January 2018

  When the industry talks about 5G, there is a level of excitement and optimism about what it will enable. From “up to 100 times increase in user data rates” …

It all started innocently enough with software to manage mobile device assets. Then, with an explosion in mobile devices, software & services, MDM has evolved into much more capable mobile …

FCC preempted state-led action, but that isn’t stopping handful of states In the aftermath of the U.S. Federal Communication Commission’s controversial repeal of Obama-era net neutrality protections, state-level politicians are …

Aqua Comms to sell capacity services and raw spectrum for HAVFRUE cable system portion Aqua Comms DAC, the operator of Ireland’s first subsea fibre-optic network interconnecting New York, Dublin and …

As large-scale, automated “botnet” attacks become a matter of increasing concern for the internet of things, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Department of Homeland Security are looking for …

Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding to develop smart city initiatives in the city of Duisburg Chinese vendor Huawei has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the city of …

ThousandEyes and Juniper team up on joint solution Network intelligence company ThousandEyes is partnering with Juniper Networks to provide visibility into network performance and application delivery across hybrid wide area …

Verizon’s go90 mobile video service has not been a runaway success, but nonetheless, the company is reportedly set to expand its content business this year. One of the media properties …

Huawei and Telefónica finish T-SDN tests Spain-based telecom provider Telefónica and Chinese smartphone maker Huawei announced they have successfully finished laboratory tests on the T-SDN (Transport Software-Defined Network) solution. The …

  Deploy LAA. Consumers are only beginning to use LTE in unlicensed spectrum. So far chatter has mostly been about operator trials, commercial chipsets and sales of devices to seed …

Other firms participating in the trials are Japanese telco NTT Docomo, Nissan and Continental Ericsson, Qualcomm, together with Japanese telco NTT Docomo and other firms including Nissan and Continental have …

Walk through CES 2018 and you can see the wireless industry continues to expand its footprint and grow in other industries. All of a sudden, we see pay TV is …

5G innovation doesn’t stop at design. Test and measurement solutions will be key in the commercialization cycle, but 5G requires a different approach to test than previous wireless technologies. Find …

  Bandwidth usage of access networks (or the last mile) continues to grow as service providers migrate to all-IP services (IP Video, 4K Video, and other business services). Traffic from …

The Korean telco has completed a four-hour test drive earlier this month The government of South Korea has allowed mobile network operator KT to test a self-driving bus in capital …

What will people remember from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show? The biggest electronics show of the year always has a dizzying array of hundreds of shiny gadgets that may or …

Carrier-certified small cells that can be directly purchased by the enterprise give companies a way to take control of their cellular connectivity needs, but bringing these products to market is …

I’m just back from CES, and it’s clear that IoT in the home offers a certain magic that interests press and consumers. But even though voice agents are gaining traction, …

Two test companies have announced the expansion of their labs: Spirent Communications and Germany-based international testing and certification company TÜV SÜD. Spirent is expanding its facility in Paignton, England and …

After reading an IBM article, this spurred the idea to discuss blockchain for business applications, as well as how blockchain might impact IoT. Blockchain continues to enter the mainstream business …

Turner and Hulu CEOs discuss pending company deals at CES Las Vegas, Nev. — Turner CEO John Martin and Hulu CEO Randy Freer recently discussed the pending deals between Time …

LG unveils ThinQ A.I., CLOi, service robots and OLED TVs at CES Las Vegas, Nev. — LG’s Chief Technologist I.P. Park broke into the company’s 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) …

Samsung to make SmartThings Cloud available this spring Las Vegas, Nev. — As Samsung moves beyond phones and to IoT devices in general, the company announced at Consumer Electronics Association …

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 telco is currently trialling 5G technology in Milan with Chinese vendor Huawei Italian telecommunications firm Vodafone has partnered with the PoliHub incubator of Milan’s Politecnico University to launch “Action …