BROWSING: Vodafone

Indian government confirmed only 40% of the available frequencies were sold during spectrum auction The government of India has raised more than 657.9 billion rupees ($9.8 billion) in the recent mobile spectrum auction, local press reported. The local authorities previously said they were expecting to obtain $83 billion through the...

Amdocs paid $260 million for Vindicia, Brite:Bill and Pontis BERLIN – Amdocs believes the recent acquisition of three private companies will allow the firm to boost its digital strategy, the company’s Shuky Sheffel, president for the customer business group, said during a keynote at the Amdocs Experience...

Vodafone aims to carry out similar connected car tests in Germany U.K. telecommunications operator Vodafone has started to trial vehicle-to-vehicle communications in the U.K. and is planning to carry out additional trials in Germany. LTE-V2X enables vehicles to communicate with each other to improve road safety and...

The ELAA demo used 2.6 GHz licensed spectrum band and 5 GHz unlicensed spectrum band  Qualcomm and SK Telecom are claiming the first over-the-air demonstration of enhanced licensed assisted access and licensed assisted access that utilizes both licensed and unlicensed spectrum. The demo took place at SK...

The factory of the future, artificial intelligence and security in industrial cloud hosting among key IoTS World Congress topics The new edition of the Internet of Things Solutions World Congress (IoTSWC) will gather once again the world’s leading industrial internet experts in Fira de Barcelona...

The Ericsson Garage will focus on IoT apps for smart cities, transport and energy projects Swedish vendor Ericsson inaugurated an open lab for 5G technologies at the company's headquarters in Massy near Paris. The Ericsson Garage has a focus on collaborating with students, startups and employees...

The Swedish IoT provider has added 10 new partners so far this year Sweden-based IoT provider Telenor Connexion has expanded its global partner program in a move to make easier for its customers to bring their connected products and services to market. So far this year,...

The spectrum auction covers 2,200 megahertz of available airwaves India's Department of Telecommunications has confirmed that seven telecommunications operators have submitted applications to participate in an upcoming spectrum auction. Interested operators include Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices, Reliance Communications and Aircel – the...

Lyft co-founder and president John Zimmer expects self-driving cars to account for the majority of the company’s rides within five years. Within five years, self-driving cars will account for the majority of ride-hailing company Lyft’s rides across the U.S. and, by 2025, private people...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkfAOhO2Uss In our second episode of IoT in Action, we speak with David Bloch of Vodafone New Zealand at Teradata PARTNERS 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia, about how the operator is using big data. Bloch said the network operator uses Teradata's Aster and Hadoop clusters to capture...

Japanese operator Softbank will deploy IoT networks using multiple LPWAN technologies, starting with LoRaWAN. Low power wide area network (LPWAN) technology LoRaWAN for IoT networks continues to gain ground as yet another carrier, Japanese Softbank, announced plans to deploy the technology. LoRaWAN supporters already include...

Virgin Media recently completed the acquisition of Arquiva’s Wi-Fi business U.K. firm Virgin Media has reached an agreement to acquire infrastructure provider Arqiva's Wi-Fi business. Arqiva Wi-Fi operates more than 31,000 access points across 6,500 locations across the United Kingdom, including banks, restaurants and hotels. Under the...

Study projects 5G connections will account for 7% of global mobile connections by that year Sales of 5G compatible handsets will exceed 300 million by 2025, according to a recent study by Strategy Analytics. The consultancy said that sales of 5G phones will begin in 2020. According...

Talks begin into what will eventually form Verizon, while AT&T and others tackle multiline accounts … 17 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past....

OPNFV End User Advisory Group targets NFV guidance, includes wide range of members, including AT&T, China Mobile, DT, Sprint and Vodafone The Linux Foundation’s Open Platform for NFV Project recently formed its End User Advisory Group tasked with providing technical guidance to the OPNFV developer...

Ericsson and Huawei partnering with Vodafone on 5G testing Australian mobile telephony operator Vodafone announced plans to carry out lab trials of 5G technologies on its network by the end of the year, local press reported. Acting Chief Technology Officer Kevin Millroy said that the telco...

Despite likely fragmentation on the road to 5G, the number of 5G connections is expected to reach 690 million by 2025, says Strategy Analytics. The number of 5G connections will reach 690 million by 2025, according to a new forecast by Strategy Analytics. This means 5G...

Oslo will see the first pilot of the internet of things network Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor confirmed plans to develop and launch a dedicated, next-generation internet of things (IoT) network in several Norwegian cities. The telco said that Norwegian startups and students will get cost-free access...

AT&T teams with industry leaders for 5G AT&T announced it will be working with a number of technology companies and operators to expedite the deployment of "5G" technology. The telecom company says preliminary discussions on the project are underway with China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel,...

Huawei said this technology improves the experience for subscribers on UMTS networks in the 900 MHz band Chinese vendor Huawei and Vodafone Spain have completed what the companies claim to be the world's first commercial implementation of dual-band High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology. Huawei said...

Jan Geldmacher previously served as head of Vodafone’s global enterprise business and is set to take over Sprint enterprise later this month Sprint added a former Vodafone executive to its ranks, naming Jan Geldmacher president of enterprise for the carrier effective Aug. 22. In his role,...

The French operator will initially install 100 smart meter devices starting next month French telecommunications group Orange will launch what it claims to be Tunisia’s first smart meter pilot in partnership with the Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas (STEG). The pilot, which will be...

Samsung and Nestlé announced the two companies are to collaborate on a new IoT health platform designed to advance digital health. As the market for Internet of Things (IoT) starts maturing, an increasing number of collaborations between technology vendors and industrial actors across multiple vertical...

The new technology combines MIMO with multiuser beamforming U.K. telecommunications operator Vodafone and Chinese vendor Huawei are conducting technical trials of "4.5G" (TDD+) with LTE TDD, to increase the capacity and efficiency of its 4G network in urban areas. In Manchester, the companies are currently testing...