A handful of high-profile communications service providers (CSPs) are deploying NFV/SDN-based virtual networks, but many CSPs are taking a “wait-and-watch” approach. In 2016, even the most aggressive CSPs moved cautiously on operationalizing virtual networks, which Read more…
The bar for what counts as artificial intelligence is continually rising. Technologies should lose their AI status when they become routine (optical character recognition is no longer recognized as an example of AI for this reason). However, for Read more…
New topics, such as virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI), have gained traction in the past couple of years at MWC, but the Internet of Things continues to be a key theme of the industry’s Read more…
As everyone recovers from this year’s Mobile World Congress, I am still trying to comprehend the potential impact of three announcements there on low power WANs (LPWANs). Taken in isolation, these announcements are interesting. But Read more…
If MWC17 is anything to go by, the telecoms sector is getting suckered by virtual reality hype. Forget that virtual crap and come back to the real world I came away from Barcelona this year Read more…
In a show driven by senseless hype, Niantic CEO John Hanke shockingly spent his MWC keynote talking about sensible, boring, direct carrier billing A consensus seems to be forming that the recent MWC17 in Barcelona was Read more…
Every year MWC hard-sells its vision of a 5G Panacea for the benefit of humanity, but educating consumers on that vision should be a dialogue, not a monologue MWC17 has come and gone. And if Read more…
In a surprise twist, digital transformation took the top spot at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The usual suspects (i.e. the big handset vendors) just couldn’t make an impact this year. With Samsung still reeling, Read more…
Nokia has through nostalgia created some excitement in the mobile phone industry but elsewhere the signs of maturity at MWC17 were everywhere. The notable fallout coming from Microsoft, Blackberry, Huawei among others who have substantially Read more…
Weekly Wrap 12 features John Tanner and Tony Poulos discussing the news highlights from the week that was. For the week ending March 3: MWC17 has come and gone, and John and Tony discuss highlights Read more…
FCC chairman Ajit Pai made the case for light-touch regulation at MWC17 – but he did it by stacking the deck in his favor when he didn’t need to When CNBC’s Karen Tso introduced new FCC Read more…
Everyone in the video content value chain is reeling from the effects of digital disruption, as telcos are forced to rethink network design to support growing demand for video, while the content owners themselves are Read more…
Singapore-based IoT-dedicated network operator UnaBiz has announced a simple pay-per-use smart button at MWC17. Inspired by the pay-per-click business model, UnaBiz unveiled the pay-per-use smart button powered by Sigfox. With a subscription model of as Read more…
Fourteen mobile operators and equipment suppliers issued a joint statement Tuesday urging the mobile sector to develop unified, global 5G standards via 5G testing, trials and cooperation between telecom operators, vendors and vertical industry partners. Read more…
Facebook’s Telecom Infra Project (TIP) announced several updates at MWC17, from new members and startup investments to trials of its open-source DWDM white-box transponder and progress of its OpenCellular project. According to a blog post Read more…
Tata Communications is getting into the IoT connectivity platform game with the launch of its global “Move” IoT platform, as well as a national LoRa IoT network in India in partnership with HPE. The first Read more…
BARCELONA (Reuters) – The brave new world of remote-controlled cars is now technically possible using wireless technologies which are set to be commonplace early in the next decade, Telefonica and Ericsson said at a test Read more…
MWC17 News from Fira Gran Via: Huawei/Vodafone V2X demo, Comptel/Salesforce collaboration, Mycom OSI assures DT EVPL, Sonus adds LTE calling Huawei and Vodafone demo cellular V2X at Barcelona race track Huawei and Vodafone, with the Read more…
The NGMN Alliance revealed its plans for new activities on the 5G front at MWC17 related to security, end-to-end architectures and V2X solutions. At a press conference on Monday at MWC17, the NGMN Alliance said Read more…
Sterlite Technologies’ telecom software division, Elitecore, has announced its next generation of Wi-Fi solutions at MWC17, including enterprise Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi global roaming, Wi-Fi calling and middleware for carriers and enterprises. The enterprise Wi-Fi solution enables Read more…
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