Yearly Archives: 2017

Kagan: Should Altice acquire Charter or Sprint?

It looks like Altice may become one of the more aggressive growth-oriented pay TV providers. If so, would they be more interested in acquiring...

Ericsson adds new 5G radio that supports massive MIMO

T-Mobile US will test FDD with Ericsson 5G equipment The network infrastructure community remains laser-focused on facilitating the customer transition from LTE to 5G with...

Three European universities testing smart city tech

The universities will define smart city projects with the aim of improving municipal services through IoT Researchers at the University of Bradford, in the U.K.,...

Qualcomm focuses on IoT security

IoT security alliance advises businesses and customers about cybersecurity measures needed to help create a safer IoT ecosystem Qualcomm Technologies has joined AT&T, IBM, Nokia,...

SoftBank, Ericsson to test 5G in Tokyo

New SoftBank test builds on trial focused on 28 GHz Japanese mobile telephony operator SoftBank plans to work with Ericsson to conduct a joint trial...

Openstack debuts its 16th platform dubbed Pike

Openstack’s newest platform focuses on usability, flexibility and scalability The Openstack Foundation unveiled the 16th version of its software platform called Pike yesterday. Although Pike...

The telecom industry gets cloudy (Reader Forum)

Across industries, the cloud has completely disrupted the way people and organizations do business. Nowhere has the impact been more apparent than in the...

Drones survey cell sites hit by Harvey

In Rockport, Texas, rubble litters the ground and rooftops have been ripped from buildings, but a steel tower stands tall amidst the debris. The...

Ericsson invests in factory automation for radio products

Factory owners who invest in automation can break even in less than six months and see a 210% return within the first year, according...

Adtran forms Mosaic Alliance to accelerate SDN implementation

Mosaic Alliance brings vendors together to improve NFV and SDN solutions In an effort to speed up the implementation of its software-defined access (SD-access)...

Oracle focuses on smart manufacturing with Mitsubishi partnership

The two companies are developing an IoT platform to enable smart manufacturing processes Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of consumer electronics, vehicles, semiconductors and...

IoT security concerns prompt massive pacemaker recall

Abbott Labs recall impacts six different pacemaker models The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall of nearly half a million pacemakers out...

Telecom Tweets of the Week: Waterlogged by Harvey

It was a rough week for southeast Texas, as Hurricane Harvey slammed into the coast and dropped an unprecedented amount of water -- more...

Deutsche Telekom passes 2 Gbps in 5G NR non-standalone test

5G test with Huawei combines LTE bands with 5G carriers Working with Huawei to test pre-standard 5G NR network technologies, Deutsche Telekom this week announced...

Qualcomm asks FCC for permission to test 5G in 3.4-3.55 GHz

Based on a new application for an experimental license, Qualcomm is seeking permission from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to test pre-standard 5G technologies...

Test and Measurement: EXFO buys stake in Astellia, aims for takeover

EXFO picks up 33.1% stake in Astellia, plans a friendly takeover Test company EXFO has purchased 33.1% of network performance analysis company Astellia for...

Orange Business Services exploring IoT wearables

 The Orange Business Services IoT connectivity service is part of Datavenue, a modular IoT and analytics solution Orange Business Services and Finnish firm Yepzon Group,...

KPN partners with China Unicom on IoT

Under the agreement, customers of the two telcos will be able to access IoT services in the Netherlands and China Dutch telco KPN and China...

How containers are reshaping data centers

The evolution of data centers Data centers are constantly changing to stay up to pace with the latest tech novelties. Among the technologies anticipated to...

3 ways C-RAN helps operators control costs

Mobile network operators are under intense pressure to keep network operating costs in check as consumers demand more and more data while price wars...

Dell and VMware CEOs tackle questions at VMworld 2017

The two industry giants addressed questions centered on customer service, containers, VMware AppDefense and A.I. CEO of VMware Pat Gelsinger and CEO of Dell Technologies...

Domino’s, Ford to trial self-driving vehicles for pizza delivery

Selected customers will receive their delivery order from a Ford Fusion hybrid autonomous research vehicle, which will be manually-driven by a safety engineer Domino's Pizza...

Industrial Internet Consortium focuses on smart manufacturing

The agreement with MESA will focus on interoperability, portability and security for the industrial internet The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), a global organization seeking to...

Verizon secures its virtual network services with Check Point

Verizon expands its software-defined ecosystem by integrating another security tool Verizon Communications is offering another security component to its virtual network services platform with the...

How is Huawei enabling smarter cities?

Huawei has developed multiple technologies for the smart city concept, such as smart government, safe city, smart emergency command, smart education, smart grid and...
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