2018

Verizon pledges to remove restrictions when disaster strikes The Santa Clara County Fire Department, which is involved in fighting the largest wildfire in the state’s history, last week complained to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission about Verizon throttling its data …

How smart is your factory? Industry 4.0 and the digital transformation process will revolutionize the future of manufacturing. By making decisions based on the meaningful use of real-time data collection from various machines, the manufacturing process can be more efficient, …

AT&T said the trial, which was carried out in Puerto Rico, used an LTE-connected drone AT&T has carried out a trial in partnership with U.K. temperature control pharmaceutical packaging provider Softbox Systems to test the efficacy of the delivery of …

Who will work in the factory of the future? Smart manufacturing is bringing factories back to the U.S., but what kinds of jobs will those factories offer? To understand the smart factory workforce, we need to understand the networks, hardware …

The German regulator also urged existing carriers to open up network infrastructure to MVNOs Germany’s antitrust regulator called for a fourth mobile carrier to enter the domestic market when 5G licenses are auctioned in 2019, Reuters reported. The Federal Cartel …

The South African telco said it is ready to launch 5G in its home market once the government assigns spectrum in the 3.5GHz band South African telecom operator Vodacom Group has launched what it claims to be Africa’s first commercial …

Edge clouds combine radio and core functions Reduced latency is a key feature of 5G networks, and both consumers and enterprises stand to benefit. But for operators investing billions in densifying their networks and moving intelligence out to the edge, …

Nokia’s new €500 million loan from the European Investment Bank for 5G research and developnent will boost the region’s drive for industrial and economic transformation, as US and Asian markets push ahead. Nokia told Enterprise IoT Insights 5G will shift …

Autonomous operations a key application of mission critical IoT While operators are currently focused on early 5G use cases, enhanced mobile broadband and fixed wireless access, around the corner, as the technology develops, the next generation of cellular will support …

UK telecoms provider BT is to underpin the delivery of flood response mechanisms with an ‘internet of things’ (IoT) platform for the Environment Agency in England. BT has been contract by infrastructure and support services company Stobart Group, as part …

Loan to Nokia follows $300 million in financing for Ericsson The Investment Plan for Europe, also called the Juncker Plan after European Commission President Jean-Claud Juncker, is designed to jumpstart private investment in European business development by providing public funds …

Global demand for commercial office space from co-working and flexible workspace providers has grown to its highest levels in more than a decade due the agility and willingness from real estate executives to adopt technological changes in response the shifting …

5G wireless network speeds will bring us more than just fast wireless service. It will transform other industries we use as well. Let’s take a closer look at how 5G wireless will transform the pay TV industry in the very …

Keysight’s communication solutions group sees largest growth Keysight Technologies saw its revenues rise 21% year-over-year to hit a record of $1 billion for the quarter, the company reported, with the strongest growth in its Communication Solutions Group. Keysight earned $832 million …

The trial will be initially carried out by Nuro’s fleet of self-driving vehicles U.S. supermarket retailer Kroger Co. and Nuro confirmed Scottsdale, Ari., as the city for their self-driving grocery delivery pilot. Earlier this year, Kroger and Nuro announced a …

The Chinese vendor said the decision by the Australian government would impact competition and fair trade Chinese network infrastructure vendor Huawei said the decision by the Australian government to block the company from the country’s domestic 5G market is politically …

Eyeing 2020 network launches, India’s operators need 5G spectrum A high-level 5G panel in India has suggested the local government to announce a 5G spectrum allocation policy by the end of this year, Indian press reported. The panel also recommended …

Data does not always tell the truth; machines lie. Algorithmic bias means fairness and equality, the ultimate promises made by technology to re-write the rulebook, remain relative. “Data reflects the social, historical and political conditions in which it was created. …

Service providers key link between enterprises and multi-cloud opportunity: 451 Research Cloud infrastructure vendor VMWare on Aug. 23 reported a 13% year-over-year increase in Q2 revenues to $2.17 billion, which CEO Pat Gelsinger chalked up to the expanding adoption of …

With a stronghold in artificial intelligence and machine learning and an emphasis on sustainability, big tech companies like Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Apple, Google, and Amazon have become center of the digital transformation in the smart building sector. These companies pour …

Fiber backbone brings in-building capacity boost As work on the $620 million transformation of the Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC) enters?the home stretch, management certainly did not overlook one essential component – connectivity. Behind the 500 aluminum fins arranged to …

Momentum is building, fast, for smart manufacturing. Here, Enterprise IoT Insights presents five more use cases from leading industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions providers. Also, check out the major new report on the state of smart manufacturing from Enterprise IoT Insights. …

Cities vs. small cells The deployment of 5G is very much an exercise in network densification. Coming down from the macro tower, operators are deploying small cells and other integrated radio/antenna units connected to centralized baseband resources. And while regulators …

Seoul-based electronics giants LG Electronics is to showcase a “human-centric” wearable robot next week at IFA 2018 in Berlin. The wearable robot will connect into a “smart working network”, said LG, to deliver information and tools required for manufacturing, logistics …