This digital twin tool, which was developed by O2 Telefónica, allows network technicians to use it to optimize their network planning
German operator O2 Telefónica is using a digital twin tool that maps the status of its 28,000 mobile network sites and over 50,000 transport...
Operators rely on analytics tools to help them sift through the (virtual) mountains of data that comes from their networks. As the amount of data grows, so does the need for increasingly intelligent analytical tools to optimize and troubleshoot the network, to provide subscriber...
Innovations in software and software disaggregation are driving telecom change on two levels, according to Per Kangru, technologist and business development expert in the CTO’s office at Viavi Solutions. Carriers can either do new things to drive automation or efficiencies within their own network;...
This article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights report on Industrial 5G SLAs. The full article, including additional sections, along with the rest of the report – with commentary from the likes of Accenture, Appledore Research, Nokia, Lufthansa Industry Solutions, Vodafone and...
Viavi says its customers have virtualized up to 75% of their networks already
Viavi Solutions has acquired French network monitoring and assurance company Expandium for an undisclosed sum, bolstering its portfolio of virtualized solutions.
Viavi said in a release that the deal "adds cloud-native, microservices-based, and...
The number of network disruptions across various elements of the internet rose sharply beginning in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic -- but they often indicated traffic engineering work on the part of various service providers to adjust to changing demand and didn't necessarily...
Voice calls and virtual private network use continue to be far higher than usual, as people across the country navigate teleworking, distance learning and staying in touch with each other during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Verizon and AT&T are providing multiple weekly updates on trends...
Voice traffic is increasing during the pandemic
Voice traffic is seeing a resurgence during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as more people call into conference lines and reach out to stay in touch with one another.
Both Verizon and AT&T report that their networks have seen a...
Spirent Communications says that it has already closed more than 100 5G deals this year, in a reflection of just how fast the next generation of wireless technology is moving into deployment -- and that service assurance is being built-in from the earliest days.
“If...
Cable company Charter Communications plans to build a 100-node private network at its offices in Centennial, Colorado, using the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum at 3.5 GHz to test the technology's ability to support an enterprise network located mostly indoors.
According to an Special Temporary...
Real-time analytics and network monitoring company LiveAction is diving deep with its acquisition of packet inspection company Savvius.
The acquisition combines Savvius' packet capture, deep packet inspection and analytics capabilities for network performance monitoring with LiveAction's monitoring and network visualization expertise. Financial terms of the...
EXFO has achieved its takeover of French performance monitoring and analytics company Astellia for about $31.6 million.
EXFO said today that it has acquired 97.44% of Astellia's share capital and at least 95.07% of voting rights, after a second phase of a public offer. Now...
NetScout, Vodafone sign deal for monitoring across European operations
NetScout will provide passive probing for Vodafone Group's operations in Europe. The two companies announced an exclusive, multi-year agreement under which NetScout will provide real-time service assurance via its InfiniStreamNG platform, across 13 European countries. .
Anil...
Network outages can haunt mobile telecom operators, but there are ways to avoid the long-term embarrassment.
Too many users, not enough bandwidth, “busy hour congestion” and a plethora of other network issues – it's all run of the mill for cellphone service operators...
The ever-evolving push toward faster networks that handle more traffic is hampering the ability of current tools to monitor that traffic effectively, according to Andy Huckridge, director of service provider solutions at Gigamon.
"Service providers are struggling to pay for the tools to be able...
Viavi Solutions sees an evolution of network monitoring to meet demand from 5G, VoLTE, NFV
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
As 2016...
New solutions launched this week take test company Spirent Communications from its traditional focus on simulation in the lab into monitoring and insights into live networks, as well as customer experience analytics.
Spirent is taking its flagship Landslide product, which is used in the lab to...
As mobile network coverage demands move indoors and into large venues, carriers are stuck with the conundrum of how to cost-effectively test and monitor the performance of distributed antenna systems, particularly through the lens of the customer experience.
AT&T developed its own solution, the EchoBot....
Eric Herzog of Violin Memory explains to RCR Wireless how flash memory has disrupted the telecommunications storage market. Violin has led disruption of the memory market for telcos with five out of the 10 biggest carriers in the world using its flash memory solutions.
Herzog...
