Cisco vision of network automation focused on visibility, intelligent data insights, and action
Editor’s note: For the first installment in this two-part series, click here to read, “Cisco on Routed Optical Networking: The efficiency of it all (Part 1)”.
5G is maturing but new service revenues...
Many services today use two-factor authentication (2FA) to improve the security of user accounts. In most cases, 2FA utilizes a password and a code sent via SMS or email as the two factors of verification. Compared to the password-only approach, 2FA is significantly stronger...
The traditional, IP-centric way of building networks is simply unsustainable: The ever-increasing inefficiency of continually adding more IPs makes network operations overly complex and unmanageable. The new IP network must be open, programmable, disaggregated, and virtualized in a way that allows resources to be...
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles that explores the sometimes obtuse process of standardizing, patenting and licensing cellular technologies.
Answers to the questions you always wondered but were afraid to ask
Patents spark joy in the eyes of the innovators! Patents...
The ongoing saga between FTC and Qualcomm
It is unbelievable when one of the world’s richest companies complains that it is an undue burden to pay for the innovations that power its high margin products. But it sure looks like a well-orchestrated war on innovation...
Following Wednesday meeting with Broadcom, Qualcomm board is "focused on maximizing value" for shareholders
While Qualcomm's Board still says Broadcom's proposed acquisition price of $120 billion undervalues the San Diego-based company, company leaders for the first time have expressed a willingness to sell.
Executives from both...
New wireless router for field area networks for smart grid, smart city and other IoT applications.
Digital transformation is driving change in nearly all enterprise and industrial verticals including for power utilities, which are using internet of things devices to create smart grid infrastructure using...
InterDigital, ZTE, KPN join Ericsson and Qualcomm in group called Avanci to license standard-essential, patented tech to IoT companies
The idea behind Avanci, comprised of telecom companies with vast (and essential) patent holdings, is to create a one-stop marketplace where a single license buys access...
Ericsson CEO: Goal is to drive growth, innovation, speed
Nearly four months into a hyped partnership, Ericsson and Cisco executives report a “huge amount of progress in a very short amount of time,” as Cisco chief strategy officer Hilton Romanski put it.
Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg...
IP platform will enable the Japanese firm to manage increasing data demand
French telecom equipment provider Alcatel-Lucent plans to deploy its IP core/edge routing platform – the 7950 Extensible Routing System – for Japan’s largest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo. The deployment is said to enable...
Copper or fiber, past or future? Is new FCC rule a 'major step back?'
WASHINGTON – Bruce Mehlman, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tech Policy under the George W. Bush administration and Internet Innovation Alliance founding co-chairman, spoke with RCR Wireless News about the Federal...
In its simplest form, big data analytics can be broken down into two parts that differentiate it from business intelligence or data warehousing and mining:
The worst attack on a company's Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) in the history of the internet happened recently. This type of attack on mobile IP infrastructures is becoming increasingly common. How can you protect your business and your customers from similar cyberattacks? Attend Infoblox's webinar to learn easy,...
AT&T announced plans to shed wireline assets in the Northeast as it focuses future growth opportunities on its wireless operations.
The telecom giant said it has agreed to sell its local exchange carrier operations in Connecticut to Frontier Communications for $2 billion in cash. The...
As existing TDM mobile networks give way to next generation networks of LTE, carriers are pushing IP, MPLS, CDN and traffic grooming functionality to the edges of the network. The RCR Wireless News team will review mobile operators and their partners, including cable companies...
Service providers have been buffeted by the explosive growth in data traffic. Meanwhile many networks remain highly siloed and are becoming more complex even as service providers move to converge infrastructure and adopt more flexible cloud-based approaches. In this webinar, we'll share some of...
Three major trends are converging to offer service providers the opportunity to better understand their networks and their opportunities to monetize them and reduce churn: The transition to all-IP, LTE networks; the accelerating trend toward cloud connectivity and network virtualization; and big data collection...
The PBX market is down slightly on a global basis in the second quarter of 2012, both sequentially and year-over-year, and enterprises are generally remaining cautious with spending on telephony equipment, according to the latest Infonetics Research report. In 2Q12, the enterprise PBX phone...
Mobile phone giant Nokia said it has filed claims involving 45 of its patents in the United States and Germany. The patent lawsuits take aim at products by HTC, ViewSonic and BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion.
"Though we'd prefer to avoid litigation, Nokia had to file...
Carlos Slim's América Móvil and AT&T Inc., the largest U.S. telecommunications company by revenue, signed a memorandum of understanding to deliver enhanced communication services to multinational companies throughout Latin America and to so-called multilatinas around the world.
GENBAND is offering its customers a lot more than switches these days. The private Dallas-based company says it's the nation's leading maker of fixed switching solutions, but CEO Charlie Vogt realizes that carriers need more than good IP infrastructure to help them compete with...
Claro, the Brazilian operator owned by Carlos Slim’s América Móvil (AMX), announced that it is updating its radio access network to be all Internet Protocol based by the end of the year. This strategy prepares Claro for the future launch of 4G services. Claro...
Alcatel-Lucent | August 23, 2011 | Press Release
Paris, August 23, 2011 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that Zain Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA), a leading mobile operator in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has selected Alcatel-Lucent’s IP/MPLS-based mobile backhaul solution to...
Germany has a long, storied history of being both swift and overzealous in their enforcement of privacy and intellectual property laws. Today Germany's Independent Centre for Privacy Protection has issued a blanket ban on the Facebook Like button.
