Maravedis Blogs

Huawei and TMO put more impetus behind 3.5GHz

The long-neglected 3.5GHz spectrum band is coming into its own at last. The past week has seen Huawei launching the first LTE-Advanced device for the band, and T-Mobile joining the...

Small Cell Forum and ETSI join forces on NFV

by Caroline Gabriel, Research Director The two industry bodies agree joint activities in small cell virtualization, with project to define operator requirements The Small Cell Forum recently announced that the...

Alliances proliferate on the road to '5G'

by Caroline Gabriel, Research Director   There are some '5G' discussions and claims which are completely legitimate to have in 2015, especially if next generation networks really are to start...

MWC: mobile shake-up looms, but not from 5G

by Caroline Gabriel, Research Director So Mobile World Congress (MWC) is over for another year, amid the usual record-breaking statistics (from 93,000 visitors, up 45% on the first Barcelona event...

Europe pulls together a plan for 5G - carved mo...

by Peter White The love-in that is the annual Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona has focused squarely on the mass hysteria surrounding the creation of an all-encompassing 5G network...

MWC: vendors compete for clearest 5G crystal ball

by Caroline Gabriel, Research Director Maravedis-Rethink Big wireless suppliers try to influence operators' and regulators' agendas as they dream up visions of the next generation. While the big network vendors...