Ericsson’s Cradlepoint Launches NetCloud Private Networks Solution

Last week, Cradlepoint announced the launch of its subscription-based NetCloud Private Networks solution, an SME-type enterprise solution targeted at…

Counterpoint Research Forecasts Private Networks Market To Reach $21.8 billion by 2030

Counterpoint Research forecasts that the global LTE/5G private networks infrastructure market will increase from approximately $2.5 billion revenues…

Huawei’s “ONE 5G” Concept Centre Stage at Global MBB Forum

Although efforts are underway to sunset 2G and 3G networks, many CSPs will need to operate multiple base station types across 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G for…

MWC-22 Las Vegas: Samsung Networks Makes Breakthrough In US Cable Market

Samsung Networks hit the headlines at MWC in Las Vegas with news of its first major contract with a US cable operator. The Korean vendor will provide…

Qualcomm On Track To Launch Open RAN 5G Macro Base Station Portfolio

Qualcomm is in the midst of developing a suite of open RAN-based 5G infrastructure products. Two years ago, the vendor announced a new line-up of…

Dish Gets Ready To Launch Boost Infinite Post-Paid Service

With its first FCC milestone reached last quarter, Dish announced that its 5G network comprised 5,000 cell sites at its 2Q 2022 earnings call last…

5G Infrastructure Vendors – Are They Immune To Recession?

Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia had a good second quarter. Ericsson reported a 13.7%* growth in revenue to $6 billion with net profit jumping 19.2…

UK Operators Face Tight Deadlines to Roll Out Shared Rural Network

Ensuring all citizens have access to mobile and fixed networks is a priority for many governments around the world. However, providing connectivity…

Dish Clears 1st FCC Hurdle, Launches in 120 US Cities

Dish launched commercial services in its first market, Las Vegas, in early May. Known as Project Genesis, the service costs $30 per month for…

Rakuten Mobile – Time To Show Disruptive Networks Can Deliver Disruptive Profits?

With only 310,000 new users added during the 1Q 2022 (slightly more than Q4) Rakuten Mobile’s most pressing challenge is to boost subscriber growth.…

Incumbent Vendors Reveal Early 5G Monetization Trends

Both Ericsson and Nokia showed continued growth in their top-line revenues during the 1Q 2022 although profits and margins were adversely affected by…

Nokia and Kyndryl Partner To Target Campus Wireless Market

Enterprise revenues today constitute a very small proportion of any incumbent infrastructure vendor's total revenues. However, all vendors are…

Subscribers and Network Roll-Out Key Focus for Rakuten, Dish and Drillisch

With three greenfield operators - Rakuten, Dish and 1&1 Drillisch - at various stages of deploying their open RAN, cloud-native 5G networks, 2022…

Open RAN: Again A Hot Topic At MWC in 2022

As expected, open RAN turned out to be a hot topic at MWC again this year with around 46 demos of O-RAN technology. On the operator side, there were…

Chip Vendors Showcase Open RAN Merchant Silicon Solutions at MWC-22

All open RAN deployments to date have used COTS server hardware based on Intel's FlexRAN architecture with or without hardware acceleration. While…

Monetizing 5G Will Be The Challenge For Incumbent Vendors in 2022

Nordic duo Ericsson and Nokia both had a good 2021. With strong cash generation from its core networks business, Ericsson had one of the best years…

Leveraging AI-driven RAN Intelligence to Maximise Network Potential

The RAN is a critical part of a cellular network as it manages a CSP’s most important asset: its spectrum. Yet despite investing billions of dollars…

Rakuten and Dish – 2022 Will Be A Critical Year For Greenfield Networks

Rakuten and Dish are pioneering the development of open, cloud-native 5G multi-vendor networks and operate in highly competitive and mature markets.…