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Automation is key to testing, managing and optimizing 5G networks

VIAVI: 'With 5G, the whole paradigm has to shift about how networks are managed' VIAVI Director of Marketing Kashif Hussain spoke with RCR Wireless News about the results of VIAVI's State of 5G Deployments Report, admitting that he found himself quite surprised by the volume...

Homeworking–the new normal (Reader Forum)

Reliable indoor mobile coverage can ease home broadband capacity challenges during the global health crisis  As the regular rules for business and social interactions are being torn to shreds as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, homeworking is an important lifeline for U.K. companies trying...

LitePoint: ‘5G’s real opportunity for growth is in the enterprise’

LitePoint is focused on 5G spectrum, devices and scaling for the RAN Adam Smith, director of product marketing at LitePoint spoke, with RCR Wireless News about how millimeter wave is changing the test and measurement game and where 5G's biggest growth opportunities lie. Q: What is LitePoint...

A CSP’s guide to 5G and DevOps (Reader Forum)

As many Communications Service Providers (CSPs) express interest in the potential of automation across the end-to-end network lifecycle as a critical element to reinforce and provide 5G and DevOps, it’s fair to say that digital transformation has become a prevalent topic of discussion. But while...

A new world of digital experiences and efficiencies is coming–provided we can get 400 GbE right (Reader Forum)

For those consumers who waited until the last possible minute to upgrade their home Internet connections, finally moving up to high-speed broadband was likely a revelation. Everything got faster, certainly, but the changes went much deeper than speed. Late adopters hadn’t realized it, but...

Can today’s 5G meet the expectations of instant gratification? (Reader Forum)

We live in an era where everything is moving extremely fast. The pace of technology innovation is wiring our brains to expect instant gratification – be it from devices and applications we use or sadly even from people we interact with. The instant download...

The industry continues to make progress in the fight against robocalling – even though we still have a long way to go (Reader Forum)

Robocalls are the number one complaint to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), comprising roughly 60% of all complaints to the organization.  In the past three years alone, the number of robocalls has doubled to an estimated more than 50 billion calls per year in...

The telco business model needs a dynamic overhaul (Reality Check)

  Despite all the recent advances in technology, the actual business of telecoms has been slow to move with the times. Take dynamic pricing as an example, a practice common across many industries. Using dynamic pricing, businesses can set flexible tariffs based on current market activity....

Ericsson: ‘5G is very learning intensive’

We must 'rewire' our brains for what we use cellular for, says Ericsson's head of 5G marketing, North America RCR Wireless News caught up with Ericsson's Peter Linder, head of 5G marketing, North America, to discuss what sets 5G apart from previous generations of cellular...

Three industries are about to undergo a 5G-powered revolution (Reader Forum)

5G officially arrived this year. In certain parts of the US, it’s already providing AT&T users with upload speeds as fast as 500 megabytes per second and significantly reduced latency. It reached South Korea in 2018, and was launched in China in October by...

These three industries are about to undergo a 5G-powered revolution (Reader Forum)

5G officially arrived this year. In certain parts of the US, it’s already providing AT&T users with upload speeds as fast as 500 megabytes per second and significantly reduced latency. It reached South Korea in 2018, and was launched in China in October by...

5G is finally here–now what? (Reader Forum)

While mobile operators have been evangelizing 5G for the last decade, 2019 was the year that 5G network deployments actually started to become a reality. But there continue to be several unknowns about how 5G will actually work and if it can be immediately...

Wi-Fi is trading in its ‘must-have’ status for ‘business-critical’

Mist Co-Founder: "Wi-Fi is entering into the business-critical phase" In June of last year, Mist, a Juniper company, made major strides with their cloud-managed Wi-Fi 6 access points, and now that more devices are Wi-Fi 6 are in-market, the company says that new use cases are...

Time to get started with 5G network slicing (Reader Forum)

Given the hype, you would be forgiven for thinking that the concept of network slicing is completely new. Truth be told, network slicing ‒ at least in the radio path ‒ has been used in 4G for years and was arguably present in earlier...

5G automation: The whys the how and the when (Reader Forum)

It's become almost a mantra in the industry: 5G is the promised land. However, due to burgeoning Opex and Capex cost-effective 5G deployment will make automation a necessity without which the promised land cannot be reached. Automation is absolutely crucial to address the deployment...

Coming Soon: Better Wi-Fi in arenas and stadiums

As sports fans know all too well, arenas and stadiums are struggling to keep up with their appetite for social networking and mobile connectivity.  It can be an issue for any high-density place – concert venues, meeting halls, malls, apartment buildings, even some office...

Get the 5G core right–and everything else will follow (Reader Forum)

What is the best 5G deployment strategy? In recent conversations with mobile operators, many admitted to shying away from investing in full 5G standalone (SA). Instead they have opted for 5G non-standalone (NSA), with a focus on 5G radio and re-using the 4G core....

New realms of measurement, connected data silos, and more in 2020 (Reader Forum)

Editor's note: Keysight Technologies offered up these predictions for 2020, from CTO Jay Alexander and Jeff Harris, who leads the company's global marketing.  New realms of measurement will grow in importance in 2020: Measurement based tools of many kinds are key enablers for the technology-based products and...

Industry 4.0 at tipping point for telcos – the story that would have been told (but for COVID-19)

Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona in February is the major venue and the key date for the telecoms industry. Yes, the cards have been dealt, but the show works as a useful barometer of its high mood. It kick-starts the season, effectively, after...

Kagan: AT&T TV launches with Google Assistant changing pay TV

AT&T just launched their new AT&T TV service. I’ve been using this service and am very impressed. This ups the game for every competitor. We are in the early days of a massive transformation in the world of pay TV. This is pay TV...

Why NFV still matters in a 5G world (Reader Forum)

Service providers are launching new services faster than ever before and upgrading networks to fit the new 5G ecosystem. As they streamline offerings and build out advanced use cases, they’re getting help from an unexpected source: network function virtualization (NFV). While many operators have completed...

What Carriers Should Expect in Robocalling in 2020 (Reality Check)

  Over the past several months, we’ve seen the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, a bill to deter criminal robocall violations and make it easier for authorities to assign financial penalties, signed into law; the FCC strengthen efforts to fine robocallers and drive implementation of the SHAKEN/STIR...

5G, 0G, all these Gs? Gee-eze – the IoT pie is bigger than that, says LoRaWAN champ

An intro-video plays as the founders of The Things Network (TTN), take to the stage at their annual LoRaWAN bash in Amsterdam. A Hollywood-style voiceover crows about big-sounding tech - something about 5G and 0G, and all the other Gs – before the baritone...

Wanted: A converged IoT strategy for the enterprise (Reader Forum)

Smart IoT devices and sensors utilize a wide range of wireless protocols such as Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Z-Wave, LoRa, and BLE. The deployment of smart IoT devices and sensors – each with its own set of requirements – inevitably creates multiple overlay networks that are...