Small Cell Forum: Europe risks falling behind in smart cities and industrial IoT

SCF welcomes call for more urgency on dense networks to ensure IoT-ready 5G for Europe LONDON, 27 February 2018 – Small Cell Forum, the telecoms organization driving network densification worldwide, has welcomed a report urging more urgency and innovation in the development of Europe’s communications infrastructure. According to a new report from Rethink Technology Research, fragmented regulation and the need for greater urgency from larger MNOs mean Europe is currently falling well behind North America and the larger Asian economies in the densification of mobile networks. The result, the report…

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MYCOM OSI launches Cloud Native Platform for Telco Cloud Assurance

Unlocks simplification, agility, automation and new subscription-based business models London, UK – 20th February 2018 – MYCOM OSI, the leading independent provider of Assurance, Automation and Analytics solutions to the world’s largest Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced a next generation, cloud native platform as part of its enhanced Experience Assurance and Analytics™ (EAA) suite of applications to achieve agile, simplified and automated network operations. An innovation in the telecom assurance industry, the platform will be available through a subscription model that improves CSP agility and accelerates new service launches….

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Iskratel announces next-gen PON solutions for a cost-effective migration

Valencia, Spain, 06 February 2018 – Iskratel, the leading European provider of communications solutions for the digital transformation of telecommunications, today announced two new universal next-generation PON solutions – the 8-port multi-PON blade and the 16-port GPON blade – designed to enable a lucrative and controlled upgrade to next-generation networks, such as NG-PON2 and XGS-PON. The 8-port multi-PON blade demonstrates Iskratel’s latest breakthrough in the market, simultaneously supporting NG-PON2 and XGS-PON technologies, without the need to replace current PON infrastructure. The innovative NG-PON blade is flexible enough for operators to build…

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Rajant CEO: “Wireless Mobility Is The Key To Secure Military Communications”

Robert Schena addressed delegates at the Network Centric Warfare Conference in Rome ROME – February 1, 2018 – Addressing delegates today at the Network Centric Warfare Conference in Rome, Rajant Corporation CEO, Robert Schena, stressed that wireless mobility is the key to ensuring secure military communications. Discussing the top communications challenges for today’s information-age warfare, Schena stated that military is unlike no other market in terms of the emphasis on a network’s requirements for mobility. “Modern warfare requires wireless mobility since it is both mobile and network centric,” said Schena….

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MYCOM OSI Collaborates with Red Hat for Telco Cloud Assurance

Solution offers Automated Assurance across hybrid NFV networks LONDON, UK – 30th January 2018 – MYCOM OSI, the leading independent provider of Assurance, Automation and Analytics solutions to the world’s largest communications service providers (CSPs), today announced a collaboration with Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, to assure and manage telco clouds. A highly scalable, reliable and agile telco cloud – in which telecom NFV and SDN architectures use IT cloud technology – is critical in enabling CSPs to become digital service providers (DSPs) and profit…

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Jordanian telco Umniah selects Secucloud

German-based security specialist provides flexible protection for secure mobile surfing Hamburg, Germany. 29 January 2018 – As the Middle East’s equivalent of Silicon Valley, Jordan has been working hard for a long time to become a hub for information and communication technologies in the Arab region – and secure internet usage plays a key role in supporting this development. Umniah, a subsidiary of the Bahrain-based Batelco group that has 9.4 million customers in 14 countries and is one of the biggest telcos in the Middle East and North Africa, plans…

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Next generation video conferencing provides Taylor Vinters quality seamless communications to meet rising expectations for collaboration

Today’s technology, business, and investment sectors increasingly require improved communication and collaboration. Taylor Vinters uses StarLeaf video conferencing to help meet these challenges. Taylor Vinters clearly understands that today’s lawyer-client relationships run deeper than ever before. Businesses and high net-worth individuals expect more than just legal advice; instead they demand experience and knowledge that skillfully navigates across multiple sectors and industries. That’s why at Taylor Vinters they celebrate the capacity to think like an entrepreneur, fully grasp technological nuances, and find fresh opportunities for every investor client. Headquartered in Cambridge…

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Northumbrian Water Group drives success with StarLeaf and Skype for Business

A sense of community is deeply rooted in the values of Northumbrian Water Group (NWG), an organisation that supplies excellent quality tap water to 4.5 million people. It’s a vast organisation, which operates from a high number of locations across the UK. Locations can be as diverse as a remote office, a water pumping station, or a fantastic reservoir and leisure site that is used by many as a family holiday destination. It’s this diversity, and the sheer number of people involved in serving NWG’s customers in the North East…

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Catena selects Thalia-DA to facilitate analog IP re-use

CWMBRAN, UK 13 December 2017 – Thalia Design Automation today announced that is has been selected by Catena, a leader in radio frequency (RF) communication intellectual property (IP) for connectivity, to support a range of projects that will enhance Catena’s analog IP reuse strategy, as the company seeks to diversify its portfolio of products to better serve system-on-chip (SoC) designers targeting mobile, Internet-of-things (IoT) and RF connectivity markets. Catena has a 30-year track record of partnering with global IC makers to design analog electronic systems, with particular strengths in RF…

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LS telcom study results adopted by ETSI in report on GSM-Railway networks evolution

Lichtenau / Baden, Germany, 22nd November 2017 – The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has officially adopted results from LS telcom’s study “Coexistence of GSM-R with other Communication Systems” commissioned by the European Union Agency for Railways. The LS telcom report examined the possibility of using the ER/R-GSM spectrum by other radio communication systems for railways in coexistence with the existing GSM-R system operated in that frequency band. The objective of the study was to find out whether new spectrum is required for a successor system or whether band sharing…

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