There is much effort being put into closing the digital divide around the world. Governments recognize the importance of broadband connectivity for sustaining communities, not to mention the socio-economic benefits that it brings. But even in nations with the most advanced broadband networks, there...
The global market for fiber infrastructure is exploding. This is fueling a rise in specialized fiber companies including telcos who are now separating off their fiber business to increase market value. To succeed, legacy IT systems must be replaced with a lean, cloud-based IT...
As ransomware and data breaches continue to grab the headlines, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have stopped being top of mind for many CIOs, but they’re still more dangerous than ever and companies cannot neglect the necessary steps for prevention and securing internal traffic. In...
New manufacturing paradigms such as industrial automation come with stringent quality of service (QoS) requirements that apply both to companies’ production processes as well as the underlying telecommunication systems. As a result, companies expect their telcos to provide ultrahigh reliability and redundancy, advanced security...
Augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR), also known as immersive mixed reality, have been making great headlines for video gamers. But the technology is also making significant strides in helping businesses in many industries handle critical tasks, like employee training.
Business owners and department managers...
There’s been talk in some corners that Wi-Fi 6E is a “niche” generation of Wi-Fi. Nothing could be further from the truth. Wi-Fi 6E is the most significant development in the history of Wi-Fi and offers incredible value to enterprises.
That said, I understand why...
Residential broadband — it’s certainly not a new concept, but it is one that’s receiving a lot of attention these days. The global pandemic shone a spotlight on the great digital divide and lack of reliable connectivity for vast swaths of the global population...
Both companies want to make the path to private networks easier
Private 5G wireless networks have become a real and important growth sector. In fact, Betacom just announced they are joining forces with Qualcomm in the deployment, management, and scalability of private 5G wireless networks...
Note, this article is taken from the intro/outro sessions at 5G Manufacturing Forum, hosted by Enterprise IoT Insights and RCR Wireless. It is a summary, a ramble, and a call-to-arms – which attempts only to say that industrial 5G is a developing standard, which...
Brace yourself: Winter is coming and this year looks tough. The double whammy of tight energy supplies and rising costs are placing pressure on consumers around the world. To make matters worse, Europe is already flagging energy restrictions. In Italy, for example, buildings will...
Digitalization is rapidly transforming education at all levels. In K-12 schools, colleges and universities, the evolution of data-driven technologies has opened the door to a host of compelling online learning and campus operations applications. To take advantage of these applications, educational institutions need networks...
Wi-Fi has transformed our homes and workplaces by enabling device mobility and IoT applications. Since the introduction of Wi-Fi 6 in 2019, communities and enterprises have used it to support a host of applications. Wi-Fi 6 incorporates a number of enhancements that have made...
Digitalization is rapidly transforming education at all levels. In K-12 schools, colleges and universities, the evolution of data-driven technologies has opened the door to a host of compelling online learning and campus operations applications. To take advantage of these applications, educational institutions need networks...
Despite some protections, robocalls continue to be a problem
As we have all learned the hard way about spam. Robo-calls, robo-texts and robo-emails are impacting every one of us. And this problem is only getting worse, year by year. RoboKiller is one solution to...
Back in 2012, when the industry first began exploring private cellular networks, the future seemed wide open — in every sense. On one hand, we could imagine seemingly unlimited ways in which enterprises could benefit from private infrastructures running on shared public spectrum. At...
Networks have become key enablers for virtually all the important business processes throughout any organization, and as businesses grow to pursue new markets, networks are a crucial part of their success. Today, the needs of service providers in particular are evolving, and a new...
The thought of Wi-Fi 6E has had technologists salivating over access to pristine spectrum. It is like having the beach front to yourself. No traffic from other users. No one getting sand on your towel.
From a protocol stack perspective, Wi-Fi 6E is the same...
So far, mobile network operators like AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in 5G airwave spectrum and equipment. The number of worldwide 5G connections soared past 540 million last year, according to industry research group Omdia. Yet we’re lacking...
Over the years evolving from 2G to 3G to 4G technologies, much has changed in telecommunications networks. Through it all though, one constant remained: the communications service provider (CSP) was in full control of their entire end-to-end network. Now, as we move into 5G...
The past few years marked successful 5G deployments around the globe. In 2022 and on, the telecom industry will be fast at work, rolling out next-gen connectivity on a wider scale across cities and rural areas as well as verticals and enterprises.
To help communication...
Note, this is a revised version of the intro/outro statements at Private Networks European Forum earlier this month, presented then as a way to invite conversation about the state of ‘things’ in Europe, and re-presented now as a think-piece for the same. It considers...
Despite speculation, the metaverse market is forecasted to achieve $47.48 billion in 2022 and skyrocket to $678.8 billion in revenue by 2030. However, with this extreme, lucrative potential comes significant concerns over whether our current broadband networks are ready and able to support the...
Today’s 4G/LTE and 5G private wireless networks offer enterprises a key enabler to digital transformation. They provide the secure flexible mesh required to connect an ever-growing ecosystem of mission-critical applications, devices and Industry 4.0 use cases and achieve operational, safety and sustainability goals.
Even as...
5G networks will undeniably enable many extraordinary new services and revenue possibilities for communication service providers (CSPs). To leverage these opportunities to the highest potential, CSPs require a flexible, high-performing packet core that will deliver the low latency and high-speed connections these services demand. That...
