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Nokia and Mobily pilot world’s first 4G and 5G Fixed Wireless Access network slicing
Nokia OyjJanuary 20, 2021 GMT
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Nokia and Mobily pilot world’s first 4G and 5G Fixed Wireless Access network slicing
First-ever network slicing trial on a live commercial network showcases fixed wireless access (FWA) slicing use case for the first time
The pilot will enable new services and high-quality customer experience to consumers and enterprises in Saudi Arabia
Nokia is first vendor to deploy 4G and 5G network slicing in live multi-vendor network across all domains, including access, transport and core
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2021 Predictions: How The Broadband Industry Will Deliver To Consumer Expectations In 2021
January 20, 2021 GMT
DENVER, Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Consumer expectations for connectivity and bandwidth have accelerated what would have taken years, to just months in 2020. Federal stimulus packages and capital investment are at an all-time high, resulting in unprecedented urgency to deliver reliable, high-speed broadband across the country.
The demand far outpaces the speed and scale at which telecommunications infrastructure can be built, and the entire industry is tasked with advancing broadband accessibility and delivery in this new environment.
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MaxLinear Joins the O-RAN ALLIANCE
January 20, 2021 GMT
CARLSBAD, Calif. (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 20, 2021
MaxLinear, Inc. (NYSE: MXL), a leading provider of radio frequency (RF), analog, digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits, announced today that it has joined the O-RAN ALLIANCE, a world-wide community of mobile network operators and technology suppliers whose mission is to re-shape the Radio Access Network (RAN) industry towards more intelligent, open, virtualized and fully interoperable mobile networks.
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Open RAN provides operators with a new opportunity to build their radio networks using interoperable network equipment sourced from different best-in-class infrastructure suppliers. High-performance, flexible, and cost-effective Radio Units (RUs) are key elements to every Open RAN network. MaxLinear’s transceiver solutions provide a proven software-defined radio pl
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Direct Travel Partners with Sherpa to Integrate COVID-19 Intelligence into Mobile App
Direct TravelJanuary 19, 2021 GMT
Denver, CO, Jan. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) With a continued focus on prioritizing safety and delivering smarter solutions for its clients, top North American travel management company Direct Travel, Inc. has announced a new partnership with Sherpa to provide COVID-19 information to travelers throughout the booking process and travel journey.
Since the pandemic first caused waves of disruption throughout the travel industry last year, travelers have relied on combing through multiple sources of information to stay up to date with the latest COVID-19 restrictions and safety measures. The Sherpa integration pulls data from more than 2,000 sources, displaying destination and transit requirements in Direct Travel’s Direct2U mobile app.
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Baicells Joins Partners to Develop Evenstar Remote Radio Units
January 19, 2021 GMT
PLANO, Texas, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Baicells, a leading equipment manufacturer of 4G LTE and 5G NR E2E Solutions, today announced it will join Facebook Connectivity and other global partners in the Evenstar program to develop Remote Radio Units (RRU) and improve the adoption of OpenRAN technology.
The Evenstar program is a collaborative effort by global telecom partners to accelerate the adoption of OpenRAN technologies by focusing on building general-purpose RAN reference designs for 4G and 5G networks that are aligned with 3GPP and O-RAN specifications. In the development of the RRU, the baseband is split from the radio unit, increasing adoption opportunities by improving mobile network operator (MNO)’s abilities to choose best-in-class technology from a large selection of partners.