Articles from Light Reading

1. NFV Picks Up Speed Explore Light Reading (May 15 2013) Service Provider Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) may become a reality in commercial telecom operator networks sooner than many expected, with the pace of adoption and acceptance taking many from the vendor community by surprise, according to people here in Nice... (Read Full Article)

   Mentions:   Network Function Virtualization

2. Skype Waits for Operators to Woo It Explore Light Reading (May 14 2013) Service Provider Skype wants to work with the telecom industry. It really does. But the voice-over-IP service provider hasn't found the most willing partners in the network operators... (Read Full Article)

   Mentions:   Microsoft   AT&T   Verizon Wireless

3. AT&T Plans 4G Voice Launch This Year Explore Light Reading (May 10 2013) Service Provider AT&T's network president promises initial VoLTE market launches with 3G fallback in 2013... (Read Full Article)

   Mentions:   AT&T   Verizon Wireless   LTE

4. The Benefits of NFV (video) Explore Light Reading (May 7 2013) Service Provider Karl-Heinz Nenner from Deutsche Telekom talks about the operational efficiencies that operators are expecting from network functions virtualization (NFV)... (Read Full Article)

   Mentions:   Network Function Virtualization

5. Will VoLTE be Open to All? Explore Light Reading (Apr 30 2013) Service Provider One of the big issues with Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) goes beyond pure technology, because making IP voice communications work like today's standard cellphone or landline call will require that operators co-operate... (Read Full Article)

   Mentions:   Sprint   HD Voice   Session Initiation Protocol

6. Verizon Promises Voice-Over-LTE in 2014 Explore Light Reading (Apr 18 2013) Service Provider That means 3G CDMA will start disappearing from Verizon 4G LTE devices sometime next year... (Read Full Article)

   Mentions:   AT&T   Verizon Wireless   LTE

7. AT&T's 4G LTE Summer Splurge Explore Light Reading (Apr 11 2013) Service Provider AT&T launches six new LTE markets and plots 77 new towns and cities for summer 4G updates... (Read Full Article)

   Mentions:   AT&T   LTE   Mobile

8. 3GPP Stands Firm on LTE-Advanced Explore Light Reading (Apr 8 2013) Service Provider Don't let marketing trickery sway you – the 3GPP defines LTE-Advanced as Release 10 onwards... (Read Full Article)

   Mentions:   Sprint   AT&T   LTE

9. AT&T Amplifies Its 4G Voice Explore Light Reading (Apr 2 2013) Service Provider Carrier plans to support HD voice later this year as part of its VoLTE rollout... (Read Full Article)

   Mentions:   Sprint   HD Voice   AT&T

10. EE Expands Its 4G Coverage Explore Light Reading (Mar 28 2013) Service Provider EE 4G rollout reaches 13 more towns and cities in UK... (Read Full Article)

11. Verizon Ready for LTE Small-Cell Advance Explore Light Reading (Mar 27 2013) Service Provider Verizon is planning 4G small cells and 'other LTE-Advanced improvements' this year and says it is working with partners on getting the tech 'ready for prime time'... (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   Verizon Wireless   LTE   Mobile

12. Spring Into Lte: A 4G Snapshot Explore Light Reading (Mar 26 2013) Service Provider What can Sprint, T-Mobile and the smaller carriers do to deal with the LTE juggernaut? (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   Sprint   AT&T   Verizon Wireless

13. Small Cells Will Bring in Big Bucks Explore Light Reading (Mar 22 2013) Service Provider Infonetics Research released excerpts from its latest Small Cell Equipment market size and forecast report, which tracks 3G microcells, picocells, and public access femtocells and 4G LTE mini eNodeBs and public access femtocells... (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   Sprint   Infonetics Research   AT&T

14. Why You Should Care About LTE-Advanced (Eventually) Explore Light Reading (Mar 19 2013) Service Provider LTE-Advanced is a significant 4G upgrade, but its full impact won't be evident to many for years to come... (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   Sprint   LTE   Rich Communications Services

15. Acme Packet: Rich, Mobile Communication Services Explore Light Reading (Mar 12 2013) Service Provider Acme Packet introduced a few new communication technologies for carriers: virtualization of its IP communication products, a new flagship session border control solution, and Palladion to provide a real-time view of all of the rich media communication activities taking place on the network... (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   Acme Packet   Mobile

16. Sprint Offers BYOD Option to MVNOs Explore Light Reading (Mar 6 2013) Service Provider Sprint gives MVNOs an alternative to phone subsidies through 'Bring Your Own Sprint Device' program... (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   Sprint   Mobile   BYOD

17. MWC: The Network Blinked Explore Light Reading (Feb 28 2013) Service Provider Network functions virtualization has been the underground networking trend at this year's Mobile World Congress... (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   Acme Packet   Mobile   Mobile World Congress

18. Mobile World Congress: Day 1 (& Zero) Explore Light Reading (Feb 25 2013) Service Provider Some photos of the enormous new MWC facility, and some pics of the calm before the storm... (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   Mobile   Mobile World Congress

19. China Mobile, KT, Bharti Airtel Demonstrate Lte Tdd International Roaming at MWC 2013 Explore Light Reading (Feb 25 2013) Service Provider China Mobile, KT and Bharti Airtel jointly completed the first international LTE TDD roaming video call at Mobile World Congress... (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   LTE   China Mobile   Mobile

20. ip.access Claims 1M Small Cells Shipped Explore Light Reading (Feb 19 2013) Service Provider Leading small cell systems vendor and manufacturer ip.access today confirmed it had become the first 3G small cell provider to ship one million residential units... (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   Small Cell   3G

21. LTE Roaming Action Intensifies Explore Light Reading (Feb 19 2013) Service Provider As Mobile World Congress approaches and more and more operators launch LTE services, the 4G roaming hubs vie for operator attention... (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   LTE   Mobile   Diameter

22. Telefónica Transfers VoLTE to 3G Explore Light Reading (Feb 8 2013) Service Provider Telefónica has become the first network operator to demonstrate a breakthrough new technology that transfers telephone calls from an LTE network to a 3G mobile network seamlessly and without interruption. This handover was achieved in Germany in a test laboratory environment that accurately simulates that of a real mobile network. Voice over LTE (VoLTE) moves the transmission of voice traffic off older networks designed primarily for voice and onto a data-only network... (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   Acme Packet   LTE   Mobile

23. More Than 160M Will Use Mobile Video Calling by 2017 Explore Light Reading (Feb 6 2013) Service Provider The number of users of mobile video calling services is forecast to increase four-fold to almost 160 million by 2017, driven by improvements in both the user-interface and the underlying technology, finds a recently released study by Juniper Research... (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   Mobile   Videoconferencing

24. Kineto Launches RCS Platform Explore Light Reading (Jan 28 2013) Service Provider ineto Wireless, a key innovator and leading supplier of telco-OTT solutions, today announced its Smart Comms application for mobile operators. Using standard Rich Communications Suite (RCS) technology, Smart Comms enables operators to enhance their current telephony and SMS/MMS services and introduce new IP-based communications capabilities, including chat, VoIP and video... (Read Full Article)

    Mentions:   Rich Communications Services   Ovum   Mobile

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