According to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, annual shipments of cellular IoT modules amounted to 427 million units in 2022, flat from the previous year. Annual sales grew by 12 percent and amounted to US$ 5.9 billion in the year. The five largest cellular module vendors – Quectel, Fibocom, Sierra Wireless, Sunsea AIoT and Telit – held a 69 percent share of the market in terms of revenues. The industry has seen a wave of consolidation in recent time with Telit acquiring the Cinterion line of IoT products and services from Thales, Semtech acquiring Sierra Wireless and Fibocom consolidating its ownership in Rolling Wireless. [Read more…]

Nokia recently announced that it has successfully trialed an innovative new solution that enables Android smartphone users to purchase and activate network slices on-demand from their operator. The move, which will be available to Android 14 users, will allow end users to enhance their experience across a wide range of applications such as gaming, streaming, broadcasting, and social media. The solution enables operators to monetize 5G slicing services, for example, by offering premium network slices that can be purchased in selected areas based on customer demand. [Read more…]

Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today shared the company’s role in the Spring 2023 O-RAN PlugFest organized by the O-RAN ALLIANCE and hosted by industry leaders. The PlugFest involved a series of on-site demonstrations in North America, Europe and Asia, conducted in April and May. As the O-RAN ecosystem matures, testing has evolved from proving that the technology works to demonstrating that the industry can deliver robustly designed, secure network elements that meet the business demands of operators. [Read more…]

DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator and home to the largest carrier and data center neutral interconnection ecosystem globally, pushes its expansion forward with its newest Internet Exchanges in Esbjerg and Copenhagen (Denmark). The IXs are now ready for service in the data centers of Bulk Data Centers (DK01) and Digital Realty (CPH1, CPH2 and CPH3) with more enabled sites to be announced in due course. [Read more…]

With the increasing demand for higher bandwidth and better performance, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operators DE-CIX, LINX, AMS-IX & BCIX, will be introducing a new generation of optical transceivers, the 100G LR-1 (referred to as LR), to their platforms, starting in Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, and Berlin. [Read more…]

While commercial deployments of 5G Open RAN networks by IS-Wireless are underway, the Polish company's R&D team participates in leading European research programmes on 6G technology. Experts contribute to the development of the new mobile communications standard and share their predictions regarding 6G. The very first private 5G mobile network for Industry 4.0 has been officially launched in Poland recently. The installment uses RAN (Radio Access Network) provided by IS-Wireless. The company's solutions are also being deployed in the UK and Asia. – Building innovative 5G networks is not the end game for us. We are looking towards the future of connectivity, meaning 6G – says Slawomir Pietrzyk, CEO and founder of IS-Wireless. In his opinion, being involved in the development of the new standard at the early stages provides an opportunity to influence the shape of the upcoming generations of mobile networks. [Read more…]

Enea welcomes the PEGA Committee’s adoption of the eight telecom network recommendations to address the critical gaps which persist in protective frameworks. The Committee was set up by the European Parliament to investigate Pegasus and equivalent surveillance threats. The committee held its final vote on June 15 and all eight recommendations were adopted to safeguard mobile communications. [Read more…]

Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) recently announced that Fiber Infrastructure and Network Services Inc. (FINSI), a leading engineering and technology solutions provider for telco, energy and infrastructure industries across the Philippines, has announced the selection of the VIAVI OneAdvisor 800 Platform for multi-functional test applications. VIAVI was represented by Ark One Solutions Inc. [Read more…]

London  – MDX Technology (MDXT), an innovator in low-code connectivity and workflow solutions for financial institutions, is delighted to welcome CAT Financial Products (CATFP) to their growing client base. CAT Financial Products AG is one of the leading Swiss providers of investment solutions in the structured products market. CAT Financial Products AG has been offering its services to professional asset managers, banks and institutional investors since 2012, using the most innovative technologies. The company received its securities firm license from FINMA in March 2023 and has been expanding its product, trading and service capabilities. As one of the next important steps they have selected the MDXT platform to automate multi-vendor pricing contributions workflows to Bloomberg, Refinitiv and Telekurs. [Read more…]

Nokia and Sigma Wireless Communications today announced that ESB Networks, Ireland’s foremost energy company, has awarded a contract to Sigma Wireless and its partner Nokia for the development of a leading-edge, mission-critical private mobile network. Nokia will work with Sigma Wireless Communications and ESB to supply and install the new LTE-based private wireless system over a three-year period. [Read more…]

Móvil Éxito, the first MVNO in Colombia to be launched by a retailer and part of Grupo Éxito, selected Optiva for cloud modernization of its Optiva BSS Platform to a SaaS-based model. The upgrade provides the operator with a next-generation full BSS stack that delivers the business and innovation benefits of SaaS in the public cloud. Móvil Éxito will be enabled to grow and expand into new customer segments, including the high ARPU post-paid segment, and introduce new service capabilities such as native VoLTE and other emerging new market services. [Read more…]

800 ambulance service vehicles across Wales are undergoing a major communications refresh thanks to a collaboration between the Welsh Ambulance Service (WAST), Telent and Panasonic TOUGHBOOK. [Read more…]

DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator and home to the largest carrier and data center neutral interconnection ecosystem globally, recently announced its newest Internet Exchange, in Helsinki (Finland), is ready for service. The new DE-CIX IX is now available in Equinix’s data centers in Helsinki (HE-CIX), with more enabled sites to be announced in due course. In parallel with the launch of the new digital hub, which will be an important part of the DE-CIX interconnection ecosystem in the Nordics, DE-CIX and Nokia today celebrated the 10th anniversary of their trailblazing partnership at Nokia’s headquarters in Espoo, close to the Finnish capital. [Read more…]

In Krakow, the first Open RAN 5G Private Network for Industry 4.0 has been launched. This marks the start of the next-generation of mobile network implementations in Poland for industrial purposes. The installation was implemented by hubraum – Deutsche Telekom’s tech-incubator – and used Radio Access Network (RAN), provided by Polish 5G solution vendor IS-Wireless. [Read more…]

Nokia recently announced that it has successfully trialed its Cloud RAN solution on A1 Group’s (A1) commercial 5G network in Bulgaria. The trial, which took place in Sofia, saw the companies successfully perform an end-to-end 5G data call (Layer 3 call) utilizing Nokia’s Cloud RAN solution as well as its AirFrame servers. A1 is testing the capabilities of Cloud RAN technology to assess the value of transforming to the cloud. A commercial 3GPP standard 5G SA device was used during the trial. [Read more…]

Nokia today announced the first deployment of 10G fiber broadband in Vietnam with operator Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT). The initial rollout will connect 10,000 homes and businesses in the 8 largest provinces of the country. Nokia is providing fiber access nodes for the operator’s exchanges and fiber modems for end users’ premises. [Read more…]

DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator and home to the largest carrier and data center neutral interconnection ecosystem on the planet and Capcon Networks, an industry leader in carrier agnostic connectivity, today announce a strategic partnership with Capcon in the United States. Capcon is uniquely positioned to address the US rural telecommunications market because they are not limited to specific geographies, making them an ideal reseller to work with nationwide. [Read more…]

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) today announced the publication of a technical report outlining a new operator-managed Wi-Fi (OMWi) reference architecture. The proposed framework will combine multiple available standards to streamline Wi-Fi data collection, Wi-Fi management, configuration, and optimization of home networks, simplifying the analysis and decision-making process for carriers. The paper, Operator Managed Wi-Fi: Reference Architecture and Requirements, is available as a free public download here. [Read more…]

Optiva Inc. (“Optiva” or the “Company”) (TSX: OPT), a leader in providing communications service providers (CSPs) worldwide with cloud-native revenue management software on the private and public cloud, is proud to announce that it was selected as a nominee for TM Forum’s 16th Excellence Awards 2023. Optiva and lifecell are recognized in the Excellence in Serving People & Planet category for their project “Supporting connectivity, the lifeblood of daily life, with expanded protection in dangerous times.” [Read more…]

Nokia recently announced a trial with Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories (CHT-TL) which verified 25G PON’s capability for small cell fronthaul. In 5G, transport networks that carry mobile traffic from small cell sites to the core are typically split into fronthaul and backhaul transport. Operators are already using fiber broadband networks to carry backhaul traffic. This industry-first trial demonstrates that these same networks using 25G PON technology can support stringent capacity and low latency demands needed for fronthaul. [Read more…]