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 emissions, calling for them to fall to levels from 40 to 70% lower than their 2010 levels.
As the climate crisis...
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 end users the best possible experience while making business sense for the service provider.
Your decision should be guided by the specific...
Flexible MAC Architecture (FMA) is the future of cable. But as operators consider its place in their roadmaps, the biggest question is when to make the move.
Of course, the answer depends on each operator's unique needs and existing network, so in this article, we...
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 shipment levels for many manufacturers have declined — when typically new technology shipments rise significantly quarter-to-quarter. We looked deeper into...
Private FWA networks
The continued investment from the US government – with the Biden infrastructure bill being the most recent example – will continue to provide vital funding to address the digital divide in the US. This will see that fixed-wireless access (FWA) deployments are...
There is an increasing requirement for sensing and monitoring technologies to support a more sustainable world. With resources in increasingly short supply, monitoring the use of those resources becomes even more important, whether they’re water, electricity, minerals or crops, to enable the most efficient...
Telecommunications is a dynamic industry full of innovation. Meeting the challenges of the industry requires highly specialized solutions. With an entire marketplace of 5G technologies available, businesses are aggressively bolstering solutions to meet customer demand to either remain competitive or seize a market advantage....
Network infrastructure is expanding into multiple cloud platforms. While the cloud promises ease of use and appears to be increasing in popularity among developers, engineers and companies, a migration to the cloud is not a simple flip of a switch. An expansion to multiple...
Hyperscalers have been strengthening their telco ambitions in 2021, culminating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) launching its own private 5G solution this month (December). The AWS model for private 5G is consumption-based with pricing determined by coverage area and bandwidth. While the solution immediately...
IP/Optical convergence has been looked at as a critical piece of network providers' IP network modernization strategy
The enterprise network was once the hive of business activity with the goal of providing workers with quick, low-latency access to business applications. The residential network would then...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining momentum as a key technology for industrial applications and will be one of the big focus topics in 2022. Many companies are curious and open to try out new AI functionalities. Their goal is usually quite simple: greater production...
Digital transformation, distributed computing and the democratisation of spectrum are driving significant interest in private 5G. Corporate networks are becoming the backbones of businesses. As enterprises digitize business processes, they typically see the need for more wireless connectivity.
5G appeals as an on-premises connectivity solution...
There is a change in the IoT industry, and it has to do with the convergence of two other big developments. The first is the ongoing adoption of the cloud; the second is the rise of the enterprise developer using low-code/no-code software. Combined, these...
2021 was a wild one for the 5G market. It was kind of like a roller coaster; exciting and ultimately rewarding, but also filled with a lot of unexpected twists and turns. Particularly for applications like private 5G, the markets became something of a...
“Anything as a service” is by no means a new idea. From Microsoft Office to Netflix to Uber, consumers are happy to access software, entertainment, transportation and more on demand rather than owning those things outright.
To seize the 5G opportunity and achieve faster time to value, communications...
Fiber optic internet is here to stay. All the underground conduits run across continents, cities and data centers will remain fiber. All the pipes that connect the major points of access to the thousands of distribution points are now fiber and will remain so...
The kaleidoscope has been shaken, and the pieces are in flux; it is a quote from when British politics was supposed to change forever. But it captures very well an even more seismic upheaval, which promises indelible change for global industry – and will...
Editor’s note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Tech Summit.
KONA, HAWAII--Aside from being the most fun, informative and collaborative annual technology event, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit is also one of the most important. While the focus is primarily on...
We’re in the midst of a media revolution. Seemingly every content publisher in existence is launching their own digital distribution platform. As a result, many content publishers are finding themselves involved in something new: A direct relationship with the consumer. To nurture and secure...
Short of detail, high on intrigue; the news from AWS this week that it will launch its own private 5G offer, pulling together telco parts from anonymous partners as a new-age plug-and-play enterprise networking system, has caused great excitement within the telecoms market. But...
That headline; is it a thunderbolt, really, this private 5G package from Amazon Web Services (AWS)? No, because nothing in it is a surprise. We know AWS is serious about 5G, even if it views it as another application, albeit a functional one, for...
Like so many industries, businesses that supply high-speed connectivity to business and residential customers worldwide were forced to navigate through a global pandemic and lingering economic uncertainty. But despite that dreary backdrop, wireless broadband service provider operators finished 2021 more optimistic about their prospects...
Thanksgiving greetings from the West, Midwest and Southeast, where we are hitting the road and logging many miles. This week’s picture, however, comes from a Charlotte-based startup that I have been advising since the early 2018 (Lucid Drone Technologies). They were the belles of...
Americans received 80 billion unwanted robocalls over the past 12 months. While it is difficult for consumers to wrap their heads around such a gaudy number, the reality is that following a brief dip during the COVID-19 lockdown, unwanted calls increased by 6% in...
