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RCRTech engages industry communities through research-driven content, conversations, and connections. Building on 40+ years of RCR Wireless News excellence, RCRTech delivers trusted insights informing and connecting technology buyers with innovators shaping connectivity and compute.

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Roughly 80% of operators already use AI for analytics; however, these deployments are largely limited to decision-support use cases In partnership with Radcom, GSMA Intelligence...

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Why not take the same strands of light that already power the world’s fiber-optic cables and let them travel freely through the air? When...

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The new Tokyo trial reduced wireless link latency by around 90% compared with scenarios that did not use 5G and 5G Advanced technologies such...

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The 6 GHz spectrum sharing proposal outlines a Wi-Fi-first, mobile-later approach In sum – what to know: Wi-Fi first, mobile later - The split-priority approach gives...

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The AWS outage highlights the need to make DNS a mission-critical component of resiliency — here are 4 key areas to consider. In sum – what to know: DNS is strategic – DNS is not a minor network utility, but rather a strategic component of AI. Wake-up call — This week’s AWS outage may accelerate improvements to DNS features for …

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TD Cowen noted that total leasing in Q3 2025 reached a record 7.4 GW, with an additional 10.2 GW of active deals still in the pipeline In sum – what to know: Record-breaking quarter – U.S. hyperscalers leased 7.4GW of capacity in Q3 2025, surpassing the total for all of 2024, with an active pipeline of 10.2GW. Oracle and OpenAI …

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The second data center in Dubai is a response to the growing demand for cloud computing and AI services, said Alibaba Cloud In sum — what to know: Alibaba Cloud scales up in Dubai – The company opened a second data center to meet rising demand for AI and cloud services across the Middle East. Boost for key industries – …

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Lian Jye, chief analyst at Omdia, told RCR Wireless News that governments are playing a key role in shaping investment decisions In sum – what to know: AI infrastructure surges across APAC – Omdia forecasts regional AI chipset revenues to rise from US$57B in 2025 to US$81B in 2030, led by China, Japan, and South Korea. Policy drives localization push …

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One stop at a time Author’s note: I’m one of those AuDHD people you encounter in tech, media and tech media. CES and Las Vegas are exhausting, but I wanted to get this written while still having some fun. So, I landed on a format where I write a section, have a drink, take the monorail one stop, then repeat. …

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You don’t have to own the hardware for AI. But should you? Every organization building with AI eventually has to decide whether to own the hardware or rent it. This isn’t necessarily always a financial calculation. It touches data security, talent pipelines, hardware obsolescence, and the fundamentally unpredictable nature of AI workloads. A startup spinning up its first large language …

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Will open-source chips democratize the industry? In the early 1990s, a Finnish student named Linus Torvalds released a free operating system kernel called Linux. This new operating system, together with projects like Apache, proved that collaborative, open-source development could produce software that competes with and surpasses propriety alternatives. These days, Linux runs on everything from smartphones to supercomputers, and open-source …

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Non-exclusive agreement transfers key talent and technology while Groq remains independent In sum – what we know: Nvidia and chip startup Groq have announced a non-exclusive licensing agreement reportedly worth around $20 billion. The announcement turned heads immediately — not just because of the price tag, which clocks in at nearly three times Groq’s $6.9 billion valuation from just months earlier, but …

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Telcos can now harness AI and human insight to turn overlooked tail spend into strategic transformation For years, tail spend was largely overlooked in procurement. Focusing on strategic infrastructure investments, telecom operators viewed these small, scattered purchases as too low-value to matter. But today, in a...

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T-Mobile US COO and incoming CEO Srini Gopalan said the carrier had its 'best Q3 in over a decade' In sum – what to know: Subscriber growth surges: T-Mobile added a record 2.35 million postpaid customers in Q3 2025 — including 1 million postpaid phone lines...

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