Monthly Archives: April, 2017
AT&T sees lowest-ever phone upgrades, talks FirstNet & 5G
AT&T says revenues impacted by fewer phone upgrades
AT&T saw its revenues slip year-over-year from $40.5 billion to $39.4 billion for the first quarter, with its...
Cisco targets enterprise with new IoT platform
The enterprise solution is a part of the Cisco Jasper Control Center IoT platform
Networking company Cisco has announced the availability of a new IoT...
Huawei and GE launch cloud-based predictive maintenance solution
Predictive maintenance is a key industrial IoT use case
Chinese ICT vendor Huawei and GE Digital have launched a jointly-developed industrial cloud-based predictive maintenance solution that integrates...
BlueCats enables mobile operator’s connected city solution
Mobile network and LPWAN infrastructure operators expect to play a major role in tomorrow’s “smart cities,” and they are learning that their networks can...
Parallel Wireless enables public safety to instantly ‘Bring Your Own Coverage’
Bring Your Own Coverage (BYOC) from Parallel Wireless creates instant easy to deploy coverage in areas where it is non-existent (tunnels, parking garage, etc.) or...
Analyst Angle: Building the foundation for the CBRS ecosystem
A conversation about CBRS with Iyad Tarazi, CEO, Federated Wireless
The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and access the complete report...
Why fixed wireless services will lead domestic 5G deployments?
At the recent Enterprise IoT Summit, a panel of experts discuss what’s behind the initial use of fixed wireless deployments to test 5G technology....
Building 5G networks will require hybrid technicians
As the telecom industry transitions from LTE to LTE-Advanced, LTE-Advanced Pro, and ultimately 5G, which is still going through 3GPP's standardization process, the telecom...
Straight Path has a “superior” offer to AT&T’s
Another telecom company has offered a $1.8 billion deal
AT&T's acquisition of Straight Path for its high-band spectrum may not be a done deal after...
Drone update: AT&T adds larger drones with more radios
AT&T is adding more radios to its cell sites on wings, or COWs as the company likes to call them. The latest COW tests...
Verizon and KT make ‘hologram’ call as 5G services are developed
When I say "hologram call," I assume most of us immediately picture Princess Leia pleading for Obi-Wan Kenobi's help as a tiny, 3D image...
The most common types of sensors for IoT use cases
Sensors are small pieces of hardware which enable the “internet of things” by monitoring processes, collecting huge amounts of data and taking several measurements....
Schneider Electric teams with Microsoft to accelerate the IoT
The new offering combines Schneider's EcoStruxure architecture with the Microsoft Azure cloud platform
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, has expanded...
SoftBank’s ARM says ADAS camera can outperform human eye
The chip technology architects at ARM, which was acquired by Japan's SoftBank last year for $32 billion, have created an image signal processor that...
Huawei unveils LTE-based smart grid solution
The eLTE smart grid solution is already commercially available in China
Chinese vendor Huawei has released its wireless smart grid solution, dubbed the eLTE SmartGrid. The...
AT&T adds rural fixed wireless; Verizon launches gigabit Fios
AT&T plans to connect more than 400,000 locations with fixed wireless this year
AT&T said that it has kicked off fixed wireless Internet services for...
Enterprises use IoT for mobility management
Companies say they need a new way to manage smartphones
Companies that want to capitalize on the IoT know that connecting their equipment isn't enough...
Reality Check: Riding the mmWave to 5G
One of the main goals for the next generation in wireless mobile communications, or 5G, is to maximize capacity. Not only will we continue...
SD-WAN development and adoption hitting an ‘inflection point’
VeloCloud provides insight into the current SD-WAN market, noting strong uptake by telecom operators and enterprises.
The ongoing development and deployment of software...
T-Mobile US stays strong, adds 1.1 million subs
Spectrum gains from 600 MHz auction will let T-Mo "compete in every single corner of the country"
T-Mobile US continued its streak of strong quarterly...
CIO checklist for fast tracking your IoT investments
This executive brief provides a toolkit to help map out how Internet of Things (IoT) technologies can offer advantages in business, what frameworks to...
CIO checklist for fast tracking your IoT investments
This executive brief provides a toolkit to help map out how Internet of Things (IoT) technologies can offer advantages in business, what frameworks to...
Lessons that 5G should learn from other technologies
5G development should take to heart a number of lessons that the industry has learned from previous generations of technology, former CTO of the...
Pitney Bowes monitors machines using GE’s Predix solution
Even in this digital age, the United States produces roughly 150 million pieces of snail mail each day, and most of it is processed...
Report: Sprint looks beyond T-Mobile US for deal
Sprint spectrum position may seem more valuable after AT&T's Straight Path deal
Although chatter about a Sprint/T-Mobile US merger seems to be an industry reflex, a new...