4G

11 March, 2020

Rakuten Mobile selects Nokia for optical transport for its first 5G cloud-native mobile network

Nokia announced Rakuten Mobile will deploy the Nokia 1830 Photonic Service Switch to power its reconfigurable photonic mesh mobile backhaul network. Rakuten Mobile, Japan’s mobile carrier, is set to launch the world’s first end-to-end fully virtualised cloud-native 5G mobile network. The deployment of Nokia’s cutting-edge coherent and optical component technologies will enable Rakuten Mobile to easily and flexibly grow its network bandwidth for the rapid rollout of 4G and 5G services. (more…)

06 March, 2020

Wind Tre CIO: How Qvantel digital transformation partnership redefines customer interaction

Bringing together separate fixed line and mobile operators under new ownership is among the most complex integrations a communications service provider (CSP) can undertake. However, for Wind Tre, it provided an opportunity not only to unify operations but to transform the business for the digital era, writes George Malim.

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05 March, 2020

There isn’t a US$1bn 5G use case, says Accenture 5G lead

Although we’ve missed out on the trumpets heralding the continued roll-out of 5G thanks to the cancellation of MWC 2020, there are significant early milestones to the full deployment of the technology being passed. The road is long, though, Tejas Rao, the managing director and global 5G offering lead at Accenture, tells George Malim.

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05 March, 2020

Field service provider numbers to double by 2025, Zebra study predicts

Field service providers in the telecoms and technical industries globally will increase the use of mobile technologies to optimise and transform workflows in the field. This is according to a new study by Zebra Technologies Corporation, a company working “at the edge of the enterprise” with solutions and partners that enable businesses to gain a performance edge.

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05 March, 2020

Consumers intrigued by 5G but need more than speed, says MATRIXX research

According to new research, the benefits of 5G are not widely understood by consumers and communication service providers (CSPs) will need to solve existing pain-points and entice customers with new experiences to stimulate upgrades to 5G. So says MATRIXX Software, a company specialising in transforming global commerce, which released the results of a consumer and operator research study. (more…)

05 March, 2020

HERE unveils Geodata Models to cut 5G wireless network planning costs and speed deployment

HERE, a location data and technology platform, has unveiled HERE Geodata Models to help accelerate the telecommunications industry’s planning and deployment of 5G wireless networks while reducing network planning operational expenses. (more…)

05 March, 2020

Nokia, Telenor and Telia create the advanced shared wireless network in Denmark

 Nokia, along with operators Telenor and Telia, announced that it has deployed the advanced shared wireless network supporting a Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) feature, enabled for wireless technologies spanning 2G to 5G. (more…)

04 March, 2020

Mobily boosts digital economy with Nokia’s next-generation ICT and AI solutions

A new agreement has been signed by Etihad Etisalat Co (Mobily) and Nokia, covering the provision of next-generation telecom technologies. The deal is in line with Saudi Vision 2030, which aims to benefit society by driving digital transformation digital transformation and the digital economy. (more…)

04 March, 2020

Peru joint venture deploys hundreds of parallel wireless OpenRAN sites in Latin America

Parallel Wireless Inc, a U.S.-based OpenRAN company, has deployed hundreds of programmable virtualised 4G OpenRAN sites to deliver mobile broadband in Latin America. It is doing this through Internet para Todos Peru (IpT Peru), a company launched in May 2019 and owned by Telefonica, Facebook, IDB Invest and CAF banks. (more…)

03 March, 2020

ZTE releases AIVO digital operation solution

ZTE Corporation, a international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has launched the AIVO (AI Insight Value Operation) digital operation solution, which helps operators build the next-generation intelligent O&M operation platform oriented to 5G evolution, and provides an integrated support of network planning and construction, O&M optimisation and service development. (more…)