Monthly Archives: November, 2019
TIM ‘teleports’ doc to major 5G op – in front of 30,000 consultants
A doctor in Rome has performed “major surgery” on a patient in an operating theatre in the city of Terni, 100 kilometres away, using...
Australia appoints UK firm to run drone analytics for decommissioning old mines
The Australian government is to use drones and analytics to monitor the decommissioning and revegetation of mining sites in the north of the country.
The...
‘The future bubbles up’ – IIC on the principles and practicalities of industrial IoT
Stephen Mellor picks up where he left off, and where we left him: the challenge with industrial IoT to gain widespread adoption is as...
Big Apple seeks big data analytics chief, to take charge of algorithms
Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City, has issued an executive order to hire a new ‘algorithms management and policy officer’ to...
Telefónica puts new €2bn digital-change unit at heart of five-step reinvention plan
Telefónica has revealed a five-point reinvention plan to set it for “the next 100 years”. The strategy leans heavily into the digital transformation of...
Stealth CEO: 2020 will bring spotty 5G coverage, more data usage and heartbreak
In 2020, 5G will simply resemble Wi-Fi coverage
As 2019 comes to a close, Shrihari Pandit, Stealth Communications CEO, discussed with RCR Wireless News what...
OpenSignal: Mobile video experience has improved globally, but US lags
Network download speeds don't necessarily reflect a good mobile video experience, OpenSignal finds
The mobile video user experience is improving around the world, but the...
Nippon Gas to upgrade 850,000 gas meters with smart capabilities
Japanese utility firm Nippon Gas (NICIGAS) announced plans to upgrade 850,000 gas meters with smart capabilities in 2020 using a retrofitted gas meter reader...
‘You need a villain in the piece’ – private LTE threat to carriers is overplayed, says Nokia
Will carriers be ousted, or forced to cede ground, in the enterprise market with the rise of private networking and the liberalisation of spectrum...
Qualcomm, Siemens set up 5G SA private SA network for industrial apps
Qualcomm
Technologies and Siemens have setup a joint proof-of-concept project at the
Siemens Automotive Test Center in Nuremberg, Germany, demonstrating what it
claims to be the first...
VoltServer raises $7.4 million funding to power entire buildings
VoltServer specializes in "digital electricity"
U.S. firm VoltServer, the inventor of a new form of power called Digital Electricity, announced that it has raised a...
Ericsson to invest $240 million in 5G assembly line in Brazil: Report
Facility will produce 5G equipment for LatAm market
Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson announced plans to invest 1 billion reais ($238.3 million) to install a...
Introducing the 5G core network functions (Reader Forum)
In the evolution of next generation mobile architectures, much of the focus is understandably on 5G New Radio – primarily, how much faster it...
6G preview: RF front-end is key to unlocking 1 Tbps wireless service (Reader Forum)
Everything about 6G networking is still up in the air, but a new whitepaper – the first of many to come – is the...
Synchronoss’ Lurie talks RCS and the goal of a single-app experience
Rich Communications Services are set to ramp up, and RCS may represent a chance for network operators to revamp their messaging services in the...
“I’d call ‘bull’ if Silicon Valley was making these claims” – BehrTech on MIOTY and TS-UNB
Made in Germany, commercialised in Canada, sold everywhere on the planet: that's the recipe to make low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking, the backbone connectivity technology...
Cisco: Cloud gaming is a ‘killer use case’ for 5G
2021 will see a 57% compound annual growth rate for gaming traffic on the Internet, according to Cisco report
From Cisco’s point of view, developing...
Sony Electronics upgrades smart agriculture solution to include AI
Sony Electronics announced a software update for its smart agriculture solution aimed at providing agricultural customers with new AI-based imaging capabilities, Sony said in a release.
These
new...
Mobilitie to deploy campus-wide wireless network for Nova Southeastern University
Mobilitie 5G network will support up to 20,000 users
U.S. company Mobilitie, a privately-held wireless infrastructure provider, announced that it will be bringing next-generation mobile...
India’s Tech Mahindra to set up 5G/6G innovation lab in Finland
6G a focus of study at Finland's University of Oulu
Indian firm Tech Mahindra, a provider of digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering services and...
Intel, MediaTek to make a 5G chip for PCs
PC makers have been experimenting with turning computers into something more like phones
On Monday, Intel and MediaTek announced they are partnering to create 5G...
France not planning to exclude Huawei from 5G contracts: Report
The French government is not planning to exclude Chinese vendor Huawei from its 5G networks, Reuters reported, citing a high-ranking official.
“We do not target...
Public-private collaboration can play a major role in 5G success (Reader Forum)
In many ways, government agencies and communications technology companies live in two different worlds. Occasionally, however, those worlds collide. When they do, amazing things...
Ahead of large-scale deployment, Verizon trials dynamic spectrum sharing
Ericsson is only major infrastructure vendor with a dynamic spectrum sharing product available
Ericsson, Qualcomm and Verizon successfully tested dynamic spectrum sharing in over-the-air...
Nokia puts focus on healthcare, transport and security in Polish smart city deal
Nokia has struck a deal with the Polish city of Wroclaw to deliver new smart city services across healthcare, transport, education, security and local...