IDC: ‘global smartphone shipments will not return to growth until the first quarter of 2021’ The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker forecasts that the global smartphone market will experience an overall of decline 11.9% year over year in 2020, with shipments totaling 1.2 billion units. This expectation is informed by the impact
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Categories 5G, 5G antennas, 5G trials, Carriers, Deutsche Telekom, Network Infrastructure, Spectrum, Wireless
Deutsche Telekom tests 5G antennas in the 2.1 GHz band
German carrier Deutsche Telekom confirmed it has started the technical tests to operate 5G base stations in the cities of Düsseldorf, Halle/Saale and Ingolstadt. The operator
5G smartphones, CPE, modules, robots and more 5G devices have hit a milestone: There are now more than 100 of them commercially available, with a “rapid
Network operators worldwide are turning to open radio access network (O-RAN) architectures in an effort to simplify 5G RAN deployment and management, allowing more efficient
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Categories 5G, AI, Altran, Capgemini, COVID-19, Internet of Things (IoT), IoT, Network, Network Infrastructure, White Paper
Altran White Paper: How You Grow Matters Post COVID-19
As governments lift shelter-in-place restrictions for their citizens and the world gets back to work, product & service companies in every industry and on every
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Categories 5G, AI, Altran, Capgemini, COVID-19, Internet of Things (IoT), IoT, Network, Network Infrastructure, White Paper
Altran White Paper: How You Grow Matters Post COVID-19
As governments lift shelter-in-place restrictions for their citizens and the world gets back to work, product & service companies in every industry and on every
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Categories 5G, AI, Altran, CSP, Multi-Domain Service, NEP, Network, Network Infrastructure, Network Service, transport, White Paper
Altran White Paper: Multi-Domain Service Orchestrator
Few CSPs have successfully implemented Core network automation with the help of Network Services Descriptor over Orchestrator. Radio cloud is still in its early implementation
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Categories 5G, Business, Carriers, NEC, Network Infrastructure, Rakuten Mobile, Standalone 5G, Wireless
Rakuten Mobile, NEC to develop standalone 5G core network
Made in Japan–compatriot firms collaborate on standalone Japanese mobile network operator Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, and NEC Corporation announced that the two
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Categories 5G, Bell Canada, Ericsson, Huawei, Network Infrastructure, Nokia, Rogers Communications, TELUS
Telus selects Ericsson, Nokia to deploy its 5G network
Canadian operators move away from Huawei Canadian operator Telus announced it has selected European vendors Ericsson and Nokia to support the deployment of its 5G network
T-Mobile is the first operator to have a 5G network in all 50 U.S. states Alaskan operator GCI turned up its first 5G network in April,
In July, the FCC will begin an auction for Priority Access Licenses (PALs) in the CBRS band. In each county, bidders will be seeking
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Categories 5G, Cloud, Dell EMC, Dell Technologies, Intel, Network, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Network Infrastructure, NFV, Telecom
Protecting the telecom network
Telecommunication networks are becoming more and more essential every day and, in the process, gaining new opportunities. These opportunities will drive new business growth and
Everything you ever wanted to know about decibels but were afraid to ask… True or false: 30 dBm + 30 dBm = 60 dBm? Why does
Most of you reading this blog will be doing so under lockdown. Whether or not you are reading this while working is another matter, but