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China ITU filing to put ~200K satellites in low earth orbit while FCC authorizes 7.5K additional Starlink LEO satellites
China has submitted regulatory filings with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to put approximately 200,000 satellites in orbit. It’s part of a national strategy to secure orbital positions and radio frequencies for a massive low-Earth orbit (LEO) broadband satellite network (aka Non Terrestrial Network or NTN). The vast majority of these new satellites are from… Read more
Private 5G networks move to include automation, autonomous systems, edge computing & AI operations
A new report from PrivateLTEand5G.com analyzes the rapid evolution and expansion of global private cellular networks. The market research firm states that organizations worldwide shifted decisively from Private 5G feasibility trials to large-scale, operationally-integrated deployments. The defining theme is no longer just connectivity, but intelligent automation, with private 5G – often in 5G Standalone (SA)… Read more
NEC exits 4G/5G base station market underscoring Japan’s weak mobile infrastructure ecosystem
Japanese telecom vendor NEC has decided to cease development of 4G and 5G radio access base stations, effectively exiting a segment now overwhelmingly controlled by only five vendors (Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, ZTE and Samsung). Huawei, Ericsson, and Nokia collectively hold ~80% of the worldwide 4G/5G base station market, while NEC and Fujitsu together hold under… Read more
ABI Research: 5G network slicing market to hit $67.52 billion in 2030 with Asia Pacific in the lead
ABI Research forecasts that the global 5G network slicing market will surge from $6.1 billion in 2025 to $67.52 billion by 2030, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 70%. This represents a sharp upward revision from its 2023 outlook, which projected a market value of $19.5 billion by 2028. Editor’s Note: 5G network… Read more
Dell’Oro: RAN market stable, Mobile Core Network market +14% Y/Y with 72 5G SA core networks deployed
A recently published report from Dell’Oro Group notes that after two years of steep declines, initial estimates show that total Radio Access Network (RAN) revenue—including baseband, radio hardware, and software, excluding services—was flat outside of China and up when excluding North America. “The nearly stable results for the 1Q25-3Q25 period bolster the flat growth thesis… Read more
Point Topic: Global Broadband Subscribers in Q2 2025: 5G FWA, DSL, satellite and FTTP
Overview: Global broadband subscribers surpassed 1.53 billion in Q2 2025, marking a 1.1% growth. Broadband subscriptions[1] declined in 24 countries[2], compared to 22 in Q1 2025. In some of these markets consumers are migrating to mobile broadband, others are experiencing economic headwinds or are already highly saturated. Some are still in the midst of conflict…. Read more
Nokia & Deutsche Bahn deploy world’s first 1900 MHz 5G radio network meeting FRMCS requirements
Nokia and Deutsche Bahn (Germany’s national railway company), today announced they have deployed the first commercial 1900 MHz 5G railway network with a 5G SA core. The new network meets Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) requirements by supporting automated, resilient rail operations. The rollout marks a transition away from legacy GSM-R [1.], adding self-healing, failover,… Read more
Ericsson integrates Agentic AI into its NetCloud platform for self healing and autonomous 5G private networks
Ericsson is integrating Agentic AI into its NetCloud platform to create self-healing and autonomous 5G private (enterprise) networks. This initiative upgrades the existing NetCloud Assistant (ANA), a generative AI tool, into a strategic partner capable of managing complex workflows and orchestrating multiple AI agents. The agentic AI agent aims to simplify private 5G adoption by… Read more
Mulit-vendor Open RAN stalls as Echostar/Dish shuts down it’s 5G network leaving Mavenir in the lurch
Last week’s announcement that Echostar/ Dish Network will sell $23 billion worth of spectrum licenses to AT&T was very bad news for Mavenir. As a result of that deal, Dish Network’s 5G Open RAN network, running partly on Mavenir’s software, is to be decommissioned. Dish Network had been constructing a fourth nationwide U.S. mobile network… Read more
SoftBank’s Transformer AI model boosts 5G AI-RAN uplink throughput by 30%, compared to a baseline model without AI
Softbank has developed its own Transformer-based AI model that can be used for wireless signal processing. SoftBank used its Transformer model to improve uplink channel interpolation which is a signal processing technique where the network essentially makes an educated guess as to the characteristics and current state of a signal’s channel. Enabling this type of… Read more