2018

While smart building technologies aimed at increasing occupant comfort and energy savings have dominated the rhetoric in the commercial office and industrial sectors, nowhere else can these technologies have a more significant impact than in the healthcare industry where optimizing …

While connectivity and automation have led to a tremendous opportunity in the smart building sector promising significant efficiency, safety and comfort to building owners and occupants, these systems are also increasingly becoming targets for hackers and cyber attacks, and building …

The global market for smart city platforms will reach $755 million by 2027, according to new research, and enable cities to deliver services to their citizens in the manner of internet giants like Uber, Airbnb, Amazon, Google, and Facebook. Smart …

Spirent says operators in the U.S. and Mexico are accelerating network automation Spirent Communications says it is supporting an accelerated expansion of network automation by multiple, unnamed “top North American mobile operators” in the U.S. and Mexico. Spirent said that …

Dutch firm Sensoterra has developed a LoRa-based smart agriculture system for use in commercial farms to manage water usage. Sensoterra says farmers, notably potato and almond farmers, can reduce water usage by 30 per cent. Sensoterra provides low-cost wireless probes, …

T-Mobile US gets a win with support for 600 MHz; new iPhones also support AT&T-FirstNet’s Band 14 Apple’s release of its latest iPhone models — the Xs, Xs Max and Xr — immediately drew attention to which network features and …

  KT announced plans to invest $20.4 billion in 5G and other technologies within the next five years Korean carrier KT has opened a 5G lab to promote industrial collaborations in the 5G field with local and global business partners. …

The GSMA report forecasts North American 5G connections to account for 49% of global connections in 2025 Almost half of all mobile connections in North America are forecast to be running on 5G networks by 2025, according to a new …

Nokia president of North America calls for siting reform, ‘smaller small cells’ LOS ANGELES–A fragmented approach to spectrum availability, coupled with rigid albeit changing siting regulations for wireless infrastructure, are impediments to the deployment of 5G in the U.S., according …

While REITs have underperformed for most of 2018 due to rising interest rates and investments moving to tech industry markets, their stock prices have been boosted by an increasing demand for data centers. The US S&P 500 REIT Index has …

If you design IoT medical devices, you care about coexistence testing. EMI testing is essential, but it doesn’t guarantee your device will operate in the presence of competing signals. Watch Keysight’s webinar to learn how coexistence testing can make the …

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 sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy …

A trio of diminutive multi-band low-power wide-area (LPWA) antennas has been announced at MWC Americas, promising further miniaturisation of IoT devices, alongside international roaming for applications like asset tracking. A new range of antennas from Irish antenna company Taoglas, suitable …

Capable of far greater speed and reliability, 5G, which is set to go live in the next few years, promises ubiquitous and uninterrupted connectivity. Once implemented, 5G will effect sweeping changes across all industries including Banking and Financial Services (BFS). …

AT&T will make IoT modules with integrated SIMs available on its LTE-M network in the first half of 2019. The carrier is working with German internet-of-things (IoT) module manufacturer Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) to integrate a next-generation SIM into a chipset by …

The most advanced factories in the world are in Europe and Asia, according to a new review of smart manufacturing by the World Economic Forum. Just one of the top factories is in the US. However, German and the US …

US carrier AT&T is in talks with the city of Los Angeles about a public-private partnership to deploy small cells, 5G connectivity, and internet-of-things technologies in order to enhance civic operations. AT&T said the deal will make the city “one …

FCC task force says it needs more time to review new modeling information The Federal Communications Commission has paused the 180-day shot clock for its review of the proposed merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint, citing new information still coming …

Verizon 5G Home service starts Oct. 1 Verizon detailed its “Verizon 5G Home” fixed wireless access service this week at Mobile World Congress Americas, and will begin offering residential broadband plans on Oct. 1 in four markets–Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles …

The United Nations predicts that the world will only have 60% of the drinking water it needs by 2030. If so, then water optimization might trump all IoT use cases. As part of its Mobile World Congress Americas messaging campaigns, …

Verizon 5G Home to start service Oct. 1 Verizon is laying claim to the first commercial launch of a 5G-based residential wireless broadband service, opening orders tomorrow for customers in select markets for its Verizon 5G Home service and aiming …

The JV with Alibaba Cloud’s IoT unit will allow the US firm to offers IoT solutions for Chinese companies   U.S. firm myDevices has partnered with the IoT business unit of Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Chinese e-commerce …

The telco is also using 3G spectrum to boost 4G signals at 500 sites across the country U.K. mobile operator EE, owned by BT Group, announced plans to launch commercial 5G services in 2019. The carrier also said it will …

FCC pauses shot clock related to Sprint, T-Mobile US merger In a week of 5G-related world firsts, T-Mobile US got into the mix by announcing completion of the “world’s largest” virtualized evolved packet core. Cisco provided SDN tools for the …