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Intel announces new Xeon chips Intel recently premiered a new chip dubbed the Xeon D-2100 processor made for edge computing workloads. Multi-access edge computing (MEC) is a way of extending cloud computing capabilities to customer devices that require low-latency and high-bandwidth. It has been heralded as a way to help support developing 5G and IoT technologies. With

February 9, 2018

5G, APAC, Carriers, millimeter wave spectrum, Network Infrastructure, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo

NTT Docomo launches open partner program for 5G in Japan

The telco said the new initiative will allow partners and organizations to develop new use cases for 5G Japanese telecommunications operator NTT Docomo plans to launch

February 9, 2018

3GPP, 5G, 5G NR, Ericsson, Fundamentals, Network Infrastructure, Nokia, NSA 5G NR, Qualcomm

How prepared is the telecom industry to deploy NSA 5G NR?

Now that there’s a non-standalone 5G NR standard in place, how has the rest of the telecom industry aligned to support promised commercial rollouts as

February 9, 2018

APIs, containers, encryption, Fundamentals, legacy systems, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), network security, NFV, open distributed architectures, SDN, Software-defined networks (SDN), virtual machines, VNS

How to improve network security with NFV and SDN

Securing open distributed architectures Service providers have gravitated toward open distributed architectures over the past few years with the rise of network functions virtualization (NFV), software-defined

February 9, 2018

broadcom, Business, Chips - Semiconductor, NXP, Qualcomm, Semiconductors

As Broadcom bid looms, Qualcomm extends tender offer on NXP shares

NXP/Qualcomm deal is major premise of recent “best and final” offer from Broadcom The Qualcomm subsidiary working to acquire NXP extended to Feb. 23 the cash

February 9, 2018

5G, Ericsson, evolved packet core, Network Infrastructure, Nokia, RAN, SDN

Ericsson releases spec-compliant 5G NR platform

In December 2017, 3GPP finalized the non-standalone 5G New Radio (NR) specification, which uses the LTE radio and core network in tandem with a new

February 9, 2018

Analyst Angle, Apps, Mobilocity

Analyst Angle: Fetch-It—simply the best personal information manager ever

This new iOS mobile app enables you to store and then easily retrieve all of your personal information including frequent flier accounts, bank accounts, credit

February 8, 2018

5G, Cloud Computing, CSPs, IoT, Network Infrastructure, NFV, OpenStack, Software, Tech Mahindra, VMware

Tech Mahindra, VMware partner to accelerate network transformation

Tech Mahindra and VMware combine solutions Tech Mahindra and VMware recently announced a collaboration aimed at communication service providers (CSPs), which will focus on developing, marketing

February 8, 2018

Carriers, T-Mobile US

T-Mobile US notches another strong quarter

T-Mobile US continues its streak of ongoing growth, rounding out 2017 with both a fourth quarter and a full year of impressive numbers: services revenues

February 8, 2018

5G, Broadband, Fiber, Network Infrastructure, Policy, Smart City

Knoxville prepping for 5G, smart city initiatives

The city has selected CNX for a master planning regarding small cells installation to provide density for 5G, smart city projects CNX, a firm which focuses

February 8, 2018

5G, Ericsson, evolved packet core, Network Infrastructure, network slicing, Software, VodafoneZiggo

VodafoneZiggo eyes network slicing contracting Ericsson

VodafoneZiggo awards Ericsson evolved packet core contract VodafoneZiggo, a joint venture between Vodafone Netherlands and Ziggo, announced it has awarded Ericsson an evolved packet core contract.

February 8, 2018

5G, Carriers, EMEA, Orange

Orange announces new 5G trials in France

The 5G trials will be carried out in Lille and Douai between mid-2018 and mid-2019 French telecommunications group Orange has announced plans to carry out new

February 8, 2018

autonomous vehicles, Devices, Fundamentals, Internet of Things (IoT), IoT, MEC, smart cities, smart manufacturing

How MEC can help support the IoT

Billions of devices The IoT market is undergoing tremendous growth. While predictions and numbers vary, there is an overall trend toward an increase in web connected

February 8, 2018

5G, 5G devices, Carriers, Chips - Semiconductor, Devices, OEM, operators, Qualcomm

OEMs tap Qualcomm X50 modem for 5G devices

In addition to OEM support, Qualcomm is working on 5G with 18 major global operators SAN DIEGO–Qualcomm announced today that its X50 modem will be used

February 8, 2018

2018 predictions, 5G, CBRS, eMBB, LAA, low latency, LTE, massive IoT, massive MIMO, mIOT, mMIMO, Nokia, Opinion, Reality Check

LTE exhaust and making the 5G call: winners & losers (Reality Check)

The most important decision operators need to make in 2018 is how aggressive and in what direction they should take 5G over the next 2-3