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While 5G will support unlicensed and shared spectrum, Wi-Fi has been moving in the other direction, taking on many characteristics of cellular technologies such as enhanced quality of service, security, and other features. As the lines between licensed and unlicensed spectrum blur, Wi-Fi will evolve alongside cellular and be part of the broader 5G platform,

January 26, 2018

Opinion

Telecom Tweets of the Week: Broadband on the brain

Broadband access in underserved or unserved communities is one of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s major priorities. This week he gave a preview of

January 26, 2018

Business, Carriers, data throttling, mobile carriers, Opinion, OTT, Reality Check, Unlimited data

Unlimited data plans will permated wireless market but leave many consumers behind (Reality Check)

Thanks to the explosion of streaming services, social media, and a boon in interactive mobile experiences, there has been a rapid evolution in the way

January 26, 2018

LFN, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Network Infrastructure, ONAP, OPNFV, Samsung, Software, The Linux Foundation

Linux Foundation brings open source projects together under LFN

Linux Foundation announces LF Networking Fund The Linux Foundation recently announced a new project called the LF Networking Fund (LFN), a platform for cross-project collaboration. Among

January 26, 2018

Apple, Chips - Semiconductor, european union, LTE, Policy, Qualcomm

Qualcomm to appeal massive fine levied by European Union

Fine related to Qualcomm agreement with Apple regarding LTE chipsets The European Union Commissioner of Competition Margrethe Vestager this week announced a $1.2 billion fine against

January 26, 2018

Network Infrastructure

DAS execs from CommScope, SOLiD join Comba Telecom

Comba Telecom has hired two high-profile DAS executives with strong backgrounds in public safety. Patrick Lau, formerly director of business development at CommScope, has joined Comba

January 26, 2018

AIR, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cyber risk, Fortune 1000, Lloyd’s of London, Network Infrastructure, Software

Cloud failure could cost U.S. economy $15 billion, says report

Lloyd’s, AIR release report explores economic impact of a major cloud service outage A cyber security incident that takes a top three cloud provider offline for

January 26, 2018

Boingo Wireless, Carriers, DAS, enterprise, in-building wireless, LTE, MulteFire, MulteFire Alliance, Network Infrastructure

MulteFire opens up neutral host role to venue owners

MulteFire deploys LTE solely in the unlicensed 5 GHz band Solving for in-building cellular connectivity is an increasingly pointed problem for venue owners. In the context

January 26, 2018

Cisco, Cloud Computing, HCI, hybrid cloud, HyperFlex, Network Infrastructure, Skyport Systems, Software

Cisco HyperFlex platform updates aim at multi-cloud market

Cisco announces HyperFlex 3.0 Cisco announced updates to its HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), version 3.0, in a push to ease businesses into a hybrid, multi-cloud environment. While

January 26, 2018

3GPP, 5G, 5G NR, Carriers, Deutsche Telekom, Huawei, Intel, Network Infrastructure, NSA 5G NR

Following NSA 5G NR standard, DT, Huawei and Intel complete interop test

5G NR interoperability test used a Huawei commercial base station; Intel 5G mobile trial platform Deutsche Telekom (DT), Intel and Huawei announced they have achieved what

January 26, 2018

EXFO, Internet of Things, IoT, Keysight Technologies, Rohde & Schwarz, Test and Measurement

Test and Measurement: EXFO supports China Mobile’s NB-IoT network prep

Test company EXFO said this week that its test solutions were used by China Mobile for a major assessment of performance capabilities for the core

January 25, 2018

Wireless

T-Mobile US dominates OpenSignal testing

T-Mobile’s network delivered the fastest download speeds in tests conducted by OpenSignal during the fourth quarter. OpenSignal collects much of its data from users who

January 25, 2018

big data, BYOD, Cisco, Network Infrastructure, network traffic, SDN orchestration, Software, Software-defined networks (SDN)

Telecom providers hold largest SDN orchestration market share, says report

New report highlights SDN orchestration market growth A new report published by MarketsandMarkets projects the software-defined networking (SDN) orchestration market to swell from $214.7 million in

January 25, 2018

Federal Communications Commission, net neutrality, Policy

Governors take up net neutrality fight via executive order

Governors of Montana, New York order states to only contract with telecom providers who uphold net neutrality The governors of Montana and New York this week

January 25, 2018

5G, 5G NR, APAC, Devices, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Xiaomi, zte

‘5G Pioneer’ group looks to drive 5G NR devices to market

Qualcomm, Xiaomi, ZTE, Lenovo and others partner to bring 5G NR-compliant devices to market in 2019 China is a major market for mobile devices services and