Optical transport network (OTN) technology featuring high bandwidth, low latency, and long-distance transmission provides quality bearers for global operator networks. Using revolutionary technologies such as coherent communications, polarization multiplexing, and soft-decision error correction, 100G transport Read more…
There were two articles recently that indicate telcos are turning themselves around and starting to make money from digital content services. First up was the presentation from Turkcell CEO, Kaan Terzioglu, at Huawei’s OTF event Read more…
eSIMs may push the mobile operator further down the value chain. But it also enables them to shift investment to truly digital strategies. It wasn’t a surprise, but Apple’s announcement earlier this month that the Read more…
Blockchain has much to offer the video world, but it’s not a simple silver-bullet solution. Verimatrix CTO Petr Peterka explains why that’s not a bad thing. Blockchain has perhaps become the big buzzword of 2018. Read more…
With a number of countries laying claim to the title of world’s-first-5G-state, we explore whether we are really any closer to seeing the first 5G rollout. With every passing week, the clamour of noise in Read more…
To accurately define the emerging status and trends of the convergent video landscape, ZTE and other players have proposed the concept of ‘Big Video’ that covers four aspects: Big Content, Big Network, Big Data, and Read more…
Kingston University’s foray into 5G technology for ‘smart’ farming would allow intelligent drones to monitor crops and livestock and could well help to thrust the agricultural world further into the ‘third green revolution’. “It would Read more…
A new Ovum survey of 200 enterprise decision-makers provides some surprising insights on their views of Distributed NFV. Ciena’s Susan Friedman details the results. It’s often a useful exercise for us vendors to get out Read more…
5G marketing will no doubt push faster network speeds. But when there’s handover from 5G to 4G, what will be the customer experience in terms of speed? Here’s why operators must beef up 4G performance Read more…
5G is coming to Asia in the next year or two, but whether it lives up to the hype depends not on gigabit radio links but a well-engineered network edge backed by a solid global Read more…
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