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Ten telecoms industry predictions for 2017

23-12-2016 16:39

Telecoms.com partnered with mobile industry consultancy Northstream to bring you ten predictions for the telecoms industry in the coming year.
5G is still over six years away, but 4G gears upCommercial deployments of fully standardized, standalone mobile 5G technology are not expected to happen before 2019-20. Although Verizon is set to begin piloting 5G in the form of fixed wireless access (FWA) towards the end of 2017, we expect mass 5G deployments to still be at least 6 years away. Until then

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2017 Predictions: What the industry thinks

23-12-2016 14:33

While 2016 proved to be a solid year for incremental advancements in 5G, IoT and cloud computing, 2017 is set to be a big year for a number of breakthrough technologies.
Figuring out what the next big thing is going to be and investing the right amount of time, money and resource can make the difference between becoming the next Google or simply being forgotten, so we took the chance to ask a few people in the industry what they thought.
While it didn’t necessarily breakthrough to the main

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The smartwatch industry continues its futile search for meaning

23-12-2016 11:58

As its breakout year failed to materialise the leading smartwatch players are desperately trying to justify the category.
It was clear from the inception of the smartwatch that the product would ultimately fall into one of two categories: a dumb, Bluetooth-linked smartphone peripheral or a smart, standalone device, depending on the absence or presence of a modem.
The former category was the first to arrive and offered some value, primarily as a fitness tracker and notification device. However as

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Roshan signs service agreement with SpeedCast to provide Cellular Backhauling support in Afghanistan

23-12-2016 10:54

Sydney, Australia, December 23, 2016 - SpeedCast International Limited (ASX: SDA), a leading global satellite communications and network service provider, today announced that it has been awarded a multi-year service agreement by Roshan, Afghanistan's leading telecommunications provider, to upgrade its cellular backhaul network to support 3G services over satellite in Zabul province in southwestern Afghanistan. Roshan has more than 6.5 million active subscribers across 287 districts and cities i

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2016 in review: the players in the cloud

23-12-2016 10:26

With 2016 coming to a close, Telecoms.com took the opportunity to see how the worlds’ leading cloud companies performed over the last 12 months, and what their prospects are in 2017.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
The one to catch (still): Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS started the year as the front-runner in the cloud computing segment, and has arguably finished in a stronger position, as the clear leader in the market share race.
Back in June, Hotels.com CIO Theirry Bedos spoke at Cloud World Foru

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