Maravedis Blogs

Nokia on edge of precipice, confirming ALU talks

BY CAROLINE GABRIEL This is a sample of our full paid service Wireless Watch, click the link below for 4 week FREE trial. The rumor that Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent would...

Altera could make Intel a C-RAN powerhouse

BY CAROLINE GABRIEL The upheaval in the wireless infrastructure chip sector continues, with Intel said to be in talks for the biggest deal yet, a takeover of Altera, which had...

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...

NEC shows off SDN focus in UK smart city project

by Caroline Gabriel, Research Director Japan's NEC is harnessing two key carrier network trends - software defined networking (SDN) and densification - to attempt a significant comeback in the mobile...