Growth opportunities for African telecoms operators
While the telco industry may have seen its traditional revenue streams decline further in 2018, thanks in part to the popularity of over-the-top (OTT) services such as WhatsApp that offer low-cost alternatives to messaging and voice calling, the industry is still set...
CTC,Nokia advance use of AI/ML powered 5G mMIMO
CTC and Nokia have jointly demonstrated advanced machine learning innovations for 5G RAN mMIMO optimisation, under a strategic cooperation agreement signed in October 2018. The ML-powered mMIMO algorithms will improve 5G RAN coverage and capacity and provide higher...
Fortinet secures the path to 5G
Fortinet has announced extensive capabilities for securing the path to 5G with its expansive breadth and depth of solutions for mobile core networks and cloud infrastructures, including its virtual SPU technology and advanced security and high-performance systems....
Ericsson enhances 5G platform
Ericsson is evolving its 5G Platform with portfolio additions across core, radio access and transport areas, as well as service orchestration. These add-ons make the platform more dynamic and flexible, enabling service providers to smoothly evolve their networks and...
Nokia small cells provide new mmWave, mid-band options
In advance of Mobile World Congress, Nokia has announced two new additions to its AirScale small cells portfolio that extend the high performance of 5G both indoors and outdoors and support a wide range of use cases. A compact millimeter wave (mmWave) radio offers...
Gemalto debuts 5G SIM
Gemalto has announced what it believes is an industry-first 5G SIM that meets operator requirements for the new generation of network deployments which will emerge in 2019. Compliant with the latest ETSI 3GPP specifications and SIMalliance recommendations, the 5G SIM...
Ericsson joins O-RAN Alliance
Ericsson has joined the O-RAN Alliance, a group of leading telecom service providers and suppliers with the commitment to evolving radio access network (RAN) architecture and orchestration built on openness, intelligence, flexibility and performance. As a member, the...
What’s your VoIP call quality number?
Many of us know our total cholesterol number and some of us even know our systolic and diastolic blood pressure numbers. However, when it comes to our business lives, do we have any idea what call quality we're receiving from our corporate Voice over Internet Protocol...
AI-based operations engine simplifies managed services
The Ericsson Operations Engine directly and proactively addresses service providers' managed services complexity challenges as the industry moves to the reality of 5G and IoT. The Ericsson Operations Engine has three building blocks: * Service-centric business model...
Key technologies for telecom digital transformation
Enterprises have been undertaking digital transformation for years. However, only recently has the telecom industry started to specifically focus on digital transformation to improve customer experience and increase network automation and agility. By Michael Howard,...
NGMN paves the way for 5G patent licensing
The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance has jointly organised and executed a successful conference on Licensing Practices in 5G Industry Segments with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), bringing various experts from around the world together...
White paper concludes SA architecture best for 5G
ZTE has jointly released the white paper "5G Best Choice Architecture" with IHS. Based on a comparative analysis of 5G SA and NSA, the white paper concludes that SA architecture is the better path to the target network in 5G era from the perspectives of long-term...