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Taoglas discusses antenna technological advancements at MWC 2016

Joint CEO of Taoglas, Ronan Quinlan, spoke to Telecoms.com at MWC 2016 about the radio and antennae reliability requirements of 5G, IoT and drones.

• 09 Mar 2016

Global LTE subscriptions pass 1 billion for the first time – GSA

Quarterly figures released by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) have confirmed LTE subscriptions have passed 1 billion worldwide for the first time.

• 07 Mar 2016

ARM talks IoT security and 5G modems

At the recent MWC event mobile chip designer launched a new design aimed squarely at the Internet of Things, with a focus on improved end-point security.

• 03 Mar 2016

Orange pledges €15bn FTTH and LTE investment by 2018

Orange has pledged to spend more than €15bn on upgrading fixed and mobile infrastructure across Europe, and says there’s still “so much more to come” from LTE, according to Deputy CEO Gervais Pellissier.

• 02 Mar 2016

Ericsson launches 5G collaboration with Kings College London

Networking giant Ericsson wasted no time after MWC 2016 before its next event – the inauguration of its collaboration with Kings College London over 5G development.

• 29 Feb 2016

LG pips Samsung to MWC’s most talked about title – report

Smartphone and consumer electronics vendor LG was the most talked about brand during Mobile World Congress last week, according to social media analysis undertaken by media firm Hotwire’s insights and analytics report.

• 29 Feb 2016

MWC 2016 – the year buzzwords started to mean something

It was no surprise to hear the terms 5G, IoT and cloud used relentlessly in conversations and press releases at Mobile World Congress 2016, but unlike last year there was more to them than mere marketing opportunism.

• 27 Feb 2016

ZTE says Pre5G UDN will be perfect stop gap until 2020

Chinese telecoms equipment maker ZTE Corporation unveiled its Pre5G Ultra Dense Network (UDN) system on day 4 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, claiming it can solve today’s network problems can provide continuity until 5G arrives.

• 25 Feb 2016

Deutsche Telekom reveals more Ngena plans for global alliances

Deutsche Telekom has revealed more of its ambitious plans to create an alliance of international telecoms partners.

• 25 Feb 2016

The 5G partnership news keeps coming from MWC 2016

A raft of new partnerships between mobile operators and equipment makers has been unveiled on the third day of Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona.

• 24 Feb 2016

Huawei talks ICT transformation at MWC 2016

Huawei’s Wei Bing, Director of Marketing for global technical services, talks to Telecoms.com at Mobile World Congress 2016 about the imperative nature of ICT transformation for today’s telco.

• 23 Feb 2016

5G collaborations get seriously talked-up at MWC 2016

As the EU and Brazil used Mobile World Congress to sign a co-development agreement over 5G, equipment vendors and telco partners have been keen to announce their collaborative efforts.

• 23 Feb 2016

Huawei unveils raft of mobile networking plans at MWC 2016

Networking equipment maker Huawei used Mobile World Congress to showcase a variety of new bandwidth boosting partnerships and technologies.

• 23 Feb 2016

Nokia demonstrates 5G breakthroughs at MWC 2016

Nokia has used Mobile World Congress 2016 to showcase its advances in speed and security, with a number of 5G breakthroughs and the promise of tighter security through a new acquisition.

• 22 Feb 2016

Ooredoo Qatar’s project UNIFY: transforming infrastructure with NFV

Like a number of global operators, Ooredoo is in the process of transforming its network architecture to a next-generation infrastructure.

• 22 Feb 2016

Ericsson claims 25 Gbps 5G field trial with MU-MIMO

Swedish kit vendor Ericsson says it has achieved peak downlink throughput speeds in excess of 25 Gbps in a trial using MU-MIMO and beam tracking technology.

• 18 Feb 2016

POLYSTAR LAUNCHES FULLY VIRTUALIZED VERSION OF SOLVER, THE AWARD-WINNING VoLTE AND LTE TEST SOLUTION

Stockholm, Sweden, 17 February 2016 – Polystar, a leading supplier of Network and Customer Analytics, Network Monitoring and Test solutions to the telecoms industry, today announced the launch of a new, fully virtualised version of its award-winning VoLTE and LTE test solution, Solver. With momentum gathering behind network function virtualisation (NFV), CSPs are also keen to ensure […]

• 18 Feb 2016

Worldwide mobile penetration reaches 100% for the first time – Ericsson

Numbers released by Ericsson claim the number of worldwide mobile subscriptions has surpassed global population for the first time.

• 17 Feb 2016

The long and winding road to 2025

The technology sector probably invokes the most remarkable sense of nostalgia out of any industry. 10 years ago, the smartphone as we know it today was yet to be invented.

• 15 Feb 2016

AT&T to commence Q2 2016 5G trials

US telco AT&T has pre-empted the Mobile World Congress rush by boldly laying out its plans for 5G, with field trials for some enabling-technologies happening in Q2 this year.

• 12 Feb 2016