Yearly Archives: 2018

As FCC faces many open issues, Trump nominates new commissioner

Geoffrey Starks tapped to replace Mignon Clyburn on FCC A Senate-led pushback on the repeal of net neutrality, a rapidly shifting relationship between service providers...

ZTE could pay up to $1.7 billion to the US government to resume business

  Trump administration also wants unrestricted site visits to ZTE’s plants in order to lift a seven-year export ban Chinese vendor ZTE will have to pay...

American Tower completes acquisition of nearly 9,000 telecom towers in India

  American Tower currently operates around 68,000 towers in the Indian market American Tower (ATC) has expanded its footprint in India through the completion of the...

Honeywell launches smart building technology for airports

Honeywell?s new software suite allows the smart integration of air and ground traffic control with maintenance operations Honeywell has launched a new smart airport technology...

AT&T CEO: Sprint/T-Mo have a ‘tough hill to climb’ on merger

AT&T fighting DoJ over Time Warner acquisition Executives from Sprint and T-Mobile US have been hitting the Hill hard seeking to gain consensus for a...

What is next for 5G after completing the first 3GPP standard?

  Last December, the entire mobile industry reached a significant milestone for 5G. The 5G NR Release-15 Non-Standalone (NSA) specifications were completed at the 3GPP...

What is OPC UA TSN, and how does it work? (The long read, with Cisco and SAP)

The emergence of the OPC UA TSN communications stack, backed by a loose-knit consortium of automation specialists, is a key part of the developing...

Industrial robotics focus of new Nvidia AI platform

Autonomous machines will use AI to transform manufacturing, logistics, agriculture and other verticals At the ongoing Computex event in Taipei, Taiwan, Nvidia announced a new...

How airports, like miniature smart cities, offer multi-sided IoT use cases

For technologists, airports in general, and the planet?s busiest ones in particular, are like smart cities in microcosm. They encapsulate a head-spinning array of...

Canadian firm launches LoRaWAN wireless solutions for smart city, enterprise IoT apps

Eleven-x said the new solutions allow existing sensors to provide real-time data collection and monitoring   Eleven-x, a Canadian firm operating a nationwide public low-power network,...

South Korean carriers to submit offers for 5G spectrum next week

  South Korea’s government aims to award spectrum in both 3.5GHz and 28GHz bands South Korean mobile operators have until next week in order to apply...

What is C-V2X?

C-V2X links vehicles to pedestrians, infrastructure, the network and other vehicles As trials pick up and automakers partner with telecom ecosystem stakeholders to advance vehicle...

T-Mobile US-Sprint merger will accelerate 5G services uptake, study says

  The study highlighted the new entity's stronger national position and spectrum advantage The adoption of 5G technology in the United States will experience an acceleration...

Test and Measurement: Keysight reports record revenues

Keysight Technologies saw its revenues grow 31% year-over-year to $990 million, up from $753 million during the same period last year. Keysight President and...

Is 5G a race? Consumer vs. industrial focus guides carrier plans

5G has three primary use cases associated with it—enhanced mobile broadband, massive internet of things connectivity and ultra-reliable, low-latency communications for mission critical services....

SoftBank pumping billions into transportation with GM, ride-share investments

SoftBank vision fund putting $2.25 billion into GM's Cruise Autonomous driving is a goal that most major technology and automotive firms are working toward. Simultaneously,...

Qualcomm, Ford, Panasonic to launch C-V2X infrastructure in US

Colorado volunteers to be the C-V2X guinea pig with the goal of becoming crash-free through technology. Qualcomm Technologies, Ford Motor Company and Panasonic Corporation of...

Marcelo Claure reflects on time as CEO of Sprint

Now serves as Sprint executive chairman, SoftBank COO Last month Sprint and T-Mobile US (finally) agreed to merge to better compete against Verizon and AT&T. The combined...

AT&T’s new Flying COW drone to be all-weather disaster insurance

Able to fly in tough conditions, AT&T's all-weather Flying COW drone will help first responders, FirstNet. AT&T has designed an all-weather drone to keep its...

Emerging public safety use cases for drones

Last December, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in northern Virginia used a drone to help search for a 92-year-old hunter who had gotten stranded...

CTIA calls on FCC to take action on mid-band spectrum

CTIA asks Federal Communications Commission to take action in July on finalizing CBRS rules, repurposing additional mid-band spectrum CTIA is calling on the Federal Communications...

Verizon’s largest authorized retailer gets bigger

Round Room picks up Wireless Advantage stores across the southeast Verizon authorized retailer Round Room has agreed to acquire competitor Wireless Advantage, boosting its footprint...

How is embedded design shaping the IoT?

Embedded processors have become smaller, more powerful and less expensive and are now shaping the development of the Internet of Things. Specifically, new IoT...

ExteNet Systems aims to expand footprint in New York, New Jersey via new acquisition

  ExteNet aims to complete the acquisition of Hudson Fiber Network during the second half of 2018 ExteNet Systems, a developer and operator of distributed networks,...

NEC, NTT DoCoMo carry out 5G trial with multiple base stations in Japan

  The two Japanese firms said they achieved 5.5 Gbps wireless communication in eight mobile stations in Kawasaki City Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo and compatriot firm...
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