Known as an open RAN advocate, Tareq Amin has stood down as CEO of Rakuten Mobile and Rakuten Symphony with immediate effect, for personal reasons. This came as a surprise and unfortunate timing, as the two Rakuten Group subsidiaries have yet to reach their targets.

One of the world’s leading metrology institutes has conducted a three-month-long evaluation of Adtran’s OSA 3300-HP high-performance optical cesium atomic clock.

Ericsson, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Hitachi America R&D enabled the private 5G infrastructure trial at Hitachi Astemo Americas’ electric motor vehicle manufacturing plant in Berea, Kentucky, USA.

Utilizing Meta’s Llama 2 as well as MediaTek’s latest APUs and NeuroPilot AI Platform, MediaTek aims to build a complete edge computing ecosystem designed to accelerate AI application development on smartphones, IoT, vehicles, smart home and other edge devices.

Nokia announced the launch of a comprehensive 25G PON starter kit solution that can help operators harness new revenue generating 10Gbs+ opportunities.

Adtran announced the expansion of advanced telecommunications equipment manufacturing at its state-of-the-art facility in Huntsville, Alabama, to meet the growing demand for domestically produced network electronics, spurred by the Biden-Harris Administration’s $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program and its Made-in-America policies in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Nokia has become the first telecom company to announce the manufacturing of fiber-optic broadband network electronics products and optical modules in the US for use in the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.

Nokia has announced its collaboration with U.S. energy provider Xcel Energy to modernize grid operations, aiming to enhance customer service across the company's eight-state service area. As part of the project, Nokia will deploy private LTE network technology, ensuring secure and reliable data connectivity and enabling new levels of automation. This advanced network infrastructure will support Xcel Energy's transition to a more sustainable future by integrating a variety of renewable power sources into its energy distribution grid, including wind and solar energy.

Nokia has announced the release of a specially designed Fixed Wireless Access receiver for the North American market.

Nokia and DXC Technology announced the availability of DXC Signal Private LTE and 5G, a managed secure private wireless network and digitalization platform solution that helps industrial enterprises digitally transform their operations.