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5G preparation paves the way for next gen wireless

It feels like only yesterday that the power of 4G was unleashed on the world, offering speeds of up to 100 megabits per second and surpassing the performance of many

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End-to-end network testing has the edge for 5G

The hotly anticipated arrival of 5G is seemingly on the horizon, writes Ultan Kelly, a product line manager at VIAVI Solutions. Following the recent spectrum auctions in the UK, operators

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5G is a garden with forking paths

Everything used to be so straightforward. Customers couldn’t get enough mobile service – first voice, then data – and 3GPP brought vendors and operators together on a single path to

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5G challenges are not all about wireless networks

The imminent rollout of 5G mobile networks has major implications for the supporting backhaul infrastructure which need to be addressed sooner rather than later, writes Stephan Wanke, the vice president

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Solve the service assurance complexity of 4.5G and 5G

The first pre-standard launches of 5G are due toward the end of 2018, writes Scott Sumner, the vice president of strategy at end-to-end network and application performance experts Accedian. However,

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AI and the future of wholesale

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rarely far from the headlines these days. While the technology isn’t new, the hype that surrounds it has reached fever pitch – we’re constantly hearing about

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How CSPs can address the challenges of preparing for 5G

In April, UK regulator Ofcom announced that the auction of frequencies for 5G mobile networks had raised £1.36bn – even though 5G isn’t expected to launch until 2020. However, several

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The mobile industry needs to balance complexity with seamless customer experience

The mobile industry finds itself in the middle of a paradox. Consumers would like a totally seamless mobile experience at all times, with virtually flawless coverage for everything from voice

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How can the telecoms industry successfully adopt digital twins?

In space exploration, NASA needed a way to monitor and control each of its spacecraft, space stations and satellites that were sent from Earth, writes Ganesan Arulanandham, a consulting partner

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Build, buy or hire a UC platform: what’s best for who, when and how

Traditionally, service providers built their own telecoms platforms, whether developing in-house or via an external vendor, writes Bertrand Pourcelot, the director general of Centile Telecom Applications.

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