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LTE spectrum opens up round the world
France kicks off 700 MHz auction process, Singapore to create fourth MNO, Russia and Mexico to auction new spectrum Rethink Wireless is a sample of our full paid service Wireless...
LTE spectrum opens up round the world
France kicks off 700 MHz auction process, Singapore to create fourth MNO, Russia and Mexico to auction new spectrum Rethink Wireless is a sample of our full paid service Wireless...
Vendors must diversify despite Chinese goldrush
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Vendors must diversify despite Chinese goldrush
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Juniper needs to redouble its efforts to win MNOs
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL Juniper Networks' chances of being acquired by Ericsson, or any other large vendor, look slim now that the Swedish firm has said it will not counteract the...
Juniper needs to redouble its efforts to win MNOs
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL Juniper Networks' chances of being acquired by Ericsson, or any other large vendor, look slim now that the Swedish firm has said it will not counteract the...
ITU brings dose of realism to 5G agenda
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL The ITU always brings a dose of sobriety to a new standards party. Amid the escalating claims about when 5G equipment will be available (now, according to...
ITU brings dose of realism to 5G agenda
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL The ITU always brings a dose of sobriety to a new standards party. Amid the escalating claims about when 5G equipment will be available (now, according to...
Cisco bolsters carrier SDN portfolio
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Cisco bolsters carrier SDN portfolio
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Small Cell Forum takes a stand on virtualization
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL The Small Cell Forum has unveiled the latest instalment of its Release Program, this time focused on virtualization, a trend which will have a deep impact on...
Small Cell Forum takes a stand on virtualization
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL The Small Cell Forum has unveiled the latest instalment of its Release Program, this time focused on virtualization, a trend which will have a deep impact on...
5G bodies at odds as critical ITU meeting looms
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5G bodies at odds as critical ITU meeting looms
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‘Multivendor’ is the new watchword as operators plan their HetNets
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director Analysts are in a unique position to assess the way service providers are thinking, and every so often, there is a tangible change in that...
‘Multivendor’ is the new watchword as operators plan their HetNets
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director Analysts are in a unique position to assess the way service providers are thinking, and every so often, there is a tangible change in that...
Ericsson turns up pressure in Apple patents attack
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL, RESEARCH DIRECTOR Ericsson has turned up the pressure on Apple, suing it in three European markets and claiming that the iDevice maker expects special treatment when...
Ericsson turns up pressure in Apple patents attack
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL, RESEARCH DIRECTOR Ericsson has turned up the pressure on Apple, suing it in three European markets and claiming that the iDevice maker expects special treatment when...
Germany to kick off Europe's 700MHz scramble
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL This will be the year of another possibly unseemly scramble for sub-1GHz mobile spectrum, with the US's controversial incentive auction in the 600MHz band due to take...
Germany to kick off Europe's 700MHz scramble
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL This will be the year of another possibly unseemly scramble for sub-1GHz mobile spectrum, with the US's controversial incentive auction in the 600MHz band due to take...
Broadcom starts to bounce back from modem failure
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL Despite exit from cellular basebands, high end smartphones are still its biggest growth driver, thanks to WiFi Broadcom may have failed in the smartphone modem market, but...
Broadcom starts to bounce back from modem failure
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL Despite exit from cellular basebands, high end smartphones are still its biggest growth driver, thanks to WiFi Broadcom may have failed in the smartphone modem market, but...
Nokia on edge of precipice, confirming ALU talks
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Nokia on edge of precipice, confirming ALU talks
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Chips and displays start to turn the Samsung ship
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL Around the turn of the year, Samsung was forced to make some bold statements of direction as the harbingers of doom leapt on the declining growth and...
Chips and displays start to turn the Samsung ship
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL Around the turn of the year, Samsung was forced to make some bold statements of direction as the harbingers of doom leapt on the declining growth and...
Huawei dominates hi-tech patents landscape
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL Huawei has overtaken Panasonic as the largest applicant for international patents, according to a survey of 2014 submissions conducted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The...
Huawei dominates hi-tech patents landscape
BY CAROLINE GABRIEL Huawei has overtaken Panasonic as the largest applicant for international patents, according to a survey of 2014 submissions conducted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 mostly from dreams
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...
Europe pulls together a plan for 5G - carved mostly from dreams
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...
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...
Wi-Fi Blasts Ahead with 11ac Wave 2 Chipsets
By Maury Wood, Principal Analyst Wi-Fi infrastructure has been evolving in two ways, in terms of performance and of usability. A significant wave of hotspot upgrades is under way, driven...
Wi-Fi Blasts Ahead with 11ac Wave 2 Chipsets
By Maury Wood, Principal Analyst Wi-Fi infrastructure has been evolving in two ways, in terms of performance and of usability. A significant wave of hotspot upgrades is under way, driven...
Virtualized networks will transform the MVNO model
by Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink When AT&T describes its User-Defined Network Cloud, the future network it is developing on top of its Domain 2.0 virtualized architecture, it often talks...
Virtualized networks will transform the MVNO model
by Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis-Rethink When AT&T describes its User-Defined Network Cloud, the future network it is developing on top of its Domain 2.0 virtualized architecture, it often talks...
Wi-Fi Cloud-Based Marketing Platforms: who is who?
by Adlane Fellah There are many platforms in the market which offer the ability to build a mobile digital marketing flow on top of Wi-Fi networks. Most offer similar benefits...
Wi-Fi Cloud-Based Marketing Platforms: who is who?
by Adlane Fellah There are many platforms in the market which offer the ability to build a mobile digital marketing flow on top of Wi-Fi networks. Most offer similar benefits...