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Apple reportedly resurrects MVNO plans

US devices giant Apple has been trialing an MVNO service in the US and is in talks to launch one in Europe too, according to a report.

• 04 Aug 2015

How will SDN prepare operators for IoT and 5G?

In this podcast, Telecoms.com discusses the merits of SDN and NFV in the operator, and hypothesise how they’ll both enable IoT and 5G for operators in the years to come. Editorial director, Scott Bicheno, and Intelligence content manager, Tim Skinner, mull over how software defined networking has evolved over the past few years alongside its […]

• 23 Jul 2015

KT, Nokia make good on MoU, launch IoT lab

Korean telco KT, alongside Nokia Networks, has announced the launch of the country’s first dedicated lab for progressing the development of the internet of things, making good on its MoU pledge at MWC earlier this year.

• 20 Jul 2015

SK Telecom, Intel collaborate on 5G chipsets and MIMO R&D

Over at MWC Shanghai this week, Korean operator SK Telecom has announced its intentions to collaborate with Intel on the development of 5G radio access tech.

• 15 Jul 2015

Alcatel-Lucent claims NFV first with China Mobile

Alcatel-Lucent has laid claim to a live NFV first alongside China Mobile. The kit vendor reckons it has conducted the industry’s first field trial of the virtualized-RAN.

• 13 Jul 2015

Huawei, China Unicom serve up cellular IoT with “smart parking”

Chinese institutions China Unicom Shanghai, China Unicom Research Institute and kit vendor Huawei have developed a collaborative partnership to develop a pilot of cellular IoT.

• 13 Jul 2015

Exclusive – Nokia details thinking behind Alcatel-Lucent acquisition

At a time when the telecoms industry is rife with M&A activity, the proposed acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent by Nokia announced earlier this year still stood out as pivotal.

• 10 Jul 2015

Ericsson confirms 5G radio standardisation participation

Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has confirmed its “spearheading” of a dedicated European Union project designed to provide a common consensus of the radio network requirements for a standardised 5G network.

• 09 Jul 2015

Nokia and du launch network testing drones in Dubai

Drones equipped with smartphones are being utilised by du to carry out analysis on its network across Dubai. The first test, announced by partner Nokia, took place at the Dubai International Stadium to report on network conditions when occupied by 25,000 attendees.

• 07 Jul 2015

Orange creates NFV and Cloud testing lab for 5G advances

Orange has unveiled its new lab dedicated to network virtualization and cloud computing, called I/O Lab. It’s targeting an open and accessible environment for collaboration with the wider industry.

• 02 Jul 2015

5G consortium commences novel network architecture initiative

The 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (5GPPP) has announced the commencement of a new 30 month initiative designed to establish a new mobile network architecture for 5G.

• 01 Jul 2015

SK Telecom and Nokia claim another 5G milestone

SK Telecom and Nokia have unveiled one of the first results of their 5G technology collaboration, claiming to verified the performance of a user plane and control plane separation technique, which they reckon is a key enabling technology for 5G.

• 29 Jun 2015

SDN: More new business model than new technology

Chinese equipment vendor Huawei clearly envisions a world where network applications and services will run on commodity hardware and software. For a company that sells specialist boxes into networks, this could be a bold statement. In the latest in our series of SDN-themed interviews, Sanqi Li, CTO of Huawei’s carrier network business, simply sees this approach as the evolution of business models for both carriers and vendors.

• 21 Mar 2013

7Layers: Connecting the world

Dr Hans- Jürgen Meckelburg, President & CEO, 7Layers, talks to telecoms.com at MWC 2013 about serving the M2M space and connecting millions of devices across many different sectors.

• 18 Mar 2013

Arieso passes test; acquired by JDSU for $85m

Testing, measurement and security firm JDSU on Friday acquired geo-location and RAN planning specialist Arieso for $85m in cash.

• 08 Mar 2013

ANALYSIS: Can commodity hardware cut it in SDN world?

Of late there seems to be an SDN (software defined networks) related announcement every few days, as vendors get their ducks in a row to pitch the next evolution of technology to carriers at MWC. But the concept demands a change in mindset for the vendors as much as it does the operators.

• 20 Feb 2013

A defining moment for SDN

Software-defined networking (SDN) is the latest acronym to save the day, promising more flexible, scalable and intelligent networks. But what does SDN actually mean?

• 11 Feb 2013

Is telco SDN the new IMS?

It feels like 2006 once again: vendors are creating fanciful and colourful presentations about SDN and operators are discussing about the need to move from silos to horizontal platforms and networks. In a way, almost the same story was told six years ago for IMS, but deployments were far smaller than expected. So is SDN following the footsteps of IMS?

• 31 Jan 2013

Ericsson picks up IT services expertise

Swedish equipment manufacturer Ericsson has announced its intention to acquire the IT services capabilities of the Devoteam Telecom & Media operation in France.

• 22 Jan 2013

A new lease of life

As many of the world’s operators contend with the capacity crunch, some carriers are finding new purpose and a potential goldmine of use cases for legacy spectrum licenses.

• 04 Jan 2013