May 2017

Australian telecommunications company Telstra is protecting itself from rising energy prices by committing to a long-term corporate power purchase agreement with renewable energy producer RES Group and supporting the construction of a new, 70-megawatt solar farm. Telstra is funding the new …

  With the recent confluence of new spectrum sharing innovations and the genesis of “Industry 4.0”—the digital transformation of industrial processes and the fourth industrial revolution—the potential for private IoT networks is substantial. New technologies, such as MulteFire and LTE-based …

  With the recent confluence of new spectrum sharing innovations and the genesis of “Industry 4.0”—the digital transformation of industrial processes and the fourth industrial revolution—the potential for private IoT networks is substantial. New technologies, such as MulteFire and LTE-based …

Canadian company ITT, an internet of things (IoT) specialist, has signed a 30-year joint venture agreement with Chinese firm New Hope Data Technology, which provides data acquisition, monitoring, data analytics, professional services and knowledge transfer through the implementation of IoT …

Innovations in 5G, virtualization and cloud technologies will make new applications and services possible in both personal and industrial IoT in the next several years. The evolution of the RAN and the packet core in 5G will benefit from pervasive …

Innovations in 5G, virtualization and cloud technologies will make new applications and services possible in both personal and industrial IoT in the next several years. The evolution of the RAN and the packet core in 5G will benefit from pervasive …

What is MulteFire?  MulteFire is a technology for deploying LTE in unlicensed spectrum that was developed by Qualcomm. Unlike the strategies of LTE-U or License-Assisted Access, which rely on a licensed spectrum anchor aggregated with LTE in an unlicensed band, MulteFire allows …

The new program will enable students to develop IoT applications for agriculture and food services Canadian telco Bell MTS has announced a 500,000 Canadian dollars ($371,000) contribution to the University of Manitoba’s Front and Centre campaign to launch the Bell …

5G vendors including Huawei, ZTE, Ericsson, Nokia, Datang and Samsung are part of the initiative TOKYO–China has completed planning of a 30-site “5G” test field in Huairou district, Beijing, said Wang Zhiqin, Vice Chair of the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group, …

 Canadian IoT firm ITT will hold a 51% stake in the new entity Canadian company ITT, an internet of things (IoT) specialist, has signed a 30-year joint venture agreement with Chinese firm New Hope Data Technology, which provides data acquisition, …

Survey shows interest in SD-WAN market The software-defined Wide Area Network market is poised for 200% growth in the next 12 months, according to a new report from Cato Networks. In a survey of more than 350 IT professionals, Cato …

Mobile calling is in dire need of a platform that brings it into the 21st century – HD voice is great, but it’s not a major driver of behavioral change. Identity & number management is certainly a good area to …

Hybrid DAS/small cells, neutral host small cells and lower-cost DAS are helping serve the enterprise in-building wireless market Many marquee venues like stadiums and airports already have in-building wireless connectivity systems, often an active distributed antenna system (DAS), that provides multi-band, …

Small cell deployments have lagged behind projections for years. Carriers are largely using the devices to provide pinpoint demand and capacity, but in terms of providing a multi-carrier solution, most commercially available small cells require infrastructure for each carrier. However, …

More and more enterprises are deciding to embed sensors, connectivity, and compute capabilities into valuable assets and equipment. But deciding to invest in an IoT solution is just the first step. There are several other critical decisions to be made; …

Michael Dell, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook and others pen letter to Texas governor weighing in implications of immigration enforcement efforts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Republican state lawmakers are taking a tough stance on immigration. Earlier this month, Abbott …

CenturyLink has gained formal approvals from Virginia and Minnesota for its $34 billion acquisition of fiber provider Level 3, with those states joining more than a dozen others that have cleared the way for the merger of the two companies to …

Ericsson has named Erik Ekudden group CTO as of July 1. Ekudden steps into the position formerly held by Ulf Ewaldsson, who continues as head of Ericsson’s digital services business unit. Ekudden will return to Ericsson’s headquarters in Stockholm after …

The Asian nation aims to launch commercial 5G services in 2020 TOKYO–Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has recently started a trial of a 5G system in Japan, Yukihiko Okumura, the leader of the 5G Mobile Communications Promotion …

The vendor said that it expects 5G compatible handsets to be commercially available in two years TOKYO–Chinese vendor ZTE expects to see revenues from the sale of standardized 5G equipment in 2019, the company’s managing director for 5G solutions, Alex …

 Carrier Wi-Fi provider Fon has partnerships with a number of global carriers that enable it to create global Wi-Fi networks and help operators deliver Wi-Fi services. RCR Wireless News caught up with Fon COO Enrique Farfán for a Q&A on trends …

U.S. V2V network firm Nexar signed a collaboration agreement with the Nevada Center for Advanced Mobility The Nevada Center for Advanced Mobility (Nevada CAM) and Nexar, a technology company providing vehicle-to-vehicle network technologies for preventing road collisions and enabling autonomous …

The utilities offer smart grid services in the Colorado, Kansas and Washington Honeywell said it will provide three power providers in the U.S. with managed smart grid services as a way to more simply manage very technical smart grid networks, and …

The need for robust in-building wireless systems for enterprise users is well-established. The vast majority of mobile traffic originates inside buildings, and, particularly in the context of an office, retail center, hospital or other enterprise environment, the common approach of …

What do 42 grocery stores, a large corporate office and a 350,000 square foot distribution center distribution center have in common? They all make use of artificial intelligence. AI-powered Wi-Fi as-a-service enables our company to focus on our core competency, …