The availability of LTE network coverage in a customer location is not a true indication of a fully operational NB-IoT or LTE-M service. IoT devices are typically installed in remote locations such as basements and garages where the network signals are weak. Failure events...
Verizon expects Oath unit to miss 2020 revenue target
Verizon's wireless and internet of things businesses continue to be a source of strength, but the company's Oath media and advertising business reported lower revenues and is expected to miss its revenue target of earning $10...
Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom will invest in areas including edge computing and quantum cryptography
German telco Deutsche Telekom and Korean carrier SK Telecom have entered into a cross=investment agreement, aiming to strengthen their competitiveness in 5G.
Under the agreement, SK Telecom plans to invest in...
There is no one-size-fits-all solution for the cellular coverage holes, dropped calls, unreliable connectivity, and poor reception that plague employees and guests inside middleprise buildings (i.e., those that are up to 500,000 sq. ft.).
Carriers and system integrators have all been challenged by the demands...
PHAZR recently got approval to sell its 5G equipment in the US and Europe
Texas-based PHAZR, which provides 5G virtualized radio network products, aims to start shipping 5G New Radio products for commercial deployments starting in the second quarter of 2019, after the firm received...
ATLANTA--Although much of the wireless industry's 5G focus is on the Radio Access Network, transport network providers have to be just as ready for 5G as the rest of the network in order for 5G services to be successfully delivered, panelists said during a...
The second week of October was the annual 5G Americas annual Analyst Forum held in Dallas, Texas. The event was kicked off by the Chairman and CTO of T-Mobile US, Neville Ray (@NevilleRay). Just a few highlights to start off with regarding Neville's keynote,...
Small cells will be key to enterprise, industrial 5G applications
HONG KONG--During its annual 4G/5G Summit, Qualcomm executives repeatedly called out the role 5G could play in opening up new enterprise and industrial applications. Because the vast majority of connected activities enterprises and industries rely...
"5G is ready for business," Ericsson exec says
HONG KONG--Qualcomm Technologies President Cristiano Amon opened up the company's 4G/5G Summit by telling the assembled crowd that 5G "will be a reality" next year as networks go live in the U.S., Asia and Europe, and commercial...
Crown Castle said its pipeline of contracted small cells nodes to be constructed over the next 18-24 months stands at 35,000
Crown Castle expects to deploy between 10,000 and 15,000 small cells in 2019, CEO Jay Brown said during an earnings call with analysts.
“In addition...
Rogers Communications said telcos need to negotiate access to this infrastructure with municipal governments and landlords
Operators willing to deploy 5G infrastructure will need to have access to certain city infrastructure including ducts and poles, Canadian telecom operator Rogers Communications' President and CEO Joe Natale...
But flagship 5G Android devices are due out in 2019
HONG KONG—“We believe that we are poised to really transform the world, reinvent whole new industries and enrich lives with the impending launch of 5G.” That was the message from Penny Baldwin, Qualcomm CMO and...
Driven by high-definition TV, video interactive services, and also with the emergence of the IoT and 5G era, optical transport networks are stepping from 100G to 400G and 1T, according to Yan Xia, director of ZTE's New Jersey Lab.
The executive highlighted that using high-order...
There is massive disruption in the telecoms space, driven in the main part by the shift from proprietary hardware to commoditised hardware, and by the virtualisation of network functions in software.
We are seeing this in the core network, the radio network, and at the...
This month, Verizon flipped the switch on the first commercial 5G network in the world. Verizon’s 5G Home network, now live in parts of Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Sacramento, serves as an example of the remarkable progress that can come from collaboration between...
How does the telecom industry get to 5G and ultra-dense networks? Small cells don't really scale well now -- not because of the equipment itself but because of siting and regulatory issues plus cost and backhaul. How does the industry get to even denser...
The German government said it has existing mechanism to ensure security
Germany’s government is not considering a ban on foreign vendors supplying 5G equipment, as existing law is sufficient to ensure security, the country's interior minister said in response to a question in Parliament from...
In addition to the typical location asymmetries between data consumption and mobile infrastructure investments that characterized the first part of the LTE cycle (Figure 1), differing spectrum assets among the US operators coupled with the resiliency of the LTE standard form the basis for...
Digital transformation is most certainly an industry buzzword, but one with a very real meaning. This process of digitizing infrastructure and operations is meant to allow operators to cut costs, deliver a better service and make more money. A new research report from TM...
DoJ, SEC investigation could result in 'monetary and other measures' for Ericsson, CEO says
Ericsson reported its Q3 2018 financials this week and CEO Börje Ekholm said the company is showing a profit for the first time since 2016 as the network infrastructure vendor continues to...
Huawei will help the Saudi telco to upgrade its existing infrastructure towards 5G
Saudi Arabian carrier Mobily has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese vendor Huawei focused on the deployment of future 5G networks in the country.
The companies announced a five-year plan to...
Samsung had previously announced an investment of $22 billion over the next three years in AI, 5G, automotive electronics components and biopharmaceuticals
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics announced the acquisition of Spanish artificial intelligence-based network and service analytics startup Zhilabs, aiming to enhance its...
Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau said politics should not interfere with the decision to select 5G vendors
Two U.S. senators have sent a letter to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging him to bar Chinese vendor Huawei from Canada’s 5G mobile network over security allegations, Canadian...
We’re all in the video business now
Back in the late ‘90s, mobile network providers were in the phone call business. That’s what drove ARPU. For ISPs using traditional wired delivery mediums, it was just about getting online. (We even called it “Internet dial tone”...
