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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Operators can avoid repeating past mistakes to participate in an open IoT ecosystem

The history of the telecoms industry is littered with failed attempts to own new market opportunities. However, in the Internet of Things (IoT) operators can be enablers of an open

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Living in a hybrid world: The challenges of integrating legacy architectures with virtualised networks

Communications Service Providers (CSPs) are being presented with several opportunities to accelerate their digitalisation journeys. However, as the progress behind network virtualisation continues to gather momentum,

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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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Insider track on how CSPs are achieving digital transformation

Cyril Doussau, VP of Service Assurance Strategy at InfoVista, explains what he sees as the main challenges facing CSPs on their digital transformation journey.

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Infrastructure technologies to consider when upgrading the enterprise network

Upcoming changes in Power over Ethernet (PoE), advanced Wi-Fi, software-defined networking (SDN) and 5G will certainly impact the physical premise network. A new white paper from Chatsworth Products (CPI) describes these technologies and illustrates advanced cable management

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We’ve got to hurry up, says HGC Global Communications chief digital officer

Jacqueline Teo is the chief digital officer of HGC Global Communications, the Hong Kong-based operator that provides domestic connectivity in Hong Kong as well as international capacity. Teo is driving

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Software defined networking market to grow at 54% CAGR from 2017-2024

The software defined networking (SDN) market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $2.2 billion to over US$88 billion by 2024; according to a new

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SON shines sometimes as CSPs get ready to automate operations

  Self organising networks (SON) have, in recent years, gained limited attention as communications service providers (CSPs) focus on virtualisation via software defined networks (SDN) and network functions virtualisation (NFV).

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Vodafone selects NEC/Netcracker HOM for telecoms domain orchestration

NEC Corporation and Netcracker Technology report that Vodafone Group has selected NEC/Netcracker’s Hybrid Operations Management (HOM) solution to support its transition into a telecommunications cloud provider.

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