Monthly Archives: October, 2016
Verizon and AT&T at center of 3GPP 5G standards fight
Recent 3GPP meeting showed continued progress toward 5G standards, though a potential rift between Verizon and AT&T in terms of timing
With “4G” networks using...
DAS finds its way to the enterprise
Will the real estate industry bridge the gap?
HOUSTON – Companies that make and market distributed antenna systems have known for years that carriers are unlikely...
Fulcrum/MDSI Webinar: Asset Lifecycle Management as a key component of a Carrier Supply Chain
Asset Lifecycle Management, when done properly, is a critical component of an overall Supply Chain Management practice. Management Data Systems International (MDSI) and Fulcrum...
IoT industry must be proactive about ethical data use
Panel discussion: the Internet of Things (IoT) industry has a unique opportunity to enforce ethical data use right from the start.
The billions of things...
Uber’s Otto makes Budweiser beer run in self-driving truck
Last week, 51,777 cans of beer were shipped on what will go down as the first commercial shipment by an autonomous vehicle. Otto, Uber’s...
Google Fiber pauses operations, loses CEO and cuts 9% of workforce
Google Fiber, a slowly sinking ship
Google Fiber will be halting its operations in 10 "potential Fiber cities" while it refines its approaches, according to...
SoftBank’s Son: ‘Cambrian explosion’ in IoT is coming
SANTA CLARA, California – SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son likened the impending boom in "internet of things" devices to the evolutionary period known as the...
ARMTechCon: Enabling IoT use cases
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--British chip design company ARM's technology powers billions of wireless devices, so the company has unique perspective on the types of internet...
Google Fiber pauses operations, loses CEO and cuts 9% of workforce
Google Fiber, a slowly sinking ship
Google Fiber will be halting its operations in 10 "potential Fiber cities" while it refines its approaches, according to...
What’s driving smart city trend, and how it will impact local economies?
HOUSTON--Carriers, vendors and municipalities around the world are embracing smart city technology--sensors, cameras, smart meters and other IoT devices--meant to drive urban quality-of-life. As...
5G New Radio (NR) will create a unified air interface
Qualcomm -
From NB-IoT to Enhanced Mobile Broadband, 5G NR will have it covered
“5G New Radio (NR) is the wireless standard that will become the foundation...
SoftBank’s Son: ‘Cambrian explosion’ in IoT is coming
SANTA CLARA, California – SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son likened the impending boom in "internet of things" devices to the evolutionary period known as the...
Orange Business Services expands IoT reach
New deal will provide IoT connectivity for Tractive's wearables and tracking devices
Orange Business Service (OBS), the business services arm of French telecommunications group Orange, has added...
Microsoft launches security program for Azure IoT
Microsoft presented updates to its cloud-based Internet of Things suite, Microsoft Azure IoT, including a security program.
Internet of Things (IoT) devices are under increased...
Analyst Angle: 5G – incremental or not?
Will 5G prove the savior to the mobile telecom market’s bottom line, or will the lack of significant IoT and 5G use cases result...
Analyst Angle: AT&T and Time Warner – let it happen
AT&T plans to acquire media powerhouse Time Warner is causing a reaction by politicians that does not line up with current industry models
I’ve seen...
Wireless industry asks FCC for help with small cells
HOUSTON – Cities need to act decisively to ensure that their citizens are not left behind by the next generation of wireless technology, according to...
FCC 600 MHz incentive auction stage three set to begin Nov. 1
The FCC’s third attempt to find a match between television broadcasters and telecom operators for 600 MHz spectrum is set, though will result be...
Sprint stock dives on earnings release as prepaid drag set to continue
Sprint investors reacted negatively to release of its full fiscal Q2 results, with the carrier’s prepaid biz set to lose 2M customers in current...
Industrial IoT test beds in focus at IOT Solutions World Congress
A number of industry leaders at IOT Solutions World Congress highlighted the importance of industrial IoT test beds in making the Industrial IoT a...
Uber’s Otto makes Budweiser beer run in self-driving truck
Last week, 51,777 cans of beer were shipped on what will go down as the first commercial shipment by an autonomous vehicle. Otto, Uber’s...
Uber’s Otto makes Budweiser beer run in self-driving truck
Last week, 51,777 cans of beer were shipped on what will go down as the first commercial shipment by an autonomous vehicle. Otto, Uber’s...
Nearly 9 out of 10 businesses unprepared for the industrial IoT
While a vast majority of business leaders expect the industrial IoT to become a reality very soon, only a minority are ready for it.
The...
LPWAN news: Senet partners with IoT water company, Ingenu expands
Senet partners with IoT-focused water company
Senet, the North American provider of public, low-power, wide-area networks (LPWANs) for long range (LoRa)-based internet of things (IoT)...
Keeping Denmark’s milk cold with IoT monitoring solutions
Keeping things cool with IoT monitoring
Every time the door to a milk cooler or freezer does not close properly, an alarm goes off on...