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Mobixell Wraps LTE Data-Optimization Field Test

While LTE is faster, it will not eliminate network congestion; hence, the need for such a product, said Mobixell. ...More
January 16, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Service & Network Management
NSN-U.S. Cellular LTE Team-Up Covers 11 Markets

U.S. Cellular chose NSN for the second wave of its LTE rollout; Nokia Siemens is providing the Chicago-based carrier with Radio Access Network (RAN) and Mobile Management Entity (MME) technology. ...More
January 16, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
RIM's BlackBerry 10 To Beat Windows Phone, iPhone 5S To Feature NFC

SAP is out with a handful of wireless-industry predictions for 2013 – some of which come as a surprise. ...More
January 16, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Customer Experience Management
Data-Use Study Results Put More Pressure on Mobile Operators

Of the top 10 most "data-hungry" devices six were smartphones, three were tablets and one a "phablet" – a voice-capable tablet. ...More
January 15, 2013
Posted in News, Service & Network Management
T-Mobile Boss Bashes AT&T's Network, Talks LTE, iPhone Release

A T-Mobile iPhone release date is much closer than six to nine months away, and it'll run on an LTE network better than AT&T's and Verizon's, the company's CEO says. ...More
January 9, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
AIRCOM, Symena Launch LTE Planning/Optimization Solution

AIRCOM International and Symena are jointly releasing Capesso AI 5.5.1, which the companies say is a significant milestone in the integration of AIRCOM’s network planning tool, ASSET, and Symena’s automatic cell planning tool, Capesso. ...More
January 8, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Service & Network Management
NSN Makes 'Remarkable Progress' in 2012

Consolidating its business operations in Africa and the Middle East "should further boost NSN's prospects for solid regional growth in 2013." ...More
January 4, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Slide Show: B/OSS' Top 10 Stories in December

We tallied our top 10 stories for December by combining online page views with results from our weekly newsletters. Among the top: Ericsson's OSS-BSS revolution; an alarming Oracle survey on churn; and 3G vs. 4G charging. But what was No. 1? ...More
January 3, 2013
Posted in Galleries, Billing
End-to-End Planning for LTE Backhaul Networks

Given the different bandwidth and signaling requirements for an LTE network, traditional planning and capacity-forecasting methods have limited value in predicting future capacity requirements. ...More
December 28, 2012
Posted in Blog, Service & Network Management
Ericsson, Huawei, Samsung Make Infrastructure Race 'Highly Competitive'

Traditional players Nokia Siemens and Alcatel-Lucent are in the midst of restructuring, with decisions that impact their equipment, services and software businesses. Al-Lu is planning to sell assets, while NSN has already taken steps to do so. ...More
December 27, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News