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Grid-locked: How to optimise your network for LTE
Operators are at their wits' end in an attempt to provide their customers with the maximum network resources due to an unprecedented volume of data demand. Mobile apps such as instant messaging, video messaging, picture sharing, social media, and Web-based games are guzzling bandwidth, expanding the demand and adding weight to the operator's job.
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BroadSoft CEO: Here's why communications is moving to the cloud
You might not know BroadSoft if you're not in the telecommunications space. But if you use a hosted unified communications service from a provider like Verizon, Swisscom, or any of about 500 other telcos around the world, you may be a BroadSoft customer without realizing it.
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China wary of Android dominance over nation's tech market
China signaled it wishes to reduce its dependence on Google's Android OS, alleging that the U.S. company has discriminated against local firms over the use of the mobile operating system.
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Small cells are not the answer to all indoor coverage woes
Small cells may be all the rage at this year's Mobile World Congress, with Informa Telecons & Media predicting that the installed base of small cells will grow from 11 million units today to 92 million units in 2016, but one company claims that small cells are not always the best answer to indoor coverage problems.
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Nokia Siemens to tackle overload with base-station smarts
Nokia Siemens Networks says it can prevent LTE base stations from getting overloaded while extra capacity in nearby cells goes to waste, even if the cells use different types of spectrum.
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ARM still drives design for smartphones -- 1 billion in 2013
ARM creates the intellectual property used in the designs used to run more than 95% o the smartphones in the world, but the company had only a small booth at the edge of Hall 6 at Mobile World Congress this week.
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MWC: Small Cell Forum launches release programme for indoor femtocells
The Small Cell Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports small cell deployment worldwide, has launched a new release programme which aims to provide operators with everything they need to know to deploy residential femtocells.
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Seamless global LTE roaming now a reality
Tata Communications announced details of its 18-month intensive trial to deliver one of the industry's first complete LTE Roaming Services to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) on 18 February.
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Roundtable: What's next for virtualisation?
This roundtable discussed trends in virtualisation and the walk towards Cloud computing, and how resellers can help customers benefit from the next wave of technological advance.
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4G launch will affect millions of TV sets
Millions of TV viewers across the UK will experience disruption when 4G LTE mobile networks launch later this year.
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New telco Yatango bets on social, bill-shock blues
New Australian telco Yatango Mobile is betting on social networking integration and a high-level of user control over spend to differentiate itself in the crowded mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) space.
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Carrier hands off LTE voice call to 3G, looking toward future need
Mobile engineers have successfully demonstrated the handoff of a voice call from LTE to 3G, a capability that may prove critical in carriers' plans to put voice on their new, fast data networks.
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Us Itc to investigate Samsung, Nokia phones for patent infringement after InterDigital complaint
The U.S. International Trade Commission plans to investigate the smartphones of Samsung, Nokia and Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE for patent infringement, after wireless technology provider InterDigital filed a complaint.
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HP's building an avatar to manage your mobile connections
Hewlett-Packard researchers are developing a cloud-based "avatar" to manage all of a user's mobile devices and wireless networks.
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ZTE, China Mobile test bandwidth boosting LTE-Advanced technology
ZTE and China Mobile have successfully tested carrier aggregation, and achieved peak download speed of 223Mbps in the Chinese operator's LTE TDD network.
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Telstra announces 4G roaming in Hong Kong
Telstra customers now have 4G coverage in Hong Kong after it signed an international roaming agreement with Hong Kong CSL.
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Japan's Softbank sells two-thirds of recent eAccess acquisition
Japan's Softbank has sold off a large portion of a local carrier it acquired just weeks ago, as it looked to assuage fears over its expanded control of Japan's wireless spectrum.
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Spectrum as a property right questioned
Telcos have stated their positions, Maori groups have staked a claim, but should radio spectrum made available after the switch to digital TV become a property right? (Read Full Article)
Facebook gets FTC clearance for Instagram acquisition
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has cleared Facebook's proposed acquisition of mobile photo-sharing service Instagram in an unanimous vote, FTC said on Wednesday.
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HTC, Sprint announce Evo 4G LTE smartphone
Sprint on Wednesday introduced the HTC Evo 4G LTE smartphone, adding a new phone to a stable of devices that will be compatible with the carrier's high-speed network when it launches soon in the U.S. (Read Full Article)
NTT tests 1Gbps downloads with LTE-Advanced
NTT DoCoMo will begin testing a new data communications technology in the next few months that promises speeds many times faster than the LTE service recently launched ... for consideration as a 4G mobile standard (the ITU considers 4G systems as capable ... (Read Full Article)
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Yahoo hits back at Microsoft over Windows Phone 7 bug
Yahoo hits back at Microsoft over Windows Phone 7 bugPC AdvisorThe usage seems to take place without any action by the users, and that ignores a Wi-Fi connection to use 3G, potentially exhausting data plan limits. ...and more » (Read Full Article)
Mozy's move could bring storm to unlimited cloud storage
Today, however, Mozy services more than one million users ... Mozy said the typical size of a photo taken on an iPhone 3G takes up 0 .5MB of storage. A photo taken on an iPhone 4 takes up 2.6MB, and one taken on a Droid X phone eats 2.3MB of capacity. (Read Full Article)
Microsoft blames Yahoo for Windows Phone 7 data spikes
Over the past few weeks, some users have complained of occasional very high data use on their Windows Phone 7 handsets, usage that seems to take place without any action by the users, and that ignores a Wi-Fi connection to use 3G, potentially exhausting ...
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4G held back by 3G investment
LTE (Long-Term Evolution) 4G technology ... network operators paid for their 3G spectrum: many of those operators want to squeeze every drop of value from their 3G investments before migrating to 4G.” In the US, though, carriers such as Sprint deployed ... (Read Full Article)
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3G vs 4G: Real-world speed tests
Mobile workers who need always-on Internet ... national 4G network. In contrast, T-Mobile currently offers an upgraded High Speed Packet Access (HSPA+) 3G network. AT&T is also busy rolling out HSPA+ and is testing LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology for ... (Read Full Article)
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