As big a problem as indoor mobile signal reception now is, the magnitude of the problem means significant resources will be devoted to fixing the problem. Those approaches will include Wi-Fi, IP [...]
At this point, spectrum sharing is slated for study by the World Radio Conference for all communications spectrum above 24.25 GHz, up to 86 GHz. The Asia-Pacific Tele-Community is looking at [...]
Video is expected to drive 83 percent of device-based data traffic in 2020 across 10 countries, according to PwC. That is a huge change from the pre-internet era, when voice services drove [...]
In both the core and access portions of the communications network, virtualization is becoming a fundamental building block for use of all network assets, owned and borrowed. Both the coming 5G [...]
Where it is possible–where the business model works–many would agree that facilities-based competition provides faster innovation and higher consumer benefits than [...]
After 2000, it became increasingly clear that mobile phones were the preferred way most people in the United States and elsewhere wanted to use voice services, as shown by the steady growth of [...]
Internet of things gets much deserved attention as the next big opportunity for access providers, adding huge numbers of new access connections used by sensors, rather than devices used by [...]
Singapore’s telecoms regulator Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) has concluded the first phase of a spectrum auction which raised a total of SGD1.14 billion ($816.2 million) [...]
How will demand for shared spectrum shape up? Maybe not where you would expect it. Perhaps oddly, the 3.5-GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) being introduced in the U.S. market [...]
The Industrial Internet Consortium has released an extensive white paper on its model for industrial internet of things connectivity. As you might guess, the connectivity model is designed for [...]
Sometimes, proposed services or platforms in the communications business are right, just too early. In the mid-1990s “application service providers” tried to make a business out of [...]
Public Wi-Fi now is seen as an important way to make fixed network internet access more widely available in India. As always, much will hinge on market dynamics. In many other markets [...]
There is no way to describe 5G without reference to the importance of “virtualization.” The biggest changes are that 5G requires virtualization at the edge and in the core of the [...]
Spectrum sharing fundamentally is important because it can change the business model for existing and new potential providers of communications services, much as increased availability of [...]
The fifth annual Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Global Summit, which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from 9-11 May 2017, will feature: Mr. Pakamile Kayalethu Pongwana, CEO, Independent [...]