Monthly Archives: December, 2021

NTT Docomo selects NEC for 5G Standalone deployment in Japan

Japanese tech company NEC said it has provided packet core and base stations for the 5G Standalone (SA) services that compatriot operator NTT Docomo...

Ericsson, Singtel achieve 5G SA NR-DC milestone in Southeast Asia

Singapore operator Singtel and Ericsson have reached download speeds of 5.4 Gbps in 5G Standalone (SA) New Radio-Dual Connectivity (NR-DC), by aggregating Singtel's spectrum...

Vertical location testing: A recap of Stage Z

More than two-third of 911 calls come from wireless devices, which are not associated with a specific location in the way that landline phone...

Providing relief for universal network configuration anxiety (Reader Forum)

Network configuration management can be a daunting task for IT organizations. They often struggle to impose effective processes. Unfortunately, the automation capabilities of existing...

Three ways IoT can help save our climate (Reader Forum)

Mankind needs change and fast. The best-case scenarios from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) require aggressive mitigation of global carbon...

Fixed wireless versus mobile wireless: What’s the right option for me? (Reader Forum)

There’s no small amount of debate about the respective merits of fixed wireless versus mobile wireless. The right answer is the one that offers...

Starlink’s performance flattened in Q3, Ookla finds

Starlink sees a 10 Mbps dip in median speeds for US users, compared to the second quarter of this year New data from Ookla shows...

Public cloud vs. private cloud – what’s best for telco cloud workloads?

Telco clouds were always private clouds. But a new generation of hyperscale-adjacent telecom services blur the lines.

Chinese carriers add over 35 million 5G subscribers in November

Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 35.16 million 5G subscribers in November, according to the carriers’ latest available figures. China Mobile, the world’s largest...

Editorial Report: Creative destruction: How network disaggregation changes everything

There's a big change hitting the telecom industry right now. Hardware and software are being decoupled with cost coming out of the former and...

Europe launches first large-scale 6G R&I program

The European Commission said it has earmarked around EUR 240 million ($271 million) for its first large-scale "6G" research and innovation program, with the...

Miami Dolphins partner with Verizon to launch autonomous express shop powered by 5G

    The Miami Dolphins, in partnership with Verizon and AiFi, launched the Hard Rock Stadium Express Shop, an "autonomous retail experience" powered by Verizon's 5G...

Royalty pricing dichotomy in 5G SEP patent pool for Open RAN Radio Units (Analyst Angle)

MPEG LA and Unified Patents have just launched their Alium patent pool program that seeks to license 4G LTE and 5G standard-essential patents (SEPs)...

Flexible MAC Architecture (FMA): Now or later? (Reader Forum)

Flexible MAC Architecture (FMA) is the future of cable. But as operators consider its place in their roadmaps, the biggest question is when to...

A deeper look into enterprise wireless LAN Wi-Fi 6 shortages (Analyst Angle)

Here at Dell’Oro Group, we have been asking ourselves why enterprise Wi-Fi 6 has been hit so hard by component shortages — where sequential...

Software AG takes €344m from US private equity group, plans US acquisition spree

Software AG has entered into a strategic partnership with global tech investment leader Silver Lake, supported by a Silver Lake investment of €344 million....

FCC sends out another $603 million in emergency connectivity funds

The Federal Communications Commission has approved another wave of Emergency Connectivity Fund program funds. The $603 million will help to connect more than 1.4...

ZTE’s Cui Li: Truly vital breakthrough innovation is to make the best product on the market

ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, today has announced that...

Key takeaways from SRG’s testing of Dish’s network in Vegas

"Operators who have been rolling out 5G NR networks for some time have the coverage advantage," SRG says For some time, Dish Network has been...

Telco cloud vs. IT cloud: What’s the difference?

The scalable and agile cloud architecture that governs both telco cloud and IT cloud is the same, even though service requirements are not.

Red Hat brings Ansible hybrid cloud and edge automation to Microsoft Azure

Red Hat's Ansible, its hybrid cloud and edge computing automation platform, is now available as a preview on Microsoft Azure.

‘The real risk is we don’t partner’ – cloud-cos, telcos and the free-for-all in the 5G house

Note, this is an excerpt from a new editorial report, The Role of Hyperscalers in 5G and Edge – and how they are Collaborating...

What are HAPS and what role will they play in future networks?

Non-terrestrial networks (NTN) are being integrated into 5G standards and, according to standards body ATIS, "maximize the inherent value of 5G networks by solving...

What’s next for Wi-Fi, and should enterprises wait to upgrade?

IEEE plans to publish the WI-Fi 7 amendment sometime in 2024 According to Wi-Fi Alliance’s VP of Marketing Kevin Robinson, the Alliance is already working...

Siemens to acquire EcoDomus digital twin software to expand its smart building offering

Digital twin tech used for Building Information Modeling Siemens Smart Infrastructure has recently signed an agreement to acquire digital twin software for buildings from U.S....
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