4G

26 March, 2020

Nokia WING chief says it’s not too early to add 5G and edge capabilities for IoT

Nokia launched WING, its Worldwide IoT Network Grid, in 2017 to provide organisations with a single global supplier of connectivity, edge and other resources with the aim of accelerating and simplifying global deployments for communications service providers (CSPs) and their enterprise customers. George Malim recently spoke to Ankur Bhan, the head of the Nokia WING business, to catch up on the unit’s progress.

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26 March, 2020

Nokia delivers record 5G capacity gains via software upgrade

Nokia, has announced that it hit a milestone in the delivery of enhanced 5G capacity via a software upgrade on Nokia’s commercial AirScale solution. (more…)

26 March, 2020

Telstra partners with TEOCO to develop its unmanned aerial vehicle strategy

TEOCO, a provider of analytics, assurance and optimisation solutions to more than 300 communication service providers (CSPs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, has been selected by Telstra to assist with the development of its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) strategy. (more…)

24 March, 2020

ZTE unveils its first 5G video smartphone Axon 11 in China

ZTE Corporation, a international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile Internet, has officially unveiled the its first 5G video smartphone ZTE Axon 11 5G in China. The smartphone features exceptional 5G performance, elegant design, powerful video shooting and editing functions. (more…)

24 March, 2020

Nokia announces over 3,000 5G patent declarations

Nokia announced that it has declared more than 3,000 patent families to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) as essential for the 5G standard, reflecting its continuing leadership and strong momentum in cellular technology R&D and standardisation.  (more…)

23 March, 2020

ZTE elaborates on 6G challenges and innovations at the 2nd 6G Wireless Summit

ZTE Corporation, a international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has delivered a speech entitled “Service Native Challenges and Innovation towards 6G” at the 2nd 6G Wireless Summit by its director of 6G Research and Collaboration Dr. Fang Min. At the summit, Dr. Fang shared 6G connectivity design insights and work progress. Experts from the government agencies, operators, vendors, institutes and universities participated in the summit through online video and online Q&A.

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20 March, 2020

RCS again? Yes, really, says Synchronoss CEO

A decade ago, operators made substantial investments in rich communications services (RCS) infrastructure but the promise never came to fruition and RCS became just another rusting hulk in the scrapyard of technological three-letter acronyms. Now, with operators desperate to monetise 5G and bring new experiences to customers, RCS infrastructure is being dusted off and primed for a second chance at success, Glenn Lurie, the president chief executive of Synchronoss, tells George Malim.

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19 March, 2020

Chunghwa Telecom selects Ericsson for rapid 5G build-out in Taiwan

Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. (CHT) has selected Ericsson to provide the 5G platform to support its future network. Taiwan’s telecom service provider will deploy a non-standalone (NSA) New Radio (NR) network on mid and high-frequency bands. It will use Ericsson Radio System base stations and Ericsson’s 5G Core, including 5G Evolved Packet Core, with Ericsson selected as the supplier for 5G Core. (more…)

18 March, 2020

GSMA Telco Edge Cloud turns to MobiledgeX to take ownership of the edge marketplace

With the recent announcement that China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, EE, KDDI, Orange, Singtel, SK Telecom, Telefonica and TIM are working together, with the support of GSMA, to develop an interoperable platform to make edge compute capabilities widely and easily available, it’s clear that telecoms operators see significant potential in mobile edge computing, writes George Malim.

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16 March, 2020

Growing demand from Chinese telcos for 5G-enabling networking system, says Ethernity

Ethernity Networks reports it has seen growing demand from Chinese telecoms companies for its solutions based on FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array),a 5G-enabling network circuit. The increased demand marks a shift away from software-only User Plane Functionality (UPF) solutions and is said to demonstrate a growing movement towards disaggregation within the Chinese market. (more…)