The CAT-1 LTE modem was initially defined in 2008 as a low-cost, low-power alternative to connect IoT devices that needed to transfer limited amounts of data. However, vendors and network providers at that time focused on higher throughput. The actual device introduction started about...
Who’d have thought that two decades after the connectivity boom at the turn of the century, sustainability and net-zero would be the key drivers of innovation within the telecommunications industry? It stands to reason that one of the most technologically advanced sectors on the...
Enterprise and communications service providers (CSPs) may have very different intentions and audiences, but the challenges associated with digital transformation are virtually the same for both. Ultimately, they are looking to achieve the same outcomes: improve the customer experience, reduce operating costs and increase...
It is an open secret in the telco software business that software is often the smaller part of a software provider’s revenues. The rest is made up of long and expensive integrations, supplemented by a “long tail” of customization requests. But the end is...
This is part two of a two-part article. Please read part one first.
In the first article, we covered the impact of 5G on the public sector and education. Use cases for enterprises, however, are equally as profound and daunting. Let’s take a look at...
Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) are feeling some of the same pain hurting the rest of the tech world, not to mention the global economy. According to Cambium Networks’ sixth annual WISP survey conducted this summer, optimism about the future — while still high...
As emerging technologies evolve and social expectations change, a new kind of modern contact center is needed
From healthcare to banking to retail and beyond, businesses depend on contact centers to meet — and exceed — customer and employee experiences day in, day out. In...
Business growth often requires the adoption of the latest technologies. These innovations include artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing (CC). While these are two separate technologies, recent advancements have shown the possibility and benefits of their integration.
In its broadest definition, AI refers to machines...
Three sectors are perfectly primed for expanded investment in 5G: government, education and manufacturing
Today's enterprises are increasingly distributed and dynamic, with the need to connect remote workers, branch offices and mobile assets — and turn the data from billions of endpoints into actionable business...
Many hands make light work. It is an old saying that takes on significant new meaning for mobile operators looking for new markets to recoup their multi-billion-dollar investments in infrastructure and 5G spectrum.
That will not be easy. In its first two years of commercial...
A long-time pain for many businesses has been dealing with poor indoor cellular coverage. Fortunately, recent advances in cellular technology have given rise to a more modern approach to improving in-building cellular coverage.
The emergence of new shared cellular spectrum options, such as Citizen’s Band...
Internet of Things (IoT) as described by its name, is the internet of the “things” or physical objects that are embedded with software, sensors, and communication technology. It is a network of physical objects. The objective of connecting these devices called “things” is to...
The marketing mantra of right offer, right customer, right time has been around for years, and in the telecoms industry offers have been relatively straightforward. Every communications service provider (CSP) has a system that sends alerts to customers (e.g. for topping up pre-paid accounts)...
5G networks are setting a generation of improvements in motion for both consumers and businesses with a wide range of new use cases from gaming and the metaverse, to driverless cars, robotics and Industry 4.0.
Customers are demanding a lot: ultra-low latency, dynamic bandwidth, intelligent...
After all the time and money that goes into deploying a new 5G network, network operators need to know that their investment will pay off quickly. Once the network has been deployed and turned up, the prospect of ‘rip and replace’ to add features or...
Rome wasn’t built in a day. The same can be said of cloud-native, AI-optimized 5G open radio access networks (O-RANs), which are fundamentally different from any previous mobile generation. They are not just evolutionary, but a step change in how radio networks are designed...
An FCC order regarding POTS replacement scheduled to go into effect August 2 may prove to be a gift
The end appears near for the workhorse voice-grade telephone system the United States relied on for more than a century. On August 2, 2022, local exchange...
As the modern-day enterprise continues growing in complexity, so too does the data used within it – both in nature and usage. This is especially true of businesses employing IoT networks. Connected devices are becoming increasingly more sophisticated in terms of their functionality and...
Along the way to becoming one of the world’s largest 5G providers, India’s Jio also has shown telecom companies around the globe how to build a thriving, customer-focused 4G business in record time.
This summer, Jio noted that its all-IP 4G LTE network has grown...
The U.S., U.K. and Europe have all seen complexities and challenges arise from the initial lack of supply chain diversification in 5G network hardware. Most controversially the early dominance of Huawei led to U.K. and U.S. government concerns that the China-based firm posed a...
The telecommunications space is increasingly crowded. No longer does one provider rule ‘em all like the days of Ma Bell; now, traditional telecommunications providers are also competing with a host of over-the-top (OTT) communication applications and service providers. With all of this competition, telecommunications...
One of the most promising new revenue opportunities in 5G is network slicing. This allows spectrum owners to create private wireless networks which they can then rent or lease to enterprise users for short or long durations. By some estimates, the private 5G network...
There are few of us left who have yet to embrace the transformation of our houses into “smart homes” to improve our comfort and safety, and to lower costs. Devices in our homes now regulate the temperature more efficiently, monitor food to prevent spoilage,...
A new report by Darkhorse Global, a geo-economic and national security consultancy, makes some good points about the convergence of national security and industrial policy frameworks for telecommunications infrastructure. It outlines three “wicked problems” confronting today’s global ICT ecosystem.
First, vulnerabilities exist in all networks, hardware and software. Second,...
