BROWSING: IMS

Ng-voice, Casa Systems team up for cloud-native IMS for 4G, 5G

The partnership yields "a very competitive joint offering" for private 4G and 5G, according to ng-voice's CEO Telecom software maker ng-voice has announced a new partnership with telco infrastructure software maker Casa Systems which ng-voice says will yield fully cloud-native 4G and 5G solutions for...

Nokia CNCS simplifies mobile voice communication

Cloud-native IMS solution provides dynamic, scalable core voice, messaging and multimedia The IP Multimedia System (IMS) is the foundation of modern voice and messaging in 4G LTE and 5G, and it lies at the very heart of most Communication Service Providers’ (CSPs) core networks. A...

Telefónica Hispam picks Mavenir’s IMS Core

Telefónica Hispam has picked Mavenir to provide core voice, messaging and multimedia capabilities for its Latin America telco networks.

What is 5G VoNR?

The move to a cloud-native core enables 5G VoNR services While most current 5G network deployments are in the Non-Standalone mode of operation wherein 5G radios supporting new frequencies are attached to an LTE Evolved Packet Core. But operators are quickly gearing up to transition...

RootMetrics test teams saw T-Mo outage play out in real time

  With RootMetrics resuming its regular on-the-ground testing in cities across the United States, the benchmarking and analysis company's testing teams saw the major T-Mobile US outage on Monday play out in real time, as it was happening. RootMetrics had teams doing outdoor testing in 10...

REDCOM Webinar: Expanding the Role of the IMS Application Server (IMS AS) to Address 2020 Challenges

The IMS AS encompasses a number of defined roles in Next Generation Network architectures. It starts as the most fundamental TAS functionality allowing for the migration to VoLTE and VoWiFi. It further expands as the Service & Call Continuity AS (SCC-AS) providing for true...

Ericsson discusses what’s important to rural carriers

Rural carriers can make investments today to set the stage for 5G ORLANDO--5G is the predominant discussion topic within the telecom industry, but that's a long ramp and, particularly for rural carriers, there are many other priorities that need to be addressed to ensure long-term...

From VoLTE to 5G, understanding the needs of rural carriers

Beyond the 5G hype, many rural carriers focused on LTE investments While 5G is and will remain the topic du jour in the telecom industry, it will be years before the next generation of cellular makes its way out of metropolitan areas to provide widespread...

Analyst Angle: Another next-gen mobile technology revolution – in voice with VoLTE and digital assistants

Voice communication may not have the hype of high-speed data services, but VoLTE and digital assistants show the market has next-generation potential. Editor’s Note: Welcome to Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on...

Huawei targets T-Mobile in patent lawsuit

Huawei claims T-Mobile has failed to engage in FRAND licensing terms tied to 4G technology patents said to be core to network operations T-Mobile US’ rollout of LTE services has hit a legal challenge as infrastructure vendor Huawei filed a lawsuit alleging the wireless carrier...

T-Mobile: Wi-Fi Calling and VoLTE jointly redefine voice

A conversation about Wi-Fi Calling with Mark McDiarmid, VP of Radio Network Engineering and Development, T-Mobile US Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice.” With over half of voice...

Smartfren: A bold embrace of VoLTE and Wi‐Fi Calling

A conversation about Wi-Fi Calling with Christian Daigneault, CTO, Smartfren Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” Smartfren is the first mobile operator in Indonesia to deploy LTE...

Cisco: A push for voice over Wi-Fi in the enterprise

A conversation with Mark Grayson, Distinguished Engineer, Office of Mobility CTO, Cisco about expanding wi-fi to enterprise Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” VoLTE and VoWi-Fi will...

Raising the bar for voice quality over LTE and Wi-Fi

A conversation about voice quality with Al Balasco, Senior Director of Product Management, Radisys Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” In our conversation with Al Balasco, Senior...

Expanding the reach of voice services in the enterprise with LTE and Wi-Fi

A conversation with Terry McCabe, CTO, Mobile Division, Mitel Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” With VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling, the role and reach of voice is changing...

The evolution of voice testing

A conversation about voice testing with Robert Bichefsky, Senior Manager, and Jagdish Vadalia, Senior Manager, GL Communications Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” In this conversation, we talked...

Improving voice quality with VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling

A conversation with Shyamal Ramachandran, Director of Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies about VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” In this conversation with Shyamal Ramachandran,...

AT&T: Expanding voice and video use across interfaces, devices and services

A conversation about expanding voice and video with Gordon Mansfield, VP Radio Access Network and Device Design, AT&T Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” Gordon Mansfield, VP Radio...

With analytics, VoLTE leverages real-time, end-to- end network and service assurance

A conversation with Michael Campbell, Director of Service Assurance, EXFO Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” Ensuring a good voice quality experience with VoLTE requires a robust...

Reality Check: Could Google help telcos win the war on messaging?

Openmind looks at the impact RCS decision from Google could have on messaging fortunes of mobile telecom operators Until a few weeks ago it was a commonly held belief across the mobile industry – albeit incorrect in our opinion – that there was no palpable...

Reader Forum: A pragmatic approach to VoLTE service parity

OpenCloud provides an avenue for carriers looking to tackle VoLTE service parity In a world of contracting margins for core voice services, the transition to voice over LTE and all-IP networking offers a lifeline for operators. By delivering substantial increases in spectrum capacity, VoLTE promises...

Reader Forum: Google’s faith shows a bright future for RCS

Google’s recent acquisition of Jibe Mobile is an exciting move in the evolution of rich communications services and promises to be a real step forward in the battle for mobile network providers to wrestle control of instant messaging from Apple and popular over-the-top players...

AT&T NumberSync plan looks to bridge multidevice integration

AT&T NumberSync platform taps IMS core to sync phone number across multiple devices AT&T is set to tackle multidevice integration with its NumberSync service that it said will use network technology to sync a single phone number across multiple mobile devices. AT&T said the platform taps...

Verizon scored top SIP trunking provider in North America

IHS report found Verizon No. 1; CenturyLink surged to No. 2 Verizon Communications retained the top spot in the latest ranking of North America’s top session initial protocol trunking service providers. The survey, conducted by IHS Infonetics, noted Verizon maintained the No. 1 position for the...