BROWSING: Opinion

5 strategies to monetize Mobile Edge Computing for 5G (Reader Forum)

  When the speed of light is a drawback — you know it is time for a new approach! Over the past couple of years, it has been abundantly clear that cloud services cannot compute the flood of data created by mobile devices and provide...

How to choose a low- or high-power DAS (Reader Forum)

  To ensure reliable in-door wireless connectivity, industries across the board are turning to a distributed antenna system (DAS). A DAS typically comprises active electronics, usually a central hub connected to remote units, paired with antennas distributed throughout a building, all interconnected with cabling. The...

Moving your network to the cloud? SD-WAN can help (Reader Forum)

Enterprises are adopting cloud-based services at an astounding rate. The numbers tell a story of explosive industry growth — Amazon Web Services recently reported $4.6 billion in revenue, up from $3.2 billion last year. Microsoft’s cloud business exceeded the company's goal of $20 billion...

Kagan: FirstNet a growth opportunity for AT&T, Siyata Mobile, CNM

The marketplace is only just beginning to realize how FirstNet it is a new and real growth opportunity for AT&T. What it does not yet understand is it is also a growth opportunity for other companies as well, like CNM Wireless and Siyata Mobile....

Telecom Tweets of the Week: Net neutrality rants, Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 raves

Verizon (FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's former employer) stores were the target of pro-net neutrality protests, along with congressional offices: https://twitter.com/HuffPost/status/939060640953618432 Qualcomm touted its new Snapdragon 845 at an event this week and was generally well-received: https://twitter.com/jon1bray/status/938567147835473921 https://twitter.com/bobodtech/status/938879472945717248 https://twitter.com/neiltwitz/status/938851146524909569 https://twitter.com/SteveKCostello/status/938846836294533120 https://twitter.com/ryanshrout/status/938600348276506625 https://twitter.com/sherifhanna/status/938821335987425282 Text messaging turned 25 this week: https://twitter.com/NevilleRay/status/937883441277710336 Stephen Wilkus, CTO of Spectrum Financial Partners,...

Building back better through spectrum allocation (Reader Forum)

  Losing contact in modern society — physically, digitally — is a new kind of scary. We’ve seen this before: five years ago, Hurricane Sandy’s floodwaters and winds downed communications networks for one of every four people on the Eastern Seaboard. During the recovery, the...

Analyst Angle: Will 5G result in more or fewer mobile infrastructure radio vendors?

  With commercial 5G radios targeting mobile applications being a probable reality by 4Q18, both new entrants and existing vendors are ramping up their R&D efforts in the hope of capitalizing on the impending shift from 4G to 5G. Ambitions are high not only because...

Kagan: Comcast Xfinity Mobile grows through bundling

Just over a year ago Comcast started talking about their upcoming re-entry into wireless. There was quite a bit of speculation about what this new service would look like and how well it would compete against the industry heavy hitters, AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless,...

Analyst Angle: The Case for Cloud Wi-Fi

  As the modern workforce has become more mobile, businesses of all sizes and shapes have started to rely more and more on WLAN networks, with many questioning whether the traditional Ethernet connection is still relevant. These all wireless offices are more agile to change...

New requirements for enterprise in-building wireless

As the world moves toward implementing LTE Enhanced and 5G mobile wireless technologies, buildings of all types will need in-building wireless systems to provide strong coverage and capacity. While mobile operators have deployed such systems in large venues like stadiums and airports, they have...

How network traffic replay addresses 100G speed issues (Reader Forum)

  In 2016, global IP traffic equaled 1.2 ZB per year; by 2021, it will reach 3.3 ZB per year – almost triple the traffic within just a few years’ time. That’s a massive leap in volume, necessitating high-speed networks. Telecom networks won’t be able...

Wireless printing is finally user-friendly

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and VoIP are wireless technologies that the computer world has been using for decades. Designed to facilitate the exchange of data, most of our modern computer life depends on them. Wireless technology is rapidly advancing. With ultra-dense infrastructure already being built for 5G,...

Kagan: Users’ thoughts on the iPhone X vs. iPhone 8

The iPhone X has been with us for a while and now users are starting to develop real opinions. I’ve talked to many users of iPhone X, iPhone 8 and previous iPhones and found their input very enlightening. So, let me share some of...

Kagan: PTT Makes Wireless Comeback with Siyata Mobile

Push-to-Talk is on a rebound. Siyata Mobile is filling an important space in the changing wireless industry where there is a growing demand for PTT services. Some users and companies need this service, but had no place to turn. Siyata is focused on filling...

Why restoring Internet freedom is appropriate but creates state vulnerability (Reality Check)

  For Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai, restoring an open internet has been a long time coming.  Since his days as a dissenting FCC Commissioner during the Obama administration, Pai has remained steadfast in his commitment to replace the recent government regulatory stronghold over broadband...

Telecom Tweets of the Week: FCC on a roll(back)

Ajit Pai's Federal Communications Commission is hitting its stride in regulatory rollbacks. On the agenda of this week's meeting: axing a 40-year-old rule on media ownership that prevented a single company from owning multiple types of media outlets in a single market; targeting illegal...

Analyst Angle: Innovation in the 5G communications platform and the IoT

  At a conference entitled Patents in Telecoms & the Internet of Things, at George Washington University in the District of Columbia last week, I was perturbed to hear a speaker mischaracterizing the communications standards as platforms of preexisting technologies upon which IoT innovation will...

Telcos and Manufacturers: boost return on investment in AI (Reader Forum)

  Return on investment (ROI) is a good thing for any business, but unwarranted product returns and exchanges bleed precious cash from your coffers. Reverse-logistics costs caused by product returns account for 0.5 percent of the GDP (Source: IGI Global publication on Industrial Engineering) -...

Kagan: Why YouTube is shooting itself in the foot with ads

Recently, I overheard someone complaining about the sudden avalanche of commercials and ads between every song they listen to on YouTube. Many users seem to have noticed how they have increased the amount of advertising users are forced to deal with. If this is...

Telecom Tweets of the Week: Autonomous Vegas shuttle debuts; promptly hit by truck

Is this a win or a loss for the robots? A new, self-driving shuttle in a test program on the Las Vegas Strip had its first accident in its very first hour of operation, reportedly due to the error of a human delivery truck...

Don’t wait to invest in service assurance (Reality Check)

How service assurance investments are changing the game As service providers worldwide engage with a new set of competitors, face a challenging economy and attempt to master intensifying network and service complexity, they face service assurance challenges beyond any that most have ever experienced. What...

Meet the three types of partners you need in your IoT ecosystem

As one of today’s fastest-growing and most complex segments, the Internet of Things (IoT) is not something a single company can tackle on its own. The speed of innovation, combined with the complexity of solutions and the need for scalability make IoT an impossible...

In-Building wireless: what to know before signing on the dotted line

  Everyone has experienced it. You’re outside, talking on your phone or looking at the latest breaking news, or checking what’s happening on social media, and as soon as you step inside — an office building, a shop, your apartment — your connection suddenly slows,...

The top 5 culprits of slow Internet speeds (Reader Forum)

  Based on a study by Akamai in 2014, the United States and Canada — two of the most reliable countries in the world for Internet connection — nearly half of users experienced significant packet loss, resulting in buffer bloat and low-quality connections. Significant packet...