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The massive proliferation of PropTech startups seeking coveted investment dollars from a growing number of venture capital firms and other investors is making it difficult to separate the signal from the noise. The state of the industry In the last …

  Many buildings have poor cellular coverage or dead zones indoors, which is an issue for occupants considering that 80% of calls are made indoors. There are many factors that inhibit cellular signals, such as the size and construction of …

The carrier said it already operates 1.6 million IoT connections in New Zealand Vodafone New Zealand has launched its NB-IoT and LTE-M networks in the country, which will allow users to have access to a new range of IoT applications, …

The two carriers secured spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band in a spectrum auction held in August Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) confirmed that local carriers AT&T and Movistar have been formally awarded the concessions they had obtained in the …

Spark said it was planning to use equipment from the Chinese vendor in its 5G Radio Access Network New Zealand carrier Spark confirmed the local government would not allow the company to deploy 5G gear manufactured by Chinese vendor Huawei …

The sense to design and build a custom system-on-chip (SoC) is plain, we understand from an earlier companion piece. As we also understand, from the first part of this post, the process of IoT chip design is logical, much like …

Millimeter wave devices Back in July, Qualcomm successfully miniaturized its QTM052 millimeter wave antenna module to a point where multiple modules can fit into a smartphone form factor. In October the San Diego-based company announced it has further reduced the …

In a flurry of activity, the makers of modules, chips and embedded systems have announced a number of product and service initiatives to extend, simplify and secure industrial IoT systems; u-blox, Analog Devices, Altair Semiconductor, and Eurotech appear. IoT maker …

Siemens has bundled a number of edge devices running artificial intelligence (AI) applications into its digital enterprise portfolio, and bolstered its partner activity and support around its MindSphere platform alongside. Siemens has booked out an entire hall at the SPS …

The new network is different than the old network. And the way it’s managed is different, too. Until now, management has been on a device-by-device basis, but volume and complexity have made that method unsustainable. Automation and orchestration drive network …

As revenue per bit falls and demand rises, mobile network operators (MNOs) are looking for ways to increase network capacity and reduce cost.  Trends for accomplishing this include densification, e.g., small cells, cloudification for resource “elasticity”, and centralization of the …

The internet of things is hitting its stride and will shift from mere connections to “tangible value and monetization,” according to Cisco’s newly released Visual Networking Index forecast through 2022. While Cisco expects the internet to reach 4.8 billion human …

Discussing the best practices for optimizing 5G NR network deployments. As we march towards the first commercial 5G NR launches with smartphones in the first half of 2019, the entire mobile ecosystem is working together to address the challenges and …

Chicago-based commercial real estate firm, Zeller Realty Group (ZRG), is masterfully transforming the value in the Midwest commercial office marketplace by leveraging connectivity and proptech solutions to create amenity-based tenant communities. We caught up with commercial real estate industry veteran …

ABI Research projects 1 billion Wi-Fi 6 chipsets to be shipped annually in 2022 Although 5G is the leading the current telecoms hype cycle, it’s important to remember that Wi-Fi continues to be advanced in parallel with the latest iteration, …

The platooning trial included two trucks and was carried out in Quebec FPInnovations’ transportation division, PIT Group, along with Transport Canada, Auburn University and Minimax Express Transportation recently collaborated to perform what it claimed to be Canada’s truck platooning trial. …

Expect non-standalone 5G NR networks in 2019, standalone potentially in 2020 The latest Ericsson Mobility Report projects 5G will achieve global scale more quickly than previous generations of cellular, reaching 1.5 billion subscribers by 2024 and covering 40% of the …

The 5G-based service will deliver a maximum download speed of 2 Gbps, Huawei said Chinese vendor Huawei and U.K. carrier Three showcased a 5G home broadband demonstration using Three’s 100 megahertz of C-Band spectrum last week at the vendor’s Global …

The trial used Nokia’s AirScale Radio Access technology with 5G New Radio 3GPP-compliant software Singaporean carrier StarHub and Nokia have completed what they described as  the first outdoor pilot of 5G New Radio on 3.5 GHz frequency band in Singapore. …

The GSMA said current terms include unrealistic conditions for existing operators German telecom regulator Bundesnetzagentur has approved the final conditions and auction rules for the 5G spectrum auction scheduled for next year. With this approval, the regulator said that the …

Partnering in U.K. for in-building small cells Huawei jointly announced the launch of an in-building 5G system, dubbed a Digital Indoor System (DIS), to provide indoor cellular coverage at Istanbul?s new airport, and is partnering in the U.K. with neutral …

The number of cellular IoT connections, comprising NB-IoT and LTE-M technologies, will reach 4.1 billion in 2024. As reference, the new forecast reckons the number of cellular IoT connections, mostly of machines, will outrun the total number of 5G connections, …

5G will cover 40% of the population in six years The latest Ericsson Mobility Report projects 5G will achieve global scale more quickly than previous generations of cellular, reaching 1.5 billion subscribers by 2024 and covering 40% of the world’s …

The wisdom of bespoke chip design for IoT products is plain, and already discussed in some detail. UK based Arm says a custom chip will produce a higher-grade product, with optimised performance, and save money in the end. Fine. But …

Amid a recent flurry of announcements around LoRa technology and the LoRaWAN protocol, US IoT company finds itself helping out with smart city solutions in the Persian Gulf, microcontroller maker Microchip has integrated with Actility’s ThingPark network to accelerate IoT …