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SDN – the quiet revolution
I first became seriously involved in software defined networks (SDNs) more than 10 years ago. At the time I was working with product and standards development teams influencing an ETSI policy document looking at SDN and network function virtualisation (NFV) as...
Real Wireless upgrades its COvET coverage platform to support mobile network deployment strategies
London, 26 May 2021 – Real Wireless, the world’s leading independent wireless experts, today announced significant enhancements to its COvET analysis tool, keeping Real Wireless at the cutting edge of analysis capabilities for mobile network operators, regulators,...
Real Wireless appointed as Independent Assessor for UK’s Shared Rural Network Initiative
London, 26 May 2021 – Real Wireless, the world’s leading independent wireless experts, today announced its appointment as Independent Assessor of the UK’s Shared Rural Network initiative by the Government’s Department of Digital, Media, Culture & Sport (DCMS). In...
Managing Consultant Role at Real Wireless
Real Wireless is a UK based independent advisory firm focused on providing technical, regulatory and strategic advice to clients in the wireless industry and wireless users sectors, including both public sector and commercial businesses. We help clients understand...
Talking about (and to) trains
The team at Real Wireless has been looking back at wireless connectivity progress over 2020 in a number of sectors. There’s little doubt that overground rail communications services are among the slowest to develop – certainly in comparison to road, air or ports (or...
Never mind the price, just look what might come next in the 5G spectrum auction in the UK!
The outcome of the recently completed Principal Stage in the UK’s 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz spectrum auction led to prices being significantly lower than analyst forecasts. What could be the reasons for spectrum being sold at prices well below the industry average,...
Wi-Fi is dead: long live Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi has always been the wireless connectivity of choice when it comes to reaching the most people with the lowest cost. Practically every laptop, tablet and smartphone relies on it as their main or only connection to the internet and cloud services. If you want to...
Is the UK heading for a car crash of standards?
Real Wireless experts recently came together to discuss the likely trends in wireless for 2021. Despite the issues slowing down activity over 2020, a lot was accomplished last year. The connected vehicle ecosystem, for example, continues to move towards...
26 GHz – A radical approach to licensing in higher frequencies to increase spectrum efficiency
A new study carried out by Real Wireless on behalf of the UK Spectrum Policy Forum (UK SPF) proposes a radical approach to licensing the 26 GHz band. The report proposes a hybrid licensing approach i.e. exclusive access to MNOs with some flexibility to share in the...
