Monthly Archives: June, 2016

#TBT: T-Mobile kicks Sidekick; Sprint dishes on LTE … this week in 2010

T-Mobile stopped selling the iconic Sidekick device in a move that killed the brand, while Sprint talked LTE and smartphone plans … 6 years...

5G World: The roadmap towards 5G networks

As the telecommunications industry is readying for 5G, the first use case for 5G networks might be about supporting increasing IP traffic LONDON – Mission-critical...

Deutsche Telekom: Network slicing, standards key to 5G

Use cases for 5G are still on the drawing board but global standards and network slicing expected to be key to 5G LONDON – We...

5G, internet of things forcing spectrum rethink

The mobile telecom market’s race towards 5G and the internet of things requires players to rethink spectrum plans, availability and models Wireless spectrum remains a...

ZTE pushes ahead on 5G new radio, promotes pre-5G approach

ZTE wants its Unified Air Interface technology integrated into 5G new radio, promotes a pre-5G approach LONDON – The 3GPP announced earlier this week the first...

Five factors improving small cell economics

Last year appears to have been a turning point for the small cell market, when small cell revenues exceed $1 billion for the first...

CEO: NTT DoCoMo to launch 500 Mbps LTE offering in 2017

NTT DoCoMo also confirmed plans to commercially launch 5G networks in 2020 SHANGHAI – Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo expects its Premium 4G LTE service...

CEO: NTT DoCoMo to launch 500 Mbps LTE offering in 2017

NTT DoCoMo also confirmed plans to commercially launch 5G networks in 2020 SHANGHAI – Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo expects its Premium 4G LTE service...

KT confirms 5G services for Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

5G trials conducted ahead of 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea SHANGHAI – Korean telecommunications company KT confirmed "5G" technology will be available during the...

KT confirms 5G services for Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

5G trials conducted ahead of 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea SHANGHAI – Korean telecommunications company KT confirmed "5G" technology will be available during the...

ZTE works with more than 10 operators on pre-5G tech

Asian telcos expressed interest in trialling ZTE multi-user shared access technology SHANGHAI – Chinese vendor ZTE announced its cooperation with more than 10 operators on pre-"5G"...

China to reach 1 billion M2M connections by 2020

China currently counts 100 million cellular M2M connections SHANGHAI – China's machine-to-machine market is expected to reach 1 billion connections by 2020, with the majority coming...

Telecom workforce management and the 'gig economy'

Telecom workforce management is changing as the so-called “gig economy” continues to penetrate the industry. An increasingly "hybrid" workforce of contract and full-time workers...

Wi-Fi Alliance launches 802.11ac Wave 2 certification

Wi-Fi Alliance is officially launching 802.11ac Wave 2 certification, supporting the growth of new features designed to increase performance and capacity in Wi-Fi. Although products with Wave...

SK and Ericsson push 5G plans with SDTI; Ericsson claims 7 Gbps mobile 5G test

SK Telecom and Ericsson tout first SD telecom infrastructure demo targeting 5G network slicing, while Ericsson mobile 5G test hits 7 Gbps speeds in...

América Móvil tagged with $1.1M fine tied to foreign ownership rules

América Móvil agreed to pay the fine connected with stock purchases of Puerto Rico Telephone by CEO Carlos Slim and family Mexico-based telecom giant América...

Verizon plans to borrow against smartphone payments

Verizon bonds will reportedly be secured by EIP payments Verizon Communications plans to offer bonds to investors that will be backed by smartphone contracts. The news comes...

Huawei CEO looks to the 'fully cloudified and connected' future

CEO discusses Huawei efforts around network operations and maintenance, cloudification During an event in Shanghai, Huawei's rotating CEO Eric Xu said in the near-term future,...

Report: 65% of enterprises using internet of things technology

Security is primary hold up to enterprise 'internet of things' The majority of enterprises have already deployed internet of things solutions, according to a new...

Report: 65% of enterprises using internet of things technology

Security is primary hold up to enterprise internet of things The majority of enterprises have already deployed internet of things solutions, according to a new...

Sprint prepaid leadership altered, Virgin Mobile revamp on deck

Sprint prepaid and wholesale business operations to be led by former Ntelos CEO Jim Hyde, with former head of prepaid set to focus on...

China to reach 1 billion M2M connections by 2020

China currently counts 100 million cellular M2M connections SHANGHAI – China's machine-to-machine market is expected to reach 1 billion connections by 2020, with the majority coming...

Simplifying inter-RAT HetNet design (content provided by Ascom)

More than 80 percent of mobile data traffic today originates or terminates indoors, and with the explosive adoption worldwide of both 4G and Wi-Fi...

ZTE works with more than 10 operators on pre-5G tech

Asian telcos expressed interest in trialling ZTE multi-user shared access technology SHANGHAI – Chinese vendor ZTE announced its cooperation with more than 10 operators on pre-"5G"...

Analyst Angle: Samsung acquisition of Joyent will form the basis for cloud services

Samsung announced plans to acquire cloud services provider Joyent in a move that sets the equipment maker up to be a player in the...
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