A new report from Allot Communications details the impacts when a mobile phone's processing power is hijacked for crypto currency mining, while other security researchers found vulnerabilities in diameter signaling that put mobile networks at risk.
Allot, in its Telco Security Trends report for the...
Diameter signaling platforms are expected to see an influx of work tied to the growing "Internet of Things" space. Vendors have been very vocal in predicting tens of billions of “things” will soon be clamoring for access to the Internet, with many of those...
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 on LTE Diameter signaling traffic, which is expected to explode over the next five...
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 functions virtualization and cloud in order to help mobile operators gain further network efficiency...
If you were to talk to an average mobile phone user, “4G” LTE access and over-the-top applications would be at the top of the list in terms of what is required from the network operator and handset. We’ve heard for many years now that text messaging is...
As more users migrate to LTE networks supported by Internet Media Subsystem underpinnings, mobile operators have to deal with a rise in diameter signaling traffic.
Cisco has reported that global mobile data traffic grew by 69% in 2014, and 26% of global wireless connections –...
DALLAS – The LTE North America conference kicked off this week with a day focused on the role of antennas and network signaling in the function, performance and evolution of LTE networks.
Emil Olbrich, VP of network technologies for Signals Research Group, moderated the latter discussions...
In a move to expand LTE roaming capabilities, Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo announced that it has installed Oracle Communications’ diameter signaling router platform.
Oracle explained that the router will allow the carrier to rapidly launch services to leverage its LTE network infrastructure, with a...
