Monthly Archives: April, 2018
Qualcomm, Ford, Audi take part in key C-V2X demonstration
The 5G Automotive Association which was founded in 2016 also took part in the C-V2X demo
The 5G Automotive Association, Audi, Ford and Qualcomm Technologies...
NTT Docomo develops underground 5G base station
NTT DoCoMo said it expects to start deploying this new 5G antenna next year
Japanese telecommunications operator NTT DoCoMo has developed a 5G base station...
3 tips for developing an edge computing strategy (Reality Check)
Businesses have benefitted over the last few years from a wide variety of options for IT infrastructure, but edge computing has arrived and is...
Charter Communications to launch mobile services by mid-year: CEO
Charter Communications aims to to launch a MVNO through a partnership with Verizon
U.S. cable operator Charter Communications expects to launch mobile services through a...
Industry 4.0’s final frontier: additive manufacturing in space
Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, could be making its debut in space in the next two to three years, according to Germany’s...
Rockwell joins Bosch, Cisco and Schneider to develop OPC-UA comms standard
US firm Rockwell Automation is heading a team of industrial automation specialists and solution providers to create a new communication solution based on the...
Telenor makes three million IoT connections in 2017, passes 10 million in total
Norwegian telecoms provider Telenor shipped three million SIM cards for ‘internet of things’ (IoT) installations in 2017, taking it past the 10 million mark...
Mexico targets foreign Industry 4.0 investment from Europe and Asia
Mexico’s is a fertile manufacturing economy that is ripe for automation, and primed for inward industrial investment. That was its message at Industry 4.0...
Key takeaways from the Sprint/T-Mobile US merger call
Combined company plans $40 billion in network investment
Sprint and T-Mobile US are gearing up for another attempt to join forces, with an eye on...
T-Mobile, Sprint agree to merge
T-Mobile, Sprint have agreed to merge into a $146 billion company to compete with AT&T, Verizon in 5G. Next stop, regulatory.
Sprint and T-Mobile announced...
Qualcomm moves closer to NXP deal, reports strong Q2 results
Qualcomm moves closer to NXP deal. Qualcomm tenders cash for all of NXP shares and does better than expected in Q2 results.
Qualcomm Incorporated has...
Huawei, Telefonica launch NB-IoT-based smart meter trial at Munich airport
Data from the sensors is sent to Huawei's OceanConnect IoT platform through Telefonica’s network
Huawei, Telefónica Germany, and IoT provider Q-loud have jointly launched a...
Verizon aims to launch 5G wireless services in new geographies next year
CFO Matthew Ellis said Verizon is already deploying commercial nodes in initial markets
Verizon aims to launch residential broadband services through 5G fixed wireless access...
China Mobile partners with Huawei to launch 5G Open Lab in Beijing
The two partners say the new facility will allow partners across all sectors to trial end-to-end 5G capabilities
China Mobile and Huawei have jointly set...
Brooklyn 5G Summit: Spectrum and backhaul issues dominate day two
How to best utilize high band spectrum, and the associated backhaul challenges that will accompany massive densification took center stage
As the final keynotes of...
Test and Measurement: NI puts up a record quarter
With first quarter results starting to come in, National Instruments had a record quarter and reported its highest-ever first quarter revenues of $312 million....
Best in show: the smartest smart factory demos at Hannover Messe 2018
Hannover Messe is the biggest industrial fair on the planet; this year's smart factory set-ups were its most exciting yet - exhibiting high speeds,...
Fine watches, craft beer and the psychology of Industry 5.0
Industry 5.0? Really? Most industries are only just getting to grips with the idea of connected factories and automated processes, as described by the...
ICT firms, manufacturing companies launch 5G alliance for connected industry
New alliance, dubbed 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation" (5G-ACIA), aims to promote adoption of 5G in industrial production
A number of representatives of the...
Nokia’s Q1 revenues decline but the firm sees revamp in sales due to 5G
Nokia’s CEO Rajeev Suri said the vendor expects sales to be boosted by deals for large-scale 5G deployments in the U.S
Finnish vendor Nokia experienced...
AT&T: ‘More excited’ about FirstNet, fiber than 5G fixed wireless
As AT&T reported its quarterly earnings, CFO John Stephens expressed some reservations about the clarity of the business case for 5G fixed wireless access,...
China Tower inks deals with power firms to share infrastructure
China Tower currently owns and operates a total of 2.5 million telecom towers across the Asian nation
Chinese state-run telecom tower company China Tower Corp...
Get your 5G New Radio poster and accelerate your innovation
Designing for 5G New Radio (NR) means dealing with new technologies, as they’re being defined. It's easy to get lost in the buzz words...
Analyst Angle: Wireless runs afoul of the justice department
It comes as no surprise that Apple, Amazon, Google, Intel and many other Internet and IT industry product and service suppliers want to carry...
Nokia AirFrame edge computing meets open source
Nokia announces its AirFrame Open Edge computing server blade.
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Nokia revealed its building block for edge deployments and small data centers at the...