Network Infrastructure

LTE connections in the Asia Pacific region to account for one third of total mobile subs by 2020 SHANGHAI–Mobile subscribers in the Asia Pacific region are expected to reach 3.1 …

5G trial includes technologies including NFV, SDTI cloud and network slicing SHANGHAI – SK Telecom announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson to cooperate in …

Use cases for 5G are still on the drawing board but global standards and network slicing expected to be key to 5G LONDON – We can easily envision multiple plausible …

ZTE wants its Unified Air Interface technology integrated into 5G new radio, promotes a pre-5G approach LONDON – The 3GPP announced earlier this week the first formal specifications for “5G” technology, …

As the first phase of the U.S. government’s 600 MHz auction concluded, the Federal Communication Commission said it will be able to clear 126 megahertz of spectrum. That’s good news not …

Google partnered with APAC carriers China Mobile, China Telecom, SingTel, KDDI and bandwidth provider Global Transit In an effort to bolster its application and cloud customer experience, Google, in partnership …

The telco aims to launch VoLTE in 300 cities this year SHANGHAI – China Mobile expects to reach 500 million LTE subscribers by the end of this year, according to …

Last year appears to have been a turning point for the small cell market, when small cell revenues exceed $1 billion for the first time. The momentum is continuing in …

NTT DoCoMo also confirmed plans to commercially launch 5G networks in 2020 SHANGHAI – Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo expects its Premium 4G LTE service to reach speeds of up …

Asian telcos expressed interest in trialling ZTE multi-user shared access technology SHANGHAI – Chinese vendor ZTE announced its cooperation with more than 10 operators on pre-“5G” technologies in a move to …

Wi-Fi Alliance is officially launching 802.11ac Wave 2 certification, supporting the growth of new features designed to increase performance and capacity in Wi-Fi. Although products with Wave 2 features have been on …

More than 80 percent of mobile data traffic today originates or terminates indoors, and with the explosive adoption worldwide of both 4G and Wi-Fi technologies, ABI Research predicts that, by …

Nokia 5G demonstration plans include a claimed first ever network running on commercial platforms and cloud orchestration-based network slicing Ahead of this week’s 5G World event, Nokia said it plans …

With the help of Vint Cerf, Google’s chief internet evangelist, NASA is experimenting with a technology called delay/disruption tolerant networking to allow for remote monitoring and operation of experiments housed …

As service providers continue to grow their RF network footprints, they are under tremendous pressure to reduce deployment time to meet constant network demands and reduce OpEx. Fiber to the …

Verizon 5G efforts could leverage KT’s millimeter wave technology Verizon Wireless plans to work closely with Korea Telecom as part of its effort to lead the development of a “5G” …

Story updated with previously announced Sprint network plans Verizon, T-Mobile note fiber, DAS, small cell and COW deployments in support of Democratic and Republican conventions in Philadelphia and Cleveland, respectively The …

Oi bankruptcy will leave three primary operators in Brazil 1. The Brexit vote has wiped out billions of dollars of market value for British companies, including wireless carriers. Shares of …

IHS expects VoLTE subs to reach 310M by the end of 2016 The number of Voice-over LTE users worldwide is expected to reach 1 billion by 2020, according to research …

Webpass CEO said Google Fiber acquisition to ‘accelerate deployment’ of fiber network San Francisco-based internet service provider Webpass, according to company President Charles Barr, will be acquired by Alphabet subsidiary …

Based on Sprint speed test results, PC Magazine declares the carrier is ‘finally back’ Following recent comparative speed tests from PC Magazine, Sprint CTO John Saw discussed the carrier’s year-over-year …

HITEC, the world’s largest hospitality technology show, convened this week in New Orleans. Hospitatality is seen as one of the top five vertical markets for distributed antenna systems, and DAS …

In addition to 5G, the deals cover IoT, cloud, network virtualization and CloudRAN Spanish telecom operator Telefónica has signed “5G” development agreements with Chinese vendors ZTE and Huawei. The European telco inked …

MegaFon said its 5G trial achieved internet speeds of more than 1 Gbps Russian mobile operator MegaFon demonstrated mobile internet speeds of more than 1 Gbps during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum …

4G small cells part of plan to cover 99% of the country by June 2017 Australian operator Telstra announced deployment of 135 small cells to provide 4G coverage to customers …