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Ericsson reckons it has finally got the hang of this partnership business

Ericsson’s partnership with Juniper is actually producing results, which makes it a distinct improvement on previous efforts.

• 20 Feb 2019

DT and Ericsson hit 40 Gbps over millimeter wave

Operator group Deutsche Telekom and kit vendor Ericsson got together in Athens to claim a new record for wireless backhaul.

• 11 Jan 2019

Ofcom’s competitiveness quest continues with another ducts and poles assault

Ofcom has unveiled its latest edition of its business connectivity market review with an all too familiar feel; how can it force Openreach and BT to play nicer with competitors.

• 05 Nov 2018

TIP 2018: what’s in it for Facebook?

At the Telecom Infra Project Summit 2018 we spoke to the Facebook execs behind the initiative to find out why they decided to get involved.

• 16 Oct 2018

Orange goes submarine with Google cable partnership

Orange has been announced as the latest partner to join Google on its monstrous mission to bulk out its connectivity infrastructure maze.

• 12 Oct 2018

Fiber-optic is important for 5G but operators will need a range of options

Only 5G cell-sites served with fiber-optic cable or microwave links will be able to support the latency tolerances required by some LTE and 5G applications.

• 07 Sep 2018

Ericsson upgrades Radio System, partners with Juniper on backhaul and buys CENX

Ahead of MWC Americas Ericsson has embarked on a frenzy of announcements around its core product offering.

• 05 Sep 2018

3 + BT + SSE = 5G, FYI

UK MNO Three has announced a new deal that gives it access to a bunch of BT local exchanges to augment its backhaul. This will be handy for 5G, we’re told.

• 09 Jul 2018

Nokia gets a big piece of China Mobile optical transport gig

The world’s biggest MNO – China Mobile – recently held a central bid to supply equipment for its regional optical transport network, in which it ranked Nokia top.

• 10 Apr 2018

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Information overload

Scott and Jamie are joined by Ray from Light Reading and go straight into the big story of the week: Cambridge Analytica. The guys more or less agree that it’s ultimately all about how little control we have over our personal data and wonder what can be done about it. More importantly they also speculate about which Star Wars characters they are. Ray steers conversation onto 5G for a change and stresses that it’s all very well banging on about clever radio technology, but unless you deal with the unsexy stuff none of it is going to happen. Finally Jamie manages to find a window in his cryptocurrency trading schedule to tell us about his chat with Vodafone’s UK CEO, who was refreshingly honest about the challenges he faces.

• 26 Mar 2018

Nokia PR spamfest continues with next-gen fibre fun

Nokia seems to have decided that the best PR strategy for Mobile World Congress is to issue at least one press release a day for the whole of February.

• 14 Feb 2017

BBWF 2016 – Rahul Patel, SVP and GM, Connectivity Group, Qualcomm

Rahul Patel, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm’s Connectivity Group, talks at Broadband World Forum 2016 about the gap between what the market expects of broadband and what we’re currently able to supply, especially via wifi. Patel also talks us through Qualcomm’s live wireless backhaul demonstration.

• 16 Nov 2016

Nokia and SK complete portable RAN for public safety LTE

Nokia and SK Telecom have announced the completion of a portable public safety LTE system designed for first responders in the field.

• 02 Aug 2016

Nokia announces portable RAN breakthrough, so do Vodafone and Ericsson

As telecoms operators and vendors seek to solve coverage and capacity issues on the mobile network, Nokia Networks and Vodafone have announced separate portable radio offerings.

• 31 May 2016

EE looks to satellite mobile backhaul with $29 million Avanti deal

As part of its enhanced coverage drive in the UK, EE has pledged to spend nearly $30 million on dedicated 4G satellite mobile backhaul with Avanti.

• 09 May 2016

Telstra to invest $50m to resolve network outage woes

Australian incumbent telco Telstra will be plugging AUS$50 million into its network in a bid to solve outage problems which have plagued it year this.

• 03 May 2016

Facebook boosts wireless connectivity push with Terragraph and Project ARIES

Social media giant Facebook has doubled-down on bringing connectivity to under-served environments with the launch of two new terrestrial connectivity systems.

• 14 Apr 2016

Vodafone UK offers 30 day ‘no strings’ trial period

UK operator Vodafone has announced a new initiative that claims to allow new and upgrading users to cancel their contracts within 30 days for any reason they want.

• 12 Apr 2016

KT, NEC prove 5G backhaul for 2018 Winter Games

Korea Telecom and NEC have claimed a successful 5G backhaul proof of concept demo achieving rates of 3.2Gbps.

• 08 Apr 2016

Telstra hires Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper to assess network after multiple outages

Telstra COO Kate McKenzie has opened up about the operator’s recent mobile network issues, and has Ericsson, Cisco and Juniper on board to run a complete assessment of its network.

• 05 Apr 2016