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Ericsson CEO teases new strategy with Gretsky quote

Börje Ekholm’s cautious first public outing as CEO featured a sporting mantra that has also become a corporate favourite.

Telenor sticks its neck out to predict big things for 5G, AI and IoT

Norwegian operator group has rocked the industry by bravely predicting tech trends such as 5G, artificial intelligence and IoT might end up being a bit of a big deal.

Turkcell and Ericsson hit 25 Gbps in 5G test

Turkcell and Ericsson have announced the completion of the first 5G trial in Turkey, achieving transmission speeds of 24.7 Gbps using the 15 GHz band.

Intel takes its IoT unit to the shops

Intel has continued its ride on the ever-growing IoT wave, as it announced a new platform to introduce the technology to the world of retail.

Ericsson and China Mobile join hands over ‘fruitifications’ and ‘evolvement’

Ericsson and China Mobile signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the development of Cloud RAN and apparently celebrated the event long and hard.

ZTE starts the year with talk of redundancies

While the success of Chinese businesses has challenged the status quo in certain segments, ZTE’s latest development shows dominance from the East is far from a given.

Intel reckons it has the first global 5G modem

Chip giant Intel has included a remarkable claim among its customary frenzy of CES announcements.

AT&T puts its 5G foot forward

AT&T has announced its 5G evolution plans for 2017 to meet growing bandwidth demands on both its mobile and fixed networks.

Qualcomm hits top gear in first week of 2017

The Qualcomm team has been keeping everyone busy with a flurry of announcements at CES in Las Vegas focused around autonomous vehicles and the growing world of virtual and augmented reality.

Orange gets wheely, wheely excited about 5G connected cars

Not content with letting the 5G Car Club have all the fun, Ericsson and Orange have announced a series of trials hoping to, someday, deliver super-intelligent 5G cars.

The news you might have missed over Christmas

While the majority of us were working our ways through a mountain of turkey, some poor sods were still in work making sure everything still worked.

2017 Predictions: What the industry thinks

While 2016 proved to be a solid year for incremental advancements in 5G, IoT and cloud computing, 2017 is set to be a big year for a number of breakthrough technologies.

TIM claims another Euro 5G first – live vRAN

The artist formerly known as Telecom Italia is refusing to slow down in the run up to Christmas, teaming with Altiostar to live test a virtual radio access network.

Xura picks up Mitel mobile unit in end of year splurge

Xura has announced it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Mitel Mobility to make a play for the potentially lucrative IoT and 5G markets.

Europe reaches 700 MHz agreement just as paint begins to dry

The European Commission (hereafter known as the Gaggle of Red-tapers) has stated it has come to an agreement with the European Parliament and European Council on how to best use the 700 MHz band.

KT kick-starts race to 5G finish line

South Korean telco KT has announced it will complete the construction of a 5G network by September 2017 to prepare for a pilot service at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

UK government tries to talk tough on mobile infrastructure, yet again

A new report commissioned by the UK government ‘slams UK 4G performance’ in an all too familiar display of opportunistic futility.

Nokia and Vodafone take to the clouds in Italy

Vodafone has been having a look at Nokia’s Cloud RAN architecture, specifically in the context of switching between 4G, 5G and IoT.

5G still has a risk of specification fragmentation

While the progress of 5G has been closely monitored and chaperoned over recent months, the risk of fragmentation is becoming greater as we lumber towards deployment.