Monthly Archives: December, 2016
Telefonica and Huawei developing joint NB-IoT solutions
The two firms plan to launch joint NB-IoT solutions in Europe and Latin America in 2017.
Huawei and Telefónica signed a memorandum of understanding...
Fiat Chrysler creates asset tracking solution for industrial vehicles
Fiat Chrysler builds in-house IoT solution.
Fiat Chrysler needed to keep track of its powered industrial vehicles throughout the 560 acres of the...
Kagan: Connected car is the next big growth opportunity
The automotive industry is being shaken up by the next big technology wave of the "internet of things" and connected car. We are always...
Top trends in the connected car market
BI Business Intelligence estimates more than 380 million connected cars will be on the road by 2021 – and the market is picking up...
RCR Wireless News Top 100 stories of 2016 (Pt. 2)
Huawei surges; FCC moves on USF and 5G leadership, while scoring open internet victory; and Sprint pockets cash.
Editor’s Note: Before we...
2017 Predictions: Wi-Fi in 2017 – new capabilities coming to market
Wi-Fi progress continues on realizing future 5G, internet of things capabilities.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 virtually upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions...
2017 Predictions: US telcos move ahead on NFV as Europe watches
While huge progress has been made toward the development of NFV, a variety of challenges remain before widespread service roll out can commence. ...
Reality Check: Open source and the coming disruption of the telecom value chain
Open source platforms are set to alter the telecommunications landscape.
The convergence between the internet and telecommunications worlds is bringing to the...
Reader Forum: Security vulnerabilities – an uneasy truth for operators?
Security is a growing challenge for the telecommunications space, made even more so by the lack of attention paid by operators. ...
Reader Forum: Technology blog – baby boomers and bandwidth (Pt. 1)
Baby boomers may not be as young as they once were, but their bandwidth demands match those of younger generations.
Baby boomers are the rock-n-roll...
Nokia files fresh patent lawsuits against Apple
Nokia filed patent infringement claims in Germany and the U.S. claiming Apple is violating 32 patents being used in Apple products. ...
Reliance Communications sells tower business to Brookfield Infrastructure
Reliance to receive $1.6 billion for the tower transaction.
Indian telecommunications firm Reliance Communications signed binding agreements with Brookfield Infrastructure to sell nationwide...
RCR Wireless News Top 100 stories of 2016 (Pt. 1)
Top 100 stories of 2016 include Sprint network upheaval, 5G network trials, M&A activity and a growing focus on IoT.
Editor’s Note:...
2017 Predictions: 5G to boost cellular, IoT security and internet at the edge
5G networks to boost cellular operations, IoT security and network challenges and driving the internet further to the edge.
Editor’s Note: With...
2017 Predictions: The age of collaboration and interoperability
Changes in roaming, the impact of IoT and continued M&A activity will require greater collaboration and interoperability in 2017.
Editor’s Note: With...
#TBT: AT&T expands Wi-Fi initiative; McCaw resigns from Clearwire … this week in 2010
AT&T announced plans to expand its public Wi-Fi service in NYC, while industry veteran Craig McCaw was set to resign from Clearwire … 6...
Who’s talking up connected car services?
Who's talking about the connected car?
Executives from a range of industries beyond automotive have been speaking with investors and analysts about how they see...
Trident inks deal with Indonesian firm on subsea fiber system
Subsea fiber infrastructure expected to enhance connectivity between Australia and Asia.
Australian subsea cable operator Trident Subsea Cable and Indonesian company Triasmitra...
Cisco signs IoT, smart city agreements in India
Building on smart city project, Cisco will work with ICreate to explore the possibility to set up IoT hub in Gujarat.
U.S....
3GPP tech to account for 35% of LPWA networks according to report
There are a number of unlicensed low-power wide-area network startups going toe-to-toe to be one to connect the biggest chunk of the massive and...
Making 5G NR a reality
Qualcomm -
Leading the technology inventions for a unified, more capable 5G air interface.
Report: U.K. government should play active role in 5G readiness
A new report from Britain's National Infrastructure Commission concluded the infrastructure needed to support future "5G" networks is lacking – and the government should take...
Alphabet, Federated claim SAS interoperability for 3.5 GHz band destined for 5G
The SAS interoperability test between Alphabet’s Access team and Federated Wireless bolsters plans to free up the 3.5 GHz band for eventual 5G support....
Telstra to boost 4G coverage with Ericsson small cells
Contract includes both indoor and outdoor small cells.
Ericsson and Australian operator Telstra partnered to deploy LTE small cell solutions. The deal...
TDK to strenghten service offerings with sensor acquisition
Japanese firm to pay $1.3 billion for the U.S.-based motion sensor solutions specialist.
TDK reached an agreement to acquire U.S.-based motion sensor...