Connectivity, collaboration, consolidation: What’s in store for telecoms in 2017?

It’s been a hectic year for the global telecoms industry. Unexpected political results have caused uncertainty the world over, with the full repercussions of the UK’s Brexit vote and Trump’s

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Is 5G on a train to nowhere?

Just this week, says Robin Kent of Adax, I was on a train from Frankfurt to Nuremburg in Germany attempting in vain to get some work done.

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ZTE to acquire 48% stake in Turkey’s Netas to support growth in Eurasia

ZTE Corporation, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has announced an agreement with OEP Turkey Tech B.V., a portfolio company managed by

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Big data, big hype, getting bigger but not grown up quite yet

As an industry observer, I’m never quite sure how much hype to believe. When it comes to big data there has certainly been plenty of hype, but not a lot

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Why the telecoms industry must get a grip on the Internet of Things

Establishing a solid telecoms network that can cope with the capacity and coverage required to power the Internet of Things (IoT) is a serious challenge telecoms companies need to address

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UK expected to continue international leadership on key broadband measures, finds Analysys Mason

The UK is expected to continue to lead the EU’s five largest economies on a range of fixed broadband measures in 2020, according to a new report by global telecoms

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What is ‘intrapreneurship’ and why is it important for the telecoms sector?

The way big businesses in the telecoms sector discover and implement innovation is shifting, with the launch of venture teams, accelerator panels and internal ‘incubators’ bringing a start-up mentality to

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Open collaboration will help bring about a single 5G standard

At the FT-ETNO Summit held in Brussels, Huawei executive director and Products & Solutions president Ryan Ding said, “5G will be one of the cornerstones of industry digitalisation. A single

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