AT&T expects acquisition of open-source cybersecurity AlienValut specialist later this year
As AT&T continues down its network virtualization efforts using the open-source Open Networking Automation Platform (ONAP), the operator has acquired cybersecurity firm AlienVault, which uses open-source software to provide what the companies call "threat...
Private networks another potential boon to enterprise data center segment
Adoption of cloud-based services has long been transforming the way business functions. In addition to investing big to access public cloud's like those operated by Google and Amazon, investments in on-premise enterprise data center infrastructure...
IoT boosts WLAN market for enterprise-class outdoor products.
The wireless local area network (WLAN) is far from dead. On the contrary, the internet of things (IoT), emerging markets and startups will grow the enterprise-class and outdoor WLAN product market to over 35% greater than 2017...
Over the last several years we have seen the communications industry go through an enormous and rapid transformation in area after area. Small- and mid-size business customers see unified communications as one of these sweeping trends. Eventually, as UC continues to grow, every company...
Flexibility, scalability, time-to-market key drivers of SDN adoption
Software-defined networking (SDN) provides the management and orchestration tools needed to operate increasingly complex and increasingly virtualized networks. For operators, SDN creates efficiencies related to both spectral and network resource allocation, as well as related to level...
Regardless of the hyperbole constantly hammered home by marketing departments, IoT as a tangible entity is embryonic. We’re at the very early stages of the IoT learning curve, so it should be no surprise that the success rate for IoT adopters has been in...
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has warned enterprises all over the world are face a “nightmare” with the security of everyday devices connecting to their networks. Manufacturers of new ‘internet of things’ (IoT) devices are not thinking about security by design,...
At the recent 5G North America and Big Communications Event in Austin, Texas, the fanfare about 5G was not surprising. However, what continues to surpass expectations is the level of eagerness for it among enterprises, the breadth of potential use cases, and the accelerated...
With 5G, "There's more ways to get paid"
The implications of 5G reach much further than providing carriers with new ways to offer consumer-facing services. With its native support for massive internet of things and ultra reliable low latency communications, 5G will serve as a...
Zinwave CTO says OnGo is 'the space to watch'
The 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band is poised of offer both operator and other market entrants prioritized access to valuable new spectrum in support of private LTE, the internet of things (IoT) and...
Non-carrier interests push FCC for parity in access to CBRS spectrum
In the U.S. mobile operators aren't the only businesses who can make beneficial use of spectrum. For operators tasked with delivering more and more capacity to keep up with consumer usage, more spectrum is...
DAS and digital electricity combine to solve in-building wireless coverage and capacity needs
With more than 5 million-square-feet of retail, office, hotel, restaurant space, Michigan Plaza has a complicated set of needs related to in-building wireless. In addition to being a LEED-certified complex with Low-E...
The Small Cell Forum also forecasts carriers in the region to install almost 850,000 small cells by 2025
North American enterprise are forecast to deploy a total of 400,000 small cells during 2018, up compared to 292,000 the previous year, according to a recent study...
Private LTE is a major MulteFire opportunity
With the coming release of its 1.1 specification, the MulteFire Alliance has focused on the internet of things (IoT) as the market entry point for the emerging technology, which deploys LTE solely in unlicensed 5 GHz spectrum. Nokia...
SOLiD’s GENESIS DAS: An enterprise-friendly approach to in-building wireless
The vast majority of mobile data usage comes from inside buildings as enterprises increasingly depend on smartphones and tablets to get the job done. Despite this trend, there’s a huge, underserved commercial building market--office buildings, retail...
Full-spectrum, all-fiber DAS provides cost-effective in-building solution for the enterprise
The move from LTE to 5G encompasses many other important changes taking place in the telecoms industry. Licensed spectrum is being augmented with unlicensed and shared spectrum, virtualization is making networks more dynamic and cheaper...
MulteFire 1.1 spec focused on private LTE for the internet of things
With broad interest from industrial players who see private LTE as a big opportunity to take control of cellular needs and from operators looking to augment licensed spectrum holdings by deploying cellular in...
Chief Strategy Officer Rima Qureshi on innovation, disruption
In a wide-ranging podcast focused on the conceptual approach to corporate strategy and role of women in technology, Verizon Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Rima Qureshi laid out her approach to working with internal stakeholders...
IoT connectivity platform provider Actility has released a slimmed-down version of its ThingPark solution for enterprise customers.
ThingPark is the most widely deployed LoRa platform among operators of public LoRA networks. Actility announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona it had signed its fiftieth...
While the internet of things, particularly projections of connected devices, comes with a lot of hype, it's also creating very real business value across a variety of enterprise and industrial verticals. But getting IoT right isn't easy. As industry analyst Mike Krell has said,...
Small cell agreement includes enterprise, CBRS and multi-operator units
As operators continuously densify their networks, small cell deployments are set for a big year in 2018. Sprint and T-Mobile US, for instance, have made clear plans to deploy thousands of small cells this year. At...
In today’s world where consumers are continuously bombarded with marketing messages; delivering the right ones, in the right context, and at the right time is essential.
More than ever, marketing teams are expected to drive revenue growth and, in a maturing telecom industry, exceptional customer...
Nokia looks to support customer-led testing prior to investment in an IoT solution
As internet of things (IoT) companies look to help enterprise and industrial interests get a better grasp on how IoT fits into creating positive business value, segments including manufacturing, supply chain logistics...
Software-defined networking, and SD-WAN in particular, is helping to redefine IT strategies for organizations across a number of industries. Companies with distributed operations have been traditionally dependent on resource-intensive, time-consuming and expensive processes to accommodate the networking needs of their business – and their...
