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Rakuten spills beans on software revamp and why Cisco hasn't gone Rakuten spills beans on software revamp and why Cisco hasn't gone

Sharad Sriwastawa, the head of Rakuten's telecom businesses, is exploring chip alternatives to Intel and planning a shakeup in the core.

byIain Morris, International Editor

Mar 7, 2024

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Ericsson on industrializing Open RAN Ericsson on industrializing Open RAN

byGabriel Brown

Mar 7, 2024

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Mar 6, 2024

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Samsung Networks’ Progress in Europe Samsung Networks’ Progress in Europe

Mar 6, 2024

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Ericsson loses top chip exec to Nokia in shock transfer Ericsson loses top chip exec to Nokia in shock transfer

Mar 6, 2024

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Nokia's booth at MWC 2024

Nokia launches new salvos against Ericsson and Intel in open RAN Nokia launches new salvos against Ericsson and Intel in open RAN

Mar 4, 2024

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Vodafone, Orange face 5G rip-and-replace as Romania bans Huawei

Vodafone, Orange face 5G rip-and-replace as Romania bans Huawei

byIain Morris, International Editor

Kyivstare shop.

Kyivstar to start small with Rakuten open RAN deployment

Kyivstar to start small with Rakuten open RAN deployment

byTereza Krásová, Associate Editor

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Nokia is replacing Huawei at Deutsche Telekom sites in Germany

Nokia is replacing Huawei at Deutsche Telekom sites in Germany

byIain Morris, International Editor

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Microsoft exec slams industry on open RAN readiness

Microsoft exec slams industry on open RAN readiness

byIain Morris, International Editor

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NTT Docomo and NEC put joint weight behind multivendor open RAN

NTT Docomo and NEC put joint weight behind multivendor open RAN

byIain Morris, International Editor

AI & Machine Learning

Nvidia threatens to reshape telecom with AI-plus-RAN plan

Nvidia threatens to reshape telecom with AI-plus-RAN plan

byIain Morris, International Editor

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ATIS keeps its open RAN standards work decidedly vague

ATIS keeps its open RAN standards work decidedly vague

byMike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies

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Vodafone Idea launches open RAN pilot in India with Mavenir

Vodafone Idea launches open RAN pilot in India with Mavenir

byGagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor

What's the Story? Gone is the multi-vendor dream of open RAN… for now

What's the Story? Gone is the multi-vendor dream of open RAN… for now

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byKelsey Ziser, Mike Danoand 2 more

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Dish wireless retail chief, Michael Kelly, quits

Dish wireless retail chief, Michael Kelly, quits

byMike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies

AI & Machine Learning

What to expect from MWC Barcelona 2024

What to expect from MWC Barcelona 2024

byMike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies

RAN market shows faint signals of life in 4Q 2023 – Dell'Oro

RAN market shows faint signals of life in 4Q 2023 – Dell'Oro

Vodafone takes Samsung open RAN template into Romania

Vodafone takes Samsung open RAN template into Romania

byIain Morris, International Editor

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Ericsson overhauls market approach with open RAN conversion

Ericsson overhauls market approach with open RAN conversion

byIain Morris, International Editor

Inside a data center

Telus starts massive 'multivendor' open RAN rollout with Samsung

Telus starts massive 'multivendor' open RAN rollout with Samsung

byIain Morris, International Editor

Rakuten telecom losses narrow after it takes heavy ax to costs

Rakuten telecom losses narrow after it takes heavy ax to costs

byIain Morris, International Editor

Ericsson engineer putting radio equipment on a mast.

Ericsson and Nokia now face a timid open RAN challenge

Ericsson and Nokia now face a timid open RAN challenge

byIain Morris, International Editor

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Regulatory & Politics

Eurobites: Telecom lobby adds voice to call for EU Single Market reboot

Eurobites: Telecom lobby adds voice to call for EU Single Market reboot

byPaul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe

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How American 5G operators learned to love open RAN

How American 5G operators learned to love open RAN

byMike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies

An American flag waves outside the US Department of Commerce building in Washington DC. The Commerce Dept. houses the NTIA

NTIA's Davidson touts network openness, Internet affordability

NTIA's Davidson touts network openness, Internet affordability

byPhil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief

Mavenir radios on a lamppost in Glasgow city center

Three shows off UK open RAN 'blueprint' with Glasgow small cells

Three shows off UK open RAN 'blueprint' with Glasgow small cells

byIain Morris, International Editor

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Single-vendor open RAN is spreading like a virus

Single-vendor open RAN is spreading like a virus

byIain Morris, International Editor

Technicians erecting a mast

Huawei has most to lose as Vodafone kicks off 170,000-site tender

Huawei has most to lose as Vodafone kicks off 170,000-site tender

byIain Morris, International Editor

Verizon signage at MWC 2023 in Las Vegas

Verizon embraces 'open RAN' messaging

Verizon embraces 'open RAN' messaging

byMike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies

John Sherman is the chief information officer of the US Department of Defense.

Network Automation

DoD hints at 'paid-for relocation' in lower 3GHz

DoD hints at 'paid-for relocation' in lower 3GHz

byMike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies

Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara

Intel losses raise concern about the future of cloud RAN

Intel losses raise concern about the future of cloud RAN

byIain Morris, International Editor

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Paradise boasts of 1Gbit/s open RAN 5G network

Paradise boasts of 1Gbit/s open RAN 5G network

byMike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies

Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark on stage at last year's Mobile World Congress

Nokia spies 'green shoots' but warns of plunging mobile sales

Nokia spies 'green shoots' but warns of plunging mobile sales

byIain Morris, International Editor

AT&T 5G Antenna Installation

Counting the cost of AT&T's Nokia-to-Ericsson swap out

Counting the cost of AT&T's Nokia-to-Ericsson swap out

byMike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies

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