In many countries, 15- to 20-year GSM licences issued in the late 1990s are coming up for renewal. In addition, the first UMTS licences have already...

In September 2013, the European Commission (EC) released its final Recommendation on a consistent approach to non-discrimination and costing for...

Low-frequency spectrum has always carried a significant premium. However, while the factors making low-frequency spectrum particularly valuable...

Telecoms operators will thrive or struggle depending on their ability to adapt or transform their strategy and operations to make the most out of the...

Fibre assets are very capex intensive businesses and are large investment tickets. Conversely, other businesses in the fibre roll-out supply chain...

Many operational issues affect quality of service due to the conflict between time-varying demand and a finite quantity of resources. Models are...

Mobile operators need to consider the trade-off between closing a legacy 2G or 3G network to free up spectrum for 4G/5G and the risk of losing...

Vodafone announced Microsoft as the first investor in the IoT unit. This article explores the motives for both parties and some of the questions this...

There is a general agreement that copper networks need to be switched off and, although more incumbent operators globally are planning, or have...

This article discusses the challenges of systems integration in relation to large-scale adoption of open RAN and outlines possible...