Monthly Archives: February, 2017

Indoor positioning data is increasingly important for services, testing

With the majority of cellular usage having moved indoors, being able to locate a user while inside a building is becoming increasingly important for...

OpenStack as part of the telecom virtualization journey

Canonical expands on the impact and potential for telecommunication operators that have embraced OpenStack as part of their virtualization plans. On this week’s...

Bharti Airtel reaches agreement to acquire Telenor India

Transaction will see Bharti acquire full control of Telenor India and is expected to close within the next year. Indian telecommunications...

Test and Measurement: Gearing up for MWC

Vendors are prepping for next week's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain. In terms of preshow news, there are two primary areas of focus...

Viavi reports 25 mobile operators currently lab testing 5G

A report from Viavi Solutions claims 12 operators have already carried out field testing of 5G technology. Twenty-five mobile operators have announced...

Worst of the Week: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile dropping barrels of unlimited data

Unlimited data is back, with Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile all going ape over the new marketing opportunity, to the benefit of consumers. ...

T-Mobile/Sprint merger outlook: analysts weigh in

Sprint's chairman is reportedly ready to do a deal with T-Mobile US as soon as the U.S. spectrum auctions conclude, but analysts are not...

BT, Huawei carry out research on network slicing

Network slicing work builds on 5G collaboration deal inked by BT and Huawei in December. U.K. telecommunications provider BT and Huawei announced...

Linux Foundation combines open source ECOMP, Open-O into ONAP

Stating plans to harmonize under a single framework targeting telecom SDN and NFV plans, The Linux Foundation moves to consolidate open source efforts. ...

T-Mobile begins LTE-U deployment, expects commercial launch in the spring

On the heels of FCC device certification, T-Mobile US said it would use 20 megahertz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band for LTE-U...

Verizon trounces AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile in RootMetrics nationwide test

Verizon Wireless again came out on top in RootMetrics latest nationwide network testing regime, scoring top marks across all five categories. Verizon...

Qualcomm, ZTE and China Mobile to carry out 5G trials in China

Companies state 5G trials to include interoperability testing and to be conducted in the second half of 2017. Qualcomm, ZTE and...

Telefónica inks global deal with Sigfox to offer IoT services

Telefónica and Sigfox said to be already speaking with customers in the asset-tracking, smart-metering industries. Sigfox, a French-based provider of connectivity for the...

IoT security: Gemalto fills the gaps

Security has been called the internet of things’ Achilles heel, and with good reason. Even when IoT connections use the most secure wireless networks,...

#TBT: AT&T eyes Dobson; Intel, Cisco slash jobs; Qualcomm defends 3G … this week in 2001

AT&T acknowledged it was eyeing Dobson, while Intel and Cisco announced job cuts and Qualcomm claimed 3G was ready … 16 years ago this...

Done deal: Ruckus agrees to be acquired by Arris

Ruckus Wireless has agreed to be acquired by video and broadband hardware maker Arris, following weeks of rumors and negotiations. Arris will buy the...

White Paper: Re-thinking SD-WAN and vCPE for Improved Service Agility

The enterprise and service provider markets are going through major infrastructure transformation to keep up with growing demand for IT services. As they seek to support...

Iconectiv expansion includes short codes, LNPA oversight

Iconectiv, which recently gained oversight of the nation’s LNPA program, focused on fraud prevention, growing CTIA common short code program. On this...

5G fixed wireless technology

Many operators are seeing fixed wireless access as the likely first phase of “5G” deployments as the technology can help solve the last mile...

Feature Report: Carrier IoT Case Studies

While some futuristic IoT applications will take years of R&D before being commercialized, many other IoT applications are creating business value today. Let's take...

Feature Report: Carrier IoT Case Studies

While some futuristic IoT applications will take years of R&D before being commercialized, many other IoT applications are creating business value today. Let's take...

Kagan: What to expect at MWC 2017

So, what can we expect from Mobile World Congress 2017 next week in Barcelona, Spain? Looking at CTIA and CES, I expect to see...

The network infrastructure needs of connected and autonomous vehicles

ExteNet Systems CTO Tormod Larsen discusses the network infrastructure advancements needed to realize the future of fully autonomous driving. In a recent interview...

Telefónica reaches agreement to sell 40% of infrastructure firm Telxius

Global investment firm KKR Group will pay $1.35 billion to Telefónica for a stake in Telxius. Telefónica reached an agreement with global...

Orange Business Services signs smart city deal in Qatar

French firm plans to deliver smart city applications for government offices, residents and utilities. Orange Business Services signed a consulting deal with...
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