BARCELONA, Spain — The future is set to be all about the connected world: connecting wearables, cars, homes, cities and enterprises. But that connection brings up a very complex scenario due to security and privacy concerns. At a keynote session during this week's Mobile World Congress...
Many opportunities for LTE despite emphasis on 5G
BARCELONA, Spain – Industry trade association 4G Americas singled out broadband spectrum access as the major driver of advancements in current LTE networks and as a key part of evolving potential 5G standards.
4G Americas President Chris Pearson,...
BARCELONA, Spain — Telecommunications giant Telefónica said it's confident about the future growth potential of most of its operations throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, coming on the heels of celebrating 25 years of operations in those markets.
Speaking to a group of Latin American...
This week's test and measurement news
The test space is heating up in advance of Mobile World Congress being held next week in Barcelona, Spain.
• JDSU will be bidding farewell to its incarnation as JDU Uniphase, and the name, when it splits into two companies....
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
One of the most important parts of small cell testing is interoperability between vendors' products; establishing the robustness of the standards and to identify and resolve issues before solutions are deployed in real-world networks. The Small Cell Forum and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute have...
In conjunction with NATE Unite 2015, the leadership of the Wireless Industry Safety Task Force announced the formation of the National Wireless Safety Alliance.
The purpose of the assessment certification program is to provide thorough, independent assessments of knowledge and skills to enhance tower safety,...
Hewlett-Packard today announced its "Internet of Things" platform, which will enable network operators to manage IoT sensors. This solution will provide vertical applications on M2M devices, have the ability to analyze the collected data regarding the performance of these applications via a secure cloud infrastructure...
AT&T looks to meet NFV-related workforce challenges head-on
One carrier seen as a leader in the move toward virtualization is AT&T, which has been working in the space for some time through its domain initiatives and more recently announced plans to have 75% of its...
Over 50% of the world’s LTE subscribers today are in the U.S. With its aggressive 4G deployments aided by the thriving application ecosystem, the U.S. was able to wrestle back the leadership mantle of the mobile world.
While consumers are enjoying their mobile broadband devices and services,...
Verizon spectrum auction results conference call: Densify, baby, densify
Verizon Communications’ Tony Melone, EVP network, and CFO Fran Shammo held a short, but extremely informative, conference call helping the analyst and investor community think about the results of Auction 97 (full information and details here).
One of...
NFV causing re-think of standards process
One of the more significant challenges facing the network function virtualization market is how it’s handling the need for standards. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute is the main driver in terms of setting NFV standards for the telecom space....
European operator taps NFV to deploy virtualized LTE stack
Telekom Austria Group reported that its Serbian subsidiary Vip demonstrated what it claims is the first fully virtualized LTE stack in a live network supporting data, voice and IP multimedia subsystem services. The service tapped into...
LAA-LTE: Looking beyond coexistence
The first time I heard about LTE in the 5 GHz license-exempt band, my reaction was: “Why do we need it? Wi-Fi works well, it’s cheap, and it’s in every device.”
The growth in cellular data has been stunning, and we are...
You can’t possibly have watched the news this past week without experiencing all of the discussion related to the potential for an "iCar." First of all, why is this so shocking and surprising to everyone? What Google does Apple does. What Apple does Google does....
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
AT&T CEO says legal action imminent
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission has yet to release its long-awaited net neutrality recommendations on whether to enact Title II regulations in regard to the Internet.
Yet, the legal wrangling is already beginning. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said...
TIM Brasil's gross revenue fell 1.5% in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the same quarter of 2013 and decreased 2.2% year-over-year for 2014. However, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization increased 6.4% in 2014 when compared to the previous year. During Q4, EBITDA...
Network function virtualization is set to disrupt several parts of the wireless ecosystem, and Accedian Networks is determined to be ahead of the curve. The network monitoring and assurance specialist said it has launched the industry’s first performance assurance controller using NFV to replace...
The number of LTE device manufacturers has more than doubled within the last year, according to the latest data from the Global Mobile Suppliers Association. There are 275 companies now making LTE devices, and the number of different devices on the market is up...
After buying most of French operator SFR from Vivendi in November, Altice is now back for the rest. The company, owned by billionaire Patrick Drahi, announced an offer to purchase Vivendi's remaining 20% stake in the merged Numericable-SFR. Altice will pay 46 cents per share which...
NetScout and Gartner continue to battle over Gartner's Magic Quadrant vendor ratings, and while the related court case slowly proceeds, the most recent report has fanned the flames.
NetScout initially filed a lawsuit against Gartner last August, alleging that the analyst firm's Magic Quadrant ratings...
NFV service orchestration platform targets carrier deployments
Oracle Communications recently unveiled its Network Service Orchestration Solution, targeting one of the greater challenges facing mobile network operators as they make plans toward virtualizing parts of their operations using network function virtualization and software-defined networking technology.
Oracle stated...
Nokia Networks announcement ahead of Mobile World Congress
Nokia Networks announced a cloud-based network architecture targeting telecom operators designed for dynamic allocation of resources using existing transport and access infrastructure. The platform includes the Nokia Radio Cloud, Nokia Cloud Security Director, a commercially available Nokia...
