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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
Highlights of 2025 Broadband Nation Expo: Comcast, T-Mobile keynotes + selected quotes
Over 100 ISPs from across the U.S., vendors in the broadband ecosystem, organizations and more gathered in Orlando, FL November 17-19th for the TIA’s annual Broadband Nation Expo, to talk about the challenges of delivering broadband today. Keynote speakers discussed topics including Comcast’s 10G network technologies and AI, T-Mobile’s fixed wireless access strategy, AT&T’s fiber expansion,… Read more
Expose: AI is more than a bubble; it’s a data center debt bomb
We’ve previously described the tremendous debt that AI companies have assumed, expressing serious doubts that it will ever be repaid. This article expands on that by pointing out the huge losses incurred by the AI startup darlings and that AI poster child Open AI won’t have the cash to cover its costs 9which are greater… Read more
NTT’s IOWN provides ultra low latency and energy efficiency in Japan and Hong Kong
The rapid uptake of generative AI in data centers and semiconductor factories is causing a surge in power consumption, which is predicted to reach 11 times the current level by 2033. To address this issue, the NTT Group has proposed the “IOWN (Innovative Optical and Wireless Network)” concept, which aims to improve energy efficiency and… Read more
Highlights and Summary of the 2025 Brooklyn 6G Summit
Last week’s Brooklyn 6G Summit, hosted by Nokia and the NYU Wireless research center, explored two critical pillars of 6G development: artificial intelligence (AI) and value creation. Speakers and panelists from technology, business, academia and regulation organizations came together to shape the future of wireless in a three-day event on the campus of the NYU Tandon… Read more
Nokia and Rohde & Schwarz collaborate on AI-powered 6G receiver years before IMT 2030 RIT submissions to ITU-R WP5D
Nokia and the test and measurement firm Rohde & Schwarz have created and successfully tested a “6G” radio receiver that uses AI technologies to overcome one of the biggest anticipated challenges of 6G network rollouts, coverage limitations inherent in 6G’s higher-frequency spectrum. –>This is truly astonishing as ITU-R WP5D doesn’t even plan to evaluate 6G… Read more
AI spending boom accelerates: Big tech to invest an aggregate of $400 billion in 2025; much more in 2026!
The biggest U.S. mega-cap tech companies are on track to invest an aggregate of $400 billion into artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives this year, a commitment they collectively indicate “is nowhere near enough.” Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon all have announced further AI spending increases in 2026. The investment community reacted favorably to the plans presented by… Read more
Nvidia pays $1 billion for a stake in Nokia to collaborate on AI networking solutions
This is not only astonishing but unheard of: the world’s largest and most popular fabless semiconductor company –Nvidia– taking a $1 billion stake in a telco/reinvented data center connectivity company-Nokia. Indeed, GPU king Nvidia will pay $1 billion for a stake of 2.9% in Nokia as part of a deal focused on AI and data… Read more
184K global tech layoffs in 2025 to date; ~27.3% related to AI replacing workers
As of October, over 184,000 global tech jobs were cut in 2025, according to a report from Silicon Valley Business Journal. 50,184 were directly related to the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation tools by businesses. Silicon Valley’s AI boom has been pummeling headcounts across major companies in the region — and globally. U.S…. Read more
IBM and Groq Partner to Accelerate Enterprise AI Inference Capabilities
IBM and Groq [1.] today announced a strategic market and technology partnership designed to give clients immediate access to Groq’s inference technology — GroqCloud, on watsonx Orchestrate – providing clients high-speed AI inference capabilities at a cost that helps accelerate agentic AI deployment. As part of the partnership, Groq and IBM plan to integrate and enhance RedHat open source vLLM… Read more