Cisco Systems’s third annual Global Cloud Index forecasts that global cloud traffic will more than quadruple, from 1.2 zettabytes in 2012 to 5.3 ZB in 2017. That works out to about 443 exabytes a month, or about 476 billion GB. ...
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The number of 4G-LTE mobile connections worldwide is forecast to pass one billion by 2017, according to a new study by GSMA Intelligence, the research arm of GSMA, the international trade body for mobile operators. By 2017, it is expected ...
Communications regulator Ofcom has identified a number of spectrum bands that could be used for 5G mobile broadband. The new spectrum, which represents seven times the amount released for the 4G auction, could expand mobile data capacity ...
The number of 4G LTE connections worldwide will pass the one billion mark by 2017, according to a study by research firm GSMA Intelligence. GSMA Intelligence is a branch of the GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile operators ...
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Motorola will start selling a cheap smartphone in the U.S. more than a month ahead of schedule. The company says it was able to produce the Moto G phones faster than expected. The U.S. launch was initially planned for January. But it is ...
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Fabless semiconductor firm Eta Devices Inc of Cambridge, MA, USA has announced availability of what it reckons is the most efficient power amplifier for mobile base stations, using new patented technology that exploits the performance ...
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Kapsch TrafficCom is presenting its new EVK-3300 communications platform for V2X communication at the Car 2 Car Communication Consortium Forum in Munich. With its EVK-3300 platform Kapsch is directly targeting car manufacturers and ...
For China Mobile executives, it seems like just yesterday that the mobile carrier was the only game in town. The company, the world’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, dominated the industry for most of the past decade. With ...
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Chinese networking giant Huawei announced yesterday that it plans to spend a minimum of $600 million (373 million) over the next five years on 5G – the next-generation network that is already being hailed as the successor to 4G. ...
Smartphone subscriptions will triple and smartphone traffic will increase by a factor of 10 between the end of this year and 2019. By that time about two-thirds of the world’s population will be covered by LTE, according to a report ...
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Verizon’s network wasn’t ready for the flood of new traffic that it had to deal with after the company rolled out LTE service, admitted CFO Fran Shammo. Speaking on a conference call with investors hosted by Wells Fargo on ...
Operators that bring 4G LTE to market ahead of their competitors stand a good chance of capturing significant market share, according to Glenn Booth, Vice President and General Manager, LTE Business Unit, Alcatel-Lucent. Booth was ...
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European operators Vodafone, Telefónica and EE have all started testing LTE-Advanced, and are aiming to offer speeds over 200Mbps. But a lack of devices means commercial services will have to wait. While LTE is still in its infancy ...
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Zain Bahrain have teamed up with Ericsson to use the communications giant’s LTE technology, which it believes could transform its network. The agreement also includes prepaid charging, including consulting and systems integration ...
US Cellular subscribers can now purchase the new iPhones. The carrier, which launched the phones on Friday, is offering the iPhone 5S in all capacities from 16GB to 32GB to 64GB and in all colors from silver to gold to space gray. The 5C ...
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