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Understanding The Challenges Telco's Have Faced During COVID-19

Spearline Testing

Dan kicked things off by stating that all the difficulties seen by the telecommunications industry during the COVID-19 period have been unprecedented. ’ In the early stages of the pandemic, Hayes shared – telecommunications networks around the world struggled. This is one of the more interesting areas to observe.

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Understanding POLQA

Spearline Testing

The quality prediction for new and old codecs is improved and allows the direct comparison of AMR and EVRC. Spearline's platform proactively tests inbound telecommunications services, as well as dial-out. Connectivity and audio quality are monitored on fixed-line, SIP, or mobile networks, globally.

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Meet the 5 finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2023 GeekWire Awards

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GeekWire Photo / Curt Milton) Locoh-Donou joined F5 as president and CEO in 2017 after serving in various executive roles at telecommunications equipment and software supplier Ciena. He has helped steer F5 beyond its roots as a hardware company, expanding into application security and delivery software through multiple acquisitions.

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Google Is Signing Out Free Hangouts Users on Mobile, Gets Closer to Finally Killing the Thing

Gizmodo

It’s been nearly an entire year since we started talking about how Google Hangouts was officially set to disappear. Since then, it seems like we’ve been repeating the same thing every few months, only for Hangouts to stubbornly persist living. If apps could talk, Hangouts would probably declare, “what is dead may… Read more.

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What are the best ways to measure audio quality in a telecoms network?

Spearline Testing

PESQ (Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality) is an ITU (International Telecommunication Union) standard for measuring audio quality. It’s a ‘full reference’ (FR) algorithm, meaning that it uses a reference signal for comparison against the test (ie a difference analysis). PCM encoded. 16-bit mono. Call volume.

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The Advantages Of Using Cloud Phone Systems

Galido

In comparison with traditional phone systems, a cloud phone system has the advantages of services such as conference calls and auto attendants. Plus, it’s also easier to have a back-up Internet connection as well, such as the individual phones’ mobile data connections. With a cloud-based phone system, this rarely happens.

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Can connectivity-as-a-service drive growth?

TM Forum

The telecommunications industry, however, delivered only a 4.8% As a share of mobile operators’ total revenue in 2019, services delivered to enterprises accounted for an average of 35%, according to the GSMA. Bain & Co. Simply put, connectivity is becoming a commodity. Enabling enterprises. trillion to $2 trillion by 2030.