2018

  ZTE’s Common Core is already helping mobile operators globally to evolve from existing networks to target 5G networks, Jason Tu, principle scientist of NFV/SDN products for ZTE, told RCR Wireless News. Commenting on the main features of ZTE Common …

Prevas will provide IoT services to companies within the automotive, defense, energy, healthcare, and engineering industries   AT&T has signed an agreement with Swedish IT and engineering company Prevas for the development of internet of things offerings and connected services …

Siemens has unveiled a new drone-mounted multi-sensor system running artificial intelligence and machine learning for overhead power-line inspections. Combining a number of sensors and cameras, the new system enables power utilities to run checks on power lines with high-performance cameras …

  The company also sees opportunities in the 4G/LTE segment in Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific NetScout Systems expects to see increasing business opportunities from 5G in the next fiscal year, the company’s President and CEO Anil Singhal said during …

Key 5G spectrum decisions need to be made ahead of WRC-19 Operators and regulators need to work more closely through the process of allocating 5G spectrum, otherwise some countries could be left behind as commercial 5G networks go live throughout …

Rohde & Schwarz achieves record annual revenues of 2.04 billion Euros Test company Rohde & Schwarz surpassed the two billion euro ($2.33 billion) mark for revenue for the first time in its most recent fiscal year (July 2017-June 2018), reflecting growth …

  5G has arrived. One consequence will be the largest volume of millimeter-wave (mmW) ICs ever produced! A radical use case evolution is happening to make ubiquitous 5G possible by harnessing mmW spectrum to increase data speeds by orders of …

Doing away with spoofing is “top consumer priority” for FCC After receiving an earful from the attorneys general of 35 states last month, U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, in a letter to 13 carriers, asking for an update …

Nokia, DT and the Port of Hamburg prove out industrial 5G applications Back in January, Nokia and Deutsche Telekom started a project at the Port of Hamburg to test out 5G and internet of things applications in a real world, …

The problem with smart cities is no one wants to buy them. Because no one knows how to sell them. The technology is proven, but the commercial models are only just emerging. This report discusses how tech vendors have developed …

Power consumption key concern for millimeter wave Going into 2019, there’s significant momentum around 5G at millimeter wave frequencies. In the U.S. Verizon and AT&T are launching initial 5G services using the high-band frequencies and regulators are set to auction …

One of the areas of focus for CableLabs, the cable industry’s research and development group, is in how to improve the security of internet of things devices — both those that are already in users’ homes, and those that will …

The problem with smart cities is no one wants to buy them. Because no one knows how to sell them. The technology is proven, but the commercial models are only just emerging. This webinar discusses how tech vendors have developed …

Sprint/T-Mobile US merger could open up US to Chinese “ecosystem,” according to former House Intelligence Committee chairman As federal regulator review the proposed mega-merger between carriers Sprint and T-Mobile US, criticism has largely come in the form of concerns about …

NI’s annual Trendwatch report identifies three megatrends in test: Emergence of 5G, increased IoT complexity and autonomous vehicle development Three mega trends driving automated test and measurement include the emergence of 5G, increasing complexity in internet of things devices and …

  A total of 15 Asian carriers have already joined the DoCoMo Asia IoT Program   Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has launched an IoT initiative with the main aim of promoting collaboration among IoT providers in Asia. The initiative, dubbed …

New Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg based re-org on customer segment After reportedly considering a reorganization plan and speaking with internal executives for several months, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg has re-aligned the carrier into three business groups based on the type …

Last week Siyata Mobile said Bell Mobility is now offering the Uniden UV350 push-to-talk device in Canada. Siyata has been testing their devices and software for a while on the Bell Mobility network, so winning this approval is important. So, …

  Boingo said it currently has 73 DAS venues and 11,200 DAS nodes in backlog Revenue from the distributed antenna system (DAS) segment accounted for 38% of Boingo Wireless’ overall revenue in the third quarter of the year, slightly down …

  The Spanish government had already awarded frequencies in the 3.6 GHz-3.9 GHz range last year   Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed that the government plans to auction spectrum in the 700 MHz band in the first quarter of …

MIPIM and MetaProp NYC have partnered to organize the MIPIM PropTech NYC conference, a premier real estate technology event, which will take place amid New York real estate tech week on November 6. With more than 100 delegates joining from …

Michigan State University said this week that it is turning its campus into a “connected ecosystem,” with the aim of supporting connected and autonomous vehicle development and better understanding the human element of mobile technology. The 5,200-acre East Lansing campus …

  Vodafone Germany also announced that Deutsche Bahn and automobile firms e.GO, Audi and Continental have become its first 5G partners Vodafone Germany has announced the activation of its first 5G mast in the country, German press reported. The 5G …

  The company has already reached 1,800 partners in its 5G Open partner program Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo plans to launch pre-commercial 5G services in September 2019, the carrier’s president and CEO, Kazuhiro Yoshizawa, said during a conference call …