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- FCC grants application for Apple’s 5G testsThe company is often known for sitting back and watching a category develop before finding a way to define it; the iPhone itself is a great example of this, followed by the iPad. In areas where it counts, however, Apple ensures it’s on the cutting-edge.When it comes to 5G, Apple wants to ensure itsIndustry news July 28, 2017
- Leave your appliances behind: How to overcome challenges in moving to a cloud-centric networkEcosystems, APIs, open source software, agile development, COTS servers, programmable network; these are some of the attributes of the cloud that service providers plan to leverage by using technologies such as software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV).Service provIndustry news July 27, 2017
- GSMA claims mobile IoT initiative has ‘taken off’ after operator LPWA rolloutGSMA claims mobile IoT initiative has ‘taken off’ after operator LPWA rolloIndustry news July 27, 2017
- Opinion: The RF Path to 5GThe rise of smart devices is largely what drove the wireless operators’ rapid implementation of 4G LTE networks in many regions. Dealing with the demand for data has been central to mobile operators’ strategies over the last number of years, they have worked not only to provide data-hungry subscribeIndustry news March 07, 2017
- KPN adopts Deutsche Telekom's QIVICON smart home platformAlthough it's a situation which is gradually improving, the main issue with the IoT remains getting various devices to work together. Many smart home devices support IFTTT recipes for tech-savvy people, but the IoT overall remains fairly inaccessible for the average consumer. Deutsche Telekom's innoIndustry news March 07, 2017
- Leading global operators launch LTE-Broadcast allianceSeveral leading operators have announced the launch of a LTE-Broadcast alliance during TV Connect 2016 in London. The alliance's goal is to increase global support of LTE-B services from all device manufacturers to help improve customer experience. LTE-B is also known as eMBMS (evolved Multimedia BrIndustry news March 07, 2017
- Canada sets a precedent for minimum broadband speedCanada's telecoms regulator has declared broadband a 'basic service' and set a more aggressive minimum speed than most of its international counterparts.The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has declared that minimum broadband speeds of 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps uIndustry news March 07, 2017
- SK Telecom partners with Samsung to launch world-first nationwide IoT networkSK Telecom has partnered with Samsung to launch a groundbreaking world-first LoRaWAN network for the Internet of Things which covers the entire nation. This isn't the first time SK Telecom has partnered with Samsung, in fact we've covered several times when the giants have worked together on innovatIndustry news March 07, 2017
- 5G edges closer as China Mobile announces large-scale testingChina Mobile, alongside partners Qualcomm and ZTE, has announced plans to conduct large-scale 5G tests based on specs being developed by 3GPP.Before a new generation of mobile technology is rolled out, interoperability tests and over-the-air field tests need to be conducted. With today’s announcemenIndustry news March 07, 2017
- North America hits 250 million quarterly LTE connections, argues researchData from analyst house Ovum has revealed that LTE connections totalled over a quarter of a billion in North America in the first quarter of 2016. Growth in the Latin America and the Caribbean region was 268% year on year, second only to the combined Central and Southern Asia region.Jose Otero, 5G AIndustry news February 28, 2017