News

Lime Microsystem shows off the LimeNET CrowdCell with MobiledgeX, Nextcloud, and mimik and launches its technologies on the TIP Exchange while Vodafone announces plans to put its entire European infrastructure out to tender for an open RAN overhaul.

Guildford UK, November 12th 2019 – Lime Microsystems is pleased to confirm its attendance at the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Summit 2019 in Amsterdam on November 13th-14th, where it will demonstrate real-world use-cases for its LimeNET CrowdCell open small cell networking solution using MobiledgeX’s Edge-Cloud platform. The TIP Summit…

Guildford UK, November 8th 2019 – Lime Microsystems is pleased to announce its attendance at the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Summit 2019 in Amsterdam on November 13th-14th, where it will be demonstrating real-world use-cases centred around its LimeNET CrowdCell and open small cell networking platform using Nextcloud’s cloud-powered productivity…

Guildford UK, November 7th 2019 – Lime Microsystems is pleased to confirm its attendance at the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Summit 2019 in Amsterdam on November 13th-14th, where it will demonstrate real-world use-cases for its LimeNET CrowdCell open small cell networking solution using partner mimik’s edgeSDK platform. The TIP…

Founder Jensen Huang unveils Aerial software development kit, while telling attendees at Mobile World Congress that a new more readily reconfigurable network architecture with compute at the edge will be required for 5G to succeed.

"We are pleased with trials of OpenRAN and are ready to fast track it into Europe," says Vodafone Group chief executive officer Nick Read. "OpenRAN improves the network economics enabling us to reach more people in rural communities and that supports our goal to build digital societies in which no-one is left behind."

"Those new tagged/released versions contain four months of work since the previous versions released during April 2019," explains project maintainer Harald Welte. "The primary focus was on bug-fixing and stabilisation as well as some major new features, such as inter-MSC-handover support in osmo-msc."

"This guidance is part of the Mayor’s commitment to enhance mobile and fixed connectivity in the capital. It helps end uncertainty which has stopped or slowed infrastructure being put in place across London with a new, consistent approach," says City of London chief digital officer Theo Blackwell. "At City Hall we are working to ensure we have the digital connectivity infrastructure needed through our new Connected London programme, to support Londoners in areas of poor connectivity and assist the future roll out of 5G, which will hugely benefit businesses and the public alike."

"In launching the GSMA Inclusive Tech Lab, we are taking a bold new step to support and stimulate innovation through greater experimentation and a willingness to take risks," says John Giusti, chief regulatory officer at the GSMA. "The Lab will allow our team of dedicated 'technopreneurs' the opportunity to take a hands-on approach to break down the barriers to economic and social inclusion further."

"An audience poll here at the Edge Computing Congress," writes Ray Le Maistre, "showed that almost all attendees at the first morning's keynotes (almost 300 in the room -- my estimate) saw the main financial opportunity related to edge computing as being related to new revenue opportunities from new or enhanced services (rather than cost savings)" - though experts say cost savings are definitely there for the taking too.