Telco stuff
The 3G4G Blog: LTE vs TETRA for Critical Communications. Great opinion-piece to read by knowledgeable people. When dealing with mission critical communications, regardless whether in the public or private… Read more LTE for Critical Communications – not yet there. →
Number26 is a good example of new thinking in the mobile enabled digital banking arena. We have shown, that yet another mobile payment solution will be exactly that: just another… Read more The catch22 of mobile money moving – and the solution (Part 3 on mobile payment) →
Heise and Aftenposten both report on IMSI catchers that have been detected in Norways government quarter. Now, given that anybody with a few thousand Euro in their hands can build such an IMSI catcher (which is capable of catching much more than just an IMSI, the unique mobile identification number of a cellphone, but can actually serve as a listening device to conversations and tape streams of voice-data), it is not neglect that is to be seen. In fact, it is an inability to see attacks while they are happening… Read more Surveillance in Oslo Government Quarter shows inadequate mindset to issues →
With quite a bit of a shock going through the market regarding the Telefónica/BT deal, it didn’t take Vittorio Collao long to have a similarly heavy deal on the table. Vodafone seems to be weighing takeover of Liberty Global according to Bloomberg: “Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) is exploring a combination with John Malone’s Liberty Global Plc (LBTYA) that would create Europe’s largest phone, Internet and TV company, worth more than $130 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.” At least, the shares of vodafone won 2.9% on the London… Read more Vodafone Weighing Takeover of Malone’s Liberty Global →
Things are moving quick in the mobile world. Interoperability is an issue in the Voice over LTE world, as it has always been in cellular communication. Currently, the standards that were pretty constant in the “old world” of GSM, have been drifting apart fairly quick, and the TMF has been asked to push “the toothpaste back into the tube” by making standards globally accepted, while many carriers rather enter into bilateral agreements than spend time on standardization issues. Nevertheless, TMF have been fairly good at doing precisely that. Yet, here… Read more AT&T, Verizon agree to VoLTE interoperability in 2015 →
The CSP market is under pressure. Now a new entrant in Germany may cause even more disruptive crazyness: German Wirtschaftswoche has it: “Wir bauen flächendeckend ein Volksnetz, an dem sich Bürger, Unternehmen und Kommunen direkt beteiligen können”, bestätigte Geschäftsführerin Beate Rickert die Pläne zum Aufbau eines neuen Mobilfunkunternehmens gegenüber der WirtschaftsWoche. Wer genau das neue Unternehmen finanziert, will Rickert noch nicht verraten: “Hinter uns steht eine Gruppe mittelständischer Investoren.” Mehr wissen auch das Bundeswirtschafts-ministerium und die Bundesnetzagentur noch nicht. So, a community-driven carrier that builds on offloading their mobile… Read more Liquid Broadband: Community CSP →
Network (extension) Planning, Design Development and Rollout as an Agile Challenge One of the Experiences in R&P comes from our past experience in designing, planning and developing and later rolling… Read more Move over, network planning! →
Let’s assume you are visiting mobile world congress. It is ice cold outside and ho in the different halls, and your appointments are shattered all over the place. If you are as challenged to really read and understand maps as I am, you have this moment of truth, when you realize you have absolutely no idea which partner to meet where first, even if it is neatly documented by your secretary in your agenda. Where was booth J203 again? Hall 7 or 23? And which is the best way of… Read more Smart Positioning Technology Is Coming to an exhibition hall near you →
