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 chipmaker Qualcomm, alleging the U.S. company influenced consumer choice through an exclusivity arrangement with Apple. Qualcomm has said it will appeal the decision. Vestager, who has taken a strong position regarding
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Categories 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
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Categories 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
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Categories 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
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Categories 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
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Categories 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
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Categories 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
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Categories 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
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
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
Verizon announces Session Border Controller-as-a-Service Verizon announced it is expanding its SDN solution suite with the launch of Virtual Network Services – Session Border Controller-as-a-Service (SBCaaS). Verizon
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Categories Carriers, Internet of Things (IoT), IoT, LTE, MulteFire, MulteFire Alliance, Network Infrastructure, Nokia, small cell
Nokia small cell release highlights MulteFire for private LTE
Unlicensed spectrum creates opportunity for carriers to add capacity and for enterprises to deploy private LTE networks For both voice and data connectivity, as well as
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Categories agriculture, Devices, drones, Fundamentals, Network Infrastructure, oil and gas, Towers, unmanned aerial vehicles
Five drone use cases
Beyond military applications Commercial unmanned aerial vehicles, otherwise known as drones, are no longer bound to military applications. The potential applications of drones is significantly increasing
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Categories 5G, Anokiwave, broadband spectrum, Fundamentals, gigabit LTE, millimeter wave, millimeter wave spectrum, Policy
Gigabit LTE and beyond: Mobilizing millimeter wave
Millimeter wave essential to meeting spectrum crunch and data demand Gigabit LTE is boosting capacity to meet demand today and setting the stage for a smooth