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Telecom network outages: causes, effects, and remedies for telecom providers & IT enterprise
Network outages, historically caused by misconfigurations, software defects, or hardware failures, are increasingly disruptive for several reasons, such as hyper-connectivity, single points of failure and over-reliance on concentrated hyperscaler cloud infrastructures. This leads to an expanded “blast radius” from single points of failure. The latest Cloudflare outage reveals that enterprises heavily reliant on a dangerously few major… Read more
Custom AI Chips: Powering the next wave of Intelligent Computing
by the Indxx team of market researchers with Alan J Weissberger The Market for AI Related Semiconductors: Several market research firms and banks forecast that revenue from AI-related semiconductors will grow at about 18% annually over the next few years—five times faster than non-AI semiconductor market segments. IDC forecasts that global AI hardware spending, including chip… Read more
Telia’s mobile network with CBTC technology deployed in Oslo metro line
Telia is claiming a European first with the deployment of a digital signaling system on the Oslo metro that operates over the Nordic telecom operator’s commercial 4G/5G mobile network. Sporveien is the Oslo subway transport operator. Developed by Siemens Mobility, the system uses communications-based train control (CBTC) technology to link trains, trackside equipment and central… Read more
AI infrastructure spending boom: a path towards AGI or speculative bubble?
by Rahul Sharma, Indxx with Alan J Weissberger, IEEE Techblog Introduction: The ongoing wave of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure investment by U.S. mega-cap tech firms marks one of the largest corporate spending cycles in history. Aggregate annual AI investments, mostly for cloud resident mega-data centers, are expected to exceed $400 billion in 2025, potentially surpassing… 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
Deutsche Telekom: successful completion of the 6G-TakeOff project with “3D networks”
The 6G-TakeOff project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space was focused on development of a unified three dimensional (3D) network architecture for future 6G communications, which integrates terrestrial networks with non-terrestrial networks (NTN) like satellites and drones. Led by Deutsche Telekom, the three-year project focused on creating a dynamic, flexible,… Read more
Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) unveils satellite broadband for enterprises; Competitive analysis with Starlink
Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) has now disclosed its enterprise-focused hardware, services, and capabilities, and launching a new preview program for select enterprise customers to begin testing Amazon Leo services ahead of a wider commercial rollout in 2026. With more than 150 satellites in orbit and initial network testing underway, Amazon Leo aims to provide high-speed… Read more
GSMA, ETSI, IEEE, ITU & TM Forum: AI Telco Troubleshooting Challenge + TelecomGPT: a dedicated LLM for telecom applications
The GSMA — along with ETSI, IEEE GenAINet, the ITU, and TM Forum — today opened an innovation challenge calling on telco operators, AI researchers, and startups to build large-language models (LLMs) capable of root-cause analysis (RCA) for telecom network faults. The AI Telco Troubleshooting Challenge is supported by Huawei, InterDigital, NextGCloud, RelationalAI, xFlowResearch and… Read more
Highlights of Ericsson’s Mobility Report – November 2025
The latest issue of the Ericsson Mobility Report states that 5G subscriptions now account for one-third of total mobile subscriptions. Mobile network data traffic grew slightly more than expected – 20 percent between Q3 2024 and Q3 2025. As 5G evolves, service providers are increasingly exploring innovative use cases and new monetization opportunities such as… Read more
Nokia in major pivot from traditional telecom to AI, cloud infrastructure, data center networking and 6G
At its Capital Markets Day 2025 today, Nokia announced a new strategy to position itself to lead in the AI-driven transformation of networks and capture the value of the AI supercycle. Nokia also has new long-term financial targets, strategic KPIs for the business, an evolution of its operating model and changes to its Group Leadership… Read more