Category: Mobile Networks

December 1, 2022

A cellular private network for Hutchison Ports Stockholm has enabled a high level of automation at the facility, including the operation of automated straddle carriers, Graham Wilde, head of 5G business development at CKH IOD, the international development hub of […]

November 18, 2022

Certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance in 2019 and based on the IEEE 802.11ax standard, Wi-Fi 6 is designed for high-density, multi-user environments and features uplink and downlink OFDMA, 8×8 multi-user MIMO and 1024 QAM. Its introduction signaled improved performance and […]

November 18, 2022

BAI Communications (BAI) announced the close of its acquisition of ZenFi Networks (ZenFi), a US East coast-based provider of digital infrastructure solutions and innovator in small cell deployment, offload & roaming services, fibre connectivity, and network edge colocation. ZenFi now […]

November 15, 2022

Satellite designer and manufacturer AST SpaceMobile has shared that its direct-to-cell satellite, the BlueWalker 3, which launched in September on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, has been successfully deployed. The update is considered a critical step in delivering space-powered 5G broadband […]

November 14, 2022

What do efficiency, safety and innovation have in common when it comes to the world of advanced manufacturing? They all have the potential to be enhanced by mobile private networks (MPNs). MPNs are growing in popularity due to the availability […]

September 20, 2022

Lynk Global (Lynk), the world’s leading satellite-direct-to-standard-phone telecoms company, expressed its appreciation to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for granting Lynk the world’s first-ever commercial license for a satellite-direct-to-standard-mobile-phone service. This FCC license enables Lynk to launch commercial services for […]

September 14, 2022

U.S. mobile operators invested a total of $35 billion last year, marking the fourth consecutive year of increased investment, according to the 2022 CTIA annual survey. This capex figure compares to an investment of $30 billion in 2020 and $29 […]

September 13, 2022

Verizon said it has already deployed over 8,000 virtualized RAN (vRAN) cell sites with a goal of deploying over 20,000 by the end of 2025, the telco said in a release. The carrier said that the deployment of this technology […]

September 12, 2022

The mobile industry is witnessing a fundamental shift in the way in which Radio Frequency (RF) systems are handled. In no small part, this is mostly due to the shift to 5G and its related use cases, which brings with […]

September 7, 2022

France had a total of 35,797 authorized 5G sites as of September 1, of which 26,455 were declared technically operational by the local mobile operators, according to the latest monthly report published by France’s spectrum agency ANFR. ANFR said that […]

September 7, 2022

A new Juniper Research study has found that the total value of the mobile business messaging market will increase from $48 billion in 2022 to $78 billion by 2027. The research found that this 63% growth will be driven by […]

August 30, 2022

The Federal Communications Commission is launching a new investigation into how mobile network operators use subscribers’ geolocation data. Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel also sent a letter to the top 15 largest mobile network operators and MVNOs, asking a series of questions […]

August 25, 2022

The focus on security for communications service providers (CSPs) has been changing over the last few years. 5G technology has enabled and mandated new business-critical, mission-critical, and security-critical revenue-generating services. However, the benefits of 5G’s higher-speed communications come with corresponding […]

August 23, 2022

Telenor Sweden has launched network protection service for its mobile customers. The Network Protection service blocks malicious pages, fake SMS links and emails with fake links for both existing and new customers completely free of charge. Online fraud and online […]

August 19, 2022

Mobile network operators promise their subscribers that 5G will provide higher capacity, faster speed, higher energy efficiency, lower RAN latency, and create massive connectivity. However, these come at the cost of skyrocketing mobile data traffic demands. According to global technology […]

August 17, 2022

Demand for greater mobile capacity will see deployments of 5G small cells accelerate significantly from 2025, according to a study by ABI Research. 5G will use a much greater variety of spectrum than previous generations of mobile technology, with regulators […]

August 4, 2022

mmWave 5G was the subject of some industry skepticism in its earlier days, particularly around the ability to support mobility use cases and the sheer economics of densification required to provide a workable degree of coverage. mmWave has since been […]

August 4, 2022

Although electric vehicles have been headline-worthy for close to a decade, two recent developments are especially significant. In February, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was passed in the United States, including $7.5 billion to build out a nationwide network of 500,000 […]

August 2, 2022

Having ubiquitous, reliable, and performant in-building cellular service isn’t a courtesy. These days, it’s how business gets done. Businesses continue to ratchet up cellular data use as new use cases for mobile communication seem to pop up continuously, promising improved […]

August 1, 2022

Everyone in the mobile app industry has suffered the effects of the Russia-Ukraine geopolitical conflict. From big companies to small developers, mobile businesses see a drastic change in their metrics, key performance indicators, and revenues. For example, in the USA, […]