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Ericsson goes with custom silicon (rather than Nvidia GPUs) for AI RAN
Ahead of MWC Barcelona 2026, Ericsson unveiled its initial suite of AI-RAN products at a pre-event briefing in London, emphasizing a strategy anchored in proprietary, purpose-built silicon to enhance radio access network (RAN) performance. While the wireless industry is finally moving to virtualized/cloud RAN utilizing general-purpose processors from Intel, Ericsson is defending its continued investment… Read more
ITU-R M.[IMT-2030.EVAL] & ITU-R M.[IMT-2030.SUBMISSION] reports: Evaluation & Submission Guidelines for 6G RIT/SRITs (6G)
Backgrounder: As stated for years in IEEE Techblog posts, ITU-R Working Party 5D (WP 5D) is responsible for all International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) terrestrial radio interface technology (RIT/SRIT) reports and standards, e.g. 3G, 4G, 5G (IMT 2020) and 6G (IMT 2030). 5D has developed the minimum technical performance requirements and the evaluation criteria for IMT… Read more
Alphabet’s 2026 capex forecast soars; Gemini 3 AI model is a huge success
Google parent company Alphabet forecast 2026 capital expenditures of $175 billion to $185 billion this year, a massive jump compared with average analyst expectations that it would spend about $115.26 billion this year, according to data compiled by LSEG. The midpoint capex forecast of $180 billion was well above the $119.5 billion projected by analysts tracked… Read more
Analysis: SpaceX FCC filing to launch up to 1M LEO satellites for solar powered AI data centers in space
SpaceX has applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to launch up to 1 million LEO satellites for a new solar-powered AI data center system in space. The private company, 40% owned by Elon Musk, envisions an orbital data center system with “unprecedented computing capacity” needed to run large-scale AI inference and applications for… Read more
Huawei Cloud Review and Global Sales Partner Policies for 2026
Huawei Cloud is the cloud computing platform of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., offering a comprehensive suite of cloud services and solutions for enterprises and individual consumers. It’s ranked as the second-largest cloud service provider in China by market share, consistently placing behind the market leader, Alibaba Cloud. Huawei Cloud provides a full range of services including… Read more
From LPWAN to Hybrid Networks: Satellite and NTN as Enablers of Enterprise IoT – Part 2
By Afnan Khan (ML Engineer) and Mehsam Bin Tahir (Data Engineer) Introduction: This is the second of two articles on the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on the UK Telecom industry. The first is at Enterprise IoT and the Transformation of UK Telecom Business Models – Part 1 Executive Summary: Early Internet of… Read more
Huawei’s Electric Vehicle Charging Technology & Top 10 Charging Trends
Huawei EV Charging Backgrounder –from Google Gemini: Huawei is a major player in the electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure market, focusing primarily on developing and supplying ultra-fast, liquid-cooled charging solutions and related smart energy management systems. Their involvement includes manufacturing core charging hardware and developing software/AI for intelligent network management. Key aspects of Huawei’s involvement in charging technology:… Read more
Marvell shrinking share of the RAN custom silicon market & acquisition of XConn Technologies for AI data center connectivity
Samsung and Nokia currently use Marvell’s OCTEON Fusion baseband processors and OCTEON Data Processing Units (DPUs) in their 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment. 1. Samsung has a long-standing relationship with Marvell, primarily using the latter’s silicon for purpose-built (traditional) 5G RAN products. OCTEON Fusion Processors: Samsung uses these baseband processors in its 5G base… Read more
2026 Consumer Electronics Show Preview: smartphones, AI in devices/appliances and advanced semiconductor chips
The 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV, in the first week of January each year, is one of the largest and most significant tech trade shows in the world. It’s attended by all the major, established tech companies, as well as numerous up-and-coming companies from around the world. The show floor officially… Read more
Sebastian Barros: Using telecom networks for weather sensing requires a strategic telco shift from connectivity providers to ecosystem orchestrators
Telecom networks for weather sensing can be facilitated by using existing microwave links and 4G/5G signals as virtual sensors, detecting changes in signal strength and timing caused by rain, humidity, and temperature, effectively turning vast infrastructure into a dense, real-time atmospheric monitoring system for improved forecasting and disaster alerts, notes Sebastian Barros on Substack. By… Read more