Yearly Archives: 2016

Using SD-WAN to combat DDoS and other aggressive attacks

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we look at some top news items and speak with Serro Solutions to discuss how SD-WAN is now...

Happy IoT Day! Celebrate with this connected cow

Since its inception in 2011, April 9 has been observed by a niche audience as global IoT Day in honor of the "Internet of...

Why small cell SON is key to the future of mobile networks

Self-organizing network automation technology makes the planning, configuration, management, optimization and healing of mobile radio access networks simpler and faster. SON functionality and behavior...

AT&T continues Mexico LTE expansion

AT&T is reported to have added 1 million more pops covered by its Mexico LTE network through Q1, pushing total coverage to 45 million...

Japan officials urge NTT DoCoMo, SoftBank to cut device discounts

NTT DoCoMo currently offers new smartphones for $6 Japan’s telecommunications ministry instructed mobile phone carriers NTT DoCoMo and SoftBank to stop selling smartphones with excessive...

Huawei signs deal with Malta to establish innovation center

Huawei to develop safe city solutions with government Huawei signed a strategic alliance with Malta to establish an innovation center in that country focused on safe...

Worst of the Week: Is it make or break time for Sprint?

WOTW looks at the latest creative financial move from Sprint, and wonders if there is maybe a Central American firm that can help Hello! And...

Sprint gets image feedback from CEO’s ‘listening tour’

Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure in February stopped in 12 cities to discuss the struggling carrier's brand perception with customers and customers of rivals. A new...

Cell Tower News: Sprint, American Tower make $2 billion moves

American Tower investing $2B more in India American Tower continues its investment in Indian telecom infrastructure, committing to invest an additional $2 billion. This news...

Test and Measurement: Test companies make new IoT acquisitions

Two test-focused companies are expanding their "Internet of Things" portfolios with IoT acquisitions, although each has a different focus. MTS is buying sensor production company PCB Group...

Verizon bid for Yahoo expected next week

5 things to know today ... 1. Verizon Communications is set to make a bid for Yahoo next week, according to Bloomberg. It's been two...

Affirmed SAP launch targets automated service provisioning

Affirmed Networks unveiled its SAP service, which it claims reduces time-to-market and operational costs of introducing new services Virtualized mobile networks vendor Affirmed Network launched...

Use case: GE tests 100 Gbps Industrial Internet of Things network

A major aspect of the industrial "Internet of Things" is massive machine-to-machine communications supported by a redundant, reliable, high-speed network. General Electric, which has...

OpenStack cloud-as-a-service targeting enterprise adoption

Cloud-as-a-service trades capital hardware, software and licensing costs into an operating expense Faced with the ever-increasing need to cut costs and boost revenues, many enterprises...

T-Mobile targets Verizon with latest 2-line promo

T-Mobile continues to alter its rate plan promotions, with the latest 2-line offer including 6 GB of data per line and targeting Verizon Wireless Just...

Edge computing trend highlighted by investment

Vasona Networks raised $14.6 million to further edge computing R&D, drive QoE In a mobile data landscape dominated by video content, service providers are shifting...

After a decade, Amazon Web Services hits $10B in annual sales

CEO Jeff Bezos attributes success to innovation and customer-obsessed approach Highlighting the increasing importance of cloud-based computing and attendant data center needs, Amazon Web Services...

T-Mobile EVS builds on VoLTE, claimed better reliability, clarity, availability

T-Mobile EVS platform said to build on VoLTE service, but offers better reliability, clarity and availability, though still limited to a few devices T-Mobile US...

Bouygues Telecom deploys first 700 MHz base station in Paris

The telco secured five megahertz of 700 MHz spectrum French telecom operator Bouygues Telecom installed its first 700 MHz antenna in Paris, according to a...

ZTE operating revenue grows to $15.4 billion in 2015

Chinese ops accounted for 53% of ZTE overall revenue ZTE generated RMB 100.19 billion ($15.45 billion) in full-year 2015 operating revenues, climbing 23% year-over-year. In the...

Convoys of self-driving trucks cross Europe

Six fleets of self-driving trucks arrived in the Netherlands today from locations in Sweden, Germany, Denmark and Belgium. The trucks used a system called...

Large-scale deployments showcase Huawei small cells strategy

Indoor digitalization driven by capacity demands, business models focused on owner ROI, value-added services Consumers are hungry for mobile data, particularly video content, and the...

Use case: Industrial Internet of Things health care applications

Essentially since the advent of health care, diagnosis has been dependent on a direct, face-to-face interaction between the patient and the doctor. But now,...

#TBT: Sprint focused on iPhone buzz; Apple delays OS for iPhone … this week in 2007

Sprint was focused on the growing iPhone buzz, while Apple pushed off OS work to focus on iPhone development … 9 years ago this...

Sprint to snag $2.2B in network equipment sale, lease

Sprint and parent company SoftBank set up a separate entity to purchase $2.2B in network equipment in move to lower funding concerns Sprint and parent...
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