Competition between communication service providers and over-the-top players could be set to change. According to Ovum’s "Telco-OTT Tracker" survey, Latin American telecom operators are increasing the number of partnership deals signed with OTT players.
The tracker counted more than 500 deals across 11 categories on...
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OnHub router developed with TP-Link; ‘fast, secure and easy to use’
Google on Tuesday announced a new router, OnHub, that it said is built to support the latest in video streaming, while saving users the savvy fix of unplugging and plugging the unit.
The OnHub router...
The National Wireless Safety Alliance now has its leadership in place. The organization's board chose Art Pregler, director of national cell site programs at AT&T to be its head man and Phil Larsen of Hazon Solution as vice chairman.
Pregler and Larsen were formally nominated and elected...
A pilot project has been under development to transform the city of Águas de São Pedro, a small municipality with about 3,000 citizens located 187 kilometers from São Paulo, into a digital-driven smart city. The pilot is a partnership between the city government and...
Update on Verizon Wireless super cookies and Apple self-driving car update
5 things to know today:
1. Most U.S. wireless carriers have stopped using so-called super cookies, according to the digital rights activists at Access Now. Super cookies follow users and track their Web browsing. Access...
The new technology set to be available in Sydney by early 2016
Australian telecom operator Optus launched LTE services using "advanced" carrier aggregation technology using FDD and TDD technology. The service is provided through a combination of 40 megahertz (20x20 megahertz) of spectrum in the 2.3...
As testing labs prepare for the new SISO and MIMO OTA testing standards from CTIA, PCTest Engineering Laboratory said it is expandings its capabilities in those areas with a MIMO OTA testing solution from Spirent Communications. Spirent's solution is also going to be used by...
The news this week shows that Wi-Fi continues to gain ubiquity. In the developing world, Cubans are lining up to spend their hard-earned paychecks on expensive connectivity; and, here in the US, cities and towns continue to deploy Wi-Fi infrastructure for public use.
NBC reports...
Mobile operators know they need more spectrum, and many are realizing that not all spectrum comes at a price. Unlicensed spectrum, traditionally the domain of Wi-Fi, is squarely in the sights of mobile operators thanks to innovation from Qualcomm, Verizon Wireless, Alcatel-Lucent and several...
In an effort to improve network efficiency and battle dropped calls, the Indian government has approved spectrum sharing among mobile operators with the same type of spectrum.
"Sharing will allow efficient utilization of bandwidth and help address issues of call drop and call congestion," Ravi Shankar...
Netflix conducts monthly speed rankings based on delivery of its content
Each month streaming-video service Netflix ranks Internet service providers by how fast the networks delivered Netflix content to consumers. The July results were recently released; see how your ISP stacks up.
Although its availability is...
After several delays, the deployment of LTE in Chile is about to begin. Claro, Entel and Movistar, which won access to spectrum, were confirmed by the country's Comptroller General.
Private carriers are set to invest $700 million to deploy the next generation of telecommunications services...
Getting fast, reliable wireless broadband coverage from locations with iffy reception is a challenge, but necessary for users ranging from public safety to broadcast media. Mushroom Networks specializes in what CEO Cahit Akin describes as "wide area network orchestration," or intelligently managing multiple connectivity links...
A slowdown in the Chinese economy could have a big impact on some wireless companies, particularly chipmakers. Goldman Sachs analyst David Kostin listed 20 U.S. companies that he said are the most exposed to China.
Qualcomm, Broadcom, Intel, Nvidia and Texas Instruments all made the...
Tower companies appear to be outspending carriers
U.S. carriers have been selling their tower portfolios to raise cash for spectrum purchases and deployment, and the move away from infrastructure ownership may extend to small cells and distributed antenna systems as well. Two of the three...
In an executive order issued July 29, President Obama outlined policy steps designed “to maximize benefits of high performance computing research, development and deployment …”
As outlined, the National Strategic Computing Initiative aims to create a new supercomputer that performs 100 times faster than what’s...
China's decision to devalue its currency will make it even harder for Europe's wireless equipment makers to compete with Huawei and ZTE. Investors sold shares of Ericsson, Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent on the heels of the Chinese government's announcement. Part of the decline can be...
Jibe Mobile said it is working with Deutsche Telekom’s regional operating company Telekom Albania to offer rich IP communications services. The move builds on last month’s announcement of a deployment with SFR in France and two prior announcements last year in partnership with DT...
Alcatel-Lucent’s Rapport software central to China Mobile VoLTE plans
Alcatel-Lucent said the world’s largest mobile operator, China Mobile, was set to deploy its network functions virtualization-based Rapport communications software in a move to consolidate the carrier’s video, voice and messaging services into a single platform,...
Apple is changing the way it sells its products online. The company has taken its online store off its home page. Instead, each Apple product now features a buy button, making the Apple site a lot more like those of retailers that sell primarily...
Telenor Sweden has tapped Ericsson to upgrade its core network to enable voice over LTE and voice over Wi-Fi. The two services go hand-in-hand because the IP multimedia subsystem core that enables VoLTE also facilitates calling over Wi-Fi networks.
Ericsson's IMS core includes a multimedia...
PCTel recently completed network testing at more than 300 domestic and international airports in order to get a good picture of the wireless operators providing the best connectivity for RFID-based luggage tracking. PCTel said that its test engineers followed bag routes from check-in through holding rooms...
China Mobile LTE expansion set to cover 60% of China's population and 100M 4G LTE subscribers
As China Mobile, the largest mobile carrier in the world, continues to expand its network, Ericsson has signed on as the radio equipment provider for a 14-province expansion of LTE...
