Tag: network

March 20, 2020

A consummate theme of telecom discussions is the desperate need for additional spectrum dedicated to mobile services; in the context of 5G, that refrain tends to focus on mid-band spectrum, which strikes a valuable balance between coverage and capacity. Good […]

March 9, 2020

Middle East telco Ooredoo Group announced it has selected Huawei to make its network fully 5G-enabled in Oman, Indonesia, Tunisia and Maldives over the next five years, the telco said in a release. Under the terms of the deal, Huawei […]

February 25, 2020

As an understandable precaution, Mobile World Congress (MWC) was canceled due to the global coronavirus outbreak. MWC is one of the most exciting events of the year for us. I was really looking forward to the energy and meeting many […]

February 24, 2020

Today’s businesses run on applications, services, and workflows that need to travel laterally across the extended network without interruption. To keep up with these demands, organizations are having to radically redesign their networks, including the addition of dynamic multi-cloud environments, […]

February 18, 2020

With the combined challenges of tight IT budgets and scarcer technical talent, it’s becoming imperative for enterprise network pros to embrace automation of processes and the way infrastructure responds to changing network traffic. Not only can automation help address these […]

February 14, 2020

EXFO has launched Nova Adaptive Service Assurance (A|SA), the first intelligent automation platform enabling mobile network operators to deliver ultra-reliable, high-quality service experience in a 5G world. EXFO said that Nova A|SA automatically provides the right data at the right […]

February 13, 2020

Arista confirmed what had been rumored for the past few weeks, that it has acquired software-defined networking (SDN) and cloud-software vendor Big Switch Networks for an undisclosed amount. The move gives Arista a package of software technology that should complement […]

February 7, 2020

Etisalat announced that it has teamed up with Microsoft to build a digital platform infused with automation and AI providing a simplified network architecture and operations empowering its subscribers and improving customer experience. Microsoft Azure will power the infusion of […]

February 5, 2020

When you get as many 5G-oriented press releases as I do, especially around the time of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, you’ll hear all sorts of claims, many dubious. Those claims are frequently absurd, often wrong and sometimes propose violations […]

January 30, 2020

Biologically created computing devices could one day be as commonplace as today’s microprocessors and microchips, some scientists believe. Consider DNA, the carrier of genetic information and the principal component of chromosomes; it’s showing promise as a data storage medium. A […]