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/ John English

Telcos Going Green: Dialing Up an Integrated Sustainability Strategy

Going green isn’t just a socially responsible thing for telcos to do—it’s economical too. A recent Deloitte study found that energy consumption constitutes 20 to 40 percent of a...

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/ Lauren Womack

Trend Spotting at the Big 5G Event

NETSCOUT was on hand at the recent Big 5G Event in Austin, Texas. We had great conversations at our booth, where our telco gurus were on hand answering questions and giving product...

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/ John English

Service Assurance Questions in the Time of 5G Standalone

The movement to 5G standalone (SA) is much more than a new radio access technology such as that we saw in the migration from 3G to 4G. The overall complexity of the network...

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/ Lauren Womack

Cable/MSOs: Are Your Customers’ QoS Experiences a Mystery?

Cable and multiple system operators (MSOs) know that quality of service (QoS) and service availability are their two most important key performance indicators (KPIs), which...

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/ John English

Getting Ready for Big 5G

The cloudified 5G standalone (SA) network presents big visibility challenges for operations and engineering teams to assure and secure the network. The Big 5G conference is coming...

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/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

Leading the Charge on Open RAN

With 5G on the cusp of widespread adoption, the creation of more open standards for radio access network (RAN) equipment design has been widely viewed as crucial for speeding along...

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/ Lori Angelot

Podcast with RCR: Will 5G Change the World?

Join Dr. Vikram Saksena talks with RCR and discusses how operators and other partners are working to bring 5G to vertical enterprises. This discussion looks at the role of...

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/ Lauren Womack

6G and Leisure

We get closer to a 6G reality every day. In a previous article, I discussed some of the myriad possibilities and improvements sixth-generation (6G) networks could enable. Advances...

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/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

Transforming the Future of Service Assurance

As telecom providers look to meet the evolving needs of business-to-business (B2B) customers, there is a growing focus on service assurance in order to deliver superior network...

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/ John English

Must-Have KPIs for New FTTH/FTTx/DAA Infrastructure

Service availability and user experience are arguably the two most important metrics a cable/multiple-system-operator (MSO) or fixed-line carrier needs to constantly measure...

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/ John English

Moving to the Cable Edge with DAA

A major evolution to the cable/multiple system operators (MSO) infrastructure is underway with the deployment of fiber to the home and business premises (FTTX/FTTH) and the...

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/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

Destination 6G: Next Stop 5G Advanced

Ready or not, 5G has ushered in many emerging technologies, and it is advancing the technology ecosystem onward to 6G. The sixth generation of wireless technology promises to...

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