Monthly Archives: March, 2015

#MWC15: China Mobile, Wind River partner on NFV projects

Partnership taps OPNFV platform for test lab, small cell gateway, C-RAN Wind River said it has partnered with China Mobile on a number of network...

#MWC15: LTE forecast to cover 76% of LatAm by 2020, generate $275B in GDP

BARCELONA, Spain — Latin America's upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction and the expected expansion of LTE deployments and coverage is set to drive discussion...

#MWC15: CBNL, Ruckus bet on LTE growth to boost operations in Latin America

BARCELONA, Spain — While the expansion of LTE is expected to be a major topic this year in Latin America, vendors who do business...

Verizon chimes in with questions about Dish Network’s bidding activity

Verizon claims Dish collusion with DEs impacted fairness of Auction 97 You can add Verizon Communications to the list of companies unhappy with Dish Network’s...

#MWC15: Cisco scores DT, Telecom Italia virtualization, cloud deals

Agreements tap into growing NFV, SDN services Cisco Systems touted a number of telecom carrier wins connected with its virtualization and cloud services, including deals...

New analysis shows VoLTE on the rise; industrial and residential hot spots

Two newly released reports from network monitoring companies spotlight how wireless networks are continuing to evolve in terms of Voice over LTE and where...

#MWC15: AT&T and Microsoft partner for small-business solution

AT&T and Microsoft are joining forces to offer smaller businesses a mobile office suite based on Microsoft 365. The service will be bundled with...

#MWC15: Google teases MVNO plans

Google said this week that while it does not aspire to become a "network operator at scale," it does plan to share its plans...

#MWC15: NTT DoCoMo expects commercial NFV deployment by early 2016

DoCoMo announces partnerships with Ericsson, Fujitsu, NEC Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo announced plans for a commercial network function virtualization deployment on its network beginning...

#MWC15: Ericsson debuts new cloud platform

Ericsson integrates legacy system with open cloud stack; focus on security, governance BARCELONA, Spain – Ericsson debuted its HDS 8000 cloud platform designed for data...

Reality Check: Fair for whom? RIP, unlimited Internet

As expected, last week was full of rhetoric with respect to the Federal Communications Commission’s pending Open Internet Order. Pictured below is Verizon Communications'...

Reality Check: HetNets, the natural successor to Wi-Fi offload for experience continuity

Heterogeneous networks have been brewing for a few years now, but 2015 will be the year they become mainstream as several core components reach...

#MWC15: Panasonic Nubo is watching

BARCELONA, Spain – One of my favorite discussions from the first day of Mobile World Congress was with Panasonic regarding its launch of Nubo –...

#MWC15: AT&T updates NFV, SDN progress

AT&T expects 5% of 150 targeted functions virtualized using NFV, SDN by year-end AT&T’s network virtualization push continues as the telecom giant announced updates to...

Best Buy taps Sprint for all-inclusive offer

Sprint and big-box retailer Best Buy announced a new arrangement that will see Best Buy offer an all-inclusive wireless service under its brand name. The...

#MWC15: Privacy, security main challenges of the connected world

BARCELONA, Spain — The future is set to be all about the connected world: connecting wearables, cars, homes, cities and enterprises. But that connection brings up...

#MWC15: 4G Americas talks spectrum, LTE-A

Many opportunities for LTE despite emphasis on 5G BARCELONA, Spain – Industry trade association 4G Americas singled out broadband spectrum access as the major driver...

Canada set for AWS-3 spectrum auction

Spectrum auction is latest attempt by Canada to bolster wireless competition On the heels of its southern neighbor conducting its most lucrative spectrum auction ever,...

Freescale and NXP Semiconductors to merge

Freescale, the Texas chipmaker that was once part of Motorola, has agreed to be acquired by NXP Semiconductors, which was once part of Philips...

HP to buy Aruba Networks

Hewlett-Packard is buying Wi-Fi access point vendor Aruba Networks for $2.7 billion. The network-equipment giant said the shift to mobile is taxing its enterprise...

#MWC15: Telefónica remains optimistic about LatAm opportunities, growth

BARCELONA, Spain — Telecommunications giant Telefónica said it's confident about the future growth potential of most of its operations throughout Latin America and the...

Reader Forum: Sensor adoption in smartphones

Sensors are vital to smartphones today We use the sensors embedded in our smartphones every day, often without even realizing it. The screen flips as...

#MWC15: Alcatel-Lucent combines Wi-Fi and cellular networks

Alcatel-Lucent is demonstrating software at Mobile World Congress that it says can combine standalone cellular and Wi-Fi networks into one unified wireless network. The...

Reader Forum: How MNOs can seize opportunities with data and the IoT

In most cases, the management structures of mobile network operators have yet to grasp the value proposition of the "Internet of Things" as they...

#MWC15: Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy Edge unveiled

Samsung Galaxy S6 features wireless charging BARCELONA, Spain – Samsung unveiled its lasted Galaxy models in the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Edge smartphones at an event prior to...
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