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By the end of 2025, AT&T hopes to have installed fibre broadband in 30 million locations by the end of 2025. However, if comments made by COO Jeff McElfresh are to be believed, its ultimate objective may be much higher. At an investor conference this week, McElfresh stated that despite a shaky economic climate, demand […]
Orange, a French telecom company, recently announced that Spain would be its first market to switch to a 5G standalone (SA) core. The operator has already begun offering non-standalone (NSA) 5G in each of its seven European nations. NSA uses 4G technology in its core network but 5G technology in its radio access network. Orange […]
Ericsson is attempting to disprove 5G skeptics by releasing a special Business Review edition of its twice-yearly Mobility Report, which shows that in the top 20 5G markets, including the United States, operators have seen a significant boost in network performance as a result of 5G deployment. Furthermore, Ericsson claims that as these operators’ 5G […]
Ribbon Communications had a difficult first half of 2022, owing to supply chain difficulties and inflation. However, as the year came to a close, the tide began to turn, and as the company enters 2023, CEO Bruce McClelland told Fierce that he believes it will be able to deliver “meaningful” improvements in both profitability and […]
Ericsson and Apple have agreed to a multi-year global patent licensing agreement, bringing an end to a bitter years-long struggle. The financial details were not provided. Their agreement puts a stop to any existing patent-related legal battles between the two corporations, which have been numerous. Both corporations had filed litigation in a number of countries, […]
A tech-savvy and wealthy student population attends California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), which is midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The average Cal Poly student, according to Bill Britton, vice president of information technology, is connected to ten IP addresses across their smartphones, computers, tablets, wearables, and other devices. Some of the 22,000 […]
A slew of satellite companies have been promoting non-terrestrial networks as a way to connect more people to the internet, but there are also several space entrepreneurs looking to use satellites for IoT. One of these is Sateliot, which has just announced plans to launch its first functional nanosatellite early next year on a SpaceX […]
The U.K. According to a new assessment from the Digital Connectivity Forum, the UK’s top advisory group, the country is at risk of not reaping the full benefits of 5G. On connectivity, the government. The paper, titled The Investment Gap to Full 5G Rollout, was prepared in partnership with Frontier Economics and assesses mobile network […]