Championing high tech and high touch in the digital age: What telcos need to do

Sponsored The importance of partnerships in the telecoms industry has never been greater. As technologies converge and customer expectations get ever higher, those in the industry need to find the right position which serves different markets as well as make it easier for partners and customers to get access to the services they require.

Eastern Communications, one of the Philippines’ premier telecommunications companies, has built its reputation by becoming a pioneer in...

18 August 2020 | Networks

Small Cell Forum publishes API to drive unified 5G open RAN

The Small Cell Forum (SCF) has published the PHY API for 5G to encourage a competitive ecosystem for 5G small cell hardware, software, and equipment vendors.

Ecosystem players will be provided an open and interoperable interface between the physical layer and the MAC layer. The PHY API has been developed with the help of a collaborative effort between companies from across the small cell ecosystem, which...

24 July 2019 | Small Cells

US outdoor small cell antenna likely to rise by 75% in 2018, predicts EJL Wireless Research

A recent report from EJL Wireless Research, titled “U.S. Outdoor Small Cell Antenna Market Analysis and Forecast, 2018-2022 1st Edition”, states that the shipments of US outdoor small cell antenna increased 84% in 2017. The market is predicted to increase by 75% in 2018, owing to the increasing demand from all four American mobile operators as well as neutral host operators.

The report states that...

27 September 2018 | Hot Topics

Nokia to launch the worlds first MulteFire small cell for private LTE networks

Nokia is to launch the first MulteFire small cell in the world to help industries, enterprises, smart cities and mobile service providers leverage global unlicensed spectrum for reliable, safe, high-capacity and high-coverage private LTE networks.

The new Nokia Flexi Zone MulteFire Multiband Pico BTS will pave the way towards 5G connectivity in the future by enabling enterprises to establish a connection between mobile sensor-enabled 'things' and individuals in a more...

16 February 2018 | LTE

China Telecom chooses Bridge Alliance as partner to provide M2M and IoT services

China Telecom and Bridge Alliance have signed a machine to machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) services deal, with both sides aiming to capitalise on the impetus the IoT is receiving in the Asia Pacific region. The business partnership deal will allow China Telecom to offer IoT/M2M services to multinational enterprise customers across Bridge Alliance's footprint of 34 markets. Deng Xiao Feng, managing director of China Telecom’s global business department, said: "We are excited to...

31 October 2017 | China Telecom

China Telecom utilises Versa Networks for SD-WAN service

Versa Networks has been chosen as a primary vendor for software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) and security (SD-Security) by China Telecom to cater the needs of its global customer base. The latter’s managed SD-WAN service is developed on Versa’s comprehensive suite of virtualised network and security functions (VNFs), which enables a truly software-based managed SD-WAN service that gives customers a better business agility and make them ‘cloud-ready’ via its application-level visibility,...

18 September 2017 | China Telecom