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AI has become so deeply embedded in our everyday working lives that it is no longer limited to data science teams or research labs. In telec...

Telecom security rarely stands still. Each year brings new technologies, new attack paths, and new operational realities. Yet 2025 was not d...

Point to point microwave radio systems have been with us for more than eighty years, yet they rarely attract much attention in an era where ...

Our industry loves acronyms. In fact, sometimes it feels as if half our job is simply keeping up with them, while the other half is explaini...

I have spent many years working in the Test and Measurement industry and have also worked as a hands on engineer testing solutions, and as a...

When we talk about making computing greener, the conversation often turns to hardware. Data centres have become far more efficient over the ...

The journey to becoming a cloud-native telco is not just a buzzword exercise. It requires a full-scale transformation of networks, business ...

Some of you may know that I manage quite a few LinkedIn groups, and I often come across advanced presentations and videos on LTE and 5G. Fro...

When discussing mobile networks, much of the focus tends to be on radio access technologies, spectrum, or core network evolution. However, t...

We often walk past them without a second glance—towers, masts, and poles that quietly support the vast web of our modern telecommunications ...

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is a leading standards development organisation (SDO) recognised for producing gl...

The ACM, IRTF & ISOC Applied Networking Research Workshops ( ANRW ) offer a vibrant forum for researchers, vendors, network operators, a...

Location Services (LCS) have been standardized by 3GPP across all major generations of cellular technology, including 2G (GSM), 3G (UMTS), 4...

Over five years ago, we introduced the concept of Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) in our NTN tutorial and wrote IEEE ComSoc article , "...