April 2016

Apple is a victim of its own success Apple reported its first revenue decline in 13 years, noting the upgrade cycle for the iPhone 6s has not been as robust as the upgrade cycle for the blockbuster iPhone 6 a …

Intel’s Imad Sousou: OpenStack is at a crossroads AUSTIN, Texas – Data centers run the risk of being overwhelmed as demand for content and remote resources continues to grow. OpenStack needs to reinvent to help the industry flourish, said Imad …

The new facility will develop IoT products and apps Chinese ICT solutions provider Huawei and Vodafone Group have launched a new Open IoT Lab to develop products and applications relating to Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology. The lab will …

There’s been a few questions asked recently in RCR Wireless News and Network World about the go-to-market challenges faced by the small cell community, especially in the enterprise space. And of course it is true, there are some questions to …

Gerry Purdy looks at the complex world of web search and finds there are actually places outside the reach of Google and Bing You can search the contents of your PC or Mac, but not easily search the contents of …

Lyft, Volvo round out founding members of Self-Driving Coalition for Safe Streets There aren’t many details available, but a new coalition comprising technology, automotive and ride-sharing interests has formed to advocate for safer street made possible by autonomous driving. Founding …

Verizon and partners form LTE-B Alliance in move to bolster device support for LTE Broadcast technology beginning in 2017 Verizon Communications and a trio of international carrier partners have thrown their considerable might behind the LTE Broadcast standard with the …

Wi-Fi continues to grow rapidly and take on more of the traffic that would otherwise go over cellular networks. According to Cisco’s VNI Mobile, Wi-Fi traffic from mobile and Wi-Fi-only devices will account for 53% of total IP traffic by …

I just returned from the well-organized and well-attended Wi-Fi Now conference in Washington, D.C. Topics at the three-day conference included enterprise applications, home security, innovations, leadership, carriers, spectrum, LTE-U, the “Uber-ization” of the wireless industry and the disruptive role of Wi-Fi. There …

Smart city use cases highlight role of Internet of Things We’ve all heard the term smart cities, but it covers a broad swatch of technologies and applications. To get a better idea of the underlying vision, let’s take a look …

AT&T’s mobile business showed overall growth on the back of prepaid and connected devices, but lost ground to T-Mobile in higher-valued phone market Prepaid and connected devices continue to power AT&T Mobility growth as the carrier posted strong year-over-year increases …

Asset efficiency is important to a manufacturer’s bottomline A recent study on the maturity of asset efficiency practices from Infosys and the Institute for Industrial Management (FIR) at Aachen University revealed that 85% of manufacturing companies globally are aware of …

Nokia’s return to the consumer market will not just be about smartphones. The company said today it plans to buy France’s Withings, which makes connected devices to monitor health and fitness. “With this acquisition, Nokia is strengthening its position in …

Nokia’s return to the consumer market will not just be about smartphones. The company said today that it plans to buy France’s Withings, which makes connected devices to monitor health and fitness. “With this acquisition, Nokia is strengthening its position …

The hottest seats in the house at the Wi-Fi Now conference last week were those of the panel members debating the impact of LTE on Wi-Fi as the cellular system moves into unlicensed spectrum at 5 GHz. Wi-Fi Alliance is …

TBR notes early adopter operators are pushing NFV and SDN deployments despite standards and interoperability concerns A recent Technology Business Research report found some early adopter telecom operators were moving forward with limited commercial launches of network functions virtualization and …

T-Mobile posted more than 2.2 million Q1 net adds, including strong postpaid and prepaid numbers sure to put AT&T and Sprint on notice T-Mobile US continues to be one of the domestic mobile market’s main growth drivers, posting more than …

High-capacity fiber networks support big data, cloud computing that’s central to smart cities applications Smart cities are taking a number of different forms as urban managers scale pilot projects into larger, citywide deployments that facilitate everything from more manageable traffic …

Add capacity with off-the-shelf hardware to maximize spectrum resources Spectrum is an inherently limiting factor to communications service providers; it’s expensive, there’s a finite amount available, and regulation mechanisms can make coordinated spectrum deployments a challenge. For carriers this means …

Charter will not impose data caps for seven years following combination with Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks In approving a major merger in the cable space, the Federal Communications Commission took the opportunity to include a consumer-friendly catch designed …

Jim Patterson digs into Verizon Q1 results, noting a potential zero-rated Go90 offerings; and questions the FCC moving the goal post on the cable industry Verizon Communications reported first quarter earnings (link here) that generally met expectations. They have already …

Security issues connected with consumer uptake of wearable devices and the ‘Internet of Things’ remains a significant hurdle for the market Wearable computing devices are changing the way humans interact with technology and that shift has security implications that must …

As the telecom space moves towards increased use of virtualization platforms, devops is becoming an important model to smooth the transition Devops is not a new term, but the combination of “development” and “operations” across the telecommunications space is growing …

AT&T has been saying for months that satellites will be part of its “Internet of Things” strategy, and this week the carrier finally shared details. Globecomm will be AT&T’s IoT partner for satellite services, enabling AT&T to better leverage DirecTV’s …