The Broadband Forum and the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) have announced the first six products to receive G.fast certification. G.fast is compelling because it leverages existing copper wiring to deliver much faster broadband speeds without the substantial infrastructure costs of full fiber deployments. In the UK, national network operator Openreach has already … Read more

John Legere, the CEO of T-Mobile, has positioned the company as the disruptive “Un‑carrier” through a series of moves that have reshaped the wireless industry. Now, the outspoken Legere is pushing to end a common carrier practice: overage fees. Overage fees are charges applied when a customer exceeds the limits of their plan. For example, … Read more

Nokia is one of the global leaders in essential 5G patents, and the company has now passed the milestone of 4,000 declared patent families essential to 5G. The Finnish vendor has invested more than €130 billion (£111 billion) in research and development since 2000 to build and strengthen its patent portfolio. Jenni Lukander, President of … Read more

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