Monthly Archives: August, 2016

P3's U Get app: Tracking my wireless experience

I write about network test, measurement and monitoring, but I rarely get a chance to actually do it myself. So when P3 Communications offered...

Lights out manufacturing and its impact on society

What is lights out manufacturing? "Lights out" manufacturing is the term used for a manufacturing process where factories run fully autonomously, without any human intervention....

Alibaba Cloud, HTC sign partnership to target VR

The partnership will extend HTC's VR app store to Alibaba Cloud platform Alibaba Cloud, the cloud-computing arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, has signed...

Qualcomm strikes licensing deals with Chinese smartphone leaders

Qualcomm will license its chip technology to two of China's biggest smartphone makers, Vivo and Oppo. Oppo is the world's fourth-largest smartphone maker behind...

Lights out manufacturing and its impact on society

What is lights out manufacturing? "Lights out" manufacturing is the term used for a manufacturing process where factories run fully autonomously, without any human intervention....

Ericsson Small Cell as a Service provides carrier-grade Wi-Fi

Carriers around the world are deploying small cell networks to add capacity to targeted locations and complement macro infrastructure. But the business model associated...

What is driving tower amendment activity?

AT&T, SBAC, EXFO and Kathrein share perspective Modifications to cell towers and cell tower equipment are known as tower amendments. Although new tower builds have...

China Unicom passes 20 million internet of things connections

The internet of things network currently covers 360 cities China’s second largest mobile operator China Unicom ended the first half of 2016 with more than 20...

Iconectiv officially tapped to serve as nation’s LNPA

Ericsson’s Iconectiv division is set to take over LNPA authority from Neustar, promises ‘cost efficient and secure NPAC system’ The North American Portability Management signed...

Telecom workforce adjustments needed for move to devops model

Telecom workforce adjustments needed for devops Just as workforce adjustments will be needed for telecom’s move to software-defined networks, changes will also need to take...

Analyst Angle: 3.5 GHz and 5G – learning from the TV white space debacle

Learning from the TV white space debacle Some wireless technologies, such as "4G" and Wi-Fi, have been so successful and have become so much a...

Global IoT platform revenues to reach $3.3 billion by 2021

Global IoT platform revenues are expected to continue to grow fast and reach $3.3 billion by 2021. We discuss IoT platform trends with Berg Insight. Berg...

Analyst Angle: Pokémon Go – a fad? Yes, but it legitimizes augmented reality

Column updated to correct information on game features Catching the little Pokémon creatures has caught on like the Hula-Hoop, with the real benefit of the...

How telecom operators should approach devops

Telecom, the biggest adopter of devops The devops model is being heavily adopted by telecom companies during the industry's ongoing transition to virtualized networks. In a...

3 challenges facing telecom operators in shift to devops

Defining devops The most universal understanding of devops is a business model for managing a company’s software teams by bringing together developers and operations managers. But...

5G, small cells get a boost from FCC agreement

The Federal Communications Commission is eliminating requirements for historic preservation review for small cells that do not adversely impact historic sites. The agency said...

Verizon and T-Mobile top Speedtest carrier ranking

According to a Speedtest Market Report, domestic mobile internet speeds have improved by more than 30% since last year, with an average download speed...

Verizon and T-Mobile top Speedtest carrier ranking

According to a Speedtest Market Report, mobile internet has seen performance gains, improving by more than 30% since last year with an average download...

UK ends 2015 with 39.5M LTE subscribers

Almost 98% of premises in the United Kingdom had outdoor 4G LTE coverage in May The United Kingdom ended last year with a total of...

Small cells get a boost from FCC agreement

The Federal Communications Commission is eliminating requirements for historic preservation review for small cells that do not adversely impact historic sites. The agency said...

How telecom operators should approach devops

Telecom, the biggest adopter of devops The devops model is being heavily adopted by telecom companies during the industry's ongoing transition to virtualized networks. In a...

Turning Shenzhen into a smart city

Huawei and China Telecom plan to deliver gigabit connectivity to homes in Shenzhen Chinese ICT services provider Huawei and China Telecom Corporation signed a cooperation framework...

Netcracker leads Cisco, HPE and Nokia in NFV MANO rankings

Current Analysis report touts Netcracker as current leader among 9 vendors, with Cisco, HPW and Nokia seen as ‘very strong’ in NFV MANO The network...

Google said to suspend Silicon Valley fiber deployments as it evaluates 'aerial' options

Google has reportedly reassigned workers who were set to install Google Fiber in Silicon Valley, telling them the company is evaluating an alternative plan...

3 challenges facing telecom operators in shift to devops

Defining devops The most universal understanding of devops is a business model for managing a company’s software teams by bringing together developers and operations managers. But...
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