Yearly Archives: 2019

How will 5G, IoT and small cells support the enterprise?

As early 5G deployments begin amid expectations that the next generation of wireless technology will be enterprise-led, Small Cell Forum has been exploring the...

China urges India not to block Huawei from 5G deployments: Report

  The Chinese government told India that there could be consequences for Indian firms with operations in China if Huawei Technologies was banned from the...

European Commission updates on 5G Action Plan

"5G is progressing well in Europe," according to EC report In a report detailing 5G progress among European Union member states covering the period up...

FCC works to form task force to foster precision agriculture in the US

The Federal Communications Commission is in the process of forming a new task force to advise the commission on how to ensure farmers and...

JLL aims to foster the PropTech space in China through accelerator program

  U.S-based real estate and investment management specialist?Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), together with Swire Properties and Ping An Urban Tech, announced the launch of what...

Sprint adds a new 5G device to its line up

Sprint is committed to covering 11 million people with 5G by the end of 2019 Sprint has announced its fourth 5G device, a smartphone developed...

Verizon EVP on spectrum strategy: ‘Not all 5G is created equal’

Ronan Dunne discusses Verizon 5G coverage and capacity plans Verizon's ongoing mobile 5G network deployment, slated to hit parts of 30 cities by the end...

IIC releases AI contract tool, IIoT security guides and IIoT maturity gauge

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) is piloting a contract automation tool that uses artificial intelligence to negotiate between industrial companies, without human involvement, to arrive at contract...

US Cellular prepares for 2020 5G launch amid mixed Q2 results

US Cellular picked up millimeter wave licenses and is pressing for mid-band spectrum in ramp to 5G On the US Cellular earnings call last week,...

Taoglas buys Irish IoT and AI design company Firmwave

Antenna company Taoglas has acquired Dublin-based hardware and software developer Firmwave to bring new internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its antennas...

Netscout: IoT devices under attack within minutes of turn-up

Internet of Things devices are being targeted by cyber attacks within as little as five minutes of being powered up, and hackers are testing...

Where do the major US carriers stand in deploying 5G?

Major carriers have big 5G plans moving forward, and preliminary tests have shown that, yes, 5G is way faster All four major U.S. carriers are...

Qualcomm CEO sees 5G ‘inflection point’ coming in 2020

LTE demand weakening as operators ramp 5G investment The pace of 5G network deployments is markedly faster than with LTE. Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf expects...

Rakuten to deploy 4,000 edge servers for virtualized mobile network: Report

  Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten expects to deploy a total of 4,000 edge servers in Japan for the launch of its virtualized mobile network, the company’s chairman...

Synchronoss Technologies, Arrow Electronics launch IoT smart building solution

  Cloud and IoT specialist Synchronoss Technologies announced an agreement with Arrow Electronics to develop and bring to market a new end-to-end IoT smart building...

Volvo moves forward on road tests of automated trucks, self-driving cars

Volvo and Japanese logistics company Nippon Express expect to begin road tests of automated trucks during this month, according to a report by Nikkei Asian Review. According...

Federal agencies’ spectrum review begins

NTIA asks federal agencies to focus the first round of review on their use of 3100-3550 GHz and 7125-8400 GHz In the latest step toward...

Cisco, Nokia, Vodafone join IBM blockchain to bring order, trust to supply chain

Cisco, Lenovo, Nokia, Schneider Electric, and Vodafone have joined IBM’s new Trust Your Supplier (TYS) blockchain project to bring efficiency, order, and accountability to...

AT&T CFO on enterprise 5G opportunity, T-Mo/Sprint merger

John Stephens calls out 5G for hospitals, manufacturing AT&T currently has its millimeter wave-based 5G service, dubbed 5G+, available in 21 cities with plans for...

What’s really happening with digital transformation? (Reader Forum)

To understand what’s really happening with digital transformation across the communications industry it helps to contrast conventional wisdom, or the hype cycle, with actual...

SBA Communications credits Q2 growth to carriers building 5G

SBA Communications CEO says substantial 5G network development will continue in the U.S. The second quarter was a strong one for wireless infrastructure company, SBA...

Call for ‘kill switches’ in connected cars, as fears rise of 9/11-style cyber-attack

A coordinated cyber-attack on connected cars in the US could case thousands of deaths and cripple national infrastructure, according to a new report from...

HPE buys one-time startup wonder MapR to bolster edge-cloud AI portfolio

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has acquired the business assets of big-data firm MapR for an undisclosed fee. California based startup MapR had raised $280...

Thailand’s $3.9bn One Bangkok zone to set “new benchmarks” in smart-city living

Detail of the design of Thailand’s new real-estate mega development, One Bangkok, has been revealed for the first time. The $3.9 billion project, billed...

Vision Zero: the Swedish road safety concept driving smart city policy

The Vision Zero concept remains a favourite of smart cities and smart traffic systems, as we cover them, and a go-to policy for politicians...
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