5G network rollout continues in the UK with Ericsson and O2

Ericsson has been selected by O2 UK to deploy its 5G radio access network (RAN) even farther across the UK, upgrading the existing 2G/3G/4G sites as part of a substantial

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O2 enhances direct partner capabilities with new insight portal

MDS Global Ltd, a business support systems (BSS)-as-a-Service provider and O2 (Telefónica UK), have developed and implemented a new Partner Insight Portal.

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Company85 rebrands to Telstra Purple

Telecommunications and technology company, Telstra announced the launch of Telstra Purple, a technology services business that brings together Telstra Enterprise’s recent acquisitions including the UK’s Company85. acquired in 2017, UK

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UK mobile networks are showing real improvement but the next challenges are already here

For all developed nations, competitiveness is going to depend heavily on super-fast 5G connectivity, writes Hakan Ekmen, the chief executive of P3 communications.

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The long and winding road to 5G begins with 4G optimisation

The close of 2018 saw the UK operator O2 leave its customers without access to 3G or 4G data connectivity for more than 24 hours. The ensuing uproar underlined the

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It’s O2 so quiet – how CSPs can handle outages effectively

“We’re very sorry for Thursday’s network issues. We understand how important it is to stay connected, especially at this time of year. You’ll receive a credit for two days of

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Huawei CFO arrested in Canada ‘at US request’, while Ericsson is blamed for O2 UK and Japan network fails

WEEK IN TELCO IT – Mainstream media outlets have been dominated in the last 24 hours by two telecoms-related news stories. As Jeremy Cowan reports, the China-based network systems giant,

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Why it’s time to address mobile signaling threats

Vulnerabilities around the SS7 mobile data network and Diameter have been a nagging and costly problem within the telecoms industry for years, writes Gary Miller, the vice president of Global

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One missed call: How CSPs have been left behind in the innovation wars

In the traditional supply-demand sense, communications service providers (CSPs) should be rubbing their hands together with glee. After all, they sell access to what’s now considered by most a basic

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A quarter of mobile network customers won’t be back if you suffer a signalling hack

Although the security hype remains focused on now-routine cybercrime such as denial of service attacks and hacks to the systems of large brands, network security, and signalling security in particular,

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