February 2018

European LoRaWAN roaming will be completed by the end of the year, said the LoRa Alliance at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. European network operators Orange and KPN, in …

EXFO has achieved its takeover of French performance monitoring and analytics company Astellia for about $31.6 million. EXFO said today that it has acquired 97.44% of Astellia’s share capital and …

Palo Alto Networks announces second quarter earnings Palo Alto Networks released financial results for its fiscal second quarter 2018. The fiscal second quarter 2018 grew 28% year-over-year to $542.4 million, compared …

T-Mo plans 5G deployments, 25K LAA small cells T-Mobile US laid out plans to start building out 5G and “5G-ready” capabilities in 30 markets this year, pinning its 5G strategy on …

Data center themes Data centers are evolving with the shift toward virtualization. As organizations seek to take advantage of the cloud to manage day-to-day business operations, many are wondering what …

The Chinese vendor said it expects to ship 300,000 small cells this year globally BARCELONA- ZTE expects to see growing business opportunities with 5G in Asian and European markets, ZTE’s …

The GSMA estimates that IoT connections will total 25 billion by that year BARCELONA- 5G networks will reach 1.2 billion connections by 2025, accounting for 14% of global mobile connections …

Glenn Lurie, the former president of AT&T Mobility, reckons smart cities are the single most promising new market for network operators. Lurie, now chief executive at US-based software provider Synchronoss Technologies, …

Zinwave, SOLiD, JMA Wireless, Verizon make DAS announcements BARCELONA—As the telecommunications industry continues its gradual shift to increasingly virtualized, streamlined hardware and software solutions, major DAS vendors are keeping pace …

Telecoms carriers should urgently marry innovation with new working practices if they are to capitalise on the opportunity of the industrialised ‘internet of things’ (IoT), according to GE. Sue Siegel, …

Qualcomm’s most recent meeting with Broadcom seems to have somewhat thawed Qualcomm’s frosty reception to a Broadcom takeover — although Qualcomm still wants to see a higher offer from Broadcom …

Ericsson and Argus working together on protecting automative ecosystem Automotive cyber security company Argus announced it is collaborating with Ericsson in an effort to bring cyber security to the connected …

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, chairman Ajit Pai’s point person for wireless infrastructure, says his agency is preparing to change some of the rules that govern the deployment of small cells. …

GTT announcement agreement to purchase Interoute GTT Communications, Inc. announced a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Interoute, operator of one of Europe’s largest independent fiber networks, for $2.3 billion in …

Coriant integrates Aricent’s NFV MANO Coriant is integrating Aricent’s network functions virtualization (NFV) management and orchestration (MANO) framework to accelerate and power its Transcend SDN-solution. The companies said the collaboration …

Sprint plans massive MIMO roll out in 6 markets starting in April Sprint plans to deploy massive multiple-input-multiple-output capabilities in half a dozen markets beginning in April as part of …

China Unicom also announced the launch of its edge cloud service platform BARCELONA- Chinese telecommunications operator China Unicom has announced the launch of large-scale edge cloud field trials in collaboration …

Deutsche Telekom also announced a smart energy testbed connected by 5G BARCELONA- Deutsche Telekom expects to launch 5G commercial trials in Europe during 2018, Claudia Nemat, board member for technology …

Cisco has launched the first commercially available global narrow-band IoT (NB-IoT) platform, it said at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday (February 27th). Its Cisco Jasper Control Center for …

Ericsson and China Mobile have signed a strategic framework agreement at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona to collaborate on new enterprise and industrial IoT (IIoT) systems and services. The …

Telenor and Cisco are to establish a “joint lab environment” to develop smart cities solutions for civic authorities and services providers in Telenor’s home market, Norway. Cisco said the project …

VP of RAN and Device Design discusses 2018 5G market launches BARCELONA—“We’ve got 12 cities we’ve committed to this year. My priority in ’18 is to get those 12 markets …

Internet of things devices with cellular connectivity make up a substantial portion of the overall IoT market, particularly in the enterprise space where wide-area connectivity and mobility are desired. Here …

AT&T is looking to integrate Cisco’s Kinetic for Cities platform into a number of its own city-focused solutions, notably its Smart Cities Operations Center (SCOC) proposition, which collects data from …

AT&T has struck a multi-year deal with U.S.-based Caterpillar to supply IoT connectivity and management services across its international markets. Caterpillar, manufacturer of construction and mining equipment and industrial power …