4G LTE

via Flickr © Laura LaRose (CC BY 2.0)

Spectrum

'Tis the season for giving...and taking as Ofcom tempts telcos with spectrum discount

Senator Joe Manchin via Flickr © Senate Democrats (CC BY 2.0)

Broadband

Tit for tat suspensions as Porkies Pai investigates FCC’s coverage maps

IoT Devices

Qualcomm Introduces Next-Gen Cellular Chipset Purpose-Built for IoT

Cloud

Nokia and Telenor Group to deploy AirGile cloud-native core solution to transform mobile network operations in Scandinavia

IoT Devices

IDC Forecasts Sustained Double-Digit Growth for Wearable Devices Led by Steady Adoption of Smartwatches

5G

DT to build the 5G factory of the future

Video

Yahoo Finance launches Apple TV app

© Nokia

Radio Access Network

Nokia working towards an Open RAN ecosystem and more energy efficient base stations

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Radio Access Network

Guide to TIP: vRAN Fronthaul

Broadband

FCC to Investigate Potential Mobility Fund Mapping Rule Violations

via Flickr © Celeste (CC BY 2.0)

Video

AT&T going global with video service

via Flickr © Janitors (CC BY 2.0)

5G

Huawei executive arrested for alleged Iran sanctions busting

via Flickr © Bytemarks (CC BY 2.0)

4G LTE

LTE is almost as fast and much more mature than 5G

via Flickr © Tagosaku (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Security

Huawei’s 4G kit to be ripped out of BT, 5G kit banned

via Flickr © Joe The Goat Farmer (CC BY 2.0)

Business Models

EU introduces geoblocking ban, claims it will boost single digital market

via Flickr © Giulio (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Broadband

Sky falling in for Italian telcos

via Flickr © Andy Hay (CC BY 2.0)

Spectrum

Jio to get RCom spectrum, but towers cos start to suffer

4G LTE

MTC and Huawei jointly deploy the first LTE 4T6S solution in Africa

Source: The Great Telco Debate

Transformation

That the Great Telco Debate is great is beyond debate

4G LTE

MTN becomes the first mobile network to cover 90% of South Africa with high speed LTE coverage

Broadband

Huawei first releases the LTE 4T6S 2.0 solution for higher network capacity

Source: Ericsson

Mobile

Counting connections: Ericsson’s running commentary on mobile numbers

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Radio Access Network

Mobile versus Wi-Fi report prompts incredible feat of mental gymnastics

via Flickr © DVIDSHUB (CC BY 2.0)

5G

GSMA comes out swinging over Germany’s ‘unreasonable’ 5G conditions