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MEF Introduces the Mobile Backhaul Initiative with first integrated suite to resolve 4G/LTE backhaul’s most costly challenge
This year’s first MEF Quarterly Meeting brings very welcome news to mobile operators and their access providers with the launch of the MEF’s Mobile Backhaul Initiative for 4G/LTE
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Sony names Kazuo Hirai as President and CEO
Sir Howard Stringer to become Chairman of the Board of Directors moreProducts
Verizon Wireless expands its 4G LTE network in the San Francisco bay area on september 15
Kevin Zavaglia, Verizon Wireless president of the Northern California/Northern Nevada/Hawaii Region, announced that the company is expanding the world's first large-scale 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in the San Francisco Bay Area on Sept. 15.
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Vodafone in IFA 2011: “The future lies in bandwidth plus mobility“
“The future lies not in bandwidth alone but in bandwidth plus mobility”, according to Fritz Joussen, CEO Vodafone Germany more
MTBC names Mavenir the fastest growing tech company in North Texas
Mavenir Systems was named the winner of the Fast Tech Award on friday, august 26th at the Metroplex Technology Business Council's Tech Titans Awards Gala moreInterviews
Thinking Secure? Or Just Feeling Secure? The need to accelerate creative innovation on this side of the law
Nir Zuk, serial entrepreneur & founder, Palo Alto Networks, at NetEvents EMEA Press Summit Barcelona 2011 more
Coming soon to a screen near you - the future of video
What will be the business, and societal, impact of mobile telepresence? How will video be delivered to the handset, let alone ultra HDTV to the home? When will the desktop be the dominant locale for affordable multiparty video conferencing and when will we see mobile deployment in LTE and WiMAX settings? What sort of backbone technology can bear the load?
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Getting Ready for LTE
3GGP Long Term Evolution (LTE) is promising to blow 3G out of the water – with speeds as high as 100/50Mbps. Not to mention more services, lower latency, better QoE, simpler architecture and a network optimized for data traffic without the burden of a separate circuit-switched voice channel.
Putting all that power in the users’ hands could mean phenomenal uptake on the new technology – is this what we’ve all been waiting for? But that in itself poses a problem: will the infrastructure support the new demand? More generally are we, the industry and users, ready for LTE?
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Top smart phone vendors hit record volumes in Q4
Samsung and Apple vie to outdo each other as the leading global vendor more
Global consumer tech device spending to surpass $1 trillion in 2012
The latest forecast figures from GfK Digital World, produced in partnership with Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), reveal global spending on consumer technology devices will surpass $1 trillion in 2012 for the first time, increasing by 5% over 2011’s figure of $993 billion
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Global study reveals stunted growth in the telco industry
Global study reveals the shortcomings of the telecommunications industry: Companies are destroying their long-term profitability with price wars and data flat rates – despite innovations and top products
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