Press Releases

Syniverse study highlights scarcity of LTE roaming outside of the Americas

A study by Syniverse into global LTE data roaming shows North America and Latin America together account for over 81% of all LTE roaming traffic worldwide. The study also highlights the relative scarcity of inter-regional inbound and outbound LTE roaming outside of the Americas. (more…)

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September 25, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil

Huawei completes core network test for second-phase 5G R&D trial under IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group

  Huawei is spearheading the completion of the core network test for China’s second-phase 5G R&D trial organised by the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group. The test, conducted at the Beijing lab of China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), covered service-oriented architecture, critical 5G service procedures, network slicing, mobile edge computing, and other key technologies. (more…)

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September 22, 2017

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SIMalliance elects Remy Cricco to serve as the new chairman

The Board of SIMalliance has elected Remy Cricco (OT-Morpho) to serve as the organisation’s chairman. In his role, he will work alongside fellow Board members representing Gemalto, G+D Mobile Security, ST Incard and VALID, to further SIMalliance’s aim: to advocate the protection of sensitive connected and mobile services to drive the deployment and remote management (more…)

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September 19, 2017

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China Telecom and State Grid partner with Huawei to develop 5G slicing solution for power industry

At the third New-Generation Internet Infrastructure Forum in Beijing, China Telecom Beijing Research Institute, China Electric Power Research Institute and Huawei said they would cooperate on the joint basic foresight innovation project about 5G power slicing technology. (more…)

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Huawei announces a breakthrough in the C-Band test of China’s 5G technology R&D trial

Huawei announces that peak cell throughput has exceeded 20 Gbit/s to achieve a breakthrough in the C-Band test. This test procedure is an important part of the China 5G Technology Research and Development (R&D) Trial which is organised by the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group. (more…)

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September 6, 2017

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Huawei and Festo sign MoU for smart manufacturing collaboration with 5G slicing technology

Huawei announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Festo to jointly explore the 5G network application of manufacturing and to promote the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry with 5G Slicing Technology. (more…)

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September 1, 2017

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SmarTone and Ericsson step towards 5G with a successful trial of LAA network

Ericsson and SmarTone, the mobile network operator in Hong Kong, have taken a significant step toward 5G with the successful trial of Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) technology in a live over-the-air demonstration in Hong Kong. (more…)

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August 30, 2017

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5G: Investments & IoT opportunities

Juniper anticipates that the introduction of 5G services will take a somewhat different path to the implementation of 4G and the subsequent updates to protocols. As a result, Juniper believes that operators cannot rely on previous methods of implementing 4G networks. (more…)

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Internet of Things and the role for 5G in connected vehicles

Connected cars are set to become a huge industry over the new few years; estimates of the number connected cars that will to be on the roads by 2020 vary from 250 million to 381 million, and research by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association points to that number increasing to 527 million by 2025. (more…)

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August 9, 2017

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SoftBank adopts Cisco network convergence system to optimise next-gen mobile IP core network operations

Cisco Systems G.K. has announced that SoftBank Corp. has adopted the Cisco Network Convergence System 5500 Series. This provides high-density 100GE routing and Segment Routing technology for optimising network operations for its next-generation mobile IP core network. (more…)

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August 4, 2017

Posted by: Avadhoot Patil