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PLDT's Smart to Ramp-up 4CC LTE-A Deployment in 2018

PLDT wireless arm Smart Communications (Smart) plans to roll out its high-speed LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) service with carrier aggregation in more areas of the country this year. This…

Communication Service Providers will Gain Back their Services in 2018

Led mainly by Tier 1 service providers in North America, the telecommunication industry was unsettled during the past two years by several disruptive technologies. Technologies such as…

After Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, Vodafone to Roll-Out of VoLTE Services in Jan 2018

Vodafone, one of India’s largest telecommunication services provider, confirmed the roll-out of its VoLTE services beginning January 2018. In the first phase, Vodafone VoLTE service will be…

Airtel Rolls Out New Version of OTT TV App, Extends Free Content Service Till June 2018

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider has launched a new version of its Airtel TV app with a wider content bouquet and a new user interface…

Ooredoo Claims World First to Offer 1.2Gbps Commercially to Customers in Qatar

Doha-based telco Ooredoo announced it has made records with speeds of up to 1.2Gbps using commercial smartphones on live network. The downlink speed was made possible with…

More SMS Traffic, VAS and OSS/BSS Automation in 2018

In the coming year, telcos and managed service providers will continue the ongoing trend of looking to improve existing revenue streams and finding new sources of income.…

Trends That Will Shape Enterprise Communication in 2018

Consumers are beginning to not only demand but expect that enterprises meet the experience level of private communication in every interaction. Consumers now have more choice over…

2018 Mega Trend: Software (SD-WAN) is Eating the Router!

2017 has been a pivotal year for software-defined WANs (SD-WANs). In June, Gartner declared that SD-WANs were now going mainstream, a major shift from just three years…

2018: Foundations for the Future (But Not the Future Itself, Yet)

Annual predictions all too often involve striving to identify the likely next quantum shifts in the telco industry, tagging the big stuff that will change the world,…