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The Road to Network Convergence
A year ago, when the Wireless Broadband Alliance announced its Vision 2020 program, it was moving away from a specific focus on Wi-Fi, and towards a far broader platform based...
The Road to Network Convergence
A year ago, when the Wireless Broadband Alliance announced its Vision 2020 program, it was moving away from a specific focus on Wi-Fi, and towards a far broader platform based...
Antitrust agencies will be on high alert over AT&T/Time Warner bid
AT&T has pulled off one surprise with its bid to acquire Time Warner for $85.4bn – prompted an opinion from Donald Trump on which most can agree. Trump said the...
Antitrust agencies will be on high alert over AT&T/Time Warner bid
AT&T has pulled off one surprise with its bid to acquire Time Warner for $85.4bn – prompted an opinion from Donald Trump on which most can agree. Trump said the...
The end of hardware as a mobile business
Exploding handsets aside, Ericsson’s crisis shows the need for all players to accelerate their shift towards software and services It’s been another week of exploding smartphones, and the growing fall-out...
The end of hardware as a mobile business
Exploding handsets aside, Ericsson’s crisis shows the need for all players to accelerate their shift towards software and services It’s been another week of exploding smartphones, and the growing fall-out...
WiFi roaming gathers pace in US and beyond
WiFi roaming on a grand scale is the order of the day as a rising percentage of wireless data travels over the unlicensed-band technology, and as a wide range of...
WiFi roaming gathers pace in US and beyond
WiFi roaming on a grand scale is the order of the day as a rising percentage of wireless data travels over the unlicensed-band technology, and as a wide range of...
More than half of world’s urban population has no broadband access
We tend to take broadband availability and affordability as a given, at least in large cities! That’s not what we found in a recent research we conducted on behalf of...
More than half of world’s urban population has no broadband access
We tend to take broadband availability and affordability as a given, at least in large cities! That’s not what we found in a recent research we conducted on behalf of...
LPWANs are standing up robustly to the threat from LTE
Some operators and vendors insist that, once the 3GPP’s Narrowband-IoT standard is widely deployed, from late 2016, the specialized LPWA (low power wide area) networks will disappear into a niche....
LPWANs are standing up robustly to the threat from LTE
Some operators and vendors insist that, once the 3GPP’s Narrowband-IoT standard is widely deployed, from late 2016, the specialized LPWA (low power wide area) networks will disappear into a niche....
Wall Street unconvinced by Softbank’s optimism about Sprint
Sprint’s owner, Softbank of Japan, is standing by its troubled US child, with founder Masayoshi Son saying that Sprint’s radical capex cuts helped boost its parent’s operating margins by 8.8%...
Wall Street unconvinced by Softbank’s optimism about Sprint
Sprint’s owner, Softbank of Japan, is standing by its troubled US child, with founder Masayoshi Son saying that Sprint’s radical capex cuts helped boost its parent’s operating margins by 8.8%...
As Wi-Fi’s Popularity Grows, So Do Its Challenges
Last year was the first time that Wi-Fi carried more mobile traffic than cellular did, according to Cisco’s Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast (2015 to 2020), which...
As Wi-Fi’s Popularity Grows, So Do Its Challenges
Last year was the first time that Wi-Fi carried more mobile traffic than cellular did, according to Cisco’s Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast (2015 to 2020), which...
Wi-Fi Doesn’t Let Success Go to Its Head
Wi-Fi is a decades-old technology, but it remains as relevant as ever because it continues to evolve in ways that benefit vendors, service providers and their customers. The Wi-Fi Alliance’s...
Wi-Fi Doesn’t Let Success Go to Its Head
Wi-Fi is a decades-old technology, but it remains as relevant as ever because it continues to evolve in ways that benefit vendors, service providers and their customers. The Wi-Fi Alliance’s...
Huawei – three steps to cloud heaven
Huawei has set out a three-step process which it claims operators must go through, to become fully cloud-enabled. Of course, this triple jump is supported at each stage by elements...
Huawei – three steps to cloud heaven
Huawei has set out a three-step process which it claims operators must go through, to become fully cloud-enabled. Of course, this triple jump is supported at each stage by elements...
LTE provides new hope for ailing state telcos
In the early years of 3G, there was a significant time lag between deployments in developed mobile markets, and those in most emerging economies. Indeed, some of those still have...
LTE provides new hope for ailing state telcos
In the early years of 3G, there was a significant time lag between deployments in developed mobile markets, and those in most emerging economies. Indeed, some of those still have...
The MNO’s nightmare, an iPhone with eSIM, may come true this year
In 2010, Apple tried to bulldoze an embedded SIM card into the industry before it was ready. The company was forced to retreat under intense fire from European MNOs, which...
The MNO’s nightmare, an iPhone with eSIM, may come true this year
In 2010, Apple tried to bulldoze an embedded SIM card into the industry before it was ready. The company was forced to retreat under intense fire from European MNOs, which...
Are operators ready to deploy cloud-based BSS?
A recent survey from Chinese BSS provider AsiaInfo, in collaboration with Telecoms.com, found that 71% of operators are ready to deploy cloud-based business support systems (BSS), but 62% have concerns...
Are operators ready to deploy cloud-based BSS?
A recent survey from Chinese BSS provider AsiaInfo, in collaboration with Telecoms.com, found that 71% of operators are ready to deploy cloud-based business support systems (BSS), but 62% have concerns...
LTE infrastructure revenues peak as subscriptions cross 1bn barrier
LTE subscriptions crossed the one billion barrier in the last quarter of 2015, says the GSA, but revenues from 4G equipment have already peaked, according to IHS Technology. The GSA...
LTE infrastructure revenues peak as subscriptions cross 1bn barrier
LTE subscriptions crossed the one billion barrier in the last quarter of 2015, says the GSA, but revenues from 4G equipment have already peaked, according to IHS Technology. The GSA...
Cohere joins the big names in the quest to define 5G’s air interface
Debate continues to rage about the 5G air interface – will the new generation of mobile networks require an entirely new air interface, or several; or will it rely on...
Cohere joins the big names in the quest to define 5G’s air interface
Debate continues to rage about the 5G air interface – will the new generation of mobile networks require an entirely new air interface, or several; or will it rely on...
MWC: Vendors compete to be the most ‘5G-ready
In the first instalment of Wireless Watch’s Mobile World Congress special edition, we looked at a selection of operator trials of pre-5G networks and services. Now we turn our attention...
MWC: Vendors compete to be the most ‘5G-ready
In the first instalment of Wireless Watch’s Mobile World Congress special edition, we looked at a selection of operator trials of pre-5G networks and services. Now we turn our attention...
MWC 2016: The big themes in Barcelona
These were the biggest themes this year in Barcelona – no big surprises on the topic list, though there were plenty of unexpected twists within each area, many of them...
MWC 2016: The big themes in Barcelona
These were the biggest themes this year in Barcelona – no big surprises on the topic list, though there were plenty of unexpected twists within each area, many of them...
MWC: Operators vye for 5G glory, but Huawei focuses on 4.5G
In last week’s edition, we looked at how the major OEMs will need to tread a careful balance, at this year’s Mobile World Congress, between being ahead of the pack...
MWC: Operators vye for 5G glory, but Huawei focuses on 4.5G
In last week’s edition, we looked at how the major OEMs will need to tread a careful balance, at this year’s Mobile World Congress, between being ahead of the pack...
Latest Cisco VNI Quantifies Mobile’s Growth and Wi-Fi’s Role as Competitor and Enabler
Fifteen years ago, nearly every PowerPoint presentation about wireless had a slide predicting data traffic taking off like a hockey stick. What might have seemed overly optimistic then looks like...
Latest Cisco VNI Quantifies Mobile’s Growth and Wi-Fi’s Role as Competitor and Enabler
Fifteen years ago, nearly every PowerPoint presentation about wireless had a slide predicting data traffic taking off like a hockey stick. What might have seemed overly optimistic then looks like...
LTE costs will transform the cell tower market in 2016
The vast cost of keeping up with demand for mobile data is intensifying the pressure on mobile operators’ capex budgets and accelerating their moves to improve their infrastructure cost base....
LTE costs will transform the cell tower market in 2016
The vast cost of keeping up with demand for mobile data is intensifying the pressure on mobile operators’ capex budgets and accelerating their moves to improve their infrastructure cost base....
Qualcomm deepens its Chinese ties to chase the server market
Qualcomm, free from the looming shadow of its strategic review, has wasted no time in gathering its weapons for a major attack on new markets in 2016. The Consumer Electronics...
Qualcomm deepens its Chinese ties to chase the server market
Qualcomm, free from the looming shadow of its strategic review, has wasted no time in gathering its weapons for a major attack on new markets in 2016. The Consumer Electronics...
Boingo has NFV in 20% of airport hotspots
Managed hotspot provider Boingo Wireless is leading the charge to bring virtualization to public WiFi networks, in order to reap the same benefits which mobile operators are targeting in their...
Boingo has NFV in 20% of airport hotspots
Managed hotspot provider Boingo Wireless is leading the charge to bring virtualization to public WiFi networks, in order to reap the same benefits which mobile operators are targeting in their...
Amazon enters WiFi chip business
Will sell Alpine processors, from its Annapurna acquisition, under its own brand for WiFi routers and other equipment Ever since it broke out of its retail model to make its...
Amazon enters WiFi chip business
Will sell Alpine processors, from its Annapurna acquisition, under its own brand for WiFi routers and other equipment Ever since it broke out of its retail model to make its...
Triband aggregation pushes TD-LTE limits
Three-carrier aggregation, TDD and 256QAM – a mounting number of trials points to a dream team for 4G As operators push for ever-greater 4G speeds, carrier aggregation is becoming more...
Triband aggregation pushes TD-LTE limits
Three-carrier aggregation, TDD and 256QAM – a mounting number of trials points to a dream team for 4G As operators push for ever-greater 4G speeds, carrier aggregation is becoming more...
Wi-Fi Roaming Business Case
More and more, people throughout the world are relying on their smart devices to stay connected with friends, family, and colleagues when they are traveling. Cellular roaming services have been...
Wi-Fi Roaming Business Case
More and more, people throughout the world are relying on their smart devices to stay connected with friends, family, and colleagues when they are traveling. Cellular roaming services have been...