Amid the pandemic-driven shift toward hybrid work, end-user experience is the top key performance indicator (KPI) for various IT projects, from delivery strategies and cloud monitoring objectives to budget considerations, according to Viavi Solutions' annual State of the Network report.
Seven out of 10...
What is the state of broadband deployment in the United States? The simple answer is that despite years of substantial funding and programs focused on broadband expansion, there is no single federal data source for an accurate answer to that question. The range of...
Network download speeds don't necessarily reflect a good mobile video experience, OpenSignal finds
The mobile video user experience is improving around the world, but the United States is lagging behind enhancements being made in other countries due to a lack of new mid-band spectrum resources,...
Telecom market data firm Comlinkdata has acquired crowdsourced mobile network and performance data company Tutela for an undisclosed sum.
Tutela gathers device-based data on mobile usage and performance; its software runs in the background in thousands of Android and iOS smartphone apps to deliver anonymized...
Boost in network speeds seen as 'indication of network capabilities to come'
Mobile network operators are significantly boosting their network speeds, and T-Mobile US came out on top in speed testing in two new reports from OpenSignal and Ookla.
"Operators are beginning to cross the 20...
With the recent purchase of InterDigital's XCellAir, European managed Wi-Fi company Fon seeks to help network operators capitalize on their Wi-Fi presence in residential homes -- and get a foothold in the U.S market while they do so.
XCellAir focuses on cloud-based quality of experience...
Epitiro was part of Spirent for about two years
User experience testing company Epitiro is returning to independence with a new portfolio focused on wireless convergence between Wi-Fi and cellular technologies.
Epitiro, based in Frederick, Md., is freshly spun out of Spirent Communications after a...
I write about network test, measurement and monitoring, but I rarely get a chance to actually do it myself. So when P3 Communications offered to do a deep-dive into my usage data if I took their recently launched U Get app for a spin,...
Voice-over-LTE users can encounter three to four times as many dropped calls as they experience on legacy voice systems, according to Amdocs' annual State of the Radio Access Network report.
The call drop numbers are an average, cautioned Graham Wright, product marketing manager with Amdocs,...
Applications are key to user experience of smart home and consumer-facing "Internet of Things" products – but those apps are dogged by slow performance and in many cases, traditional home security companies are lagging when it comes to how well their smart home apps are pleasing...
New chip supports seamless handoff between LTE, LTE-U and Wi-Fi networks
NEW YORK – Qualcomm is looking to make a splash with its new Snapdragon 820 processor, a chipset that could be used in an array of mobile devices all competing for bandwidth on increasingly...
On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Sean Kinney discusses how the telecom industry is working to blur the line between cellular and Wi-Fi with Birdstep Technology CEO Lonnie Schilling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRGihAC9Qzo
In a world where customer retention is the driving goal for carriers, Schilling...
Stuck in the car or video blocked at work? Check out the IoT Innovation podcast:
This week IoT Innovation is hosted by Nicholas Napp, who's joined by guest Richard Banfield, CEO and co-founder of Fresh Tilled Soil, a Boston-based user experience company.
Napp and Banfield discuss the...
Spirent Communications studied more than 47,000 calls and 170,000 data tests on iPhone 5C devices across wireless operators in the United Kingdom and found that the main differences among operators came down to data speeds, while all operators performed well in call and file upload/download completions.
The...
