In the keynote address delivered at the Global Mobile Broadband Forum in Tokyo, Huawei’s Executive Director and President of Products and Solutions Ryan Ding asked the telecom industry to prepare for 5G. He stressed on three main areas to focus — infrastructure, operations, and ecosystem development. According to Ding, these … Read More
In the lead-up to the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2019 (WRC-19), Global System for Mobile communications Association (GSMA) called the Governments to collaborate on 5G. GSMA has released a paper “5G spectrum position” highlighting the various aspects of 5G services. “Although the mobile industry, academic institutions and international standards-making bodies … Read More
Huawei and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) hosted the first Asia Pacific Exchange on Broadband Regulation and Policy. The speakers at the ITU Telecom World 2016 called for more comprehensive broadband policies for improving the speed and development of the broadband networks. At the exchange, Houlin Zhao, secretary-general of the … Read More
Airtel, which is the world’s third largest telco, is using Astellia solutions to improve the customer experience and enhance the customer lifecycle in Madagascar, the latter said in a statement. Astellia, which is a provider of network and subscriber intelligence for mobile operators, said that its onsite telecom data scientists are … Read More
Bharti Airtel Thursday said that it will divest about 950 towers in Democratic Republic of Congo to Helios Towers Africa (HTA). The divestment also includes towers currently under construction in the DRC. The move is aimed deleveraging by reducing debt and ongoing capital expenditure, and turn profitable in the region. Further, … Read More
Telecom service providers along with network equipment vendors will increase the adoption rate of LTE-A to enable mobile broadband speeds above 500Mbps and support the transition to 5G, according to research firm Analysys Mason. The proportion of mobile operators that offer fixed broadband services will rise to above 50% worldwide … Read More
With an aim to expand its streaming offerings, Singapore-based telecom service provider Singtel has partnered with video-streaming service Netflix. Under the partnership, Netflix will be available on Singtel’s set-top boxes from April and viewers can access Netflix through a quick access button or via channel 404. As per the deal, the … Read More
Telit said it will acquire Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Near Field Communication (NFC) assets in hardware and software from Stollmann Entwicklungs und VertriebsGmbh (“Stollmann”) in Hamburg, Germany. Stollmann is a global player in the Bluetooth and NFC business, designing, developing and manufacturing, low-power Bluetooth modules and software solutions … Read More
As a means to better transparency and to cultivate a consistent culture across the company, Ericsson has revamped its leadership structure. The changes are implemented across all global offices of Ericsson and has been executed by crowdsourcing responses from 5000+ leaders across the organization. The new structure will focus on … Read More
British telecom major mobile Vodafone has sued its Dutch rival KPN for 115 million euros, allegedly for getting involved in anti-competitive behaviour. “KPN delayed by three years the nationwide introduction of Vodafone’s competing TV, fixed-line broadband and fixed-line telephone proposition, Vodafone Thuis, by failing repeatedly to meet its commitments to … Read More
Elitecore Technologies, a global provider of Wi-Fi Service Management Platform (SMP) , has entered into an agreement with du, a Tier-1 operator in the Middle East, to help the latter deliver Wi-Fi services with varied usage options. The deal also includes complementary basic Wi-Fi access, free high-speed access for government … Read More
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel Africa has partnered with Facebook to provide Free Basics, services like health, educations, jobs, communication and local content, at no additional cost in Africa by March 2016. Free Basics is a set of basic websites and services to introduce people to the internet. Customers with an … Read More
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