2018

  Airtel is already working to develop industry-specific solutions for its future NB-IoT offering Indian telecommunications firm Bharti Airtel expects to launch a narrowband internet of things network in the country in the short term, local newspaper the Economic Times reported. …

Highlights cybersecurity needs of small- and medium-sized businesses AT&T this week completed its acquisition of threat intelligence specialist AlienVault, which the carrier announced back in July. With the deal done, AlienVault CEO Barmak Meftah will retain that role while taking …

  Verizon and AT&T aim to launch commercial 5G services in certain US markets before the end of this year North America seems to be leading the race to launch commercial 5G services, according to a new study by IHS …

The industrial sector is one of the last to undergo digital transformation. But the next industrial revolution will be like nothing we have seen before, worth $6.8 trillion to the global economy, more than the value of the entire consumer …

Fiber connectivity is rapidly becoming an essential component in the provision of commercial real estate tenant services and property management. Today connectivity is just as important as location, and while an optical fiber infrastructure provides the fastest and most reliable …

Is new 5G SoC a first look at Snapdragon 855? As it continues to drive device support for 5G, Qualcomm this week announced it is sampling its next-generation 5G SoC to OEMs. While the San Diego company didn’t name the …

Modern manufacturing generates a flood of data that hold the promise of significantly improving many areas, from supply chain management to sensor process variable readings and internal diagnostics to in-process quality data. But the problem is that it is just …

From the perspective of big data, the proliferation of internet-of-things (IoT) devices has dramatically changed the way businesses handle data processing. According to BI Intelligence, the velocity of IoT adoption is only set to grow faster. It estimates $70 billion …

United Technologies has bought Atlanta-based predictive analytics software company Predikto for an undisclosed fee. Predikto’s software will be deployed across its business units to drive efficiencies in its manufacturing operations and dynamism in its product design. United Technologies, based in …

What’s the NOI implication of tenant comfort? With so much focus on OPEX reduction, can the visceral benefits of building automation equate to measurable benefits for building owners? Many of us have seen the stats.? Per the U.S. Energy Information …

Intelligent building technology is poised to transform nearly every aspect of the physical workplace in the coming years. From the ability to centralize the management of myriad of industrial control systems to the ability to create optimized micro-climates through out …

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross now has seven FirstNet board seats to fill The chair and vice-chair of the First Responders Network Authority board are stepping down, two years into their three-year terms. Chair Sue Swenson and Vice-Chair Jeff Johnson …

  China Unicom is also testing 5G technology in other Chinese cities such as Nanjing, Guiyang, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Fuzhou Chinese telecom giant China Unicom’s Beijing subsidiary has launched its 5G initiative with the aim of paving the way for …

Licensing rate capped at €3 per 5G NR device Standardized telecommunications technologies are developed collaboratively, through bodies like the 3GPP, based on the input of stakeholders from the industry. As technology and standards develop in tandem, contributions from individual companies is …

  Another seven states have also greenlighted automated vehicle platooning with certain restrictions A total of 9 U.S. jurisdictions have already authorized automated vehicle platooning, according to a study by the Competitive Enterprise Institute. The states that have already given …

The next generation of cellular networks will bring a huge boost in capacity. In order to provide more capacity, mobile operators need more spectrum. To support the commercialization of 5G, telecoms regulators around the world are conducting 5G spectrum auctions. …

  Keysight’s solutions allow users to validate the protocol signaling and radio frequency performance of 5G New Radio mobile devices in a laboratory environment Keysight Technologies has extended its collaboration with Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo by providing its 5G network …

For many years, vehicles have been running on software, relying on wireless networks to function, but those networks have been local and closed. With a car operating on a local network, you can’t use your cellphone, tap into your car’s …

The high speeds and low latencies of 5G networks lend themselves to smart cities. Next generation wireless networks will be an essential weapon in the arsenals of city administrations, reckons Verizon. The US operator, which last week confirmed Indianapolis as …

Cloud-native approach necessary to deal with complexity of 5G As it continues to develop, 5G will eventually require a fully virtualized, software-controlled network in order to automate the complexity of network management and service delivery. Although we’re not there yet, …

London start-ups are being technical support to develop and scale their artificial intelligence (AI) projects. The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s centre for data science and AI, will host a series of five-day ‘hackathons’ to help UK innovators, based in …

Real estate technology or proptech is quickly becoming its own category in the startup world. Top tier investment firms Softbank and Goldman Sachs are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to invest solely in real estate tech. Real estate landlords …

The market’s response to reports of the impending sale of GE Digital combined both regret, that the company’s barnstorming run as a digital-change agent is potentially over, and a distinct lack of surprise, that its parent’s performance and culture has …

As the industry waits for the Federal Communications Commission to finalize the details of spectrum licenses for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service shared spectrum at 3.5 GHz, there are three potential ways that CBRS will be used.  The three potential …

The government aims to provide mobile coverage in a railway line connecting Leeds and Manchester The U.K government has launched a process to attract interested firms for the deployment of 5G connectivity on a local railway line. The Department for …