Opinion: Fortune Favors Bold CIOs

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The shift to digital is undeniably transforming the telecommunications industry. While disruptive, this transition also offers significant opportunities for companies willing to embrace change and adapt their operations to thrive in the new landscape. Operators face a clear choice: either proactively reshape their businesses around digital services or focus on cutting costs to extract value … Read more

Why Big Data Analysis Matters: Insights from Empirix

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Empirix, a recognized leader in end-to-end network performance, has launched a new analytics platform called IntelliSight. We spoke with Tim Moynihan, Vice President of Marketing, about the launch and the role of effective big data analytics in modern telecommunications and service operations. His observations offer useful industry perspective. Tim explains how the IntelliSight platform functions: … Read more

BT Sets Initial Wholesale Prices for G.fast Broadband Rollout

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(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/Pali Rao) BT has revealed wholesale pricing for Openreach’s initial G.fast broadband rollout, which offers “up to” 330Mbps download speeds for homes and businesses. G.fast technology is projected to reach roughly 29 million premises by 2029, and BT has been leading trial efforts. In previous reports, BT began field trials of G.fast in … Read more

iPhone 16e vs Android 5G Performance: Why Qualcomm’s Study Needs Context

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A recent study comparing the 5G performance of the iPhone 16e and several Android smartphones has drawn attention, but the findings require careful scrutiny beyond headline figures. Cellular Insights, in a report commissioned by Qualcomm Technologies, concluded that Android phones using Snapdragon X75 and X80 modems noticeably outperformed Apple’s iPhone 16e, which uses Apple’s first-generation … Read more

Building a Cyber-Aware Workforce: Practical Human Firewall Strategies

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Cybercriminals understand what many organisations are still learning: people remain the most vulnerable element in any security system. Human error is implicated in a large majority of security breaches, which makes employees both the weakest link and the most effective defence against cyber threats when properly prepared. The UK government’s latest Cyber Security Breaches Survey … Read more

T-Mobile Shuts Down Sprint’s 5G Network After $26.5B Merger

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T-Mobile has begun decommissioning Sprint’s legacy 5G network following the companies’ merger, which officially closed on April 1. The carrier is taking Sprint’s 2.5GHz mid-band 5G offline as part of a planned process to re-deploy that spectrum across T-Mobile’s network. Most former Sprint customers will no longer be able to access 5G with their existing … Read more

Report: Buying Huawei Tech Is Like Buying Chinese Fighter Jets

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A recent report from Strand Consult that examined the costs of removing Chinese telecoms equipment in Europe has challenged claims that such expenses would be much higher than in the United States. The US recently pledged $1 billion to help rural mobile networks replace Chinese-made telecoms equipment. European countries continue to debate whether to follow … Read more

BT Strengthens Network Security with Anthropic Claude Mythos AI

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BT has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing to deploy the Claude Mythos Preview AI model to help detect and remediate network security vulnerabilities. Telecom operators are under constant pressure to automate threat detection at scale. BT alone blocks roughly four million cyberattacks across its networks every day, producing vast quantities of telemetry that exceed the capacity … Read more

Telecom Infra Project Advances Millimeter-Wave Technology Development

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The Telecom Infra Project (TIP), an organization of roughly 450 members dedicated to rethinking telecom network infrastructure, has announced a new initiative focused on millimeter wave (mmWave) networks. The Millimeter Wave Networks Project Group, co-chaired by Facebook and Deutsche Telekom (DT) and unveiled at Mobile World Congress Americas in San Francisco, is designed to speed … Read more

Telecoms Shift to Services as Private 5G Adoption Surges

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According to GSMA Intelligence, private 5G has moved beyond buzzword status: telecom operators are seeing strong, concrete demand for private networks from several critical sectors. The most significant driver today is the military and defence sector, which operators now identify as the single largest source of demand. This trend is evident in real-world projects. In … Read more