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The future of “5G” is the talk of the network. Despite its relatively undefined status, this next-generation network technology is one that many other emerging technologies are pinning their hopes …

With more than 110 sports and entertainment venues currently being built or proposed for construction worldwide over the next few years, it makes sense to design stadiums with advanced networks …

Subscriber data management has gone from being the technology that would be a “nice to have” to an essential tool that operators are looking to adopt. Infonetics Research reported that …

There was a time when sports fans brought transistor radios to games to listen to the play-by-play while they watched the game. Even then, fans were finding ways to get …

Businesses have realized tremendous efficiency gains with the advent of cloud-based services and mobile computing, driving down operational costs and creating unprecedented growth opportunity. However, these technologies, along with the …

Multiprotocol label switching has been around for 20 years and has served the enterprise well as the go-to method for global connectivity. It’s popular as a response to business needs …

When Forrester Research came out with a report claiming that traditional telcos could become an endangered species, many thought the industry was doomed for a swift decline. With increased changes …

3.5 GHz spectrum rules create opportunities for equipment makers and service providers The explosive growth in mobile broadband traffic and its concomitant strain on limited spectrum resources has required the …

With all the challenges facing mobile network operators around the world – increasing competition, diminishing average revenue per user, network management costs, demanding customers who want more bandwidth – it’s …

Just 10 years ago, enterprise technology was tied to a desktop or workstation, iPhones did not exist. Social collaboration meant instant messaging. Can you imagine a world today without mobile …

In this third of our “5G is coming!” series of articles, we look at the radio access network and its transformation projected in the “5G” era. As outlined in our …

IDC forecasts that the installed base of the “Internet of Things” will be approximately 212 billion “things” globally by the end of 2020, and that these Internet-connected devices will generate …

In today’s world filled with cellphones, tablets and other smart devices, operators are on the hot seat to manage network services quickly in order to avoid a slow and overloaded …

Earlier this month, my wife and I celebrated a special milestone: we met for the first time exactly 8,000 days ago in London (I was cooking tarragon chicken and, yes, …

Increasingly, enterprises want the rapid provisioning and elasticity, self-service capabilities and on-demand advantages of cloud applications and services. But, they also want enterprise-class security, availability and manageability. Unfortunately, many are …

You know the saying, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” That’s exactly what first responders need to do in emergencies or developing events. They need to be …

While there are many benefits to living and working in our always-on connected world, there is one downside for business: It takes a lot more to impress mobile consumers than …

Smart city development is on the rise. In fact, the smart city market is set to experience a compound annual growth rate of 22.5% between 2014 and 2019, growing from …

If you were to talk to an average mobile phone user, “4G” LTE access and over-the-top applications would be at the top of the list in terms of what is required from the …

As consumers, we’re delighted with each new wireless innovation that enters the market – like when we can take calls from a watch or when our children control their toy …

As mobile phones have become “smarter” over the past few years, they have also become essential to our everyday lives. Beyond merely connecting people, smartphones stream videos and music, monitor …

Since 2009, there has been a significant push to encrypt all Web traffic in order to protect Internet users against surveillance of the content of their communications. The goal was …

The bigger 5G bang will be in the network In the first of our series of articles, “5G is coming: Wireless telecoms is dead, long live wireless IT,” we identified …

How to manage mobility in a complex mobile world Out of the gate, the Apple Watch was criticized as not actually doing much other than serving as a fashion accessory …

What is the real promise of mobility in the enterprise? Is it the ability to read and respond to e-mails on the road? To dial into a conference call? To …