4G

19 February, 2019

What does mobile app fatigue mean, and can it be stopped?

A by-product of the invention of smartphones, the mobile app ecosystem now encapsulates millions of app developers and billions of smartphone owners who use these apps every day, writes Mark Jackson, the director and industry principal for telecoms & media at Pegasystems. There was a recent period where businesses just had to be seen to have an app to curb potential concerns about alienating younger demographics, but these attitudes are beginning to wane. Up until now, app use has been increasing, but this is set to change. Is 2019 going to be the year that we see a big app shake-up that could be terminal?

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18 February, 2019

Kalimat Telecom selects Parallel Wireless for network build out

Parallel Wireless, Inc., claims to be the provider of the world’s first end-to-end software-based unified network solution across All Gs (2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G), announced that Kalimat Telecom, a subsidiary of Kuwait’s Trade Links, has selected Parallel Wireless to build out their mobile broadband network in Iraq. (more…)

18 February, 2019

Korea Telecom connects with Oracle to enable Network-as-a-Service for 5G

Korea Telecom has selected Oracle Communications for the 5G Policy Control Function (PCF) in the build-out of its 5G network and to enable new Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) offerings for businesses. (more…)

15 February, 2019

T-Mobile Austria deploys Teoco configuration management

T-Mobile Austria has deployed Teoco’s SmartCM next generation Radio Access Network (RAN) configuration management tool in order to provide the operator’s 7.2 million subscribers with a better quality of service.

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15 February, 2019

5G’s potential won’t be fully realised in 2019

Estimates predict that there will be 1 billion 5G users worldwide by 2023. The potential impact of 5G technology has been well discussed in recent years, writes Caroline Puygrenier, the director of strategy and business development for connectivity at Interxion. The technology has the potential to dramatically improve data speeds, increase network bandwidth and reduce latency, transforming every industry from manufacturing and marketing to communications and entertainment.

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14 February, 2019

UK mobile networks are showing real improvement but the next challenges are already here

For all developed nations, competitiveness is going to depend heavily on super-fast 5G connectivity, writes Hakan Ekmen, the chief executive of P3 communications.
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14 February, 2019

Research reveals CSPs replace prepaid base every two years

A new has revealed the hidden reality of the prepaid mobile market in developing economies, writes George Malim. Though prepaid is the dominant form of mobile connection – accounting for 71% (5.7 billion) of global mobile connections and 32% (US$265bn) in service revenues in 2018 – the study found that communications service providers (CSPs) in eight developing markets wasted US$670m last year replacing lost customers.

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11 February, 2019

In 2019, venue owners will take LTE into their own hands

Most of us now expect to be able to use our phones wherever we go and, because of this, demand for high-capacity in-building coverage will continue to grow in 2019, writes Ingo Flömer, the vice president of Business Development and Technology, at Cobham Wireless.

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04 February, 2019

It’s time to clean house in OSS/BSS in preparation for 5G

With standards approved, and with handsets and localised networks due to be deployed in the first half of 2019, 5G networks will soon be appearing all around the world, writes Michal Medrala, the head of OSS product management at Comarch.

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04 February, 2019

ZTE and IHS jointly release the study “best architecture of 5G choices”

ZTE Corporation, an international provider of technology solutions for telecommunications, businesses and consumers in the mobile Internet, announced the publication of the study “5G Best Choice Architecture” in partnership with IHS. (more…)