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WEBOperators continue to scale back spending on 5G and fixed broadband Operators continue to scale back spending on 5G and fixed broadband. More dire news for the financial state of the telecoms industry, with a Dell’Oro report claiming telecom capital expenditure dropped 10% YoY in the first half of 2024.
Paving the way for 6G – a collaborative vision
WEB1 day ago · Industry collaboration and standardisation. The successful commercialisation of 6G will hinge on a unified industry vision becoming a reality. Achieving this requires robust collaboration and standardisation to ensure interoperability, efficiency, and global adoption. Pankajakshan emphasises, “A proactive transition plan from 5G to 6G is ...
Operators scaling back spending on 5G and fixed broadband
WEB1 day ago · October 1, 2024. 2 MinRead. The new report claims says the scaling back of investments in 5G and fixed broadband technologies by operators is a result of ‘the more challenging conditions that shaped the second half of 2023’ extending into the first half of 2024. More specifically, the 10% decline in worldwide telecom capex (the sum of ...
T-Mobile agrees to multi-million dollar settlement with FCC over …
WEB1 day ago · US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that T-Mobile has agreed to security upgrades and a $15.75 million civil penalty after an investigation into ‘significant data breaches.’. This comes after multiple cybersecurity breach investigations by the regulator – it opened cases into incidents involving the ...
Verizon in $3.3 billion towers deal with Vertical Bridge
WEB1 day ago · Verizon has brokered a deal worth US$3.3 billion that will see it hand control of a sizeable portfolio of towers assets to Vertical Bridge. The US operator is not selling the towers in question – 6,339 of them, across 50 states and Washington DC – but rather this is a long-term lease deal. Vertical Bridge secures exclusive rights to lease ...
‘Abysmal results’ for global telecom equipment sales
WEBSep 20, 2024 · A slump in sales during the second half of 2023 extended into the first half of 2024, says Dell’Oro. It’s preliminary findings point to worldwide telecom equipment revenues across the six telecom programs it tracks – namely broadband access, microwave and optical transport, Mobile Core Network (MCN), Radio Access Network (RAN), and SP router and switch – declining 16% YoY in the second ...
Telecommunications evolution: a timeline
WEBMay 9, 2024 · From convergence to data: 2000 - 2020. Entering the new millennium, telcos began exploring new business models beyond their traditional boundaries. The convergence of communications, media, and technology (CMT) sectors led to the emergence of bundled services. British telecommunications company, BT Group, was one of the pioneers in this area ...
Satellites in the age of 6G - Telecoms.com
WEBApr 8, 2024 · Mark Giles, Lead Industry Analyst, Ookla says it’s down to two key factors: “There are two main drivers for the recent boom in satellite activity. First, the cost of sending satellites into orbit - particularly in LEO, has reduced substantially, making it more economically viable for the private sector. This has led to a lot of interest in ...
Lack of 5G SA causes core network market contraction
WEBJul 12, 2024 · According to new data from Dell'Oro Group, globally the mobile core network market will decline at a CAGR of 10% over the five years from 2023 to 2028. The analyst firm has reduced mobile core network forecast a number of times of late, but nonetheless, this new five-year outlook represents a much weaker performance than even it …