Network complexity, 5G rollouts will drive SON (Self-Organising Network) spending to $5.5 bn, says SNS Telecom & IT

SNS Telecom & IT‘s latest research report indicates that the growing complexity of mobile networks and 5G NR (New Radio) infrastructure rollouts will drive SON (Self-Organising Network) spending to $5.5 Billion (€4.69

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Analytics, machine learning and automation are the keys to running smarter, more efficient networks

Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are two technologies that are making a huge impact on virtually every industry, writes Brendan Gill, the chief executive of OpenSignal. Smart tools are

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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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Elisa offers network automation solution for operators

Elisa offers a cloud-ready mobile network automation solution for telecommunication operators. Elisa SON, self-organising networks, will be demonstrated at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with Red Hat. Elisa SON solution is designed to

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AI, SON and the self-driving cellular network

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being groomed, says Rethink Technology Research to partner with self-optimising networks (SON) to create cellular networks that know the user, perform brilliantly and defy complexity. But 50%

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Operational efficiency: The trouble with progress…

In theory, the development of network technology can be characterised as progressive. Speed and capacity increase, service innovation is facilitated, new business models are enabled, profitability increases and so on.

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CellMining wins SON contract with MegaFon

Russian mobile operator MegaFon has chosen CellMining, a provider of Self-Organising Networks (SON) and subscriber network experience solutions, to provide its Behavior-Based SON system to optimise its network performance in

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SON revenue expected to grow to more than US$5bn by end of 2020, says SNS

SNS Research estimates that despite challenges relating to implementation complexities and multi-vendor interoperability, SON revenue is expected to grow to more than $5 Billion by the end of 2020.

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5G might not be the panacea for all things connected

Is it 30, 41 or 50? Those are the just some of the predictions – in billions – from analysts and businesses forecasting the number of connected devices that will

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The benefits of 5G and how objective testing will unlock them

Though the possibilities of 5G connectivity may seem simple to imagine, they won’t truly become a reality until we can achieve objective and accurate data surrounding coverage quality and the

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