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2013 Open Network Summit (ONS) Announcements, Take Aways & Conclusions
The information packed 2013 ONS (April 15-17th in Santa Clara, CA) saturated my brain with volumes of SDN and Network Virtualization architectures, product pitches, trials, and use cases. A multi-part series on this important conference will be published in the coming week at viodi.com. This article will cover a few important announcements, take-aways and key… Read more
France Telecom & Vodafone team up to challenge Telefonica in Spain’s FTTH/High Speed Broadband Access market
France Telecom (FT)/Orange and Vodafone will invest up to up to 1 billion euros (=$1.3 billion) in the joint development of a fiber optic network in Spain, Vodafone-Spain’s Antonio Coimbra told Reuters on March 13th. The Financial Times reports that Vodafone and FT/Orange plan to offer their own high speed broadband services to customers, in addition to… Read more
ETSI M2M interoperability demonstrated by 13 organizations in France
ETSI successfully demonstrated the interoperability of products based on its new M2M standards at the recent ETSI Machine to Machine workshop held in France in October. Five comprehensive demonstrations, organized by ETSI’s Technical Committee for Machine to Machine communications (TC M2M), showcased how the interoperability of standards-based solutions in M2M products is key to market success…. Read more
LightSquared Announces Opening of Developer Sandbox in Mt. View, CA
At Thursday’s Telecom Council’s TC3 Conference, upstart wireless wholesaler LIghtSquared announced the opening of a “Sandbox” or innovation center for 3rd party developers. Located in Mt View, CA, the Sandbox is being hosted by Nokia Siemens Networks, one of LightSquared’s wireless infrastructure vendors. This new “playground for developers” was said to be the first to offer three… Read more
8 Telcos to test "cognitive" wireless technology from xG Technology (Comment on IEEE 802.22 WRAN standard)
A group of eight telecom providers will begin field testing a mobile technology that relies on unlicensed spectrum and frequency hopping to optimize broadband connectivity. The carriers, which are located across the country — in states ranging from California to Florida — will build on an earlier VoIP trial of xG Technology’s “cognitive” wireless platform,… Read more
CLEAR 4G WiMAX Innovation Network is Now Open for Developers in Silicon Valley
In an exclusive article, Clearwire details logistics, goals and objectives for the "4G" CLEAR Developer’s Network in Silicon Valley. Largest 4G WiMAX "sandbox" for developers covers more than 20 square miles in Santa Clara, Mountain View and Palo Alto, California. At the September 17th Telecom Council Carrier Connections conference, Clearwire’s Allen Flanagan provided an overview… Read more
NTT DOCOMO successful outdoor trial of AI-driven wireless interface with 3 partners
NTT DOCOMO has successfully executed the world’s premier outdoor field trial of real-time transceiver systems leveraging artificial intelligence (AI)-driven wireless technology, a critical advancement for sixth-generation (6G) mobile communications (AKA IMT 2030). Conducted in collaboration with parent company NTT, Inc. (NTT), Nokia Bell Labs, and SK Telecom Co., Ltd, the field trials were held across… Read more
Ericsson’s revenue drops, profits soar; deal with Vodafone and partnership with Export Development Canada look promising
Ericsson’s 3rd quarter 2025 results released today showed a 9% drop in revenues, to 56.2 billion Swedish kronor (US$5.9 billion), compared with the same period last year. Ericsson’s gross margin rose 2% to 47.6%. U.S. sales fell by as much as 17% year-over-year for the 3rd quarter, to about SEK22.5 billion ($2.4 billion), after an… Read more
InterDigital led consortium to advance wireless spectrum coexistence & sharing
InterDigital, Inc, a mobile, video and AI technology research and development company, was awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of War (DoW) to lead research and conduct demonstrations of advanced spectrum coexistence for civil and military applications. Spectrum sharing optimizes the use of the airwaves, or wireless communications channels, by enabling multiple categories of users… Read more
Huge significance of EchoStar’s AWS-4 spectrum sale to SpaceX
EchoStar has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its entire portfolio of prized AWS-4 [1.] and H-block spectrum licenses to SpaceX in a deal valued at approximately $19 billion. The spectrum purchase allows SpaceX to start building and deploying upgraded, laser-connected satellites that the company said will expand the cell network’s capacity by “more… Read more