Smart Cities

30 June, 2020

ZTE partners with China Telecom to deploy 5G commercial ultra-broadband Qcell digital indoor distribution system

ZTE Corporation , a international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, announced that ZTE and the Jiangsu branch of China Telecom have deployed 5G 200 MHz Qcell 4T4R digital indoor distribution system in the indoor scenarios with high amounts of data traffic, such as shopping malls and subway stations, in Xuzhou, China. (more…)

02 June, 2020

Could fraud & RA competition and consolidation turn to consortium and collaboration? Part 2

During 2005 and 2010, the emerging term revenue assurance become more prominent, with every telecom service provider having a revenue assurance function in some form. Fraud and revenue assurance departments slowly and steadily started to merge and consolidate responsibility, people and processes. This in parallel drove the risk management vendors to look at integrating their own fraud and RA offerings into a combined solution, says Luke Taylor, founder & director at LATeral Alliances Ltd.

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28 May, 2020

Operators rethink security of 5G network traffic, big rise in devices and use cases

Mobile service providers say they are making substantial progress toward ushering in a new generation of 5G networks that will enable ultra-high-speed mobile connectivity and a wide variety of new applications and smart infrastructure use cases. Progress includes steady work toward virtualising core network functions and a reexamination of the security investments they will need to protect their networks and customers.  (more…)

07 May, 2020

5G services: Deliver them seamlessly, flawlessly and accurately to gain and retain customer trust

Depending on what you read in the media, 5G rollouts are either on track or delayed due to the pandemic. What is not in dispute, says Padma Ravichander, CEO of Tecnotree, is that 5G will arrive sooner or later. (more…)

06 May, 2020

Ecosystem strategy is essential for CSPs ‘losing ground’ in B2B 5G, says report

Telcos are losing ground in early enterprise 5G projects, and they need to act quickly to recover positions of influence as the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. So says BearingPoint//Beyond, which is working in collaboration with Omdia (previously Ovum). (more…)

06 May, 2020

Time for a Wake-Up Call: Telecom Pricing Models Are Broken

The telecommunications industry is broken, and the global pandemic is pushing it past the brink. While other businesses are severely challenged by COVID-19, three essential industries should be thriving: pharmaceuticals, groceries and telecommunications, says Marc Price, global CTO of MATRIXX Software. (more…)

26 March, 2020

Nokia WING chief says it’s not too early to add 5G and edge capabilities for IoT

Nokia launched WING, its Worldwide IoT Network Grid, in 2017 to provide organisations with a single global supplier of connectivity, edge and other resources with the aim of accelerating and simplifying global deployments for communications service providers (CSPs) and their enterprise customers. George Malim recently spoke to Ankur Bhan, the head of the Nokia WING business, to catch up on the unit’s progress.

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16 March, 2020

Growing demand from Chinese telcos for 5G-enabling networking system, says Ethernity

Ethernity Networks reports it has seen growing demand from Chinese telecoms companies for its solutions based on FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array),a 5G-enabling network circuit. The increased demand marks a shift away from software-only User Plane Functionality (UPF) solutions and is said to demonstrate a growing movement towards disaggregation within the Chinese market. (more…)

03 March, 2020

Smart City Networks renews technology and telecommunications contract with charlotte convention center

Smart City Networks, the nation’s provider of technology services for the convention industry, has renewed their service contract with the Charlotte Convention Centre (CCC) extending their partnership to provide quality telecommunications and internet services. (more…)

20 February, 2020

5G to support over 10% of global mobile links by 2023, says Cisco

According to the new Cisco Annual Internet Report, 5G will support more than 10% of the world’s mobile connections by 2023. The average 5G speed will be 575 megabits per second, or 13 times faster than the average mobile connection. (more…)