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The Wi-Fi Alliance has enhanced Passpoint, the multivendor standard designed for seamless identification and authentication of Wi-Fi hot spots. Service providers can now distribute their specific subscriber policies, such as …

DENVER — Cisco’s booth was one of the busiest on the floor at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo this week. In addition to set-top boxes with integrated Wi-Fi that it has been …

Stadium DAS deployments continue Infrastructure providers say the DAS RFPs keep coming from public venues, especially sports arenas. This week JMA Wireless said that Crown Castle will deploy JMA’s Teko …

Networking pays, especially if you’re looking for a job as a software engineer. Job sites for makers of core network gear show increase in software hiring Many of the routers …

Cisco says it will end the year with roughly the same headcount it started with, but the mix will be different. Cisco continues to realign workforce Cisco wants to become …

As part of its effort to increase mobile broadband access across the country, the Federal Communications Commission is budgeting $5 billion for increasing Wi-Fi access in schools through the federal …

Virtualization is set to take the telecommunications space by storm as operators search for ways to more cost efficiently run their network operations in the face of growing consumer demand …

Within six years, the number of connected devices that are NOT smartphones, tablets or PCs will skyrocket to 26 billion, according to Gartner. The means that the Internet of Things …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. …

Vendors focus on signaling The explosion in mobile data traffic has led to an even bigger increase in signaling traffic within the networks, and infrastructure vendors are focused on helping …

Cisco continues its wireless shopping spree, this time with the $175 million acquisition of Tail-f, a developer of multi-vendor service orchestration solutions. The purchase is part of Cisco’s drive to …

Small Cell Industry Awards The Small Cell Forum announced the Small Cell Industry Awards for 2014 as part of last week’s Small Cells World Summit in London. For small cell …

Unfortunately, for those of us not so gifted, PowerPoint’s remain a struggle to insert interesting information into a digital format that sucks the interest out of just about any non-animation information.

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. …

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Telecom software: Cisco announced that Bright House Networks is leveraging its Network Convergence System. 

Network equipment vendors Cisco and Juniper are sharing information about their vulnerability to Heartbleed, the software security flaw that could enable hackers to steal passwords and other encrypted data from …

ZTE is signaling a shift in strategy that could be good news for its competitors. The Chinese maker of network infrastructure and smartphones said today that it has boosted profits …

Software news: Verizon, cVidya, Allot and Procera announce advancements. 

Cisco is opening up its IP Cameras platform for safety and security applications in order to allow customers to create their own applications that integrate the company’s security cameras and …

WIND Hellas, Cisco, Ericsson and Oracle released new software systems. 

Five major players in telecom and industry are joining forces to accelerate interoperability in the development of the Internet of Things through industrial Internet applications. AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and …

Several mobile and wireless companies have made this year’s list of the world’s most ethical companies, chosen by Ethisphere. Companies are ranked based on their internal ethics and compliance programs, …