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24 September, 2021

Subex’s new patent defines the future of revenue maximisation for telcos

Subex, a provider of enabling Digital Trust, announced it has broken new ground by now extending its revenue maximisation capabilities to the network edge. This marks a significant achievement for the company as it will now be able to help telecom operators and subscribers to take actions proactively and prevent fraud faster and accurately by arresting it at the source. This also signifies an important milestone in the company’s 5G roadmap. Towards this, Subex announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company’s patent application no. 11108914.

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24 September, 2021

Cloud-native vs legacy telco architectures: the pros and cons

Cloud-native architecture is a concept that originated in the IT industry but is being quickly and widely adopted by telcos. RtBrick’s CTO Hannes Gredler looks at its potential to overcome the limitations of legacy systems in the networking business.

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24 September, 2021

Xilinx and NEC accelerate next-generation 5G radio units for global deployment

Xilinx, Inc., a provider of adaptive computing, and NEC Corporation announced that the companies are collaborating on NEC’s next-generation 5G radio units (RUs) expected to be available for global deployment in 2022. Xilinx 7nm Versal AI Core series devices, which are currently shipping in volume production, will enable greater performance in the new NEC RUs.

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23 September, 2021

ETSI launches specification for the 5th generation fixed network, F5G technology landscape

ETSI’s 5^th Generation Fixed Network group (F5G ISG) has just released its specification, ETSI GS F5G 003, entitled F5G Technology Landscape. In this specification, the ISG studies the technical requirements, existing standards and gaps for 10 different new use cases, for home, enterprises or industrial needs.

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22 September, 2021

AVIWEST selects Sierra Wireless 5G new radio module for mobile ultra-high-definition video encoders

Sierra Wireless, an IoT solutions provider, announced that its EM9191 5G New Radio (NR) module has been integrated into mobile video encoders from AVIWEST, a provider of live and recorded video contribution systems.

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21 September, 2021

Expansion into Baltics with OSS Networks joining Enreach

Enreach, one of the unified communications (UC) companies providing innovative contact technology, has further expanded its footprint with the addition of OSS Networks, SIA. Already the preferred provider of cloud-based UC services in the Baltics, the Latvia-based company has more than doubled its revenues over the last three years.

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21 September, 2021

OQ Technology reveals patent portfolio in the US and Europe to improve satellite communications

5G satellite operator OQ Technology has revealed six pending patent applications in the USA and in Europe that will improve satellite-based IoT and M2M communications in remote locations. OQ Technology’s patent applications include a “wake-up” technology for satellite IoT (Internet of things) devices, IoT device localisation, frequency and timing synchronisation, inter-satellite link technology and satellite system design.

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21 September, 2021

The Broadband Commission and Vodafone urge action to connect 3.4bn people with smartphones by 2030

A major new initiative has been launched by Vodafone Group Plc and ITU, the United Nations’ specialised agency for information and communication technologies, to address the global digital divide, with the aim that an additional 3.4 billion people could have the ability to access and use the internet through a smartphone by 2030.

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21 September, 2021

Digital bill payment & presentment value to exceed $2trn globally in 2021

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the global transaction value of digital bill payment and presentment will exceed $2 trillion (€1.71 trillion) by the end of 2021, from $1.9 trillion (€1.9 trillion) in 2020.

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17 September, 2021

Nokia and ATU to speed up digital transformation and the knowledge economy in Africa

Nokia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) to drive digital transformation and the knowledge economy for socio-economic development across the continent.

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