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Comcast faces competitive intensity; loses 120K broadband subs in 2Q-2024
Comcast today reported adjusted earnings of $1.21 a share for the quarter, beating Wall Street’s call for $1.12, according to FactSet. Revenue of $29.7 billion was slightly below consensus estimates of $30 billion. However, the company reported a loss of 120,000 total domestic broadband customers and 419,000 domestic video subscribers in the 2nd quarter. “The competitive… Read more
Verizon Q2-2024: strong wireless service revenue and broadband subscriber growth, but consumer FWA lags
Verizon Communications wireless and wireline subscriber growth expectations in the second quarter beat estimates with 148K postpaid phone net additions vs. 118K expected. There were 391,000 total broadband wireline net additions. The company ended the quarter with 11.5 million broadband subscribers, up 17.2% year over year. However, the telecom company posted lower operating revenue that was… Read more
Nokia cuts sales forecast as mobile sales drop 25%
Yesterday, Nokia cut its full-year sales forecast as the telecom market remains uncertain with network operators continuing to cut spending (CAPEX) in new network equipment, especially for the disappointing 5G (which is actually 4G with a 5GNR for 5G NSA which are by far the majority of 5G network deployments). Nokia, like its Swedish rival Ericsson,… Read more
Chinese engineers field test a “6G” network with semantic communications on 4G infrastructure
According to the Xinhua news agency, Chinese telecom engineers have established the world’s first field test network for 6G communication and intelligent integration. That’s before 6G is even defined let alone specified by ITU-R WP5D or 3GPP Release 21. The experimental network has demonstrated that semantic communication [1.] can reach the transmission capabilities of 6G on… Read more
Comcast frequent, intermittent internet outages + long outage in Santa Clara, CA with no auto-recovery!
For over one year now, many U.S. Comcast customers have experienced frequent, but short Xfinity internet and pay TV outages several times per week. Here is what two customers wrote on the Xfinity Community Forum: Outages being reported CONSTANTLY: “I have intermittent outages several times a day for over a month. I work from home… Read more
Nokia and Google Fiber trial 50G PON – first in the U.S.
Nokia and Google Fiber have tested 50Gb/s PON over Google’s fiber optic network. The partners say it’s the first live network demonstration of that technology in the US. The trial comes after last year’s partnership between Nokia and Google Fiber to enhance broadband services with 25G PON. As fiber facility based network operators continue to… Read more
ITU-R: IMT-2030 (6G) Backgrounder and Envisioned Capabilities
ITU-R vs 3GPP – 5G and 6G Standards and Specifications: For new IEEE Techblog readers, ITU-R is responsible for radio interfaces with WP 5D making the ITU-R recommendations (standards) for IMT Radio Interface Technologies (RITs) and Set of Radio Interface Technologies (SRITs). For 5G, it was called IMT 2020 (M.2150 recommendation) and for 6G, it’s… Read more
Nokia, BT Group & Qualcomm achieve enhanced 5G SA downlink speeds using 5G Carrier Aggregation with 5 Component Carriers
BT claims to be the first European network operator to achieve 5G carrier aggregation with five component carriers (5G CC CA). Led by BT Networks team at Adastral Park, with support from BT Research, this is the latest milestone in 5G innovation for us, and promises to deliver potentially even faster 5G SA downlink speeds in… Read more
Telecom and AI Status in the EU
By Afnan Khan with Ajay Lotan Thakur Introduction In the eerie silence of deserted streets and amidst the anxious hum of masked conversations, the world found itself gripped by the rapid proliferation of COVID-19. Soon labelled a global pandemic due to the havoc wreaked by soaring death tolls, it brought unprecedented disruption and accelerated the… Read more
Post COVID Telco AI Blueprint for the UK
By Afnan Khan with Ajay Lotan Thakur Introduction In the eerie silence of deserted streets and amidst the anxious hum of masked conversations, the world found itself gripped by the rapid proliferation of COVID-19. Soon labelled a global pandemic due to the havoc wreaked by soaring death tolls, it brought unprecedented disruption and accelerated the… Read more