We are pleased to share with you all an interesting article contributed by Dean Bubley who is mobile & telecom sector analyst, expert consultant & conference speaker. Dean Bubley Founder and Director at Disruptive Analysis All Articles by Dean Bubley...

We are pleased to share with you all an interesting article contributed by Dean Bubley who is mobile & telecom sector analyst, expert consultant & conference speaker. Dean Bubley Founder and Director at Disruptive Analysis All Articles by Dean Bubley...

We are pleased to share with you all an interesting article contributed by Mojtaba HOUSHMAND. Mojtaba HOUSHMAND Policy, AAA & Charging solutions Technical Manager at dorTECH All Articles by Mojtaba HOUSHMAND...

SK Telecom on September 12th announced that together with Nokia, it has successfully implemented the world’s first cloud-based SDRAN (Software-Defined RAN) - also known as Cloud RAN - over a real commercial LTE network through a demonstration performed in its Network IT Convergence R&D center. "SK Telecom today announced that together with Nokia, it has successfully implemented the...

Rich Communications Service (RCS) failed to differentiate itself from existing OTT services since it appeared in the market for the first time in 2012. Its functions were disappointedly incomplete and its UX/UI was plain and unattractive compared with OTT services. It also took a long time to stabilize due to the technical complexities and operators’ slow decision making process. Wit...

It's been only a year and a half since we excitedly introduced the Evolution of Mobile RAN Architecture in LTE/LTE-A Era (C-RAN) last April. And today we are discussing the same for 5G era already. Key transitions from 3G to 4G included i) network architecture change from coverage-based to capacity-based, and ii) introduction of new 4G element, X2 interface. Specifically, cells became s...

[Netmanias] Dr. Heung-Ryeol You, General Manager at KT's Network Strategy BU, is in charge of spectrum strategies, and is sharing here what he learned at the 21st ITU-R WP 5D meeting closed early February. One of the main topics at the meeting was the 8 key parameters for 5G. Below let's see what has been discussed at the meeting. Before we begin, we would like to thank Dr. You for shar...

In C-RAN (Centralized/Cloud RAN), the more RRHs are covered by one CO (BBU hostelling site), i) the fewer COs are required, and ii) the more BBUs can be centralized at one CO. This allows for the most efficient utilization of BBU resources, thereby significantly reducing CAPEX/OPEX. For this reason, the maximum separation distance between RRH and BBU should be secured. This distance is cons...

In this blog, we look at the service cases of private 5G operators in Japan and the United States that share 5G core control plane (build UPF and RAN in corporate sites and use 5GC CP as a cloud service of private 5G operators). <Private 5G operator's service (5G core control plane sharing type) - network architecture> NTT East, NTT Com, NEC, and NESIC in Japan and AWS and G...

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We are pleased to share with you all an interesting article contributed by Astro Ahmed - Interesting areas [Artificial Intelligence, 5G, LTE, Cognitive Radio, Embedded Systems, IoT, Quantum physics] Astro Ahmed Fresh Graduate Telecommunication Engineer at GrEEK CAMPUS All Articles...

We are pleased to share with you all an interesting article contributed by Abdul Aziz Khan who is a Telecom Professional having more than 18 years of diverse Telecom Experience of Planning, Project Management, Optimization and Operations, he is currently working in Network Optimization team of Mobily KSA. Abdulaziz Khan Technical...

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Houman Sadeghi Kaji who is Experienced Board Member with a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications industry. Skilled in Wi-Fi offloading/on loading Network Design, 4G, Diameter, MNO, MVNE, MVNO and Reliability Engineering. Houman Sadeghi Kaji Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) at Lotus Communication Inc....

We are pleased to share with you all an interesting article contributed by Faiz Alam who is ICT & Sustainability Professional. Faiz Alam ICT & Sustainability Professional All Articles by Faiz Alam How t...

Houman Sadeghi Kaji who is Experienced Board Member with a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications industry. Skilled in Wi-Fi offloading/on loading Network Design, 4G, Diameter, MNO, MVNE, MVNO and Reliability Engineering. Houman Sadeghi Kaji Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) at Lotus Communication Inc....

We are pleased to share with you all an interesting article contributed by Dean Bubley who is mobile & telecom sector analyst, expert consultant & conference speaker. Dean Bubley Founder and Director at Disruptive Analysis All Articles by Dean Bubley...

On December 7th, "5G Network Technologies Workshop", co-hosted by 5G Forum and SDN/NFV Forum, was held in Novotel Ambassador Kangnam Hotel in Seoul, Korea. At the workshop, panels including Jinhyo Park (Head of Network Technology R&D Center at SK Telecom), Eun Kyung Paik (SVP at KT) and Kyung In Kwon (SVP at Ericsson-LG), gave presentations about "5G Network Technologies and Future", specifical...

I recently heard someone in the industry saying "While LG U+'s Vice President Sang-chul Lee is into IoT, KT's Chairman Chang-kyu Hwang is so into 5G. Whatever solution you propose, if it is for KT, it has to have "5G" in its title to, at least, get attention." Of the Korea's big 3 operators, KT has been most aggressive in sharing its strategies, network architecture, core technologi...