Advantest rises on the AI tide The company’s Q3 earnings show AI boom pushing up demand for semiconductor test equipment In sum — what to know: Strong Q3 showing: Advantest posts record quarterly sales amid soaring AI chip demand AI drives growth: The company says strong market demand for AI chips and memory is pushing up… Published on: 2026-01-30 Source: RCR Wireless Sovereignty…hard to define, harder to pull off (Analyst Angle) I saw this headline today: Amazon launched its “AWS European Sovereign cloud” with its first region in Brandenburg, Germany. I had to chuckle at the absurdity of the focus on local staffing, as if a local technician’s paycheck is the most important factor. The software is controlled in the USA… Published on: 2026-01-30 Source: RCR Wireless Lenovo rollable PCs charting a new path for laptops (Analyst Angle) Folding smartphones have been around for many years and are almost on the verge of becoming mainstream. But what these foldable screens mean for laptops was not clear. But thanks to some bold steps taken by PC market leader Lenovo, clear use cases and usable form factors are emerging. I… Published on: 2026-01-30 Source: RCR Wireless Nokia holds steady as ‘long-term’ AI infrastructure play starts to pay Nokia saw net sales rise by three percent last quarter and two percent in the whole of last year, even as margins slipped, partly because of investments and restructuring. Revenue growth came mostly from strong fiber-optic and data center demand, it said. Nokia is doubling down on its big-ticket network… Published on: 2026-01-30 Source: RCR Wireless Gomez: “Policy Uncertainty” is Slowing BEAD Deployments Many things are slowing broadband deployments using BEAD funds. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez tells Inside Towers the biggest holdup now is “policy uncertainty.” “Our primary responsibility at the FCC is […] The post Gomez: “Policy Uncertainty” is Slowing BEAD Deployments appeared first on Inside Towers. Published on: 2026-01-30 Source: Inside Towers FCC Votes to Create New Class of Unlicensed 6 GHz Devices The FCC has voted to create a new category of unlicensed devices, so-called, geofenced variable power (GVP) devices, that can operate both indoors and outdoors at higher power than previously […] The post FCC Votes to Create New Class of Unlicensed 6 GHz Devices appeared first on Inside Towers. Published on: 2026-01-30 Source: Inside Towers Indus Towers Creates Investment Holding Company for Overseas Operations Indus Towers, based in Gurugram, Haryana, is India’s leading tower company and one of the largest towercos in the world, according to Inside Towers Intelligence. The company reported a portfolio […] The post Indus Towers Creates Investment Holding Company for Overseas Operations appeared first on Inside Towers. Published on: 2026-01-30 Source: Inside Towers Fern Cell Site Outages Now Down to MS, TN Mississippi and Tennessee are the only states left in the FCC’s Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) for last weekend’s winter storm Fern. Twenty-five counties in Mississippi are in the latest […] The post Fern Cell Site Outages Now Down to MS, TN appeared first on Inside Towers. Published on: 2026-01-30 Source: Inside Towers Elk Grove Extends WGN Data Center Construction Deadline to 2027 Elk Grove Village, IL has extended the deadline to begin construction of a proposed data center campus on the WGN radio transmitter site to September 2027, citing ongoing challenges in […] The post Elk Grove Extends WGN Data Center Construction Deadline to 2027 appeared first on Inside Towers. Published on: 2026-01-30 Source: Inside Towers Clarification of Story on RF Safety Standards Wednesday’s edition of Inside Towers, featured the article “Is Cell Phone Service Safe or Not?” written by our Business Editor, John Celentano. The piece was met with concern from some […] The post Clarification of Story on RF Safety Standards appeared first on Inside Towers. Published on: 2026-01-30 Source: Inside Towers TPN picks Ciena to boost subsea connectivity in APAC The deployment will support growing demand for cloud services, AI-driven workloads, and high-speed connectivity across the Indo-Pacific In sum – what to know: Pacific upgrades – TPN is deploying Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme and RLS platforms to boost capacity, efficiency, and resiliency across the Echo and Tabua subsea cable systems…. Published on: 2026-01-30 Source: RCR Wireless SoftBank, Ericsson use AI to optimize massive MIMO coverage SoftBank and Ericsson said that 5G downlink throughput improved by approximately 24% with the deployment In sum – what to know: AI optimization – The system automatically adapts massive MIMO beam patterns based on real-time user distribution, delivering a 24% increase in 5G downlink throughput. Volatile traffic – Unlike preset… Published on: 2026-01-30 Source: RCR Wireless Virgin Media O2 reaches over 500 UK sites with 5G SA Virgin Media O2 launched its 5G SA network in February 2024 In sum – what to know: 5G SA rollout in Dorset – The Dorset rollout brings Virgin Media O2’s total 5G SA coverage to over 500 sites across the U.K., following the network’s launch in early 2024. Dedicated 5G… Published on: 2026-01-30 Source: RCR Wireless Amazon Leo satellites exceed brightness standards, study finds Scientists worry that the high reflectivity can pose a problem for astronomical observations If you look up in the night sky, you can see satellites with bare eyes. That fascinating phenomenon, has become a cause of worry for the scientific community. Astronomers at the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Centre for… Published on: 2026-01-29 Source: RCR Wireless AI-native air interfaces explained AI-native air interfaces could play a major role in 6G When people talk about AI in telecommunications, the conversation usually gravitates toward network management, whether it AI handling traffic flows, making routing decisions, or allocating resources more intelligently. These are cases of AI bolted onto existing infrastructure though. AI-native air… Published on: 2026-01-29 Source: RCR Wireless 1 2 3 … Next
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