Press Releases

Estonia’s first 5G network to go live at TalTech University

TeliaEricsson and Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) have joined forces to launch Estonia’s first 5G network by the end of 2018. The pilot network will be operated on the campus of TalTech and companies and startups will be invited to help develop future services and new business models.

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October 2, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Users failed by VPN security and performance, but SD-WANs no option for industrial IoT. So where next?

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have significant security and performance drawbacks for use in networking cloud applications. This was the start-point for a recent survey and primary research by industry analysts, Futuriom, that (spoiler alert) leads the firm to conclude that Application Specific Networking (ASN) may be a way forward. (more…)

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October 1, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

AT&T and Ericsson team up on IoT cybersecurity

AT&T and Ericsson are joining forces to offer comprehensive testing to help safeguard IoT devices from growing cybersecurity threats.

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Ericsson and Telstra complete new long-range NB-IoT connection

Ericsson and Telstra have successfully deployed and tested Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) data connections up to 100km from a base-station in Telstra’s commercial network. This is said to be the longest-range NB-IoT connection of its kind,

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September 28, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Interworking between LTE and land mobile radio systems essential for critical communications, says Etelm

As demand for high-speed mobile broadband and smart data services is rapidly increasing, interworking between new broadband services and traditional mission-critical radio systems is essential. (more…)

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September 25, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

New deliverables from Ngmn suggest principles to build end-to-end solutions for a connected 5G future

The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance – which drives and guides the development of all future mobile broadband technology with a focus on 5G – has published its three deliverables on 5G extreme requirements entitled “Operators’ views on fundamental trade-offs”, “RAN Solutions”, and “End-to-End considerations”, respectively. (more…)

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‘Incredible potential of 5G’ needs to be matched by huge investment in fibre optic network infrastructure, Dey tells ECOC

There may be a vast number of opportunities for mobile fronthaul and backhaul on the horizon but improvements in protocols, standards and technology will also need to be made. (more…)

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September 24, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Hand-to-hand combat among the surprises at Economist Innovation Summit, as delegates urged to augment not replace human skills

It was inevitable that the technology du jour, artificial intelligence (AI) dominated opening exchanges at today’s Economist Innovation Summit (#EconInnov). And for those – like me, admits Jeremy Cowan – who believed that AI is still mostly a series of chatbots and pilot projects there was an early wake-up call. (more…)

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September 21, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Lanner enhances virtualisation performance with dual Intel Skylake-SP CPUs

Today sees the release of Lanner’s NCA-5710, a 1U rackmount network appliance built with Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family (Codenamed Skylake-SP) and dual LGA3647 CPU sockets. (more…)

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September 20, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

LoRa-based IoT solution from Semtech ‘saves Costco 22% in water management’

Apana, a technology company focusing on smart water utility systems, has incorporated LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology (LoRa Technology) from Semtech Corporation, a supplier of analogue and mixed-signal semiconductors and algorithms, into its smart water sensors. (more…)

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September 19, 2018

Posted by: Anasia D'mello