Apple renews 5G modem supply deal with Qualcomm

Qualcomm Technologies confirmed that Apple has renewed an agreement underwhich it will continue to supply Snapdragon 5G Modem‑RF Systems for smartphone launches in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Terms and conditions of the new contract are similar to the previous agreement.Qualcomm notes that the global patent license agreement, effective as of April 2019, remains unchanged.&nb...

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Dell'Oro: Worldwide telecom equipment revenues remain stable

Worldwide telecom equipment revenues remained relatively stable in the first half of 2023, with variations in performance observed by region and technology, according to Dell'Oro Group's 2Q23 reports for all telecom infrastructure programs. Worldwide telecom equipment revenues across the six telecom programs tracked at the Dell’Oro Group*, were flat year-over-year (Y/Y) in the quarter and advanced 2% in the first half of 2023.Worldwide telecom equipment...

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Telesat signs with SpaceX for LEO constellation launch

SpaceX announced a multi-launch agreement to deliver the Telesat Lightspeed constellation to Low Earth Orbit (LEO).The contract covers 14 launches from both California and Florida on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to carry up to 18 Telesat Lightspeed satellites to LEO per launch. The launch campaign is scheduled to commence in 2026. Telesat anticipates offering global service beginning in 2027. The optically-linked Telesat Lightspeed network will provide...

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Netcracker announces GenAI Telco

Netcracker Technology announced its new GenAI Telco Solution to help communications service providers (CSPs) harness their telecom data and knowledge in a secure and controlled way.This includes support for specialized telco-centric scenarios such as Care Assistant, Agent Partner, Sales Assistant, Catalog Assistant and Digital Operations Technician.With the GenAI Telco Solution, Netcracker has combined its extensive telecom IT domain leadership and...

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New Zealand's Spark picks Arista for private cloud

Arista has been appointed by Spark as a private cloud networking provider to support Spark’s data centre networking services for a new private telecommunications cloud platform.The new private cloud network will host applications to service Spark’s mobile voice and data customers and support Spark’s 5G network rollout, supporting greater flexibility, reliability and scalability for software-defined networks and any underpinning systems.The private...

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ATIS’ Next G Alliance partners with the Bharat 6G Alliance

The Next G Alliance, which is an initiative to advance North American wireless technology leadership, announced a collaboration with the Bharat 6G Alliance, which is an initiative of Indian industry, academia, national research institutions and standards organizations.The MoU between the two organizations was signed by ATIS President and CEO Susan Miller and Chair Bharat 6G Alliance N.G. Subramaniam.“Defining what it takes to deliver next generation...

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