Viavi acquires Cobham’s testing unit for $455 million
Viavi Solutions has announced plans to acquire Cobham’s test and measurement assets for $455 million, to augment its network services offering.
Viavi Solutions has announced plans to acquire Cobham’s test and measurement assets for $455 million, to augment its network services offering.
The stampede to acquire 5G allies continues with Telefónica Germany and Nokia agreeing to form nothing less than a 5G Innovation Cluster.
It’s all kicking off in China at the moment, with Deutsche Telekom, Intel and Huawei teaming up to do what they claim is the first 5G NR interoperability test on a commercial base station.
In partnership with bickering Nordics, Ericsson and Nokia, Telefonica has launched the 5G Technological Cities project, converting two cities into 5G living labs.
If we’re not complaining about poor signal in the middle of a farmers field, it’s the disastrous indoor coverage, but Ericsson is moving to soothe the masses.
ETSI has unveiled a new Industry Specification Group: Zero Touch Network and Service Management, which will aim to accelerate network automation; humans beware.
Ericsson has teamed up with operator MTN to undertake what they claim is the first 5G technology and applications trial in Africa.
Telefonica and Huawei have completed lab tests on a T-SDN (Transport Software-Defined Network) solution, which will help the telco plan, manage, monitor and diagnose its photonic mesh.
Nokia, T-Mobile US and Intel have teamed up to launch an inter-vendor field trial in Washington State to bring a 28 GHz outdoor 5G commercial radio system on air.
Vodafone and Ericsson have teamed up with King’s College London to perform what they claim is the first successful 5G test in the UK which works independently of any 4G technology.
Networking vendor Huawei’s quest for global domination shows no sign of slowing in the run up to Christmas, with raids on Dublin and Cairo.
Ericsson and long-time operator partner Singtel have announced they managed to hit 1.1 Gbps in a joint trial of a new LAA configuration.
Ericsson and T-Mobile US have announced they have done it. The gigabit barrier is seemingly symbolic for telcos, and now T-Mobile US can start congratulating itself.
The 2017 edition of the Telecoms.com Intelligence Annual Industry Survey once more raises the bar for insight into the incredibly diverse telecoms business. This year’s survey once more gathered the thoughts and perspectives of more than 1,500 telecoms professionals with a cumulative experience of 24,000 years. As usual we begin with our comprehensive sweep of the telecoms landscape, before taking a deep dive into six specific areas affecting telecoms today. From ultra-broadband to test and measurement via IoT, NFV, SDN, video and security, we examine the principal areas affecting telecoms operators today.
Ericsson and Corda Campus have announced plans to set up a 5G Life Campus in Hasselt, Belgium, which will be used to test new technologies and applications.
Just two weeks after CEO Gavin Patterson said BT was struggling with the 5G usecase, it has announced a new proof of concept to test and validate smart urban applications over 5G in Bristol.
Telefónica and Netsia have announced the successful integration of Netsia’s Virtual LTE RAN Platform into Telefónica’s Global Network Labs.
Huawei teamed up with Korean operator LG U+ to demonstrate some novel 5G applications on the streets of Seoul.
Speaking at the New-Generation Internet Infrastructure Forum in Beijing, Huawei has announced a new innovation project looking at 5G power slicing technologies.
Nokia is expanding its IoT armoury with service offerings to help mobile operators enter new IoT market segments or expand their footprint geographically.
It has been a week to forget for Qualcomm https://t.co/P7KgJ7Bhdd
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Google admits 'Allo is rubbish and looks to revamp Messages https://t.co/LzmyIeFZfI
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Ericsson continues its search for silver linings https://t.co/6lWJY1vpBB
20 April 2018 @ 12:48:10 UTC
Microsoft starts gathering pace in the telco AI world https://t.co/0TVJYm6LBM
20 April 2018 @ 11:47:09 UTC
Tech Mahindra gets UK/India pact off to a good start https://t.co/Pnqb4UdgmX
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