The European Telecommunications Standards Institute continued to push development of a common standard for network function virtualization deployments, recently releasing nine NFV-related draft documents for public comment as well as announcing new leadership of its initiative.
ETSI said the documents “describe an infrastructure overview, the...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing those opinions along...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career the telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. ...
Network function virtualization has become a significant talking point across the mobile telecommunications space, with most wireless operators and equipment vendors looking more closely at the technology. That attention comes from the potential cost savings and potential improvements in rolling out new services that...
Oracle Communications is set to expand its software push into the mobile space, recently announcing plans to acquire TOA Technologies, which provides cloud-based field service solutions designed to manage customer services for enterprises. TOA said those solutions include coordinating communications “between dispatchers, mobile employees...
A new survey sponsored by Oracle shows that enterprises expect that the resources devoted to mobile applications and devices will grow significantly in the next few years, and that companies prefer to keep their mobile app development internal.
The survey found that the average IT...
Procera Networks deepened its reach into the customer experience space, announcing the beta launch of its RAN Perspectives product, which is designed to provide real-time location and radio access network quality of experience awareness “awareness” for mobile operators.
Procera said the software platform reduces the...
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OSHA directive on hoisting
In a new step towards safer practices on tower work sites, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration has issued a new directive that...
It’s Freitag and the weekend is upon us. Each week this column will focus on light-hearted musings of the wireless industry and all of the moving parts that make this industry work. Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA, has spent her entire career in...
--Juniper Networks released details from its “Software-Defined Networking Progress Report,” which claims there are now two camps in terms of the adoption of SDN technology: those that plan to adopt SDN and those that don’t.
The company said its report found a near split between...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and Security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing those opinions along...
Microsoft’s attempt to refocus efforts into the mobile space gained some heady momentum this week as the computing software giant added wireless industry pioneer John Stanton to its board of directors.
The move will increase Microsoft’s board to 11 members, with Stanton set to join...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be...
Following up on its announcement earlier this month, Sprint today said it will tap into an agreement with ItsOn to offer “personalized services” through its Virgin Mobile USA prepaid division.
The offering, dubbed Virgin Mobile Custom, is a no-contact rate plan that allows customers to...
Ericsson said it plans to acquire U.S.-based billing and settlement provider MetraTech in a move designed to bolster its suite of services beyond traditional network equipment.
Financial terms of the deal were not released, but Ericsson said it will take on all 140 MetraTech employees...
Telecom giant AT&T continues to push its software agenda, announcing this week a proof-of-concept cloud technology in partnership with IBM and Applied Communication Sciences.
The proposed concept is expected to cut set up times for cloud-to-cloud connectivity from “days to seconds,” which the companies said...
International Data Corp. is the latest research firm to back the idea that network virtualization is set to revolutionize the telecom industry. This includes the move towards software-defined networking and network function virtualization, better known as SDN and NFV.
In a new report, IDC predicts...
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Couple sues American Tower
One couple in West Virginia is mad as hell and not going to to take it anymore. They filed a lawsuit against American...
As new markets emerge, new market participants also emerge. On the one hand it’s a good thing because a lot of players are coming on board to help solve the challenges at hand. On the flip side there can also be confusion and a...
AT&T continues to bolster its User-Defined Network Cloud program, this week announcing the addition of Alcatel-Lucent and Fujitsu Network Communications to the program.
Ulf Ewaldsson, SVP & CTO of Ericsson, spoke with RCR Wireless News recently about the role of standards such as those established by 3GPP, TM Forum and others, and the implications of a changing telecom market for the use of and development of standards.
The telecom industry and IT...
Facebook and its millions of users love mobile devices. The social media giant's second quarter results showed a huge increase in mobile users — and mobile revenue.
The company had a good quarter, beating market expectations with $2.91 billion in revenue, an increase of 61% over the the...
Less than one week after announcing plans to cut 18,000 jobs, software giant Microsoft announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter showing robust revenue, margins and net income, but a dip in earnings per share.
The company, which during the quarter finalized its acquisition...
