Vodafone has announced plans to begin retiring its 3G network in 2023 to focus on improving 4G and 5G coverage and performance across the UK. The operator reports that less than 4% of data traffic on its network now uses 3G, down from more than 30% in 2016. With 4G and increasingly 5G carrying the … Read more
During the Conservative Party Conference, Chancellor Sajid Javid announced a government commitment of £5 billion to accelerate the rollout of gigabit-capable broadband to every home by 2025. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who made nationwide gigabit broadband one of his headline promises after taking office in July, has secured public funding to support that ambition. The … Read more
Operators today face a difficult balancing act. They must demonstrate progress toward digital transformation while continually improving the customer experience — an area where many telecommunications providers have long fallen short. A recent report by BriteBill and Omnisperience, surveying 40 tier-0 and tier-1 service providers, finds that telcos are missing a crucial opportunity to make … Read more
(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/Easyturn) With the rapid growth of connected devices expected in the coming years, AT&T has chosen the LTE-M standard as the foundation for its cellular IoT network. Individual IoT devices typically consume very little power and need only modest bandwidth, but the sheer volume of endpoints will create significant traffic-management challenges for carriers. … Read more
The Solomon Islands has secured a $66 million loan from China to finance the construction and supply of 161 mobile towers by Huawei. Under the agreement, the nation will receive a 20-year concessional loan from the China Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank of China). The Solomon Islands government described the arrangement as “a historical financial partnership” … Read more
A study by AT&T and Dubber, a cloud call-recording provider, finds most businesses still lack a comprehensive hybrid work strategy. The State of the Industry: Future of Work survey gathered insights from senior executives about current and emerging work models, the challenges those models create, and the technologies that can help businesses adapt through 2024. … Read more
A long-running controversy has come to a head: Huawei, along with ZTE, has been confirmed as excluded from Australia’s 5G rollout amid government security concerns. A joint media release from then-senators Mitch Fifield and Scott Morrison, acting minister for home affairs, set out guidance aimed at protecting 5G networks and their users. The announcement emphasized … Read more
A new chapter in satellite internet services began yesterday as a United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket deployed satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper. The launch took place at 7:01 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on April 28 from historic Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, marking the start of the full-scale deployment phase … Read more
A misaligned antenna can be the difference between having a usable mobile signal and having none at all. To prevent that, Vodafone is using satellites to ensure precise antenna positioning. Vodafone will roll out satellite-guided sensors embedded in new radio antennas across its network, starting in Albania this September and expanding to other markets thereafter. … Read more
(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/Okan Metin) Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., City of London Police Commissioner Adrian Leppard, and the Center for Internet Security (CIS) have announced the launch of the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), an international, cross-sector initiative created to confront, reduce, and prevent malicious cyber activity. Cybercrime dominates headlines with increasing frequency. For … Read more