A conversation about fronthaul with Jim Guillet, Product Marketing, Nokia
The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the complete in depth report “C-RAN and 5G take transport to new capacity and latency levels. Trends in backhaul, fronthaul, xhaul and mmW”.
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Recent breakthroughs in AI and wireless connectivity highlight an interesting future.
Everything that was previously considered fiction is now becoming reality. So much so that the modern populace seems to think nothing is impossible anymore. Among the gargantuan trend shifts and technological...
A conversation with Dr Femi Adeyemi, Distinguished Solutions Architect, Fujitsu Network Communications about C-RAN
The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the complete in depth report “C-RAN and 5G take transport to new capacity and latency levels. Trends in backhaul, fronthaul,...
Applications of sensors ranging from health care to automotive have introduced innovative approaches of operation, providing safety and convenience.
Sensors have made their way into every aspect of human lives ranging from smartphones to health care. Consumer electronics products are utilizing the devices to...
A year ago, when the Wireless Broadband Alliance announced its Vision 2020 program, it was moving away from a specific focus on Wi-Fi and towards a far broader platform based around many unlicensed spectrum bands and technologies. This recognized the fundamental and exciting role...
Patent licensing remains a flashpoint for mobile telecom as it moves towards a future of 5G and IoT.
Cellular technology pioneers are being marginalized with diminished financial returns on their research and development investments while leaders in devices and “over-the-top” services are flourishing....
Ericsson highlighted a number of industry trends at its latest Capital Markets Day, including expectations of broad 5G deployments.
From a mobile broadband industry perspective, there were several key takeaways from Ericsson’s Capital Markets Day held today in New York including:
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The simple answer is “the addition of people.” IoT now has a very broad swath covering many vertical markets as well as consumer embedded.
There’s an old adage in marketing that rapidly expanding markets always segment. A hundred years ago you had the car or...
A year ago, when the Wireless Broadband Alliance announced its Vision 2020 program, it was moving away from a specific focus on Wi-Fi and towards a far broader platform based around many unlicensed spectrum bands and technologies. This recognized the fundamental and exciting role...
Internet connectivity is now no longer a luxury. Users expect to be online wherever they are, tapping into Wi-Fi connections in the same way they expect to find electricity and power sockets for recharging their mobile devices. The internet of things with machines, sensors,...
Verizon and T-Mobile show most sequential improvements, with all four carriers posting growth across majority of metrics
Compass Intelligence just completed the final assessment of third-quarter subscribers and connections including the comparisons to Q2 2016 in terms of improvements and declines for the U.S. wireless...
Google has declared the smartphone business is too important to leave to others with its move for tighter integration between hardware and software
Google is getting serious about mobile. Of course, it has always been serious about mobile since it acquired Android and, along with...
Will 5G prove the savior to the mobile telecom market’s bottom line, or will the lack of significant IoT and 5G use cases result in continued revenue pressure?
We estimate the overall mobile infrastructure equipment market including hardware, firmware and software is on pace to...
AT&T plans to acquire media powerhouse Time Warner is causing a reaction by politicians that does not line up with current industry models
I’ve seen a lot of handwringing recently over the AT&T and Time Warner merger. This deal has become a political football in...
Networked devices are at the heart of building smarter cities. Connecting a smartphone to the Internet is one thing, but connecting an industrial asset—like a transformer or a stop light—is another. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the connection among industrial devices are...
Networked devices are at the heart of building smarter cities. Connecting a smartphone to the internet is one thing, but connecting an industrial asset—like a transformer or a stop light—is another. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the connection among industrial devices are...
Networked devices are at the heart of building smarter cities. Connecting a smart phone to the Internet is one thing, but connecting an industrial asset—like a transformer or a stop light—is another. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the connection among industrial devices...
Networked devices are at the heart of building smarter cities. Connecting a smart phone to the Internet is one thing, but connecting an industrial asset—like a transformer or a stop light—is another. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the connection among industrial devices...
Comcast to focus on offering cellular services to cable TV and internet customers, while also leveraging access to 15 million Wi-Fi hot spots
Comcast: Your wide-area, wireless services provider. On one hand, thinking of Comcast as your wireless network services provider seems outrageous. What do...
The SON industry is set to grow with simplification of Wi-Fi connectivity, small cell SON technology, and by offering flexibility and reliability in 5G systems
With the rate of growth of the cellular network and increase in data usage, planning and maintenance of these networks...
Mobile device management started innocently to manage those pesky new mobile devices, but the need for MDM quickly grew into a gigantic problem
When mobile devices such as laptops first came on the scene, they represented a new challenge to enterprise network management now that...
Higher education campuses are prime opportunities for cellular operators to grow coverage and expand services
A seismic shift has occurred within the wireless industry: wireless operators are funding fewer in-building wireless projects.
This trend informs that – among other things – the large venue market...
Recently, Ericsson has made two major announcements regarding workforce reductions. One was related to the closing down of manufacturing in Sweden for wireless telecom equipment, which would result in lost jobs for 3,000 people. The latest is just an overall restructuring with another 900...
Mobile edge computing looks set to be part of 5G and IoT, with the recent MEC Congress showing considerable progress in the technology
I recently attended the Mobile Edge Computing Congress in Munich, Germany. (I actually chaired the first day of the event.) For those...
