BROWSING: convergence

Patrick Griffin, Chief Product Officer, Heliot Europe, the largest Sigfox network operator in the European Union; here, he expands on the importance of the new unlicensed LPWAN working group proposing a new 0G-WAN standard to deliver network redundancy, reliability, and scale to support a...

The convergence of wireless and wireline networks will provide a consistent 5G experience no matter how consumers are connected, delivering on the technology’s many promises – from better and differentiated Quality of Experience (QoE) to advances in the IoT and AI fields. In 2023,...

The Wireless Broadband Alliance also reported that 53% of respondents have already deployed Wi-Fi 6 In its Annual Industry Report 2023, the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) found that 53% of service providers, technology vendors and enterprises have deployed Wi-Fi 6, and an additional 44% said...

In the future you won't know where your connectivity is coming from — and you probably won't care During a conversation about the networks of the future at Mobile World Congress Las Vegas, IEEE Senior Member David Witkowski told RCR Wireless News a notable trend...

IP/Optical convergence has been looked at as a critical piece of network providers' IP network modernization strategy The enterprise network was once the hive of business activity with the goal of providing workers with quick, low-latency access to business applications. The residential network would then...

Wireless Broadband Alliance outlined a path to a 'tighter coupling' of Wi-Fi and 5G When it comes to how Wi-Fi 6 and 5G will work together in future networks, coexistence is said to be the only Wi-Fi and cellular combo really present today. However, there is...

With Wi-Fi 6 and 5G convergence, the connectivity experience would be completely seamless When it comes to how Wi-Fi 6 and 5G will work together in future networks, coexistence is a common diagnosis among those in the industry, and the only Wi-Fi and cellular combo...

At the end of last year, Orange Business announced a major strategic overhaul, placing analytics and automation at the heart of its operations, and stating that 2-to-3% per year of its future growth through 2023 will come from supplying connectivity and intelligence to enterprises,...

Vodafone: 'This trial more than justifies our faith in the value, practicality of broadband convergence' Yesterday, Metaswitch announced that its Access Gateway Function (AGF) solution has been successfully tested by Vodafone in the industry’s first implementation of the 5G Wireless Wireline Convergence (WWC) Access Gateway...

Note, this is an excerpt from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report, called ‘Crossing the IT/OT divide – co-creation, co-configuration, and how to bring industrial IoT to scale’. Go here for the full report (free to download). The industry must go from proving technology...

WBA and NGMN Alliance: Standardized interface between Wi-Fi and cellular critical for Wi-Fi 6/5G convergence As Wi-Fi 6 and 5G continue to follow a comparable rollout timeline, many find themselves wondering just what to expect from the two technologies, especially when considered together. 5G implementation...

We live in a world of continuous digital transformation. One technology obsoletes another, and the pattern repeats itself. For example, the invention of email has displaced the fax technology. Today we see another digital transformation caused by the industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT) — the convergence...

TETRA expected to grow at nearly 20% CAGR TETRA, or terrestrial trunked radio, is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute for mobile radio communications used by public safety, utilities, transportation and industrial users and the defense market. TETRA standards incorporate technologies such...

British telecoms group Vodafone finally completes €18.4 billion ($21.8bn) monster deal for Liberty Global cable and broadband assets in Germany and eastern Europe to complete its decade-long journey from mobile-only carrier to the region's multi-play champ. Vodafone has struck a deal to purchase Liberty Global’s...

  Network topologies are changing as consumer and enterprise demands for bandwidth increase at a staggering rate. The advancements we’re seeing in wireless connectivity are not possible without corresponding advancements in the wired physical plant. Much of this innovation is dependent on the availability of...

Network topologies are changing as consumer and enterprise demands for bandwidth increase at a staggering rate. The advancements we’re seeing in wireless connectivity are not possible without corresponding advancements in the wired physical plant. Much of this innovation is dependent on the availability of...

HFC networks are the likely candidate for wireless/wireline convergence, and with continued roll outs of power cabling in fiber networks, they can stay that way. Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Reality Check section is where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the...