Telecom Ramblings

Today we sit down with Dan Rice, Accenture’s Communications & Media Industry Lead for the USA, to look at trends in AI and communications infrastructure.  We last spoke with Dan about a year and a half ago, which is about a generation in the AI infrastructure world. Lots has happened since then in this industry, let alone the rest of the world.  How are things shaping up? [Read more →]

This Industr Viewpoint was authored by Paul Wright, CRO of CBNG

For much of the past decade, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) deployment strategies have focused primarily on extending coverage and maximizing peak throughput. Vendors have highlighted multi-gigabit sector capacities. Operators have emphasized coverage expansion and subscriber growth. Technology discussions have largely centered on spectrum, radios, and headline speeds. [Read more →]

A few interesting items from around the sector: [Read more →]

A new market, a bit of consolidation, and a collaboration: [Read more →]

A few interesting items, including one bit of reverse consolidation: [Read more →]

New transatlantic capacity, new longhaul fiber, and some private wireless: [Read more →]

Two inetwork infrastructure deployments and a bit of M&A: [Read more →]

Some quantum, some PON, some M&A, and some light: [Read more →]

Some middle mile, some last mile, and some subsea: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Oliver Norman, Chief Revenue Officer, Nomia

Telecom operators occupy a unique position in today’s economy. They are expected to modernize networks, protect critical national infrastructure, maintain resilient supplier ecosystems, and respond quickly to changing regulatory and security requirements – all while continuing to control costs. [Read more →]

Some last mile fiber, cooling, and traffic growth: [Read more →]

Three items of data center development interest: [Read more →]

Two bits of M&A news, some security, and some actual quantum news: [Read more →]

A data center/energy JV, some mobile infrastructure, and some evolving views on funding AI investments: [Read more →]

This Industry Viewpoint was authored by Markus Persson, Global Industry Director, Telecom at IFS.

The new blueprint for delivering low-latency, high-speed 5G SA, no matter where you are

5G Standalone (SA) has the capability to reduce latency by 23% compared to 5G non-standalone (NSA) networks. But, while 5G SA has always excelled in rural locations and at one-off events, up to now, it has been a challenge to get the intelligence from these networks to optimise services. [Read more →]

An IX expansion, some FTTx, and a bit of destruction: [Read more →]

Four projects from four parts of the world to keep up with: [Read more →]

Four interesting infrastructure items from around the industry: [Read more →]

Four expansion products of regional interest to catch up with: [Read more →]

This sponsored viewpoint was authored by Bryan Lamphere, Senior Vice President of Network Planning and Engineering, Fidium

Legacy networks still function. That’s exactly the problem.

The move toward fiber-first infrastructure is already underway and accelerating. Still, some assume that because legacy networks continue to function, there is no urgency to move away from them. From an operator’s perspective, that assumption is getting harder to defend. [Read more →]

Two data center projects and two regional fiber buildouts: [Read more →]

Four interesting network items from around the US: [Read more →]

A few interesting items from around the US to catch up with: [Read more →]