Monthly Archives: December, 2018
Kagan: Is market getting excited to see T-Mobile US wireless pay TV?
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...
AI in the arms race, the arrival of 5G, and the future of digital identity (Reader Forum)
A lot can happen in a year, especially in a telecoms year. The industry has seen consolidation, disruption and innovation, all at a dizzying...
2019 wireless test trends: The year of enabling 5G (Reader Forum)
5G: Are we there yet?
In 2019, hype meets reality for 5G devices and services. Â After several years of discussions on use cases and exotic...
Aiming to disrupt building construction, Autodesk invests $1.15 billion in two startups
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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...
How to use big data to improve NOI in commercial office buildings
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While mining big data in stored information for business intelligence is not a new idea it offers a new way for building owners and...
Network transformation in the digital age (Reader Forum)
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...
FCC takes bold steps to win the race to 5G (Reader Forum)
A bit of background
The deployment of the new 5G network presents a unique challenge to our regulatory system. Â Far from the 100-foot lattice towers...
What’s next for the wireless industry? Technology predictions for 2019 (Reader Forum)
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...
Kagan: Expect 5G wireless pay TV to begin in 2019
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...
Test and Measurement: Rohde & Schwarz, iBwave and Anokiwave demo indoor 5G
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...
FirstNet, 5G drive AT&T investment in macro towers
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...
South Korea develops plans to create smart factories using 5G
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...
Nokia, Telefonica launch 5G innovation cluster in Berlin
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...
German software giants cooperate to launch open smart city platform
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...
Qualcomm vs. Apple continues with injunctions against iPhone-maker in Germany and China
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...
Fob replication, software patching and the future of connected car security (Reader Forum)
Connectivity is a key aspect of daily lives for many of us and this is increasingly true of our vehicles as well. This is...
How evolution to 5G will impact commercial office buildings
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While 5G, the next evolution of cellular technology, will first impact consumers, it is poised the dramatically change the way we work and significantly...
PropTech startup deploys facial recognition for keyless entry
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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...
Automating the network—let’s go! (Reader Forum)
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,...
Logistics firm G7 claims record $320m IoT funding round, headed by TEV, Tencent
Chinese internet of things (IoT) company G7 Networks has completed a $320 million funding round, with investments from Total Energy Ventures (TEV) International, Tencent,...
Auction 101 tiptoes along
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...
UK regulator to approve Three’s plans to merge spectrum for 5G
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...
Chinese steel firm re-boots indoor stockyard with Siemens automation, analytics tools
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...
Huawei confirms invite to take part in India’s 5G trials
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...
CBRS Alliance and ATIS partner to drive OnGo commercialization
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...