Tag: mobile

November 30, 2023

Ericsson’s newly released Mobility Report takes a look ahead to the height of the 5G era and forecasts that by the end of 2029, 85% of the world’s population will have access to 5G, global 5G subscriptions will surpass 5.3 […]

November 20, 2023

Finnish vendor Nokia announced that Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo is deploying the former’s Open RAN (O-RAN) compliant 5G AirScale baseband solution, including centralized unit (CU) and distributed unit (DU) software, in its commercial network nationwide. Nokia said that this […]

June 27, 2023

GSMA yesterday revealed that three more of the world’s largest operators, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, have signed-up to the GSMA’s Open Gateway, the global industry framework designed to help accelerate digital services and mobile apps. GSMA Open […]

April 12, 2023

5G hasn’t been the reliable consumer revenue generator mobile hoped it’d be and competition to keep subscribers remains fierce. This has led most operators to explore loyalty plays that often include bundling of third-party digital services. Basically, “We value you […]

April 7, 2023

Tailgating is an integral part of the game day experience with its history being deeply rooted in American culture. Dating back to 1906, a Harvard vs. Yale college football game was potentially the first ever pre-game tailgating event with automobiles. […]

January 31, 2023

China Unicom added a total of 3.27 million 5G subscribers during December, the telco said on its website. The carrier also said it ended last year with 212.7 million 5G subscribers. China Unicom added over 42 million subscribers in the […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

May 31, 2022

In conjunction with AsiaTech x Singapore 2022 taking place this week from the 31st of May to the 3rd of June, Tara Neal, Executive Editor at The Fast Mode spoke to Leslie Klein, the founder of C-COM Satellite Systems Inc, […]

May 24, 2022

For communications service providers, the trend lines around demand for mobile and fixed wireless data are clear. The trajectory of adoption for the Internet of Things is equally clear. Layer in the distributed compute and storage capabilities necessary for 5G […]

February 11, 2022

Google’s QUIC made its debut a few years ago and it quickly became a headache for operators. Why? QUIC is an encryption-based protocol and many types of traffic become invisible. Operators struggled to deliver content and manage subscriber Quality of […]

December 8, 2021

The UK’s 2G and 3G networks will be switched off by 2033 as part of plans to promote the development and rollout of 5G services and to diversify the telecommunications supply chain. The government says the sunsetting of the aging […]

November 3, 2021

Mobile customer experience comes down to two driving factors: Faster speeds and better coverage. Both national and rural operators face similar customer expectations, but the challenge of meeting them, and doing so profitably, is a far different calculation for the […]

November 1, 2021

Mobile Edge Computing and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) are the same. The concept of edge computing brings computational functionality closer to the user of the data, with the goal of providing more scalable performance, reducing network load and hastening data […]

June 30, 2021

From creating new types of immersive entertainment and gaming experiences for consumers to changing the dynamics of enterprise collaboration, remote support and more, extended reality (XR) is poised for massive growth as 5G networks continue to proliferate. With incredibly high […]

June 16, 2021

Enabling enterprise campus connectivity requires IT staff to plan what mobile devices need to be supported as well as how to best manage their access and security. As enterprises widely embrace private mobile networks to gain more deterministic wireless connectivity, […]

April 26, 2021

In the world of enterprise mobile security, sometimes horrible situations force security corner-cutting to preserve the company. And COVID-19 forcing companies to empty office buildings and move everything (and everyone) to remote locations and the cloud in March 2020 is […]

March 15, 2021

AT&T executives emphasized the role of fiber, 5G and HBO Max as well as streamlining across its business, as it laid out its areas of strategic focus for the coming years. “Fiber underpins the connectivity we deliver, serving both wired […]

March 12, 2021

Safety is a top priority, but with a large mobile workforce and due to the nature of the work, the telecom industry faces increased risk. Working with electrical power, electromagnetic fields and optical fiber bring unique hazards to telecom technicians […]