Telecoms Tech

The essential components of the mobile Internet -- network, device and application -- are all undergoing changes, along with the ongoing evolution of mobile communication industry.

As financial institutions look to restore consumer trust and respond to the new service expectations wrought by the impact of smartphones and digital commerce, delivering a stronger customer experience has become a top business imperative.

Virtually everything in our lives has gotten more expensive over the years; such as housing, cars, postage stamps, food and energy. Yet telecommunications and broadband service costs continue to plummet...

Dish Network has made a $25.5bn counter offer for US mobile operator Sprint. Dish’s bid is $5.5bn more than Softbank’s offer, which creates a significant dilemma for Sprint. Whatever the outcome, Sprint is likely to suffer as negotiations continue over the coming months.

Racing to LTE is well under way with over 145 commercial LTE networks launched on a global basis according to GSA. Yet, a lot of operators are still evaluating what is the right migration path to enable single, converged mobile backhaul infrastructure to carry voice, data and video for 2G, 3G and LTE.

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) looks certain to reshape the networking industry landscape. However, despite a couple of years at the forefront of the industry’s attention, just what SDN will mean in different contexts remains unclear. Amidst the confusion, a couple of key points have had a tendency to come out of focus.

The rapid adoption of 4G LTE mobile broadband technology is likely in the next two years, with the subscriber number doubling from an estimated 105 million subscribers this year to nearly 220 million in 2014, according to the latest market study by Juniper Research.

ARCEP, the French communications regulator, has announced that from October 1, 2013 Bouygues Telecom will be permitted to refarm its spectrum in the 1800MHz band in order to provide 4G services. The regulator has decided to lift the GSM restrictions from Bouygues’ 1800MHz license, provided that it relinquishes a certain amount of its holding beforehand.