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Trump and Huawei exert opposing pressures on US allies’ 5G telecom investments

THE WEEK IN TELCO IT – The ding dong battle over the acceptability, or otherwise, of Huawei’s involvement in national 5G infrastructure projects is intensifying, says Jeremy Cowan.

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5G requires a new approach to wireless testing

5G has the potential to significantly transform our lives, says Charles Schroeder, Business and Technology fellow, National Instruments. From better business communications, to smarter homes and factories, to advances in autonomous vehicles.

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A Week in Telco IT: T-Mobile 2mn user security breach shows comms sector has learned little

T-Mobile was hacked this week and the resulting data breach is depressingly familiar. One security expert believes it points to a “systemic malaise” in the communications industry. Jeremy Cowan reports

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Transport and manufacturing will be among the first sectors to benefit from 5G

Wireless broadband technology is advancing workplace productivity across industries like transportation and manufacturing. That much isn’t news. But Chris Stark, chief business development officer at Nokia, commented recently that “we

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Hype around 5G is giving way to sober but positive assessments of growing market impact

The subject of 5G (or 5th generation mobile communications) has never been far from the headlines this year. In January it was the talk of the show in Las Vegas

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Redknee Solutions puts management upheaval behind it and changes name to Optiva as part of transformation plan

After a two and a half-year rollercoaster ride, during which it acquired Orga Systems then parted company with its founder and CEO, Canada-based Redknee Solutions Inc. (TSX: RKN) has changed

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Top 3 mobile data trends to watch for in 2018

By Indranil Chatterjee, SVP of Product & Sales at Openwave Mobility As the long-awaited transition to 5G becomes more fact than fiction in 2018, the potential for faster data speeds

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A Week in Telco IT: T-Mobile buys Layer3 TV to boost revenues from new video streaming services

Quality TV programming from Layer3 will soon be gracing the T-Mobile US network and boosting profitability. Well, that’s the plan. The wireless network and content provider has been searching for

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Strategic Insight for Mobile Operators from the Mobile Video Index

A new report from Openwave Mobility provides observations from real-time measurements of live traffic on mobile networks throughout the world. With the Mobile Video Index, mobile operators can understand what

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If advertisers have nothing to hide why are some anonymous? Release all ads so we can see who placed them

Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner has strong opinions about privacy and data collection, and his experience makes that particularly interesting. Born in Reykjavik, Iceland, Jon is the co-founder and CEO of

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