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Article | 28/02/2013 Mobile carriers, vendors eager to virtualize networks

There has to be a sea change in how mobile operators build their networks and implement new services, and virtualization will make it possible, carrie...

Article | 28/02/2013 TD-LTE goes mainstream with a new performance promise

A version of LTE that could give consumers more mobile bandwidth for downloading content or apps is moving from the margins to the mainstream at Mobil...

Article | 27/02/2013 Nokia Siemens to tackle overload with base-station smarts

Nokia Siemens Networks says it can prevent LTE base stations from getting overloaded while extra capacity in nearby cells goes to waste, even if the c...

Article | 26/02/2013 Cisco, Intucell make their MWC debut eyeing a bigger mobile role

Cisco Systems' acquisition of network optimization vendor Intucell closed just three days before the start of this week's Mobile World Congress, great...

Article | 25/02/2013 North, South America also hope for LTE roaming

As the world's carriers call for agreement on enough LTE frequencies to make roaming a reality, the technology's backers in North and South America ar...

Article | 25/02/2013 Small-cell chip, network rollouts point to a diverse future

In Star Wars terms, the small cells that mobile carriers and vendors will be talking up this week at Mobile World Congress are more like the odd-coupl...

Article | 25/02/2013 Carriers hope Firefox makes OS market more competitive

Telecom carriers continue to complain about taxes, regulation and over-the-top competition, but Mozilla's Firefox OS provides a glimmer of hope to som...

Article | 24/02/2013 Nokia Siemens to merge cloud, base-station computing to boost performance

Nokia Siemens Networks will expand the role of cellular base stations with a new platform that will store and deliver some application data locally, w...

Article | 20/02/2013 Broadcom chip eases location tracking's thirst for power

Broadcom says it's invented a chip that can tell your phone where you are all the time without quickly draining your battery.

Article | 20/02/2013 Nokia Siemens targets carriers' Wi-Fi, small-cell rollout challenges

The suppliers of mobile carrier networks are still thinking small when it comes to making speeds fast and signals strong, and this year's Mobile World...

Article | 19/02/2013 Cisco's small-cell move is focused, but its network aims are ambitious

Cisco's long-anticipated entry into cellular base stations will come at Mobile World Congress next week, along with the company's familiar promise of ...

Article | 19/02/2013 Small-cell goodness will depend on crucial, complicated backhaul links

Adding small cells to mobile networks made up of full-sized base stations should help to fuel more voice and data calls, but outdoors, linking those d...

Article | 13/02/2013 Cisco posts higher profit and revenue in Q2

Cisco Systems posted higher revenue and profit in its fiscal second quarter as Chairman and CEO John Chambers reiterated the company's ambitious goal ...

Article | 13/02/2013 Hotspot 2.0 guru talks Wi-Fi roaming, new job at Ruckus

Dave Stephenson is at the center of one of the most important efforts in mobile networking, the move to shepherd smartphones and other devices among W...

Article | 12/02/2013 VMware buying Virsto to bolster storage virtualization

VMware plans to acquire Virsto Software, maker of a "storage hypervisor" that will be added to VMware's popular virtualization lineup and licensed by ...