Networking

The Linux Foundation launches the OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation with 47 members including AMD, Nokia, NVIDIA, and Verizon to build an open-source radio access network stack for 5G and 6G, backed by the Pentagon's FutureG office.

London-based consumer electronics startup Nothing is developing AI-powered smart glasses with cameras, microphones, and speakers for a first-half 2027 launch, alongside new AI-focused earbuds arriving later in 2026, as CEO Carl Pei reverses his earlier resistance to the wearable form factor.

Samsung has disclosed the first technical details of its Android XR-powered smart glasses, which will ship with a Qualcomm AR1 chipset and integrate Google's Gemini AI assistant. The device enters a market where Meta's Ray-Ban partnership holds an estimated 82 percent share.

AT&T commits $250 billion through 2030 to expand fiber, 5G, and satellite networks, but analysts question how much is new spending versus relabeled costs.

Sonos unveils the $299 Play portable speaker with 24-hour battery and Bluetooth grouping, and the $189 Era 100 SL without microphones, marking CEO Tom Conrad's first hardware launch after the app-crisis era.

NVIDIA pours $2 billion each into photonics makers Lumentum and Coherent, signaling that optical interconnects are becoming as critical to AI scaling as GPUs.

Qualcomm's FastConnect 8800 doubles Wi-Fi speeds to 11.6 Gbps while a 40-company coalition including Ericsson, Google, and Microsoft formally targets 6G commercialization starting 2029.

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S26 series at Unpacked 2026, with the Ultra debuting the mobile industry's first built-in Privacy Display and agentic AI features, as base prices rise $100 due to RAM shortages.

Cisco's 3nm G300 switching silicon promises 33% better network utilization and 70% energy savings with liquid cooling, targeting the $600 billion AI infrastructure buildout.