Opensignal, the mobile analytics company, has published its latest global State of Mobile Video Experience report. In one year, Mobile Video Experience has significantly improved in 59 per cent of 100 countries analysed Users now experienced ‘Very Good mobile Video Experience’ in 22 countries, including major markets like Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK. […]
Awareness of 5G is relatively high in the US market but significant confusion exists, according to advisory services, consulting and actionable market intelligence firm Strategy Analytics. Overcoming the confusion among flagship buyers that believe they already have 5G is an industry-created problem that needs to be addressed. A new report from the User Experience Strategies […]
The GSMA has released two new reports at the annual GSMA Mobile 360 – MENA event currently taking place in Dubai. These reports highlight the positive economic impact of the mobile ecosystem on markets across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as well as the transformative impact of IoT technologies on regional governments’ […]
Korean telco KT Corp has confirmed that its satellite-operating subsidiary, KT SAT, has successfully conducted the world’s first 5G data transmission with a satellite connection. Technicians successfully conducted the transmission with a satellite connection from Seoul, South Korea. The test aimed to expand the fifth-generation technology linked to KT’s 5G network and KT SAT’s KOREASAT […]
Comms technologist Ericsson expects the global number of 5G subscriptions to top 2.6 billion within the next six years, driven by sustained momentum and a rapidly developing 5G ecosystem. The forecast is included in the November 2019 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report, alongside a range of other forecasts with an end-of-2025 timeline and communications […]
The GSMA – which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide – has welcomed the international spectrum treaty adopted by the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19), which it says will unlock the potential for game-changing 5G services around the world. The conference, which has just concluded in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, has identified much-needed spectrum for […]
Analysts at research firm MoffettNathanson, in a note that uses this week’s news that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has refused the C-Band Alliance’s (CBA) scheme to sell off some of their satellite spectrum over the US, says the market is “starved” for mid-band spectrum for 5G, and there was and is very real political […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, is now a member of ETSI, a leading standardisation organisation for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) standards fulfilling European and global market needs. By joining ETSI, Broadpeak will play an important role in helping to create […]
Research from Viavi Solutions indicates that gigabit Internet is now available to an estimated 354 million people across 51 countries, accounting for five per cent of the global population. The US is the global gigabit leader, with gigabit Internet available to 68.5 million people, an additional 4 million since August 2018. Yet, China is not […]
Giles Thorne, an equity analyst at investment bank Jefferies, says that the FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, in deciding to favour an in-house FCC controlled auction of 300 MHz of satellite spectrum over the US, has engineered a “Gordian knot: a public auction that has political and legal legitimacy but a roadmap of relentless disruption by […]