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Huawei Fellow Wen Tong laid out the need for an application-driven network during the IEEE Globecom conference SAN DIEGO – Huawei reps this week made the case for a new …

The desire to optimize the mobile network is a no-brainer. Who could possibly not want to extract the best performance, the most revenues out of the existing, already deployed mobile network infrastructure? …

SAN DIEGO–The technology and use cases associated with 5G will be as different and exciting as comparing today to a decade ago, Jay Alexander, SVP/CTO of Keysight Technologies said during …

Indoor video performance on mobile devices requires a dramatic shift in benchmarking and network optimization The current carrier landscape is marked by price wars aimed at giving customers new devices …

Facebook is giving a small group of iPhone users a chance to try its new live video sharing tool, which previously was only available to public figures and celebrities. The …

Telecom solutions powerhouse Nokia completed the sale of its Here mapping and services unit to a group of German automakers comprised of Audi, BMW and Daimler-Benz for more than $3 …

ONOS Emu platform the fifth this year from open source-focused organization The Open Network Lab’s Open Network Operating System project this week unveiled its latest open source software-defined networking operating …

Accelerated OpenStack adoption cited in move; benefits include lower costs The Linux Foundation continued its push in support of open source standards, announcing an online training course targeting OpenStack software. …

Computing giants tap respective specialties in powering hybrid cloud offering Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a deal with Microsoft to use the software giant’s Azure platform as the preferred public cloud …

A holistic approach to designing a visibility architecture allows IT to respond to the immediate and long-range demands of growth, management, access, control, and cost issues. Download Ixia’s eBook to …

Linux Foundation notes collaborative SDN and NFV efforts at upcoming show The Linux Foundation is adding the Open Networking Summit to its event portfolio beginning with the next show scheduled …

Close your eyes and imagine: You’ve booked a trip to exotic Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, in India. Now, you need to book a hotel and choose between an authentic modern Indian-style …

This report on smart RAN will provide an overview and assessment of new technologies and solutions that optimize mobile traffic management to deliver a better performance and QoE, by improving …

Voice-over-LTE trial to initially involve 5,000 subscribers French operator Bouygues Telecom launched a pilot voice-over-LTE service, the company said in a statement; the move makes the telco the first operator in …

Enterprises want to focus on business value, not IT infrastructure Google is one of the largest server manufacturers in the world and among the four big players in the cloud-computing/datacenter …

The deal stipulates deployment of LTE infrastructure in 12 Chinese provinces China Telecom awarded a contract to Alcatel-Lucent to expand the deployment of LTE infrastructure across 12 provinces of China. …

On this week’s show we look at how open source is impacting NFV and SDN deployments and top stories from the past week Open source continues to be a growing …

There’s no doubt about it: Smartphones have become the world’s favorite cameras Approximately 1 trillion images will be created this year, according to Josh Haftel, who manages mobile photography solutions …

On this episode of HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney discusses the nuances of LTE-U, self-optimizing networks as related to small cells and deployment and more with Renuka Bhalerao, principal systems …

Think Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Android Pay; details of service rollout are scarce South Korean company LG, known for its handsets, televisions and other electronics, announced it plans to enter …

NuVu video subscription on-demand service set to launch in Q1 2016 on Airtel Nigeria network Continuing its aggressive move into the television content delivery space, Ericsson this week announced a …

Telecom operators have been busy in recent years throwing out diverse rate plans in order to entice increasingly fickle consumers and outmaneuver their rivals. These moves have put tremendous stress …

A conversation with Vicent Soler, CTO RAN Optimization, Astellia Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the smart RAN report At Astellia, troubleshooting, monitoring, automation …

When looking towards advancements in Diameter platforms, many in the industry have pointed towards virtualization. The telecom virtualization space has witnessed significant moves towards the use of software-defined networking, network …

Research paper: ‘Organizational Collaboration and New KPIs for NFV Success’ A DevOps structure coupled with network functions virtualization KPIs were central themes in a research report released by Nexius, an …