Tag: telecom industry

October 25, 2022

Huawei rotating chairman Ken Hu called for a cross-industry effort with the aim of pushing so-called “5.5G” technology, which will enable advanced services and applications for businesses and consumers. 5.5G is not an official standard, but telecom industry players sometimes […]

October 17, 2022

Mid-September greetings from the Midwest, Georgia and Alabama, where we are wrapping up our Moundville Telephone Company acquisition. Pictured is Tuska, a 7-ton elephant statue that was recently moved to the Bryant-Denny stadium in Tuscaloosa. Legend has it that the […]

May 27, 2022

Open RAN isn’t a technology; it’s a global concept that’s all about ensuring interoperability. It will usher in a new level of flexibility, innovation and market competition within the telecom industry. That was how John Baker, Mavenir’s senior VP of […]

April 15, 2022

Business automation between service providers—as well as with customers—is increasingly attracting development budgets in the telecom industry. Business automation improves both customer experience and loyalty (e.g., simplicity of order, service delivery times) as well as staff productivity. The current simplicity […]

April 4, 2022

When asked on his CNBC show Mad Money, Jim Cramer said AT&T is not a buy. He said “right now I think they are doing terribly. It’s just not a great company”. While in my opinion that may be a […]

April 30, 2021

The telecom industry has always been facing risks. Unfortunately, this trend has not yet passed. This is not only due to the nature of the work but also a large mobile workforce. There are all the common risks of remote […]

June 25, 2019

The telecom industry is still digesting the surprising and far-reaching decision by Judge Koh of the U.S. Northern California District Court. The expansive court order is as hard to digest as it is to comprehend. If you thoroughly read it […]

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 […]

April 30, 2019

PlanetOne, the IT and telecom industry’s preferred connectivity partner, today announced Frontier Communications, is now part of its growing portfolio of preferred providers. With the addition of Frontier Communications, PlanetOne is bringing an expanded offering of connectivity, unified communications and […]

April 22, 2019

While blockchain may have not yet reached the hype levels of AI, cloud and IoT, there’s still plenty of mainstream chatter around its use cases. Before the technology started showing up on TV commercials, CableLabs got a jump on kicking […]

October 26, 2018

The GDPR (General Data Privacy Regulation) passed in the European Union (EU) in May of 2018 and is one of the most popular topics of discussion amongst telecom businesses who may or may not conduct business on an international level. […]

September 17, 2018

There are many good reasons to upgrade real time communications (RTC) networks and platforms, which are impacting the way Communications Service Providers (CSPs) – and the enterprises they serve – are planning, budgeting for and rolling out pure Internet Protocol […]

January 18, 2018

Blockchain use cases for telcos Blockchain is poised to disrupt the telecom industry. The technology provides users with a distributed, decentralized way to conduct online transactions with an assembly of records called blocks, which are strung together using the mathematical […]

March 27, 2017

The telecoms industry has always been open to innovation and new ideas. The industry spends money and resources, encouraging incubators and innovators to develop new ideas in digital innovation. This innovation has seen incredible leaps forward since the advent of […]

November 17, 2016

Competition within the telecommunications industry is fueling mergers and acquisitions, albeit at a slower pace than in years past. There were 269 telecom mergers in 2015, down 11.5 percent from the 304 mergers that took place in 2014 and off […]

June 22, 2016

Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program (TIRAP) Board Chairman Scott Kisting today encouraged members of the wireless infrastructure industry to watch a new online video that focusses on the ANSI/TIA 1019-A standard for telecommunications towers. The ANSI/TIA 1019-A standard provides construction […]