Singtel and global smart metering solutions provider EDMI have partnered to deploy a smart electricity metering infrastructure across Singapore. Both companies successfully tested smart electric meters using Singtel’s nationwide LTE Cat‑M1 cellular IoT network. This setup enables wireless transmission of near real‑time meter readings directly to the power grid, improving data availability and operational responsiveness. … Read more

China, long anticipated to become the largest market for TD-LTE, is sending mixed signals about when that future will arrive. China Mobile staged a public LTE demonstration in Hangzhou in March after more than a year of internal testing, aiming to impress media and government officials. At the same time, Shenzhen in southern China is … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/meltonmedia) In a market where falling prices are expected, mobile data traffic nearly doubles each year. That surge is pushing mobile network operators (MNOs) to find ways to deliver a high-quality customer experience while remaining profitable. Several factors explain why the anticipated large-scale adoption of small cells has been slower than expected. The … Read more

The global market for switches and routers remains firmly dominated by a single vendor, according to the latest analysis from Synergy Research. Cisco commands roughly 51% of the overall market. Its dominance is especially pronounced in enterprise routers, where it holds about 63% share. Cisco also controls more than half of the Ethernet switching market … Read more

The US is experiencing a pronounced improvement in 5G performance as major carriers roll out newly acquired mid-band spectrum. Recent findings from Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence show notable gains in download speeds and overall network quality nationwide. T-Mobile remains the market leader, capitalizing on additional 2.5 GHz spectrum acquired in Auction 108. The carrier’s median 5G … Read more

Intel Corp is stepping back from the TV system-on-chip (SoC) market after struggling to compete with established rivals. According to an IHS market tracker report covering the first half of 2011, Intel’s share of the TV SoC market fell to just 2%, while MStar Semiconductor held approximately 39%. As a result, the Google partner plans … Read more

TIM (Telecom Italia) has opened one of the first OTIC (Open Test and Integration Center) laboratories in Europe. The new European OTIC Lab is hosted at TIM Group’s Innovation Laboratories in Turin and has been endorsed by the O-RAN Alliance. Founded in 2018 by a global group of network operators, the O-RAN Alliance aims to … Read more

A new study by Nokia and research firm Omdia finds that 5G technologies could contribute up to $3.3 trillion to Latin America’s economy by 2035. The report, titled “Why 5G in Latin America?”, also forecasts an associated boost in productivity of roughly $9 trillion, while acknowledging uncertainty around the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The authors note … Read more

Marianna Tamborini, Head of Smart Living Marketing at Swisscom, led a session at Telecoms Tech World about the obstacles to bringing smart living solutions to the mass market and practical ways to overcome them. She noted that while smart living products are becoming more common in the United States—largely driven by automated home security systems—the … Read more

New guidance has been issued by the government’s advertising regulator requiring internet service providers to substantiate claims that customers can browse the web at “maximum speeds.” The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), which works alongside the Advertising Standards Agency, published a Help Note outlining what ISPs must include when advertising top speeds. Under the new … Read more