Content delivery network provider Akamai is acquiring Asavie, which focuses on security, performance monitoring and access policies for mobile and IoT devices. Terms of the all-cash
There’s a lot of explaining to do around Open RAN, both in terms of what it is and what it is not, even as U.S.
As Open RAN technology — and one might venture, an open RAN mindset — becomes more intriguing for telecom companies around the world, some of
Netscout: COVID-19 “added rocket fuel to the growth in DDoS attacks” Cyber threats are shifting rapidly as attackers respond to the changing network conditions driven by
Nokia announces cross-domain–core, transport and RAN–automated network slicing solutions The ability to autonomously orchestrate and manage a network slice extending from an operator’s EPC or cloud-native
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile, a unit of e-commerce giant Rakuten, has announced the availability of its commercial 5G service in certain areas across six prefectures
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Categories CBRS, Infovista, PALs, secondary spectrum market, Select Spectrum, Software, Spectrum, Test and Measurement
CBRS gains more support from Infovista, Select Spectrum
With the Priority Access License Auction concluded, the Citizens Broadband Radio Service continues to expand its ecosystem related to the secondary PALs market and network
The telecommunications industry is facing a major workforce problem and it couldn’t come at a worse time. Just as operators are embarking on multi-year capex
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Categories Business, China, Commerce Department, mobile applications, national security, Policy, Software, TikTok, U.S., WeChat
Trump administration’s ban of TikTok, WeChat downloads starts Sunday
The Trump administration will bar downloads of the popular Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat beginning on Sunday, calling the apps a threat to national security. The
The global pandemic has caused major slow-downs across most industries — and robocalling is apparently no exception. According to Transaction Network Services’ latest robocall report
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Categories 5G, Business, Carriers, Deutsche Telekom, EMEA, Ericsson, Huawei, Network Infrastructure, Software, Wireless
Deutsche Telekom to upgrade 15,000 antennas for 5G this week
German operator Deutsche Telekom announced that around 15,000 additional antennas will be transmitting with 5G technology in the telco’s network by the end of the
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Categories 4G, 5G, Business, Carriers, dynamic spectrum sharing, Network Infrastructure, Nokia, Software
Nokia unveils 5G software upgrade
Finnish vendor Nokia announced the availability of a software-based upgrade that will enable its 4G LTE radios to be migrated to 5G New Radio. These features
What’s the status of standalone 5G?
Oracle: Operator standalone motivation is growing enterprise revenue There’s a school of thought around 5G that would suggest effective ROI and service monetization hinges on offering
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Categories Business, COVID-19, IoT, network security, Software, Test and Measurement, Viavi Solutions
State of the Network: ‘Tremendous … dynamic disruption’
The findings of Viavi Solutions’ 13th annual State of the Network report can be summarized in one word: Disruption. Networks are seeing “tremendous” and “dynamic disruption”
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Categories 5G, edge computing, Intel, MEC, National Science Foundation, Network Infrastructure, Software
Intel, NSF fund research into wireless-specific edge and machine learning
Can artificial intelligence be trained to improve wireless network performance, classify emerging devices on a network, or conduct real-time machine learning at the network edge?