Category: Local area networks and wide area networks

July 15, 2019

Verizon is currently offering mobile 5G in four markets–Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis and Providence–with plans to activate next-generation cellular in parts of the 30 cities by the end of the year. At the same time, Verizon is deploying fiber in more […]

June 19, 2019

About ten years ago, the phrase “Beyond 4G” (B4G) was coined to refer to the need to move beyond what was currently envisioned as part of the evolution for 4G via the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. Since it was […]

June 19, 2019

Broadband deployment in rural America is not impeded by pole attachment rates, according to a report released by Brian O’Hara, regulatory director, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), in a white paper, “Pole Attachment Policies and Issues.” O’Hara’s research indicates […]

June 6, 2019

Over the past several years, cable companies have advanced numerous attempts, plans, announcements, and pilot offerings of mobile wireless service. Little has come of these efforts. Now, cable companies like Comcast, Charter, and Altice are focusing on adding cellular to […]

June 5, 2019

Silver Peak, the global SD-WAN leader, delivering the transformational promise of the cloud with a self-driving wide area network™, today announced a new partnership with NSC, expanding its global IT services portfolio with new managed SD-WAN services powered by the […]

June 4, 2019

Tango Networks and ASC are partnering to bring enhanced compliant mobile communications recording solutions to enterprises. The joint solution leverages the strengths of both Tango Networks’ new Mobile-X service and ASC’s recording capabilities to enable partners to offer compliance solutions […]

May 21, 2019

Teridion, the company delivering the only global public cloud-based WAN service, today announced it has been honored in the Light Reading 2019 Leading Lights Awards program, winning in the Most Innovative SD-WAN Service awards category. Leading Lights is the telecom […]

May 9, 2019

U.K. carrier EE will be launching 5G services imminently, its parent company BT said in a financial release. BT said EE is on track to launch 5G technology in 16 cities across the U.K. with a range of device partners. […]

April 8, 2019

Telco Systems, the leading provider of innovative SDN/NFV, CE 2.0, MPLS and IP solutions, today announced technology collaboration with VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud. As part of the collaboration between the two companies, Telco Systems will be offering an open uCPE […]

March 22, 2019

Testing beamforming is tricky but crucial, because the technology introduces a level of complexity on both the infrastructure side and the device side that demands careful characterization and verification before 5G can be successfully deployed. “Every country wants to say, […]