History Software has been “eating the world” for a while now: from consumer, then enterprise and now the telecom value chains. Open RAN is a great example of how software is “eating” telco. What we have learned from the data …
We left off in our series having looked at the virtualized and cloud-based open RAN. Now we move on to consider the orchestration part, deploying and managing these cloud-based implementations. Orchestration, or service management and orchestration (SMO), has been used …
History Some estimates put the telecom industry, especially the RAN segment, between seven and ten years behind a normal innovation curve due to the lack of competition in the market. This is a similar situation to the state of the …
In previous blogs in this “Who Disaggregated My RAN? series, we have looked at the benefits of a disaggregated Open RAN, including the growth of an ecosystem to support the deployment of an Open RAN. We have also looked at …
History Functional splits are nothing new. They were initially outlined in 3GPP Release 14 and defined in 3GPP release 15 and where new terminology, interfaces and functional modules were introduced. But why is this RU, DU, CU functional split concept …
In this series focused on the benefits of a disaggregated Open RAN, we have had a chance to see how an open RAN has helped expand the ecosystem and led operators to consider new vendor solutions that meet their needs. …
Nowadays, security and privacy are on everybody’s mind. Hardly a day goes by without the news of security breaches at major institutions. Most of the time, the reporting is focused on the cloud or network infrastructure, hardly ever on devices. …
The days when mobile phones were classed as a luxury item, afforded only by the few, have long gone. They are now integral to everyday living and are replacing our wallets, our computers, our travel documents, our cameras, our alarm …
Several studies have concluded that 5G will be very expensive–costing nationwide US carriers tens of $billions each. That raises concerns about whether 5G is a wise investment. Operators may be able to deliver, say, five times as much data with 5G–but …
In every new market, tech executives step into unknown territory. We’re watching the automotive IoT market with interest because it’s a wide-open business model. There’s a lot at stake in the automotive market, as safety is a key factor, and …
The Google Cloud Next 2018 conference took place July 24-26, bringing together the tech giant’s cloud leaders to talk about how the company is transforming businesses digitally. From the internet of things (IoT) through to artificial intelligence (AI), there was …
Following BlackHat 2018, there has been more discussion around IoT security. During the conference, Ijay Palansky, a partner at law firm Armstrong Teasdale, which represented plaintiffs in the 2015 hacking of a Jeep in transit, warned there was a law …
Orange has completed its acquisition of Basefarm through its subsidiary Orange Business Services. The deal signifies Orange taking an “important step” towards becoming “a global player” in digital enterprise, following the arrival of CEO Helmut Reisinger, who was brought on …
Last year, Sky Light Research wrote a paper on microwave being able to meet the requirements of 5G. That paper explored various benchmarks that microwave needs to meet for 5G to be successful – capacity, low latency, high cell densification, …
IoT gateway provider Libelium’s Meshlium Manager System had web vulnerabilities, which were open to Mirai-style botnet attacks. Libelium said it has corrected the faults. The Meshlium Manager System receives data from sensors and forwards the information directly to the Internet. …
British defence technology company Qinetiq, heavily involved in the UK 5G testbed project in Worcestershire, has warned next-generation 5G wireless networks will open businesses up to cyber threats. The GSMA predicts as many as 1.4 billion 5G connections will be …
General Electric (GE) is looking for a buyer for its GE Digital business, following revenue losses. However, its chief executive has moved to distance the company from reports its broader digital strategy is on the chopping block too. The Wall …
A few weeks ago, the movers and shakers of the IoT industry converged on the Santa Clara Convention center for the 2018 edition of IoT World Americas. IoT World is held in several locations annually and is a combined …
While 5G could be deployed without Artificial Intelligence (AI) and edge compute, intelligent edge will be essential to new revenues and lower costs for 5G. Please click on page numbers below to read next page. [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.rcrwireless.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Strategy-Analytics_AI-and-Edge-Computing-Essential-in-the-5G-Era.pdf” title=”Strategy Analytics_AI …
Among the lessons we can learn about where the wireless industry will head come from an understanding the past success. At its roots, the wireless industry has grown due to technological progress in the design and manufacture of semiconductor-based equipment …
Leading automotive manufacturers can expect to realise a remarkable 50 per cent jump in operating profits within five years of implementing a full smart factory set-up, according to new research. But car makers are so far struggling with the concept …
Mexico’s is a fertile manufacturing economy that is ripe for automation, and primed for inward industrial investment. That was its message at Industry 4.0 trade fair Hannover Messe last week, as the nation prepares to go to the polls to …
Enterprise IoT Insights sat down with Darko Sucic, in charge of digital manufacturing at French industrial software company Dassault Systèmes, at Hannover Messe to get his views on the big IIoT trends coming out of the conference. The booth belonging …
The marriage between T-Mobile and Sprint has played out like a long saga of unrequited love: the two sides have much to gain by consummating a merger, but authorities oppose it, and there have been differences about the size of …
Virtualization of mobile networks must first occur in operators’ IT Networks and support processes before it can be made widely available to customers as either a reformulation of current service offerings or new horizontal and vertical market offerings. Gating factors …
