The landscape of work has been undergoing a significant transformation, accelerated by the global challenges of the past few years. Remote work, once considered a perk or a niche arrangement, has beco....

Big data and analytics have become cornerstone technologies for telecom companies, enabling them to not only manage vast amounts of data but also to extract meaningful insights for improving services ....

Blockchain technology, a term often intertwined with cryptocurrencies, has far-reaching implications beyond the financial sector. One such domain where blockchain shows promising potential is in the t....

As urban areas evolve into smart cities, the role of telecommunications becomes increasingly central. Smart cities, characterized by their use of technology to improve the efficiency and quality of ur....

In the dynamic sphere of technology, few innovations have captured the imagination and interest of both the tech realm and the general public like Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). Once....

The telecom industry is facing unprecedented challenges as the global economy struggles with rising inflation and squeezed revenues. The pressure on telco budgets—as a result of personnel costs, energ....

VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is a technology that allows you to make calls over the internet instead of traditional phone lines or cellular connections. Although its name suggests that it on....

Switch consolidation is a process where single or multiple providers consolidate their individual switching operations into one or more consolidated switching environments. This can provide significan....

Whether you are going through a migration effort from legacy systems to a new system, from one vendor’s software to another’s, or from on-premises to the cloud, data migration has become one of the mo....

Wi-Fi is a wireless technology used to connect computers, tablets, smartphones and other devices to the internet. Wi-Fi is the radio signal sent from a wireless router to a nearby device, which transl....

Resident engineers, specifically tailored for SME-level support services in the telecom industry, provide specialized expertise and assistance. They offer specialized technical knowledge, assist in ne....

A data center is the technological hub of modern enterprise operations. The data center provides the critical IT infrastructure needed to deliver resources and services to business employees, partners....

Compliance testing is testing or other activities that determine whether a process, product, or service complies with the requirements of a specification, technical standard, contract, or regulation. ....

Field service management suites are now common to telecommunication companies handling installations, services, repairs, and used extensively by utility engineers, technicians, field service providers....

Telecommunication these days is mostly wireless. It involves transmission of information without wires, cables or any other electrical conductors within a shorter distance or around the globe. Wireles....

A Distributed Antenna System (DAS) is a network of antennas that sends and receives cellular signals on a carrier’s licensed frequencies, thereby improving voice and data connectivity for end-users. I....

The introduction of new technology and devices is changing the telecommunication industry as we know it. This means that the telecom industry needs to adapt, change and develop in order for telcos to ....

Telecommunication is defined as the science and technology of communication over a distance. The ability to convey information quickly, accurately, and efficiently has always been one of the main focu....

The COVID-19 pandemic—perhaps more than any other event in human history—has demonstrated the important role that telecommunications plays in keeping businesses, governments, and societies connected. ....

The telecom sector has transformed significantly and the 5th Generation (5G) of services is seeing a rapid shift in the services and operating model, with a wider adoption of evolving technologies suc....

The telecom industry has experienced a lot of change and challenges in recent years, and with that comes a need for more efficient and effective communication systems. One solution is the use of artif....

At a time when technological advancements are so rapid, providing customers with new features is almost a necessity. If offerings are not updated, users may drift towards competitors. But developers c....

We’re living in a digital realm where more businesses and industries are automating their workflows and operations. Integrating robotic process automation (RPA) can help telecom companies simplify the....

It takes an immense amount of electronic equipment to power today’s communications networks. The landscape of North America is blanketed with hundreds of thousands of macro cell sites, small cells, mo....

Testing automation is a software testing technique that uses special automated testing software tools to execute a test case suite. Automation testing software can enter test data into the system unde....

Fronthaul refers to the fiber-based connection of the cloud radio access network (C-RAN), a new type of cellular network architecture of centralized baseband units (BBUs) and remote radio heads (RRHs)....

Industry 4.0 is coming—the fully-automated end of the digital transformation rainbow. Public 5G networks are built from the outside in, which means they cannot guarantee reliable coverage in all corne....

The metaverse is more than just a buzzword. Tech giants have already invested trillions into its genesis, and soon it will be a reality—or at least a virtual one. By 2024, the metaverse is predicted t....

The digital realm is in a profound state of evolution that is both overhyped and underappreciated. Web 3 – the third evolution of the web – is in progress. Advocates promise a more democratized approa....

Optical engineering is the engineering discipline that focuses on the design of equipment and devices that function by using light. It is based on the science of optics, a field of physics that studie....

Network automation is the process of automating the configuring, managing, testing, and operating of physical and virtual devices within a network. With everyday network tasks and functions automated ....

Network modernization and transformation, from the datacenter to the wide area network and the branch, are integral facets of enterprise efforts to modernize IT infrastructure in service to digital tr....

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a crucial part of manufacturing and business transformation. According to Statista, the total global volume of IoT endpoints data will reach 79.4 zettabytes in ....

Mobile backhaul refers to the section of the telecom network that transports cellular traffic from base stations at cell towers to the nearest traffic switching center. While multiple backhaul options....

Cloud automation is a term that refers to the processes and tools that reduce or eliminate manual efforts used to provision and manage cloud computing workloads and services. Organizations can apply c....

Next-generation network analytics driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning promise to revolutionize conventional infrastructure management models, simplifying operations, reducing costs,....

A radio access network (RAN) is a major component of a wireless telecommunications system that connects individual devices to other parts of a network through a radio link. The RAN links user equipmen....

In 2020, around 22 billion internet of things (IoT) connected devices were in use around the globe, a number that’s expected to reach 50 billion by 2030, according to Statista. As networks become more....

Network slicing overlays multiple virtual networks on top of a shared network. Each slice of the network can have its own logical topology, security rules and performance characteristics – within the ....

In the age of 5G, we no longer think twice of downloading a file — even when our cellular connection is at one or two bars — or video chatting or streaming blockbuster movies. Performing such activiti....

A self-organizing network (SON) is an automation technology designed to make the planning, configuration, management, optimization and healing of mobile radio access networks simpler and faster. SONs ....

The expansion of IoT devices, sensor connectivity and other cyber-oriented systems fueling the evolution at the network’s edge need reliable access to sensor data to improve production processes and p....

The topic of spectrum — the radio frequencies that are used to transmit and receive signals that form the heart of modern wireless networks — is a crucial part of the 5G story. The two main types of s....

There has been a growing call to open up the RAN, or radio access network, portion of the network infrastructure. The RAN is the part of the mobile network that sits between your smartphone or any oth....

For the past seven years, the communications industry has pursued a transformation initiative called network functions virtualization (NFV), which replaces traditional network equipment with software ....

As users become more distributed and the needs of IT become more complex, the underlying network infrastructure becomes increasingly more important to business operations. The old, reactive way of col....

The rapid introduction of mobile/IoT devices and applications driving digital transformation is shining a bright light on the inability of campus IT infrastructure to adapt to constantly changing traf....

Given the present global health situation, people are not traveling as much as before. Data and internet traffic, however, are traversing at much higher volumes with reports noting an 18% increase in ....

The Covid-19 crisis has tested every industry’s strengths and weaknesses, and then put them under a microscope and displayed them for everyone to see. This has been especially true for the communicati....

The convergence of 5G, edge computing and cloud-native infrastructure positions Communications Service Providers (CSPs) to do things no one else in the marketplace can even approach. Custom wireless s....

While most of us have come to appreciate fast, reliable internet on a completely new level, enterprises have been relying on an area of telecoms that is by no means prioritized by Mobile Network Opera....

Telecommunications engineers design and install equipment used for transmitting wired phone, cellular, cable, and broadband data. Their day-to-day responsibilities include working with copper or fiber....

Telecommunications Engineering is centered on electrical and computer engineering which seeks to support and enhance telecommunication systems. The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic m....

Remote working has become the new normal, not an exception. What remains a big challenge is to hire new talent and effectively integrate them with the organization when everyone is working virtually. ....

Network operations centers or NOCs are intelligence powerhouses where all data on network performance is collected and monitored. A NOC engineer helps in the smooth functioning of the network for busi....

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the future of work. In the blink of an eye, it proved that a remote infrastructure was viable on a massive scale as office buildings around the globe went dark an....

The differences between 5G and 4G are quite well-known from an end-user perspective, but for enterprises, the nuances in the infrastructure underpinning 5G's vaunted performance are equally important.....