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This Scottish-born inventor received U.S. Patent #174,465 for the telephone on March 7, 1876.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
fter the 1984 divestiture, this spinoff from AT&T Technologies became a major vendor for telecommunications gear, including switches and fiber optics, until its 2006 merger with Alcatel.
What is Lucent Technologies?
The 5G core function enhanced in Rel-17/18 that collects analytics and feeds AI/ML models for traffic steering and energy saving.
What is the NWDAF (Network Data Analytics Function)?
This 5G frequency range, from 30 GHz to 300 GHz, supports massive device connectivity but requires beamforming to overcome short-range limitations.
What is millimeter wave (mmWave)?
ValueClueResponse$200This South American nation hosted and won the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930, defeating Argentina 4-2 in the final at Estadio Centenario.
What is Uruguay?
The first words spoken on the telephone were these to assistant Thomas Watson.
What is "Mr. Watson, come here—I want to see you"?
This Israeli firm, a top AT&T vendor since the 1990s, provides billing and customer care software essential for telecom operations.
What is Amdocs?
This French technology park hosts the 3GPP Mobile Competence Centre, providing administrative support for its standardization work.
What is Sophia Antipolis?
This Finnish giant competes with Ericsson in AT&T's 5G ecosystem, focusing on cloud-native core solutions and private networks.
What is Nokia?
This South American powerhouse holds the record with five World Cup titles: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002.
What is Brazil?
Founded in 1877, this was the original company behind what became AT&T.
What is the Bell Telephone Company?
As part of AT&T's 1990s diversification, this Canadian mobile device maker supplied BlackBerry phones exclusively from 2011 to 2013.
What is Research In Motion (RIM)?
Control-plane interface between gNB and AMF (NG-AP).
What is N2?
The RADCOM product name that became the first fully virtual, NFV-ready probe deployed at scale by AT&T in 2016.
What is RADCOM MaveriQ?
In the final at Lusail Stadium, this Argentine icon scored twice in the second half to force penalties after Lionel Messi's opener.
Who is Kylian Mbappé?
Incorporated in 1885 to build the first long-distance network, its initials stand for this.
What is American Telephone and Telegraph?
From 2001 to 2012, Ericsson partnered with this Japanese electronics giant to produce mobile handsets, combining telecom expertise with consumer design.
What is Sony?
Interface between two UPFs when traffic needs to cross routing domains (still GTP-U).
What is N9?
VoNR uses this protocol for voice media transport over dedicated QoS flows in the 5G core, with SRTP for encryption and integrity protection.
What is RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol)?
This AC Milan winger, the USMNT's captain and all-time leading scorer with 30 goals, is projected as the No. 10 in Pochettino's 2026 lineup.
Who is Christian Pulisic?
AT&T's inaugural long-distance line in 1885 connected these two cities.
What are New York and Philadelphia?
By early 1997, Ericsson held an estimated 40% of the global mobile market, with 54 million subscribers, largely due to this standard's success.
What is GSM?
This 2020 release added NR-U for unlicensed spectrum operation, enabling 5G coexistence with Wi-Fi 6E in the 6 GHz band, and enhanced V2X for vehicles.
What is Release 16?
The maximum number of simultaneous QoS flows a single UE can have in 5G SA (default in most networks including AT&T).
What is 8?
The only European nation with two wins, they triumphed in 1998 at home and repeated in 2018 against Croatia.
What is France?