"But that’s not to be unexpected and we’re prepared to participate in that," AT&T COO Jeff McElfresh said.

5G adoption was “at the forefront of everyone’s attention,” but that attention was increasingly on ways it can be better monetized by operators.

“Like everyone's aware, this is kind of a 10-year cycle, and we are, I would say, three or so years into it," Cisco's Jonathan Davidson said.

Forrester analysts estimate AT&T could see up to $1.5 billion in costs associated with the outage.

"We have the ability to give that business to who merits it," Bernard Bureau, VP for wireless strategy and 5G services at Telus, explained.

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Nokia views this SaaS opportunity growing at around 20% year over year, becoming a $2.6 billion total addressable market by 2026.

Dell's latest round of updates also further the vendor's ongoing push into the telecom space.

Industry figures tip Open RAN to come good, but insist it will take time and require a cultural change

The newly funded initiative is also targeted at countering 5G and open radio access network development from China.

However, that data sits in 29,000 different data sources.

But it remains focused on solidifying the open tenets of the open radio access network ecosystem.

5G Standalone Core is tipped to be the real game-changer

AT&T is continuing its efforts to strengthen and expand the company's 5G wireless and fiber internet networks.

The combined HPE-Juniper Networks operation is set to provide a more complete 5G support package for operators.

Western governments have been looking at open radio access network technology to expand the availability of equipment from vendors outside of China.

The vendor knows cooperation and artificial intelligence will be key to driving the open radio access network ecosystem.

Recently announced job cuts will impact around 5% of Dish Network's workforce.

Plans to modernize the country’s networks have been delayed, but 5G could be on its way

But, AT&T's late-year decision could set the ecosystem up for a more bountiful 2024.

The past 12 months witnessed an earnings roller coaster, a new logo, job cuts, U.S. manufacturing plans and a lost open radio access network deal.

RSM's Andrew Fedele speculates on the verticals expected to gain the most from the government’s Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.

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Quite well, according to a new report from Network speed test monitoring firm Ookla.