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Tara Neal

Tara Neal

Executive Editor and Telecoms Strategist at The Fast Mode | 5G | IoT/M2M | Telecom Strategy | Mobile Service Innovations 

Tara Neal heads the strategy & editorial unit at The Fast Mode, focusing on latest technologies such as gigabit broadband, 5G, cloud-native networking, edge computing, virtualization, software-defined networking and network automation as well as broader telco segments such as IoT/M2M, CX, OTT services and network security. Tara holds a First Class Honours in BSc Accounting and Finance from The London School of Economics, UK and is a CFA charterholder from the CFA Institute, United States. Tara has over 22 years of experience in technology and business strategy, and has earlier served as project director for technology and economic development projects in various management consulting firms.

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Verizon Deploys 4x4 MIMO and 256 QAM LTE-A in 1100 Markets

Wednesday, 18 July 2018 02:11
Verizon said it will continue to aggressively deploy the latest 4G LTE Advanced technologies that provide significantly faster peak data speeds and capacity for customers.…

Operators to Face Increasing Competition from SigFox and LoRa, says ABI Research

Tuesday, 17 July 2018 02:39
The highly competitive and fragmented European cellular Machine to Machine (M2M) market will grow to 416.5 million connections by 2023, according to a new report…

Telstra, Ericsson and Intel Complete E2E Data Call on 5G NSA Commercial Network

Tuesday, 17 July 2018 05:55
Telstra, Ericsson and Intel recently completed the first end-to-end 5G non-standalone (NSA) 3GPP data call on a commercial mobile network. The call is the of…

Ericsson, Intel Demo 5G NR Data Call (NSA) using Commercial Gears

Tuesday, 10 July 2018 01:54
Ericsson and Intel in collaboration with early-moving 5G service providers have completed an end-to-end, non-standalone(NSA) 5G NR data call on the 3.5GHz band. This latest…

Axiata, PLDT, Telin, Turkcell, Viettel and Zain Join SoftBank-backed Telecom Blockchain Consortium

Monday, 09 July 2018 04:06
A group of ASEAN and South Asian operators - Axiata Group, PLDT, Telin, Turkcell, Viettel and Zain - has joined the Carrier Blockchain Study Group…

China Mobile, Tencent, and Huawei Complete Verification of 5G Network Slicing using AR Games

Thursday, 05 July 2018 01:26
China Mobile, Tencent and Huawei have jointly completed the verification of 5G network slicing at the recent Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, China. The verification…

MediaTek to Debut Its First 5G Modem 'Helio M70' in 2019

Tuesday, 03 July 2018 01:22
MediaTek announced that it has joined China Mobile's '5G Device Forerunner Initiative' program to jointly develop 5G terminal devices and 5G chipsets. As one of…

5G High-frequency Spectrum to Pose Greater Challenges to Indoor Coverage, says GlobalData

Friday, 29 June 2018 02:43
5G will come with its own problems when it comes to indoor coverage, says GlobalData. The 4G LTE mobile service has had trouble penetrating some…

O2 UK Offers Free Netflix Subscription and Bonus 2X Data

Tuesday, 26 June 2018 03:37
O2 UK recently announced a brand new partnership with Netflix which enables the Operator to offer its new and upgrading customers free Netflix streaming service.…