Sangam Many 5G operators are quickly realizing that Integrated Access Backhauls (IABs) are an ideal solution to expand 5G coverage. This is even more important for operators such as Verizon and AT&T, who are primarily utilizing millimeter Wave (mmWave) bands for 5G. As I explained in my earlier articles, traditional...

The success of 5G for both mobile and fixed wireless access will be built on deployment in wide contiguous blocks of spectrum. 5G extends the catalogue of applicable frequency bands compared to previous cellular network generations, bringing together new spectrum and the re-use of existing mobile bands to support a...

Traditional banks need to quickly build a new digital core based on open and distributed technologies, argues VINCENT CHEN. In the banking industry, the stable running of IT systems is imperative. This is what drove the industry to begin IT construction relatively early and what continues to drive it to...

From ITU News At some stage we should expect the machines to take control - at least, that is what Alan Turing predicted for the future of machine learning in 1951. Despite this troubling prognosis, there are reasons to be hopeful about the future of artificial intelligence (AI), according to...

September has been a manufacturing month. Earlier in the month, GSMA Intelligence hosted a webinar discussing whether manufacturers have the appetite for new services, with panellists from Reliance Jio, Verizon, AWS and Siemens, a good mix across the IoT ecosystem, with Mobile World Live holding a broader Themed Week on...

As a part of our blog series this year, we have looked at Sri Lanka, Taiwan and South Africa to study how suited they are for launching 5G. Our next market in focus, the Czech Republic, exudes such readiness given its sound 4G adoption. What makes the country particularly interesting,...

From being known as France’s disruptive newcomer which instigated a long-running price war forcing the big boys to slash charges, billionaire Xavier Niel’s Iliad is now starting to establish itself in the mobile sector as a major European player, writes KAVIT MAJITHIA. This week the company struck a €3.5 billion(US$4.10billion)...

A Philippine government push for improved telecoms services ran into major short-term headwinds as two mobile newcomers face a variety of financial and deployment obstacles, many related to Covid-19 (coronavirus) restrictions, and incumbents Globe Telecom and PLDT sharply cut capex for 2020, writes JOSEPH WARING. Dito Telecommunity, which in November...

Small and medium-sized enterprises dominate the business landscape in the Middle East and North Africa region. These enterprises account for more than 90 per cent of the region’s businesses and, in some countries, contribute as much as 50 per cent of employment and 70 per cent of GDP, writes INUTU...

As economies now look for paths to recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, new evidence reaffirms that policies for more open and trade-integrated economies could significantly benefit domestic competition and ultimately may help lower costs for consumers in emerging and developing economies, hold JESUS GONZALEZ-GARCIA and YUANCHEN YANG. A recent Working...