4G

23 June, 2017

Is 5G on a train to nowhere?

Recently I was on a train from Frankfurt to Nuremburg in Germany attempting in vain to get some work done, writes Robin Kent, the director of European operations at Adax. The issue I had is that, as there was no Wi-Fi available on-board, I was having to rely on the mobile phone network to remain connected. My frustration grew as my phone constantly flitted between 4G, 3G and 2G, causing emails not to sync correctly and an increasing amount of important messages becoming stuck in my outbox, as well as troubles with web browsing. (more…)

16 June, 2017

Will it be bye-bye bill shock as EU roaming ends?

Mobile operators have generated substantial revenues for many years from imposing charges as users roam between nations in the European Union, writes George Malim as the abolition of roaming charges comes into effect on 15 June 2017. (more…)

30 May, 2017

Almost half of users expect mobile devices to be their main form of identification by 2025

Close to half of consumers (48%) expect a mobile device to become their main form of identification by 2025 thanks to new technologies such as biometrics, with a single means of authentication to securely access online services, confirm transactions and sign documents, according to a global survey conducted by Gemalto. (more…)

10 March, 2017

Nokia claims a first for MIKA, a digital assistant customised for telecommunications operators

Finland-based Nokia has created a customised ‘digital assistant’ to improve telecom operators’ efficiency by providing engineers faster access to critical information. (more…)

03 March, 2017

Astellia scores framework geolocation agreement with Telefónica group

Astellia has been selected in a global framework agreement with Telefónica Group to deploy its geolocated-based RAN optimisation platform. The system has already been deployed in Spain and will be rolled-out during 2017 in Latin America. (more…)

27 February, 2017

Syniverse analysis reveals global LTE still a distant reality

Syniverse has released new insights into the maturity of LTE as a global technology through a study of inter-regional LTE roaming patterns worldwide. The study analysed the regular course of global roaming traffic from more than 140 mobile operators in six regions, and the analysis revealed that, in spite of industry ambitions, inter-regional non-LTE roaming traffic still outstrips LTE roaming traffic by 58% to 42%. Furthermore, the overwhelming majority of inter-regional LTE roaming traffic – 81% – takes place between North America and Latin America. (more…)

18 January, 2017

Networks’ online smartphone support savings rise as support costs climb 135%, says Spirent

Spirent Communications plc has published its annual mobile device intelligence report for 2016. Spirent is a provider of verification, assessment, analytics, and device intelligence solutions. (more…)

19 December, 2016

ZTE to build large-scale vIMS network in Latin America for Telefónica

ZTE is working with Telefónica, to jointly build a large-scale virtual IP Multimedia Subsystem (vIMS) network in Latin America. This network will cover seven countries in Latin America – Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador and Uruguay, providing voice over LTE (VoLTE) and voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) services for Telefónica customers. (more…)

19 December, 2016

CellMining wins SON contract with MegaFon

Russian mobile operator MegaFon has chosen CellMining, a provider of Self-Organising Networks (SON) and subscriber network experience solutions, to provide its Behavior-Based SON system to optimise its network performance in the Moscow region. (more…)

25 November, 2016

Are you failing to plan or planning to fail?

Customers want fast and reliable services and CSPs want to give those to them but attempts to do so require they tweak the best they can from their existing network infrastructure, hence industry momentum for effective network planning and optimisation, writes Jonny Evans (more…)