Ericsson has completed its $6.2 billion acquisition of cloud communications provider Vonage after overcoming significant regulatory hurdles. The Swedish vendor first announced its largest-ever acquisition in November of last year. Börje Ekholm, President and CEO of Ericsson, said: “The core of our strategy is to build leading mobile networks through technology leadership. This provides the … Read more

As 2013 progresses, 4G has clearly become a major focus for telecom operators. With spectrum auctions settled and the main players allocated their shares, attention now turns to how 4G will reshape the telecom landscape and affect customers. While the arrival of 4G is exciting, widespread consumer adoption will not be immediate. Many customers remain … Read more

NEC and Cisco have joined forces to deliver an enterprise private 5G solution that combines NEC’s radio and systems integration expertise with Cisco’s core networking and cloud control technologies. The new offering pairs Cisco’s 5G Standalone (SA) Core and Cloud Control Centre with NEC’s validated radio network and professional services, creating a market-ready package for … Read more

Samsung and Arqiva have announced plans to run 5G trials in the UK that will focus on Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) during the second half of this year. The UK was chosen as the launch market in Europe because of its relatively low broadband penetration in some areas and favourable spectrum conditions. Samsung and Arqiva … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/Stefano Tinti) Pay-TV broadcaster Sky, long active in virtual reality through investments in startups like Jaunt, has announced a more direct commitment to VR content with the launch of a dedicated production unit, Sky VR Studio. Gary Davey, Managing Director of Content at Sky, said: “Sky VR Studio allows us to add a … Read more

For years, security experts have imagined using quantum mechanics to achieve perfectly secure online communication. Now, a government laboratory has been operating a near-quantum internet for more than two years. Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico have developed a solution that isn’t a pure quantum internet in the strictest sense, but comes … Read more

SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) is a suite of applications designed to improve production planning, scheduling and product distribution by using real-time demand updates from retailers. APO is not a standalone system; it requires a backend ERP such as SAP R/3 to execute planning results and manage transactional data. APO forms the foundation of … Read more

Ericsson has extended its 20-year strategic partnership with Entel to support the Chilean telecommunications company as it advances toward 5G mobile networks. Under the renewed agreement, Ericsson will roll out its latest LTE FDD technologies and LTE TDD Massive MIMO (multiple input multiple output). These upgrades will increase Entel’s network capacity and performance, helping the … Read more

Today, telecommunications companies must adapt to a rapidly changing market: new competitors, wireless networks, VoIP, cable providers, IPTV, the pervasive influence of the Internet and OTT services, among other forces. In response, many network operators have accelerated their shift to IP-based digital architectures, emphasising low latency, standardized protocols and, increasingly, virtualization of network functions (NFV). … Read more

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) used state media this week to assert that China leads in 6G development. Announcing the findings on World Intellectual Property Day (April 26), CNIPA shared an analysis of roughly 38,000 6G-related patents. According to the report, about 35 percent—13,449 patents—originated in China. The United States ranked second, holding … Read more