Blueprint: VoLTE, WebRTC and IoT Igniting Mobile Operators in 2015

by Thorsten Trapp, Cofounder and CTO of tyntec  Reflecting on 2014, the year was an inspired one for mobile innovation. With the growing popularity of OTT messaging services and IP-based communication technologies, new opportunities have emerged for all players in the ecosystem – MNOs, enterprises and OTT players – to streamline, expand and increase the quality of communication offerings. Over the course of 2015, we’ll see a paradigm shift...

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Facebook Acquires Quickfire Networks for Video

Facebook has acquired QuickFire Networks, a start-up based in San Diego that specializes in video encoding technologies. Financial terms were not disclosed. QuickFire developed a 1-RU, Intel-based appliance for processing and transcoding video. Facebook noted that it now has over one billion video views on average every day. http://www.quickfirenetworks.com/ http://www.facebook....

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Mirantis Launches Plugabble OpenStack Installer

Mirantis announced a new OpenStack distribution based on the Juno release and featuring the ability for partners to write plugins that install and run their products automatically. Mirantis OpenStack 6.0 supports the Fuel deployment manager, which is an open source framework for creating deployment plugins, offering users a wide range of capabilities that they can repeatedly and reliably add to their Fuel-managed OpenStack clouds. “As the pure-play...

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GSA: LTE-Advanced and VoLTE Investments Underway

A total of 360 operators have commercially launched LTE networks and service in 124 countries, according to GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association). Alan Hadden, President of GSA, said: “LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation deployment was the major trend in 2014. 49 operators have commercially launched LTE-Advanced in 31 countries. Taking account of additional deployments in progress, trials and studies, GSA calculates almost 30% of LTE operators...

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AT&T to Run LTE Broadcast at College Football Championship

AT&T will host a live, on-site demonstration of LTE Broadcast for invited guests at the first football national championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on January 12. LTE Broadcast enables delivery of content directly to all users with compatible devices within a designated timeframe and area. AT&T said LTE Broadcast could be used to distribute a wide range of content including music, video, and software to specific areas...

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Sonus Acquires SDN Assets from Treq Labs

Sonus Networks has acquired the SDN technology assets of Treq Labs, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, for approximately $10.1 million in cash. Treq’s Spoq platform  was developed to virtualize the WAN, enabling on-demand service creation based on business applications and policy. The acquisition deal includes an Earn-Out Agreement whereby the Sonus has agreed to issue up to an aggregate of approximately 6.6 million shares of common...

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