October 2016

Mobile app testing sees more investment As more enterprises look to mobile apps and the cloud for increased efficiency, the testing and monitoring of those applications is expected to grow …

Telecommunications vendor Ericsson confirmed on Tuesday it intends to cut 3,000 jobs in Sweden, plans to recruit 1,000 in research and development Ericsson intends to cut 3,000 jobs in Sweden, the …

Bosch hosted its Bosch Connected World conference in Chicago last week where it showed off its position within industrial IoT. The event was highlighted by news that Bosch would team …

Google notes Webpass to focus on expanding scale using wireless broadband technology, will maintain its own hybrid plans using fiber and wireless Google’s plans to tap wireless technology for its …

Cell virtualization, a breakthrough technique pioneered by CommScope and employed in the OneCell C-RAN small cell solution, allows multiple users to share the same wireless frequencies without interference, effectively multiplying …

Interference problems have plagued LTE networks from the start. External sources of interference, from streetlights to baby monitors to rogue base stations, can slow network data speeds or disrupt connectivity. …

Environmental caveat: e-waste New technologies are fighting an uphill battle to reduce the environmental decay from century-old processes that are both inefficient and wasteful. The internet of things has the potential …

Vendor giants HPE and Samsung are set to work through the HPE OpenNFV Partner Program on open and pretested NFV and VNF products Telecom operators looking to deploy network functions …

Densification is more than small cells. Or DAS. Or Wi-Fi. The demand to carry more traffic, to more device types, with more reliability and lower latency creates the need for …

SoftBank plans to invest in the IoT and AI Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank aims to invest 5 trillion won ($4.5 billion) in South Korea’s information technology sector, including areas such as “internet …

Vodafone aims to carry out similar connected car tests in Germany U.K. telecommunications operator Vodafone has started to trial vehicle-to-vehicle communications in the U.K. and is planning to carry out additional …

FCC’s Spectrum Frontiers will open up 11 gigahertz of mm wave for 5G The vision for 5G is expansive, but one aspect of it is fiber-like connections providing multi-gigabit per …

Telecommunications vendor Ericsson confirmed on Tuesday the company intends to cut 3,000 jobs in Sweden. It also plans to recruit 1,000 in R&D. Ericsson intends to cut 3,000 jobs in Sweden, …

New and evolving digital video models are set to change the market and require a new mindset to succeed Remember in recent years when technology disruption upended the music and …

Spectrum sharing and small cell strategies need to adjust with the times in order to benefit carriers and consumers Hope is not a strategy, said someone wiser than me. Yet …

Nokia said it has found a way to solve small cell backhaul and power challenges for operators by using drones. The technology comes out of the Bell Labs unit Nokia …

Apple has been uncharacteristically quiet about iPhone 7 sales, but smartphone trade-in data suggests that the new iPhone is selling well. Trade-in volume is at least 50% higher than it …

Environments too harsh for wires OneProd, producers of predictive maintenance monitoring equipment aimed at preventing unexpected breakdowns in industrial production tools, looked to deploy a wireless data acquisition system that …

Controlling the liquid streets of the Netherlands In the Netherlands, waterways, small inland harbors and canals are used by citizens in their daily routines. Each city has a water infrastructure with …

5 things to know today … 1. Sprint is the only nationwide carrier still offering customers a “free” iPhone 7 when they trade in a used device. Verizon Wireless ended …

Former AT&T Network Functions on Demand service sprouts new options under the FlexWare brand, targeting enterprise with SDN-based options AT&T’s Network On Demand platform is sprouting new features as the …

Environments too harsh for wires OneProd, producers of predictive maintenance monitoring equipment aimed at preventing unexpected breakdowns in industrial production tools, looked to deploy a wireless data acquisition system that …

Controlling the liquid streets of the Netherlands In the Netherlands, waterways, small inland harbors and canals are used by citizens in their daily routines. Each city has a water infrastructure with …

Netcracker discusses technological needs of cable companies looking to grow into the enterprise space The cable industry is changing – massive network footprints are being leveraged to offer cutting-edge residential …

Advanced SDN and NFV platforms are central to mobile operator migration plans, offering lower costs and better performance The increasing commoditization of network bandwidth along with competitive pressure from over-the-top …