BROWSING: MTC

How MTC’s 5G private network offers lessons for legacy manufacturing

The U.K.'s Manufacturing Technology Centre houses advanced manufacturing equipment for digital manufacturing, additive manufacturing, automation and robotics, among others; the independent research and technology group focuses on process and manufacturing systems development across different industrial sectors, from aerospace to agriculture. "It's all about technology transformation....

What is IoT over non-terrestrial networks?

The 3GPP has announced a study item on NB-IoT over non-terrestrial networks Internet of Tings (IoT) and Machine Type Communications (MTC) applications are experiencing an exponential surge and are expected to play a key role in future networks and systems. However, the industry is well...

UK’s Manufacturing Technology Centre gets private 5G for Industry 4.0 tests

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry in the UK, established by the UK government as an independent research and technology organisation for academia and industry, is to be equipped with a private 5G network for manufacturing companies to test new production methods. The network...

Viavi Webinar: Narrowband IoT – What you need to know

The Internet of Things is expected to be the next revolution in mobile communication, connecting billions of devices. Current cellular technology is not optimized for this massive machine-type communication (MTC). 3GPP has released requirements for new cellular-based narrowband technology specifically for IoT. Wireless service providers...

VIAVI Webinar: Narrowband IoT – What you need to know

The Internet of Things is expected to be the next revolution in mobile communication, connecting billions of devices. Current cellular technology is not optimized for this massive machine-type communication (MTC). 3GPP has released requirements for new cellular-based narrowband technology specifically for IoT. Wireless service providers...

Zain Iraq picks NSN for data management upgrade

Nokia Siemens Networks said it was selected by Iraqi wireless provider Zain Iraq to provide its One-NDS subscriber data management solution. NSN said the solution will unify the carrier’s subscriber data, which is currently spread across its network, into a single database. The deal...

America Movil inks rural telecoms services contract in Peru

Andina | February 24, 2011 Lima, Feb. 24 (ANDINA). America Movil has signed the contract for provision of telecoms services in Central and North Peru. America Movil won the tender for this project at the beginning of January. The contract was awarded by the Peruvian Ministry...

Peru brings the first DTT implementation stage forward

NextTV LATAM | Wednesday, December 15 2010 The Peruvian Minister of Transport and Communications, Enrique Cornejo, pointed out that in 2012 there will be eight more DTT channels in the capital city of Lima. Therefore, Digital TV coverage will be completed two years before the...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ericsson, Motorola, Alvarion and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--China: Motorola Inc. said it won a contract with China...

Iraqi carriers keep licenses, agree to share revenues

Iraq has scrapped its long-delayed cellular auction and instead decided to license the three national wireless carriers in June under an arrangement calling for revenue-sharing and an upfront cash payment of at least $250 million from each operator, according to Iraqi government and industry...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Cellular Japan: L.M. Ericsson and Softbank Mobile Corp. signed...

Celtel to buy stake in Nigerian carrier

KUWAIT—Telecom company Mobile Telecommunications Co. said that its African subsidiary, Celtel, has signed a conditional deal to buy 65 percent of Nigeria’s Vmobile for about $1 billion. MTC added that the agreement included an option for the purchase of the remaining 35 percent of...

Wireless services making progress in Iraq despite myriad of internal issues

WASHINGTON-Siyamend Zaid Othman is helping lay the foundation for a new Iraq where information flows freer than it did under the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein and where ordinary people can chat on cell phones like billions of others do around the world everyday....

Iraqi regulator says profits reason carriers want license extensions: Wireless operators cite security risks of working in Iraq

WASHINGTON-Iraq's telecom regulatory chief vowed not to cave to pressure to extend license terms of the country's three national wireless operators, an escalating controversy overshadowed last week by a deadly ambush of a three-car convoy with technicians, body guards and drivers employed by Iraqi...

Iraq moves ahead on spectrum licensing for wide-area, WLL operators

WASHINGTON-Siyamend Othman, head of the Iraqi National Communications and Media Commission, said mobile phone and wireless local loop licensing will be top priorities in the country this year. Othman met this week with representatives from the Federal Communications Commission, the telecom industry and other...

Iraq wireless licenses on hold until June

WASHINGTON-The Iraqi government's issuance of mobile-phone licenses appears to have been pushed back from next month to June, a delay attributed to political uncertainties associated with the scheduled Dec. 15 election of a new parliament. The licensing is being watched closely by Motorola Inc.,...

Motorola wins $30M in contracts with MTC

CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. has signed contracts worth more than $30 million with Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Co. to expand, enhance and upgrade networks in the Middle East and Africa. MTC will deploy Motorola's Adaptive Multi Rate solution in Kuwait to boost voice quality, capacity and availability...

Middle Eastern carrier buys African wireless operator for $3B

LONDON-Middle East wireless carrier Mobile Telecommunications Co. has expanded into Africa with a $3.4 billion acquisition of African wireless carrier Celtel International. Kuwaiti-based MTC will buy 85 percent of Celtel from its current shareholders, and the remaining 15 percent will be purchased in two...

CPA behind schedule in awarding Iraqi mobile licenses

CRYSTAL CITY, Va.- Like most everything else in Iraq these days, wireless telephony in the country is not going according to plan.The official wireless licenses have yet to be awarded Coalition Provisional Authority officials acknowledged Wednesday, but the three licensees have all been given...

CPA behind schedule in awarding Iraqi mobile-phone licenses

CRYSTAL CITY, Va.-If the Coalition Provisional Authority had wanted Iraqis to have access to communications through three mobile-phone networks by now, this-like most everything else in Iraq these days-is not going according to plan.The official licenses have yet to be awarded CPA officials acknowledged...

Nokia to deliver EDGE network in the Middle East

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp, through its local reseller, will supply a GSM/EDGE W-CDMA network for MTC-Vodafone in Bahrain. In addition, MTC Vodafone recently conducted the first EDGE call in the Middle East, Nokia said.Under the agreement, Future Communications Co. will deliver and implement a complete...

Motorola to supply network in central Iraq

CAIRO, Egypt-Motorola Inc. said it will supply GSM base stations and transmission equipment for Orascom Telecom Iraq Corp.'s new mobile network in Iraq's central region. The value of the contract is worth up to $40 million, Motorola said.Motorola said it is the main supplier...

GSM wins in Iraq

WASHINGTON-After weeks of speculation, it appears that GSM technology has won out over CDMA systems in Iraq. The Coalition of Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Minister of Communications Oct. 6 announced the winners of mobile-phone licenses in Iraq. Asia-Cell, the incumbent GSM provider, will...

Consortia gamble on Iraqi licenses

WASHINGTON-A consortium with investors from Iraq, the United States, South Korea and the United Kingdom applied last week to construct U.S.-engineered CDMA technology mobile-phone networks in Iraq, according to sources, despite indications the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority and new telecom ministry may be leaning...