Vendor said operators need to focus on user experience to compete with OTT players
HONG KONG – In a keynote speech at Huawei’s Global Mobile Broadband Forum, Ryan Ding, president of products and solutions at Huawei, said telecom operators need to focus on the user...
CellSpot 4G LTE device provides on-demand coverage for T-Mobile US customers
In the latest of its Un-carrier amped marketing events, T-Mobile US today announced the 4G LTE CellSpot, which the company describes as a "first-ever 4G LTE mini-tower" designed for indoor use.
The CellSpot provides LTE coverage...
Researchers have discovered they can hack voice over LTE implementations on two tier-one mobile carrier networks, gaining access to free data usage or shutting down voice or data access for another user.
A recently published paper (pdf) by academics at the University of California Los Angeles, The...
LTE has been one of the mobile industry's most rapidly adopted mobile technologies, with deployments coming particularly quickly in the U.S. Voice over LTE, however, has been a comparatively tough nut to crack and far slower to be launched, much less to gain ubiquity.
According...
WASHINGTON – Wi-Fi over the last few years has gone from being something hotels say they have that doesn’t quite work right – but costs a lot – to a gateway to the Internet we can’t live without. Every coffee shop, airport and home...
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...
Voice over LTE (VoLTE) has the fastest technology adoption of all wireless technologies, yet only 28% of wireless subscribers are expected to be using VoLTE by 2020. Many companies are viewing VoLTE as something they will migrate to over time. However, there are some...
A panel discussion highlighted LTE-U, VoLTE and small cells as technology challenges
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Technology challenges took center stage for the final keynote and panel session at this year’s Competitive Carriers Association Annual Convention, with a handful of technology executives from telecom operators...
The Wi-Fi calling feature comes on the heels of FCC waiver grant
On the heels of gaining a waiver from the Federal Communications Commission regarding teletypewriter functionality, AT&T Mobility announced the availability of Wi-Fi calling on select devices starting Oct. 8.
The Wi-Fi calling feature looks...
ARCEP confirms the auction will take place in November
France’s four mobile operators have filed applications to participate in an auction through which telecom regulator ARCEP will award spectrum in the 700 MHz band to support LTE services. The regulator said firms submitting applications were...
Couple wreaks havoc with tower thefts
A couple in the Cincinnati area is responsible for what is being called "millions of dollars" in losses to mobile carriers as well as a seven-hour disruption of service. According to police, Rachel and Michael Cowan stole more than $45,000...
VoLTE is available across entire network while Cat 11 speeds are concentrated in major metros
Australian carrier Telstra this week activated voice-over-LTE for LTE customers with compatible devices – the latest iPhone and Samsung devices for instance – under the brand name “4G Calling.”
The plan...
The service will be available for 1M subscribers by the end of 2015
Hutchison 3G, the smallest mobile operator in the U.K. and provides services under the Three brand, has become the nation’s first mobile service provider to launch a commercial voice-over-LTE service.
The new service,...
T-Mobile video calling service set to battle OTT providers
T-Mobile US launched its Video Calling service, tapping into its growing LTE network to offer a branded service set to battle with numerous over-the-top applications offering similar capabilities.
The T-Mobile US service is accessible through the standard...
For all of the hope that "5G" will happen sooner rather than later, there is still a lot of groundwork to do. The move to 5G will not be about going faster or the next “killer app.” And it’s not just an upgrade to existing...
Operators are increasingly turning to VoLTE and WiFi Calling (VoWiFi) to protect their lucrative voice business against the ever increasing rise of “free” over the top (OTT) applications. The challenges they are facing relate to various deployment phases, including network rollout, beta trials leading...
Swisscom claims it is the first European operator to effectively combine voice-over-LTE and Wi-Fi calling to combat weak mobile signals in heavily insulated buildings.
The Swiss operator recently made its Wi-Fi calling service available in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Wi-Fi will play a key role in...
This report will look at the current Global State of the Union of LTE as a baseline for discussion of VoLTE deployments. The topics that are helping and hindering VoLTE becoming more widespread will be covered along with interim generations of LTE on the...
This webinar will look at the current global state of the union on LTE as a baseline for discussion of VoLTE deployments. The topics that are helping and hindering VoLTE from becoming more widespread will be covered, along with interim generations of LTE on...
One of the hottest topics around the mobile industry is “5G.” When it will happen; how it will be monetized; who’s going to lead the charge geographically; which operators; which vendors; etc. How far away is 5G and is it appropriate to be putting so...
BICS today announced the first end-to-end voice-over-LTE call between Asia and Europe. Working together with SK Telecom's SK Telink – international carrier services division – located in South Korea and Proximus located in Belgium, this trial was conducted on a live commercial network with...
Huawei's SBC platform designed to support VoLTE, RCS, voice-over-broadband services
Spain’s Telefónica continues to push virtualization technology across its network, with the latest move coming in a deal with Huawei to provide the vendor’s session border control platform in support of advanced voice and communication...
Alcatel-Lucent’s Rapport software central to China Mobile VoLTE plans
Alcatel-Lucent said the world’s largest mobile operator, China Mobile, was set to deploy its network functions virtualization-based Rapport communications software in a move to consolidate the carrier’s video, voice and messaging services into a single platform,...
Trial in Orlando and Tampa allows for hot spot access and Wi-Fi to VoLTE handoff
T-Mobile US, with partner Bright House Networks, is testing Wi-Fi Passpoint access and Wi-Fi to voice over LTE hand-off in the Tampa and Orlando, Fla., markets.
Cable operator Bright House Networks...
