May 2017

Wi-Fi routers have the potential to become smart home hubs, but they will need to manage more than just Wi-Fi. Next generation routers that use Qualcomm silicon and software will be able to respond to voice commands and will manage …

The rumor mill is working hard. The question is, will Sprint and T-Mobile U.S. finally get together and merge? No one knows. Not even Sprint and T-Mobile. First, they have to decide yes or no. If yes, then the U.S. …

The cloud and the fog both have important roles to play in the internet of things, and the difference is becoming clearer. According to Microsoft, the cloud is the place to manage IoT devices, and to collect and analyze the …

Red Bull has extended its partnership with AT&T and will connect up to 1 million coolers to the AT&T network. Each time a customer opens and closes the door of a connected cooler, an embedded monitor will collect the data, …

Marking its 10th anniversary, industry advocacy group Small Cell Forum published Release 9, which covers a broad range of small cell-related topics, both technological- and market-based. “The next few years will see densification on a massive scale of both existing …

Verizon’s mobile “5G” demo at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway must be every driver tester’s dream come true — until they blacked out the windshield. The video is worth checking out. Of course the speeds achieved (by the network, not the …

As pre-standard 5G technology testing and field trials continue ahead of expected early commercialization in the 2020 timeframe, Intel is seeing continued adoption of its 5G Mobile Trial Platform product by major network infrastructure vendors including Ericsson and Nokia. Intel’s …

Red Bull has extended its partnership with AT&T and will connect up to 1 million coolers to the AT&T network. Each time a customer opens and closes the door of a connected cooler, an embedded monitor will collect the data, …

Fifty of the most popular news web sites take an average of 10.5 seconds to load on a mobile device — more than three times as long as most site visitors are willing to wait, according to a new report …

Fiber networks require a public-private partnership approach to be economically viable ORLANDO–Smart buildings turning urban cores into smart cities filled with autonomous cars and drones, and ubiquitous, high seed, low latency networks supporting the needs of consumers, enterprises and the …

5G Americas says next generation network technology will also support 22 million jobs globally by 2036 TOKYO–5G technology will enable $12.3 trillion in global economic output by 2035, Chris Pearson, head of industry trade group 5G Americas, said during a keynote …

Japanese firm Toshiba and Huawei to collaborate on the integration of NB-IoT for the development of smart factory solutions A cooperation agreement between Toshiba and Huawei will accelerate the commercial availability of NB-IoT solutions in a diverse range of vertical …

China Telecom said it continued to expand coverage of its NB-IoT network across the country in the first quarter of the year. The company said that this technology allows a wide range of applications including smart parking and smart manufacturing, …

When outdoor lighting giant Schréder decided to launch a smart lighting division, the company didn’t choose a low-power wide area network technology. Instead, Schréder’s Owlet Nightshift went with Zigbee, a protocol typically used for smart home applications. Zigbee is a …

Sprint will work with New York University Wireless for mobile “5G” development, in a partnership announced this week. Sprint is joining the university’s 5G research center as an industry affiliate sponsor and weill get early access to research, work with …

Nearly 70% of Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives stall a the Proof of Concept (PoC) stage, according to a recent study by Cisco.

An investment firm backed by one of Wall Street’s most prestigious hedge funds is financing a new company that will fund in-building infrastructure for enterprise customers. Tiger Infrastructure Partners, backed by hedge fund pioneer Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management, will fund …

Sprint President and CEO Marcelo Claure has been nominated to join the board of directors of Sprint’s parent company, SoftBank. SoftBank is nominating five new directors in what seems to be a shift toward a more international focus for the …

The government said that 5G subscribers will probably account for 5% of total base by 2020 South Korea aims to complete the deployment of a commercial 5G mobile network in the second half of 2019, Heo Won-seok, director of ICT …

Australian telecommunications firm Telstra and the City of Joondalup in Western Australia have reached an agreement to carry out a trial of smart city applications using Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The telco said that the smart city trial includes …

Nearly 70% of Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives stall a the Proof of Concept (PoC) stage, according to a recent study by Cisco. The study also revealed that only 26% of companies have had an IoT initiative that they considered …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy …

New business models and lower costs per gigabit are goals for wireless carriers as the industry charges toward the next generation of wireless technology. But the carriers don’t all see 5G the same way, and they don’t all have the …

The FCC gave Apple permission to test 5G transmission between Northern California facilities Wireless operators, network infrastructure vendors and cable companies are all testing various forms of as-yet unstandardized 5G technologies. And, now, technology giant Apple, based on a recent …

Although the U.S. is one of the largest Wi-Fi markets, international Wi-Fi is also an area of importance. According to Accuray Research, the global Wi-Fi hot spot market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of more …