Telco & CSP

Updates from telecom network operators and communications service providers, from network roll-outs to service innovations
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Radio Access Network

Qualcomm announces small cell NR and pre-IEEE 802.11ay chips for Facebook’s 60GHz Terragraph project

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Broadband

New EU report details "misleading practices" in the sale of telecoms services online

4G LTE

BT launches 4G Assure to help SMEs stay connected

Open Source

VMware integrated OpenStack drives 5G readiness and fastest path to production OpenStack deployment for accelerating digital transformation

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Broadband

Where is it? Brits get half the Internet access speed they pay for

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OSS/BSS

UK telco EE selects Ericsson to improve customer experience

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Open Software

OpenStack broadens its appeal as telcos look to adopt a data centre and webscale mindset

Cloud

The Microsoft Cloud can save customers 93 percent and more in energy and carbon efficiency

4G LTE

Huawei launches eLTE Multimedia Critical Communications System

Wi-Fi

Ruckus Networks partners with Ingram Micro to provide network technologies to the China market

Transformation

Customer experience is top digital transformation project among Telecom Service Providers, IHS Markit Survey finds

BT

BT's new Consumer Business Unit plans UK's first converged products

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Transformation

What do telcos want?

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Virtualisation

Why the FPGA is the 'Swiss army knife' of semiconductors

Optical

ESB Telecoms selects Coriant to enhance performance of nationwide carrier-class packet optical network

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Mobile

China Mobile: Talking telephone numbers - with lots and lots of zeroes in them

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Transformation

In search of the Omni-Channel Experience

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Transformation

Verizon's network transformation driven by open networking

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IoT

5G isn't just about speed, says GSMA, low speed connectivity will enable 'Massive IoT'

Security

ADVA secures the cloud with industry's first virtualized encryption solution

AI & ML

NEC brings AI to submarine cable networks

Media & Entertainment

TM Forum expands its PoC Catalyst programme for IBC media & entertainment show

5G

Ooredoo claims bragging rights for first 5G commercial network

IDC

The India smartphone market gets off to a strong start in 2018, says IDC