Yearly Archives: 2016

Deutsche Telekom Q2 revenue up overall, but down in Germany

DT ended June with 41.3M mobile subscribers in the German market; revenue up, net profit down German telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom posted revenue of 17.81 billion...

China Mobile adds 200,000 4G base stations so far in 2016

China Mobile operating revenue for H1 2016 grew 7.1% year-over-year; now has 1.32M 4G base stations China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, ended the first half...

Use cases: How the IIoT is changing energy management

Energy management use cases Our current energy management systems are inadequate. Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are estimated to reach almost 685 parts per million...

Incoming Verizon EVP proactively bashes Sprint on Twitter

Ronan Dunne starts next month as group president of Verizon Wireless; he's the former CEO of O2 Ronan Dunne, the former CEO of O2, doesn't...

AT&T CFO on network virtualization, 5-year spectrum plan

John Stephens, AT&T CFO, updates progress on virtualization of network functions and details 'very comfortable' spectrum position Speaking at the Oppenheimer 19th Annual Technology, Internet...

Use cases: How the IIoT applies to water management

Background on water management By 2050 the world’s population will reach 9.7 billion and 11.2 billion by 2100, according to the United Nations. Unfortunately, only 3% of...

Court upholds municipal broadband limits

FCC says private providers are not delivering acceptable service AT&T, Verizon Communications and other broadband service providers have won a court victory in a case...

Funding, business case top IIoT adoption challenges

Funding and identifying the right business case are the top challenges to IIoT adoption. IIoT understanding is however growing fast. Awareness of industrial IoT (IIoT)...

#TBT: Sprint pushing WiMAX, hikes text fees; MySpace bigger than Facebook … this week in 2007

Sprint laid out arguments as to why WiMAX is a new business model and raised text fees, while MySpace topped Facebook in social media...

NFV and SDN investment looks strong, though service assurance remains crux

Despite bullish spend predictions for telecom operators into NFV and SDN, service assurance hurdles remain Network service assurance remains a top priority for telecom operators,...

Did T-Mobile dominate Verizon, Sprint and AT&T in Q2?

T-Mobile posted yet another robust quarter of operational and improving financial results, but how did it fare against rivals Verizon, Sprint and AT&T? On this...

Editorial Webinar: Assuring the virtualized networks of the future

Network and service assurance remain a top priority for telecom operators, though views on what those assurance levels need to be in environments for...

Feature Report: Assuring the virtualized networks of the future

Network and service assurance remain a top priority for telecom operators, though views on what those assurance levels need to be in a virtualized...

Telecom workforce adjustments needed for move to devops model

Telecom workforce adjustments needed for devops Just as workforce adjustments will be needed for telecom’s move to software-defined networks, changes will also need to take...

Intel acquisition portends importance of artificial intelligence

Cloud computing and big data analytics will usher in artificial intelligence era This week Intel announced a "definitive agreement" to buy San Diego-based Nervana Systems,...

P3's U Get app: Tracking my wireless experience

I write about network test, measurement and monitoring, but I rarely get a chance to actually do it myself. So when P3 Communications offered...

Lights out manufacturing and its impact on society

What is lights out manufacturing? "Lights out" manufacturing is the term used for a manufacturing process where factories run fully autonomously, without any human intervention....

Alibaba Cloud, HTC sign partnership to target VR

The partnership will extend HTC's VR app store to Alibaba Cloud platform Alibaba Cloud, the cloud-computing arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, has signed...

Qualcomm strikes licensing deals with Chinese smartphone leaders

Qualcomm will license its chip technology to two of China's biggest smartphone makers, Vivo and Oppo. Oppo is the world's fourth-largest smartphone maker behind...

Lights out manufacturing and its impact on society

What is lights out manufacturing? "Lights out" manufacturing is the term used for a manufacturing process where factories run fully autonomously, without any human intervention....

Ericsson Small Cell as a Service provides carrier-grade Wi-Fi

Carriers around the world are deploying small cell networks to add capacity to targeted locations and complement macro infrastructure. But the business model associated...

What is driving tower amendment activity?

AT&T, SBAC, EXFO and Kathrein share perspective Modifications to cell towers and cell tower equipment are known as tower amendments. Although new tower builds have...

China Unicom passes 20 million internet of things connections

The internet of things network currently covers 360 cities China’s second largest mobile operator China Unicom ended the first half of 2016 with more than 20...

Iconectiv officially tapped to serve as nation’s LNPA

Ericsson’s Iconectiv division is set to take over LNPA authority from Neustar, promises ‘cost efficient and secure NPAC system’ The North American Portability Management signed...

Telecom workforce adjustments needed for move to devops model

Telecom workforce adjustments needed for devops Just as workforce adjustments will be needed for telecom’s move to software-defined networks, changes will also need to take...
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