.

Wanna look at some cool voice data? The recent expansion of the i3forum's Insights tool has quite a bit of that. I've been itching to talk about it on TeleGeography Explains the Internet. So today we're chatting with the i3forum, a nonprofit industry body focused on "accelerating transformation across the carrier ecosystem." Put another way: this consortium of carriers routinely collaborates on solving some of the biggest challenges facing their industry. And they have a really innovative way of sharing data among participants, to the benefit of all involved. (Non-members can participate in this data-sharing, too. More of that in our discussion.)

Despite ongoing global economic woes, more expensive phones – specifically ones that cost over $600 – represented 55% of overall handset revenue last year.

(Telecompaper) IT services group Sopra Steria has reached a conditional agreement to buy Ordina for EUR 5.75 per share in cash, for a total value of EUR 518 million...

Qualcomm’s Philippe Poggianti discusses with Scott Bicheno the speed and experience benefits mmWave can bring to a wide range of devices, especially in very crowded areas. Thanks to Telefonica, Ericsson and Qualcomm, visitors to Barcelona’s Fira for MWC 23 have been experiencing mmWave technology first-hand.

Scott Bicheno speaks with Roberto Di Pietro about the comprehensive new Qualcomm Aware platform. Qualcomm Aware is an innovative IoT platform that combines industry-leading chips, expansive ecosystem, and API-first, developer-friendly tools to digitally transform industries with real-time intelligence and visibility solutions.

(Telecompaper) About 86 percent of US households have at least one streaming video service from the 15 top subscription video-on-demand and direct-to-consumer...

(Telecompaper) Samsung has unveiled its first ultra-wideband (UWB) chipset for short-range communications and debuted the Exynos Connect brand...

The SD-WAN vendor landscape has changed. Many of the familiar faces that pioneered initial SD-WAN services have been acquired, and a host of managed SD-WAN service providers have emerged as a popular option for many enterprise customers. So in a world where information is power, a new hero has risen to provide SD-WAN vendor knowledge to those in need: TeleGeography’s 2023 SD-WAN Guide.

The European Commission has approved Orange's proposed acquisition of VOO in Belgium following a lengthy competition investigation.

CK Hutchison is reportedly holding talks with Telenor with the aim of brokering a merger deal in Sweden and Denmark.

The UK government will soon conduct a nationwide test of a system that will allow it to push messages to nearly all mobile phones.

Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) might be willing to splash the cash to boost its fibre footprint.

BT Wholesale is working with AWS to trial a mobile cloud edge computing service for businesses to facilitate mobile IoT applications over EE networks.

Datacloud Global Congress 2023 is nearly upon us, and the agenda is stacked with three full days focused on digital infrastructure. It's all happening April 25-27 at the Grimaldi Forum, located on the seafront of Monaco's eastern beach quarter, Larvotto.

Vikram Sinha, President Director and CEO of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, is a big believer in the importance of being in the right place at the right time. And he thinks his firm, Indosat, is absolutely in the right place – Indonesia – at the right time, the early but accelerating stages of the country’s transformation

During MWC 2023, Huawei showcased its full series of 400G WDM solutions to customers. These solutions support various application scenarios such as ultra-high performance, ultra-high integration, and ultra-large capacity, helping operators build transmission networks with the optimal per-bit cost. At MWC 2023, Huawei demonstrated its latest ultra-high performance 400G solution to global operators and industry

UK comms regulator Ofcom has decided to extend its assessment of wholesaler Openreach’s latest proposed pricing, thanks in part to unguarded comments from BT’s CEO.

With today’s global workforce embracing hybrid work, the need for richer, more intelligent video meetings has never been greater. Since we launched RingCentral Video just over two years ago, we’ve … Read more "AI-Driven Meetings for Better Hybrid Work" The post AI-Driven Meetings for Better Hybrid Work appeared first on RingCentral UK Blog.

Network underlays have been in transition as more enterprises install SD-WAN services and attempt to meet the increase in cloud traffic. Companies are looking to lower costs and increase connectivity while maintaining secure networks. All of these changes have led to a decrease in MPLS usage, but has the decline in MPLS stalled?

On TeleGeography Explains the Internet, I typically interview guests who work in the telecom industry or manage telecoms at large enterprises. Not this week! Meet Aaron Chan, Founder and Managing Partner at Recurve Capital. As an investor in the “technology media and telecom” space—or “TMT” as they say in finance circles—Aaron has something of an outside perspective.

There's a good chance that you first heard about TeleGeography through one of our maps. Our own Research Analyst Lane Burdette was introduced to TeleGeography when she came across our Submarine Cable Map a few years ago. Now part of the team that creates this resource, Lane is understandably stoked about this week's 2023 Submarine Cable Map launch. It seems like the perfect time to welcome Lane—along with our incredibly talented Designer and Cartographer Larry Lairson—to TeleGeography Explains the Internet.

Nearly three years out from the start of the pandemic, enterprise networking is starting to stabilize. Let's celebrate with some insights from our latest and greatest WAN Manager Survey.

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, we reflect on what this means for us as a company and as individuals.  The theme this year focuses on embracing equity: acknowledging … Read more "How We Are Embracing Equity at RingCentral" The post How We Are Embracing Equity at RingCentral appeared first on RingCentral UK Blog.

What has dashing good looks and depicts 529 cable systems and 1,444 landings that are currently active or under construction? The 2023 Submarine Cable Map! Sponsored by Telecom Egypt, this edition is chock-full of information on new builds, hubs, bandwidth, content providers, and more.

The global data center market is under an unprecedented squeeze as we move into 2023. On one hand, we have a long-term challenge surrounding the sustainability of the industry’s growth trajectory in essential hub markets. On the other, we have an acute short-term problem with energy prices in the colocation sector. These issues combine to create an uncomfortable phase in the market right now.

In 2023, working from home looks set to stay. This news report from last year found 47% of UK workers would quit work if forced to work from an office … Read more "Our Guide to Working From Home" The post Our Guide to Working From Home appeared first on RingCentral UK Blog.

Your agents are your contact centre’s biggest asset. So how do you recruit and retain the best people? It’s a tough market right now. Last year, the 2022 Contact Centre … Read more "Why Is an Agent-Centric Contact Centre Important?" The post Why Is an Agent-Centric Contact Centre Important? appeared first on RingCentral UK Blog.

Collaboration in the workplace used to be limited to in-person brainstorming and project coordination. But the way we work is changing. Especially how we work together.  As companies become more … Read more "The 6 keys to effective collaboration in the workplace" The post The 6 keys to effective collaboration in the workplace appeared first on RingCentral UK Blog.

“Ask the Expert” is a series where RingCentral interviews key influential consultants from around the world as part of the RingCentral Consultants Relation Program. We examine key areas in customer … Read more "Ask the Expert: What Should Businesses Look for in a Modern Phone Solution?" The post Ask the Expert: What Should Businesses Look for in a Modern Phone Solution? appeared first on RingCentral UK Blog.

Communication in the workplace isn’t just about how well you work with others. It’s about building relationships, minimising errors and working together effectively as a team.  Encouraging good communication habits … Read more "5 tips [and 5 tools] for effective communication in the workplace" The post 5 tips [and 5 tools] for effective communication in the workplace appeared first on RingCentral UK Blog.

Innovations that elevate customer experience Taking the time to understand the customer experience helps you create an exceptional experience tailored to the unique needs of your customers. This builds trust … Read more "RingCentral’s Latest Top 10 CX Innovations " The post RingCentral’s Latest Top 10 CX Innovations  appeared first on RingCentral UK Blog.

Data is now everyone’s business. It’s become intrinsic to almost every department of every organisation. But as the amount of data collected and processed has skyrocketed, so too have privacy … Read more "​​Ringside: Insider Interview with Paola Zeni, Chief Privacy Officer" The post ​​Ringside: Insider Interview with Paola Zeni, Chief Privacy Officer appeared first on RingCentral UK Blog.

It’s no big secret that many organisations have adopted new working models in times of late. And with any great workplace shift comes the need for great evolution. Understandably, leaders … Read more "Team Collaboration: Why It Should Be Your Top Priority This Year" The post Team Collaboration: Why It Should Be Your Top Priority This Year appeared first on RingCentral UK Blog.