Monthly Archives: May, 2019
Q&A with Qorvo: What’s going on in 5G semiconductor development?
Chipset makers, network infrastructure companies, device OEMs and test and measurement companies have been heavily involved in the research and development process and the...
OpenSignal: US ranks 5th globally in LTE availability, but 30th in download speeds
LTE continues to gain ubiquity around the world, even in developing markets -- but the rivalry between Verizon and T-Mobile US has helped drive...
EE launches commercial 5G services in UK
U.K. operator EE has officially launched commercial 5G services in a number of U.K. cities, the telco said in a release.
The carrier said that...
Port of Rotterdam to use smart container to collect key data globally
The port of Rotterdam, one of the largest ports in Europe, has kicked off a project in which a smart container will be traveling...
Lower in-building wireless sales negatively impact Westell?s Q4 revenues
Wireless infrastructure provider Westell Technologiessaid its quarterly revenues were negatively impacted by lower sales in the in-building wireless (IBW) segment.
In fiscal Q4, ended March...
Test and Measurement: Charter to test large enterprise CBRS network
Cable company Charter Communications plans to build a 100-node private network at its offices in Centennial, Colorado, using the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum...
The biggest opportunity for IoT is to match supply and demand – an investor’s view, from Finistere
Manufacturing has come full circle, from craft production in the first industrial age, through mass production in the global age, and a new compulsion...
Manufacturers make use of less than 5% of operational data, report claims
Less than five per cent of data generated by manufacturing plants is used to bring insights and improve operations, according to a study by...
Sprint lights up 5G
Sprint has officially launched its commercial 5G service in four markets, with 5G availabile in the Kansas City, Missouri area as well Atlanta, Georgia...
NXP to pay $1.76 billion for Marvell’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth unit
NXP is buying Marvell's Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other wireless connectivity business assets for $1.76 billion, in a move that NXP says will boost its...
Telefonica partners with Schindler to provide IoT connectivity for escalators
Telefónica and Schindler
announced a global partnership under which the Spanish telco will be the IoT
and network connectivity partner for Schindler’s digital offering for smart...
Huawei challenges constitutionality of US National Defense Authorization Act
Chinese vendor Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgment in a U.S. court, as part of the process to challenge the constitutionality of...
Case study: Zinwave provides in-building wireless tech for hotel in Northern Mariana Islands
The Imperial Pacific Resort Hotel is a luxury resort located in Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth in the Western Pacific...
MediaTek targets early 2020 for sub-6 GHz 5G SoC
Multimode 5G SoC debuts at Computex in Taiwan
While MediaTek is perhaps better known for supplying chips for smart devices like speakers and lower-priced smartphones....
As IEEE enters U.S/Huawei fray, Chinese editorial board member resigns
IEEE prohibits Huawei personnel from peer-review process
The multi-faceted battle between various U.S. government offices and Chinese technology company Huawei, largely a proxy for a...
CBRS PAL spectrum–Will it be cheap enough (Analyst Angle)
I attended the Connectivity Expo event earlier this month for the first time. It was an informative gathering of infrastructure players that make up...
#TBT: Cheap beeps vs. ‘paging on steroids’; Western Wireless’ IPO; ‘cyber doors,’ and other e-commerce artifacts … this week in 1996
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...
Telia Sweden builds 5G network at uni grounds to test industrial IoT and AI
Swedish operator Telia is to build a university-based 5G network for research and testing of industrial uses of high-bandwidth low-latency cellular connectivity.
The 5G network...
Smart farming Q&A: “Farmers are in-the-know about their assets”, says ABI Research
Two million farms and 36 million cattle will be connected to the internet by low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks, and other technologies, by 2024. This...
Amazon, Comcast, NXP, Schneider develop Zigbee interoperability updates
The Zigbee Alliance is coordinating efforts from the likes of Amazon, Comcast, Landis+Gyr, NXP, Osram and Schneider Electric to make smart home and IoT...
Ericsson inks deal with Vietnam to boost Industry 4.0 adoption
The government of Vietnam has signed an agreement with Ericsson through which the latter will help accelerate the adoption of Industry 4.0 in...
Microsoft joins alliance to standardize intelligent building solutions for the IoT
EnOcean Alliance said that its program to digitalize building spaces and the internet of things has been significantly expanded and strengthened, with the addition...
SoftBank selects Ericsson, Nokia for 5G deployment in Japan
Japanese operator SoftBank has selected Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia for the deployment of a 5G network in Japan, the vendors said in separate...
FCC wraps up 24 GHz auction, looks ahead to auctioning more mmWave spectrum in December
The Federal Communications Commission has officially wrapped up its first two millimeter wave spectrum auctions of the year, raising more than $2.7 billion in...
How China is taking a national approach to 5G deployment
Huawei claims 40 5G contracts, 70,000 base stations shipped
In the U.S., where federal lawmakers like to characterize 5G as a race America has to...