SDN, NFV gaining ground with wireless operators
The wireless industry’s move toward virtualization continues to gain steam, if not in actual deployments then at least...
A-T Solutions, which focuses on counterterrorism efforts enabled by technology, introduced a new solution for in-field data collection by government agencies aimed at improving...
Telefónica, Brocade show NFV speed
The move toward virtualizing network functions continues to gain momentum as wireless operators look for ways to cut expenses, increase...
EE, which has the biggest and arguably the most complained about mobile network in the U.K., just earned top honors in RootMetrics' latest performance report. The research...
NAB files petition against FCC
The Federal Communications Commission’s plans to auction off spectrum in the 600 MHz spectrum band that is currently held by...
CTIA recently was among dozens of commenters responding to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)’s request for input on the big data and...
Internet of Things (IoT) Security
Twenty-six billion: that’s the number of devices Gartner predicts will be connected to the “Internet of Things” by 2020. Cisco...
Verizon Wireless judged No. 1 in network performance
Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility continued to show a clear network advantage over smaller rivals Sprint and...
Telstra preps for SDN, NFV future
Australian telecom giant Telstra said it will continue working with vendor Ericsson to supply optical transport equipment and services,...
Recently both Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile US have said that under certain conditions they will "throttle" some customers who are on unlimited data plans....
Will Sprint and T-Mobile US invest enough to have a minimally viable network (MVN?)
Several newcomers to my columns have pointedly asked me over the past...
Mobile Minute:
Researchers are not in agreement on who is dominating the world's largest smartphone market - they just know it isn't Samsung. IDC says...
With voice-over-LTE networks slowly coming to market, focus is now turning to just how those networks perform compared with legacy circuit switched-based voice offerings....
Ericsson, HP, Huawei, OpenCloud and Oracle ranked
According to a new report from Infonetics Research, Ericsson was judged the top pick just ahead of Oracle,...
Popular topics seem to always include LTE news, government oversight concerns (see the view in Germany) and customer service complaints. So we’ll go with...
Tower safety update: The industry that is enabling the Internet of Things may benefit from IoT technology itself.
Wireless Industry Safety Task Force
The Wireless Industry Safety...
The Federal Communications Commission will soon make a critical decision regarding a vital component of the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure: selecting the administrator for local...
