2018

Wireless pay TV is growing, and that growth will only accelerate with 5G in the next couple years. AT&T DirecTV NOW started the party by offering wireless pay TV over the last year or two. Based on their success, Verizon …

A lot can happen in a year, especially in a telecoms year. The industry has seen consolidation, disruption and innovation, all at a dizzying pace. 2018 saw the hype around technologies such as AI and blockchain reach fever pitch, and …

5G: Are we there yet? In 2019, hype meets reality for 5G devices and services.  After several years of discussions on use cases and exotic technologies, “real” 5G products will start to scale on 3GPP Release 15 5G NR networks. …

Autodesk?s fast-paced acquisitions, totaling more than $1.1 billion dollars, of BuildingConnected and PlanGrid?portend the company?s strong interest in dominating the future of the construction industry. The San Rafael, California-headquartered company announced it is acquiring startup BuildingConnected for $275 million after …

While mining big data in stored information for business intelligence is not a new idea it offers a new way for building owners and portfolio managers to identify trends to maximize profit. ? The majority of data in the commercial …

The evolution of the enterprise Enterprise network connectivity is no longer limited to Wi-Fi access points (APs) and LAN switches that support devices such as laptops, printers, tablets and smartphones. We are seeing ever-increasing types of IoT devices in enterprises: …

A bit of background The deployment of the new 5G network presents a unique challenge to our regulatory system.  Far from the 100-foot lattice towers and monopoles of 3G and 4G past, 5G capability will largely be the task of …

The wireless industry has undergone dramatic changes this year. We’re moving ever-closer to 5G availability. The FCC held a vote on eliminating the personal use restriction in Part 20.21 for cell signal boosters, and LEED-certified buildings, while rising in popularity, …

We’ve been hearing more and more about 5G wireless pay TV, but when will it come to market? It started several years ago when the wireless world was all about 4G. AT&T DirecTV NOW started the whole ball rolling. Verizon …

With indoor 5G expected to be a major part of opening up new enterprise and industrial use cases and seen as essential to operators’ 5G competitiveness, Rohde & Schwarz featured an indoor 5G demonstration in partnership with network planning company iBwave …

Tillman Infrastructure building hundreds of towers for AT&T Companies like American Tower and Crown Castle are highly profitable and show significant return from investors. The other side of that equation is the enormous tower leasing cost footed by carriers like …

The Korean government launched a 5G smart factory alliance with 19 companies and organizations The South Korean government announced plans to work with information and communication technology companies to apply 5G technologies in advanced production lines to create smart factories, …

  The new facility is the result of a previous agreement between the two companies to test network solutions and technologies Nokia and Telefónica Germany have announced the launch of a 5G innovation cluster in Berlin. The new 5G cluster …

  SAP and Software AG said they have developed the new smart city platform in compliance with the standards of the EU’s open urban platform initiative   German software companies SAP and Software AG announced a cooperation agreement for the …

Qualcomm alleging infringement of intellectual property In the past two weeks judges in China and Germany have, to varying extent, agreed with Qualcomm’s allegation that some Apple iPhone models contain technology that infringes on Qualcomm intellectual property. Both courts ruled …

Connectivity is a key aspect of daily lives for many of us and this is increasingly true of our vehicles as well. This is emphasized by Counterpoint Research’s Internet of Things Tracker, which forecasts that more than 125 million passenger …

While 5G, the next evolution of cellular technology, will first impact consumers, it is poised the dramatically change the way we work and significantly affect the commercial real estate sector. With an estimated 20 billion internet of things devices to …

For building owners and landlords, improving tenant?experience and safety is of the utmost importance in a highly competitive marketplace. Now a?new facial recognition, AI-powered, touchscreen smart video door system offers building occupants frictionless entry – enhancing tenant experience, improving security …

Virtualization and software-defined networks have been the industry’s pre-occupation for almost a decade. It’s all part of a journey toward the deployment of 5G, which will be our next focus for the coming decade. Along the way, one of the …

Chinese internet of things (IoT) company G7 Networks has completed a $320 million funding round, with investments from Total Energy Ventures (TEV) International, Tencent, and GLP, among others. The value of the fund-raising round set a new record in the …

The Federal Communications Commission’s millimeter wave auction appears to be winding down, although it looks like bidding will continue in the new year. The auction has raised $689,788,660, as of the end of the fourth round of bidding on Thursday — …

  The decision will allow the U.K. carrier to have access to 100 megahertz of contiguous 5G spectrum UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom said it will allow local carrier Three UK to merge two separate blocks of spectrum, ahead of the …

Siemens has been engaged to digitise and automate the new indoor stockyard for the Jiangsu Binxin Special Steel Material Company (Binxin Steel) in China. China’s moves in recent years to improve air quality in its urban centres has seen a …

  The Indian government said its 5G spectrum auction will take place in the second half of next year Chinese vendor Huawei confirmed that it has been invited by the Indian government to conduct 5G trials in the country, which …

The two groups focused on ‘technical interworking’ with CBRS operation Continuing the push to commercialize OnGo–the brand name for Citizens Broadband Radio Service-compatible products–the CBRS Alliance and the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions are collaborating to work some technical issues …