Tag: operators

October 6, 2020

With 5G serving as the catalyst for how the communications industry and the cloud industry are coming together, VMware announced its new 5G Telco Cloud Platform last month. The new platform combined VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure, which was an evolution […]

September 8, 2020

Open RAN is having a big impact on the telecom space with major operators around the world embracing disaggregation of radio access network (RAN) hardware and software. The idea is to give operators more vendor options by opening up radio […]

August 13, 2020

Telstra emerged as the leading operator in Australia in terms of 5G download rates, according to a report by Opensignal. The carrier recorded an average download speed of 231.8 Mbps, beating rival carrier Optus by 61.9 Mbps (36.4%). “This highlights […]

September 21, 2018

While 5G is and will remain the topic du jour in the telecom industry, it will be years before the next generation of cellular makes its way out of metropolitan areas to provide widespread access to new types of services. […]

August 2, 2018

With the advent of mobile phones and networks, each generation of wireless standard and technology (2G, 3G, 4G, etc.) has brought different capabilities that have provided a platform for operators and developers to create services — and revenue. These services […]

July 2, 2018

An industry group that aims to bring more open technologies into the radio access network to help reduce costs and spur innovation has added another seven operators to its membership list and now features the world’s biggest service providers internationally. […]

April 2, 2018

Drones in the telecom industry Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are often characterized as toys or weapons, but they are also seen as maintenance tools among telecom operators. In a global report on the commercial applications of drone technology, […]

January 11, 2016

With the GSMA predicting North American mobile data traffic will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 42% per user between 2014 and 2019, it’s clear operators in 2016 must address the continued surge in capacity demand. However, the […]

December 23, 2015

Small cell and distributed antenna system networks have become important and fast growing complements to deploying new spectrum and adding additional macro towers as U.S. mobile operators are focused on densifying their networks in urban areas. Small cells are becoming […]