One of the tropes of digital transformation is that traditional telcos must copy the corporate culture of OTT players like Facebook or Google. But it’s not that simple, says the chief of Red Hat – Read more…
As cyber security threats continue to escalate, McAfee’s CEO urged the mobile industry to take security far more seriously by making it a quality-control metric – and they can start by learning a lesson from Read more…
With network development moving from 2G to 3G to 4G and now shifting to 5G, there will be an explosion in traffic in the next few years, due in part to the operators’ zero-rating policy Read more…
It is perhaps unfair to say this mid-show, but it seems as if more and more people are looking for excuses not to visit MWC this year. This very accusation could possibly be levelled at Read more…
MWC18 news from Day 2: Huawei launches AUTIN for complex environments; Ericsson teams with Chunghwa and FarEasTone; Jio taps Samsung for IoT; and is Ooredoo winning the race to 5G? Huawei launches AUTIN to help Read more…
BARCELONA (Reuters) – The moon will get its first mobile phone network next year, enabling high-definition streaming from the lunar landscape back to earth, part of a project to back the first privately funded moon Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Babies, dogs and artificial intelligence. Google is betting this combination proves irresistible with the Tuesday launch of Google Clips, a pocket-sized digital camera that decides on its own whether an image Read more…
SYDNEY/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com began selling its in-house delivery service to third-party vendors in Australia on Tuesday, taking on a major logistical challenge in the continent that invented the expression “tyranny of distance”. Three Read more…
The theme of this year’s Mobile World Congress is ‘Creating A Better Future’ – and according to the traditional opening keynotes by top cellco executives, creating that better future will involve fairer regulation, public-private cooperation Read more…
BARCELONA (Reuters) – The chief executive of Huawei said on Monday the pace of commercialization for next-generation 5G wireless networks is picking up as the Chinese telecom equipment maker has begun pre-commercial development with more Read more…
1. Technical Requirements on the Network Architecture for Carrying 5G Services The rapid development of the mobile Internet and the emergence of new applications such as the Internet of Things (IoT) are causing an explosive Read more…
Finally MWC has stopped wanting to be CES and is instead reclaiming its identity as a show all about phones and the boxes that connect them to the world. Sunday saw the release of 4 Read more…
Huawei launched a new network product at Mobile World Congress 2018 on Monday that aims to convert SDN networks into “intent-driven” networks. That may sound like Huawei attempting to coin an industry term based on Read more…
MWC18 news from Day 1: Sterlite launches the ‘BSS of the future’; LTE data roaming hits tipping point; Vodafone hearts Netcracker; ZTE’s new 5G base stations; and Tmall integrates iStaging’s VR capture. Sterlite introduces the ‘BSS Read more…
LONDON (Reuters) – British retail banks are poised to introduce money management apps to compete with those already launched by financial technology start-ups, betting their trusted brands, broad client base and deep pockets will help Read more…
This week’s Mobile World Congress will be inundated with messages about how 5G is here, it’s real, and it’s rolling out now. Which means the big question now isn’t when 5G technology will arrive, but Read more…
BARCELONA/HELSINKI (Reuters) – Telecom operators are accelerating their timelines for the rollout of next-generation 5G networks, lifting Nokia’s confidence of an uplift for its business this year, chief executive Rajeev Suri said on Sunday. The Read more…
Changes take time … until they suddenly seem to appear out of nowhere. Financial services are at the cusp of a remarkable change that few bankers realize. The decentralization of technology, new regulations, increasing competitiveness Read more…
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Cisco Systems said on Sunday it aims to disrupt the wireless radio access market led by Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia by backing challengers who make more flexible software versions of traditional mobile Read more…
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The Pyeongchang Winter Games was supposed to be the coming-out party for 5G, the next generation of wireless technology – but few people noticed. And some of those who did Read more…
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