Yearly Archives: 2017

Telefonica Chile preps for 5G with Ericsson virtualization deal

Telefonica Chile chooses Ericsson to complete virtualization of core network Telefonica, the biggest mobile network operator and internet service provider in Chile, announced it has...

China cloud growth spurs Microsoft to triple Azure capacity

Stronger than expected cloud demand compels Microsoft to triple Azure presence in China Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently announced during the Microsoft Tech Summit 2017...

Fiber, small cells, densification key to Sprint MVNO deal with Altice

Sprint will use Altice footprint to deploy thousands of Magic Box small cells The line between telcos and cable companies has been blurring for some...

Rethinking privacy in the age of Internet intimacy (Reality Check)

  Our desire for privacy is part of what makes us human. None of us likes to have our privacy invaded, whether from someone reading...

SoftBank calls off Sprint, T-Mobile merger talks

Sprint rebounding with MVNO arrangement with Altice USA The months of will they, won't they speculation then formal discussions between Sprint parent SoftBank and T-Mobile...

Hirotec adopts smart factory concept to reduce downtime

Predictive maintenance is a key smart manufacturing use case Japanese company Hirotec Group, one of the largest private production companies in the global automotive market,...

Smart factory adoption goal of Japanese public/private partnership

 IIJ and Hirata's smart factory offering includes predictive maintenance and remote management systems, among other solutions Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) and Hirata Corporation have signed...

NTT DoCoMo tests for latency, reliability in 5G trial

The 5G trial used a 4.5 GHz system developed with Huawei Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo announced the completion of what it claims to be the...

Deutsche Telekom kicks off smart city initiative in Bonn

Deutsche Telekom's smart city plan includes the deployment of connected street lights and smart waste containers Deutsche Telekom and the municipal government of Bonn have...

AT&T explains partnership with AWS

AT&T says many of its customers are on a "journey to the cloud" and the carrier wants to provide the networking environment to get...

Kagan: What Pixel 2 problems mean for the Google brand

You would think Google is a giant success in everything they touch, but in reality, they win and lose just like every other company....

EXFO’s new product demo – EX1: Monitoring Network Performance

https://youtu.be/NB4phn_qPsI Product demo of EXFO's new product EX1 for scalable, open platform test solution for validating bandwidth speed and monitoring network performance at Cable Tec.

Test and Measurement: PCTel opens new wireless performance lab

PCTel is opening up a test lab focused on Wi-Fi performance at its Bloomingdale, Ill. headquarters. The new lab will provide wireless performance testing...

Google updates Andromeda SDN to address low latency demand

Google unveils Andromeda 2.0 Google announced it has made some updates to software-defined networking (SDN) platform Andromeda, which the company said should reduce network latency...

John Legere reportedly asks Sprint to continue merger talks

T-Mobile US CEO John Legere has reportedly reached out to Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure in an effort to keep the proposed merger of the...

VMware challenges Cisco with VeloCloud acquisition

VMware announces plans to purchase VeloCloud VMware announced Thursday it intends to acquire VeloCloud, a startup making a splash in the software-defined wide area network...

Google’s Sidewalk Labs planning a greenfield smart city

Area outside of Toronto targeted for a holistic smart city build Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google-parent company Alphabet, is planning to build a smart...

Riverbed, Zscaler partner to deliver joint SD-WAN solution

Riverbed integrates Zscaler cloud security into SD-WAN platform SteelConnect Riverbed Technology announced at its annual customer event in New York that it is working with...

Telecom Tweets of the Week: DSRC mandate on the chopping block?

Is the Trump administration backing away from mandating the use of Dedicated Short Range Communications technology in new vehicles? The Associated Press reported that the administration...

IoT in India: Tata Communications to invest $100 million

Expansion of LoRa IoT network, partnership with HPE mark expansion plans Indian communications service provider Tata Communications is betting big on the expansion of internet...

Ericsson sees industrial use cases as main drivers of 5G in Europe

The vendor believes Europe will see the initial commercial deployments of 5G in 2018 or 2019 Ericsson expects to see the initial commercial deployment of...

Ayla Networks gets $60 million in financing to grow IoT PaaS

The funds will be used to expand the firm’s ecosystem of partners and providers Ayla Networks, a provider of internet of things (IoT) platform-as-a-service (PaaS),...

Telefonica unveils open initiative to promote IoT ecosystem

Under the 'Thinx’ program, the Spanish telco plans to open IoT labs in Europe and Latin America Spanish telecom operator Telefonica has launched what it...

EXFO demonstrates CWDM/DWDM OTDR product at Cable-Tec Expo

https://youtu.be/2LlGvJU6Uzw Todd Dover at EXFO demonstrates the new OTDR covering both CWDM and DWDM wavelengths, in Denver, CO.

FirstNet oversight hearing offers state-level view

FirstNet oversight hearing highlights different perspectives on opt-in/opt-out In a hearing yesterday on Capitol Hill, representatives from multiple states and the First Responders Network Authority...
- Advertisment -

Most Read