Capex spending on 5G network deployments will decline 10% globally this year, but those activities will pick up next year, according to ABI Research.

The Kansas-based operator plans to launch its 5G service before July.

“In the next three years economic forces will drive operators to go to open RAN," said Altiostar CEO Ashraf Dahod.

Spending on AI is poised to jump, particularly among enterprises that are deploying the technology in the cloud to accelerate efforts around automation and agility, according to a new

All of the new RAN gear is running on chipsets from Nokia’s ReefShark portfolio including new CPUs and GPUs.

Rakuten Mobile’s successful launch serves as a clarion call for the wireless industry, proving that there are indeed new and more efficient ways to assemble networks.

The company earlier this week, like many others, withdrew its previously issued financial guidance and suspended share buybacks.

“This is a huge innovation cycle we have to go through,” Cisco's Scott Harrell said.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Cisco said it expects the acquisition to close before the end of the year, bolstering its IoT business.

“As the 5G edge unfolds, we’ll start to see more of a marriage between the telcos and hyperscale clouds,” said Nick McQuire, SVP at CCS Insight.

The market, which includes hardware, software, and IT services, is now expected to decline at a greater rate than gross domestic product overall, according to IDC.

The combination of the nation's third- and fourth-largest operators is the biggest shakeup to hit the U.S. wireless market in at least 15 years.

A pool of operators, including AT&T, SK Telecom, Telefónica, and Vodafone have partnered on the effort and plan to make Azure Edge Zones available to customers later this year.

Nokia AVA 5G Cognitive Operations is designed to increase automation of network operations by maintaining service requirements and predicting challenges before they occur.

The operator plans to build 5G mobile edge computing centers in 12 locations across South Korea to fuel its push into the enterprise market.

“Everyone wants to forget the radios, and the radios are what makes wireless wireless," Steve Papa said.

The spike in investment represents nearly a 41% increase from Huawei’s previous guidance for the year.

Release 16 and Release 17 have both been pushed back three months, despite claims from leadership earlier this month that the original deadlines would be met.

Vendors that are projecting stability amid unprecedented calamity and uncertainty face bottlenecks in access, production, and distribution.

This rapid shift in usage, behavior, and daily activity around the world is causing “unprecedented growth in global internet traffic,” according to Nokia Deepfield.

OpenRoaming, which has been developed and managed by Cisco for two years, is built on standards and guidelines developed by the WBA and Wi-Fi Alliance.

Traditional RAN site deployments have been dropping off since 2017 and will represent less than 15% of all deployments by 2025.

Open RAN is gaining momentum and it’s being driven further by collaboration between the Facebook-led TIP and the O-RAN Alliance.

Nokia has also established a 5G WING lab in Dallas to give operators a testing ground for emerging IoT use cases.