5G MEC Ecosystem: Stakeholders Partner in Mad Rush to the Edge
5G Multi Access Edge Computing or 5G MEC has generated a significant amount of hype in recent years promising to deliver low latency and improved…
Nokia: First Incumbent to Offer O-RAN Compliant Interfaces?
Although all the incumbents have developed cloud RAN product portfolios, only Nokia and Samsung have commercial deployments. Recently, Nokia went a…
5G MEC – Deployment Options and Challenges for Mobile Operators
One of the major promises of 5G is low latency, with target levels of 1 millisecond being specified for the air interface in 3GPP’s Release 16…
Microsoft Gets Serious About Telco Cloud With Metaswitch Acquisition
Hot on the heels of its acquisition of Affirmed Networks in April, Microsoft last week announced that it was buying UK-based Metaswitch Networks.…
Wi-Fi 6E – A Viable Alternative to 5G NR for Low-latency Applications?
In recent years, there has been a lot of focus on the use of 5G as the optimum wireless solution for low latency use cases, particularly in the most…
The Race to Open RAN Will Be A Marathon, Not A Sprint!
Seoul, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Beijing, London, Buenos Aires, San Diego February 13th, 2020 Ever since consolidation in 2013, the Radio Access Network…
Edge Computing Space Gets Crowded as Hyperscalers Move on 5G MEC Opportunity
In recent months, several hyperscale cloud providers have signed deals with major MNOs, signalling their intent to target the Multi-Access Edge…
Shakeout Coming in AI Chip Start-Up Market in 2020
Seoul, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Beijing, London, Buenos Aires, San Diego January 20th, 2020 The rapid adoption of AI has spurred the development of a…
China Pioneering Disruptive Cobots for Industrial Robotics
Robotics and automation will result in many job losses around the world and could be particularly severe in China, the world’s largest manufacturing…
In the “Year of the Pig” – Here’s Facial Recognition for Pigs
China’s endeavours in using facial recognition for the surveillance of its populace is well documented, as is the fact that the country boasts the…
Mobile Allocated Key mmWave Bands at WRC-19
The ITU-sponsored World Radio Conference (WRC-19) was held at the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh between the 28th October to the 22nd November…
LTE/5G Private Networks – Devices Availability Key to Growth in Unlicensed Spectrum
Seoul, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Beijing, London, Buenos Aires, San Diego November 27th, 2019 The availability of shared and unlicensed spectrum bands…
AR/VR Seen as Killer 5G Consumer App at Huawei Global MBB Forum
Huawei’s 10th Global Mobile Broadband Forum in Zurich, Switzerland was attended by more than 2000 industry executives from leading telcos across the…
Private Cellular Networks – Critical Enablers for Industrial IoT?
Seoul, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Beijing, London, Buenos Aires, San Diego October 23rd, 2019 Private LTE/5G networks deployed in shared and unlicensed…
CBRS Opens-Up 3.5 MHz Mid-Band Spectrum to New Users
Last week, we saw the formal start of Initial Commercial Deployment (ICD) of the 3.5 MHz Citizens Broadband Radio Services (CBRS) spectrum band in…
E-Commerce Giants Driving Smart Agriculture Adoption in China
Facing stagnating revenues, e-commerce giants, such as Alibaba, Baidu, JD.Com and Tencent are leveraging their AI expertise to modernize agriculture…
5G Edge Computing – An Emerging Technology Slowly Transitioning to Commercial Reality
Seoul, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Beijing, London, Buenos Aires, San Diego August 21st, 2019 The MEC market is characterised by a diverse range of players…
Syntiant’s Speech Recognition Chip Certified for Alexa
Syntiant, an AI chip start-up based in Irvine, California, received the news on August 7 that its Neural Decision Processors (NDP), NDP100 and NDP…