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SHF bands to solve metrocell’s backhaul spectrum puzzle
By Luis Reyes Figueroa, Spectrum Analyst, Maravedis-Rethink Managing the surge of mobile data demand, particularly in dense urban areas, continues to cause headaches to carriers. The nature of cellular networks...
SHF bands to solve metrocell’s backhaul spectrum puzzle
By Luis Reyes Figueroa, Spectrum Analyst, Maravedis-Rethink Managing the surge of mobile data demand, particularly in dense urban areas, continues to cause headaches to carriers. The nature of cellular networks...
Syniverse buys Aicent as IPX market consolidates
With carriers like Vodafone threatening to squeeze independents, the carrier services specialist is building scale and a broad offering By Caroline Gabriel With LTE build-outs accelerating in many regions, the...
Syniverse buys Aicent as IPX market consolidates
With carriers like Vodafone threatening to squeeze independents, the carrier services specialist is building scale and a broad offering By Caroline Gabriel With LTE build-outs accelerating in many regions, the...
Chinese cellcos to get FDD LTE spectrum this month?
If Unicom and Telecom get FDD licences this month, China Mobile's 4G headstart would be severely reduced By Caroline Gabriel China Mobile appeared to have played a blinder when it...
Chinese cellcos to get FDD LTE spectrum this month?
If Unicom and Telecom get FDD licences this month, China Mobile's 4G headstart would be severely reduced By Caroline Gabriel China Mobile appeared to have played a blinder when it...
Qualcomm set to pounce on WiGig pioneer Wilocity
Reported $300m acquisition would help the US firm stay at the cutting edge in devices, and also get closer to Cisco in small cells By Caroline Gabriel Ever-higher frequency bands...
Qualcomm set to pounce on WiGig pioneer Wilocity
Reported $300m acquisition would help the US firm stay at the cutting edge in devices, and also get closer to Cisco in small cells By Caroline Gabriel Ever-higher frequency bands...
Apple poised to buy Beats for music streaming
Pressure on iTunes will force Apple to embrace streaming whole-heartedly at last, and start buying larger companies By Caroline Gabriel Ever since Apple launched iTunes and made a star of...
Apple poised to buy Beats for music streaming
Pressure on iTunes will force Apple to embrace streaming whole-heartedly at last, and start buying larger companies By Caroline Gabriel Ever since Apple launched iTunes and made a star of...
GE adds security firm to Industrial Internet
The same cybersecurity issues which threaten consumer and enterprise services will now move to industrial sensor networks By Caroline Gabriel The evolution of the internet of things will certainly rely...
GE adds security firm to Industrial Internet
The same cybersecurity issues which threaten consumer and enterprise services will now move to industrial sensor networks By Caroline Gabriel The evolution of the internet of things will certainly rely...
Docomo signs six vendors for '5G' program
Japanese cellco aims to deploy next generation networks in 2020, even though it is unclear what they will look like By Caroline Gabriel '5G' is succeeding in being overhyped before...
Docomo signs six vendors for '5G' program
Japanese cellco aims to deploy next generation networks in 2020, even though it is unclear what they will look like By Caroline Gabriel '5G' is succeeding in being overhyped before...
Intel scores in Chromebooks, squeezed in Surface
Microsoft may use Snapdragon for ARM-based Surface, enhancing Qualcomm's post-PC position, but Intel leaps ahead in Chrome By Caroline Gabriel It's fair to assume that Intel will never seriously weaken...
Intel scores in Chromebooks, squeezed in Surface
Microsoft may use Snapdragon for ARM-based Surface, enhancing Qualcomm's post-PC position, but Intel leaps ahead in Chrome By Caroline Gabriel It's fair to assume that Intel will never seriously weaken...
Virgin at center of latest French mobile shake-up
SFR or Bouygues Telecom may bid for controlling stake in large MVNO, as they arm themselves against Free By Caroline Gabriel The merry-go-round of French mobile communications continues. No sooner...
Virgin at center of latest French mobile shake-up
SFR or Bouygues Telecom may bid for controlling stake in large MVNO, as they arm themselves against Free By Caroline Gabriel The merry-go-round of French mobile communications continues. No sooner...
Apple should go after Google directly, says patent jury
Latest Apple-Samsung trial ends in marginal victory for the iPhone maker, while Google may not be able to stay in the shadows forever By Caroline Gabriel The jury in the...
Apple should go after Google directly, says patent jury
Latest Apple-Samsung trial ends in marginal victory for the iPhone maker, while Google may not be able to stay in the shadows forever By Caroline Gabriel The jury in the...
China Mobile seizes 4G initiative in Pakistan
By the Maravedis-Rethink RAN Service team Amid a tortured process which almost led to Pakistan's 3G auction being cancelled, the spectrum sale has gone ahead, with China Mobile emerging as...
China Mobile seizes 4G initiative in Pakistan
By the Maravedis-Rethink RAN Service team Amid a tortured process which almost led to Pakistan's 3G auction being cancelled, the spectrum sale has gone ahead, with China Mobile emerging as...
Ericsson becomes a software company, driven by NFV
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink Virtualization and software-defined networking (SDN) have been a significant shock to the system for major wireless infrastructure vendors. They give carriers the opportunity to...
Ericsson becomes a software company, driven by NFV
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink Virtualization and software-defined networking (SDN) have been a significant shock to the system for major wireless infrastructure vendors. They give carriers the opportunity to...
Recent Wi-Fi successes encourage FCC to relax 5GHz restrictions
By Peter White, Principal Analyst Wi-Fi and digital multimedia Last week saw a significant breakthrough for US Wi-Fi spectrum in terms of flexibility and capacity. The FCC signed a ruling...
Recent Wi-Fi successes encourage FCC to relax 5GHz restrictions
By Peter White, Principal Analyst Wi-Fi and digital multimedia Last week saw a significant breakthrough for US Wi-Fi spectrum in terms of flexibility and capacity. The FCC signed a ruling...
SK Telecom boosts upload rates with Uplink CoMP roll-out
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink Innovative cellcos and their suppliers are increasingly competing to be first to support key elements of LTE-Advanced. While commercial deployments labelled LTE-A are almost...
SK Telecom boosts upload rates with Uplink CoMP roll-out
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink Innovative cellcos and their suppliers are increasingly competing to be first to support key elements of LTE-Advanced. While commercial deployments labelled LTE-A are almost...
$1bn China Mobile deal injects new confidence into ALU
By the Maravedis-Rethink RAN Service team The patience of those who kept the faith with Alcatel-Lucent is starting to be rewarded after more than eight years of one of the...
$1bn China Mobile deal injects new confidence into ALU
By the Maravedis-Rethink RAN Service team The patience of those who kept the faith with Alcatel-Lucent is starting to be rewarded after more than eight years of one of the...
Orange: 'Wi-Fi first' strong tool in emerging economies
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink 'Wi-Fi first' has become a fashionable discussion point for many operators – could the normal order of events be reversed and licensed cellcos direct...
Orange: 'Wi-Fi first' strong tool in emerging economies
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink 'Wi-Fi first' has become a fashionable discussion point for many operators – could the normal order of events be reversed and licensed cellcos direct...
Vodafone buys Ono, but has plenty of cash left
By Peter White, principal analyst, media and content Raising a pile of cash from a massive sell-off can take a company in one of two directions, either financing consolidation...
Vodafone buys Ono, but has plenty of cash left
By Peter White, principal analyst, media and content Raising a pile of cash from a massive sell-off can take a company in one of two directions, either financing consolidation...
Qualcomm gears up for 'hyper-dense' networks
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink Public access small cell deployments may still be limited in number and scope, but with the technology set to gain scale this year, industry...
Qualcomm gears up for 'hyper-dense' networks
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink Public access small cell deployments may still be limited in number and scope, but with the technology set to gain scale this year, industry...
Standards creating new confidence in Carrier Wi-Fi
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink Carrier Wi-Fi is increasingly discussed in the same breath as LTE small cells as a key component of mobile operators' HetNets, but in reality,...
Standards creating new confidence in Carrier Wi-Fi
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink Carrier Wi-Fi is increasingly discussed in the same breath as LTE small cells as a key component of mobile operators' HetNets, but in reality,...