With appeals court decision, 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands will be auctioned for 5G
U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has said it can now move forward with the auction of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands after a London court of appeals...
In collaboration with the University of Bristol, the two companies will kick off a 5G PoC
A live proof of concept (PoC) based on the 5G standard is designed to test and validate smart urban applications over next-generation mobile networks, and will be deployed...
Cisco, Interpol partner to combat cyber criminals worldwide
Following a day after Amazon Web Services (AWS) unveiled its “Secret Region” cloud service for the U.S. Intelligence Community, Cisco announced it will share threat intelligence with the international police network Interpol in a joint effort to...
Leveraging 5G for vertically-focused IoT use cases is key
While its not yet standardized, 5G is most certainly the next big thing in telecom. The three primary use cases are enhanced mobile broadband, massive support for the internet of things and mission critical communications. Those...
BT and Cisco expand partnership with two new solutions
In another move toward network virtualization, BT announced it is extending its partnership with Cisco with the deployment of two new products: a Cisco-based customer premise equipment virtualization solution headed by BT dubbed BT Connect Edge;...
Dell EMC and BT partner on PoC to use disaggregated switches to manage network traffic
Dell EMC and BT announced they are collaborating on a trial centered on how disaggregated switches can create flexible, open networks. The companies are tag teaming a proof-of-concept at BT...
U.K. telco BT and French operator Orange are also part of the 5G PaaS initiative
Nokia Bell Labs announced it will lead a consortium of industry vendors, operators, IT companies, small and medium-sized enterprises and European academic institutions to develop the next generation platform-as-a-Service (NGPaaS)...
See.Sense will provide light sensors for cyclist as part of U.K’s smart city initiative CityVerve
U.K. telecom operator BT announced the launch of a new project with See.Sense, a cycling-focused technology company from Northern Ireland, to provide sensor-enabled and connected bike lights to up to...
Orange reduces its stake as BT shares flounder
French telecom operator Orange has negotiated the sale of about one-third of its stake in BT, which is dealing with the aftermath of an accounting scandal and trying to right its ship.
Orange called the transaction a "balanced...
Buildings on 2016 strategic agreement between BT and Deutsche Telekom.
BARCELONA, Spain – U.K. telecommunications operator BT and Deutsche Telekom signed a partnership to offer global network services to business customers.
BT said the partnership would enable DT’s business unit T-Systems to offer its...
NEC claims the test with U.K. operators BT and EE targeting backhaul solutions for 4G and 5G deployments.
NEC is working with U.K. telecommunication operators BT and EE, and the University of Salford as a research partner to test millimeter wave mobile...
Network slicing work builds on 5G collaboration deal inked by BT and Huawei in December.
U.K. telecommunications provider BT and Huawei announced new research into network slicing with the goal of finding how the technology can be used to support services delivered...
Nextel deal to sell its tower portfolio to SpectraSite for $560M set a sales mark, while industry trade groups CTIA and PCIA fight over competition level … 18 years ago this week.
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A conversation about MEC with Mansoor Hanif, Director of Converged Networks and Innovation, BT
The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and access the complete report "Power at the Edge: Processing and storage move from the central core to the network...
The new deal is set to extend the MVNO operation until 2021.
British Telecommunications and Virgin Media signed a new five-year mobile virtual network operator agreement that will see BT Group's EE mobile unit provide wholesale mobile network services to Virgin Media, a subsidiary...
BT Compute for SAP enterprise solutions to be available for European customers in early 2017.
U.K. telco BT and T-Systems inked a collaboration agreement focused on the delivery of SAP cloud services. The agreement calls for BT to connect its customers to...
The two companies plan to evaluate technical and commercial feasibility of 5G research.
Huawei and U.K. telecommunications provider BT have partnered to carry out joint "5G" research activities. The agreement calls for the companies to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of the...
The two companies plan to evaluate technical and commercial feasibility of 5G research.
Huawei and U.K. telecommunications provider BT have partnered to carry out joint "5G" research activities. The agreement calls for the companies to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of the...
Sprint said its 2.5 GHz-powered LTE service hit 100M pops covered, while AT&T laid out its long-term NFV, SDN plans … 2 years ago this week.
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In addition to fiber funding, the government is urging private operators to contribute to the Digital Infrastructure Fund
The U.K. government plans to provide $500 million for a new Digital Infrastructure Fund for the development of fiber infrastructure across the United Kingdom. The announcement is...
AT&T was slapped with a $23.8M fine tied to illegal disposal of hazardous waste, while T-Mobile expanded “wideband” LTE reach … 2 years ago this week.
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Some 238,000 homes and businesses will be connected to fiber
U.K. broadband provider Virgin Media announced an investment program to deploy fiber-to the-premise in Scotland.
Under the program, Virgin Media committed to connect at least two-thirds of the 360,000 additional homes and businesses being added to...
Fiber-to-the-home network supports speeds up to 1 Gbps; fiber-to-the-premises infrastructure reaches 327,000 homes and business in the U.K.
U.K. telecommunications operator BT’s network business unit Openreach confirmed plans to more than double the speeds available over its fiber-to-the-premises network, boosting the maximum download speeds available...
Huawei is showcasing four safe city solutions at GITEX event
Chinese ICT services provider Huawei has signed a long-term collaboration agreement with the Dubai Police to develop and deploy a Safe City Innovation Center for Dubai’s security forces.
Dubai Police and Huawei are exhibiting four advanced safe city solutions on...
