Yearly Archives: 2019

Revenue from smart street lights to hit $1.7bn by 2026, surge 31% per year

Annual revenue from smart street lights will grow at compound annual rate of 31 per cent to reach $1.7 billion in 2026, reckons ABI...

How America fell in love with slushies again – a tale of natural flavours and smart dispensers

US frozen drinks company Freezing Point, parent to slushie brand Frazil, has partnered with Norwegian engineering firm 7Sense to develop a low-cost, retrofittable cellular...

Software security flaws and human behavior are major network vulnerability points, Ixia finds

Software security flaws -- including those with available fixes that haven't been applied -- and human behavior continue to be the top sources of...

Commerce Secretary appoints new spectrum committee members; new FirstNet board member sought

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee -- better known as the CSMAC -- has a new roster of 30...

Huawei’s Q1 revenues up 39% year-on-year

Huawei posted revenues of CNY179.7 billion ($26.8 billion) in the first quarter of 2019, an increase of 39% year-on-year, the company said in a...

Signify installs connected lighting system at Toyota Stadium in Japan

Toyota Stadium also invests in LEDs to support flicker-free UHD 4K broadcast Dutch company Signify?(formerly Philips Lighting) has installed its connected lighting system?Interact Sports?at the...

Smart Dubai completes phase one of UAEPASS initiative

Smart Dubai has announced the completion of the first phase of the UAEPASS initiative — its nation-wide program for digital identity — integrating seven...

Can (will) U.S. operators learn anything from Korea’s shared 5G deployment model?

If 5G is a race the US needs to win, why not run faster? In the U.S., Verizon and AT&T have deployed 5G in...

FCC Commissioner: 5G requires 20,000 tower technicians

5G will support 22 million jobs by 2035, researchers say Brendon Carr, a commissioner on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, sees community colleges as key...

Kagan: Can T-Mobile, Sprint merger be saved?

Last week I gave an interview to Bloomberg about my thoughts on the trouble the T-Mobile, Sprint merger is suddenly having. Plus, we are...

Telensa ramps-up Urban Data Project with new tech partners, new smart cities

UK smart street-lighting firm Telensa has appointed Belfast-based digital services provider Kainos as lead partner in the ramp-up and rollout of its Urban Data...

Maya HTT teams up with OSIsoft to bring building OS to airports and hospitals

Technology that was designed for optimising data centres is being applied to power distribution in airports and hospitals. Canadian infrastructure management firm Maya Heat...

Microsoft snaps up IoT firm Express Logic to “unlock billions of new endpoints”

Microsoft has acquired embedded computing software firm Express Logic for an undisclosed fee, with an aim to “unlock access to billions of new connected...

Inside Tottenham Hotspur’s new high-tech stadium

Real Wireless beefs-up stadium cellular and Wi-Fi U.K. soccer club Tottenham Hotspur has inaugurated its new stadium in London with?free high-density Wi-Fi and mobile coverage...

NTT DoCoMo to trial IoT solution for fleet management

Japanese telecommunications operator NTT DoCoMo, together with compatriot logistics firm Itochu Logistics Corp. and their U.S. subsidiaries announced that they will trial an IoT solution for delivery-fleet...

Orange partners with French firms to test 5G technology

Manufacturing, energy and transport among 5G focuses French telecommunications group Orange is currently working with a number of compatriot businesses to develop future uses of 5G technology. The announcement...

Rogers CTO says 600 MHz spectrum will be key to launch 5G

Canadian carrier Rogers Communications said its spectrum in the 600 MHz band will allow the firm to provide 5G technology in a wide area...

Fiber, vRAN and densification: A Q&A with SOLiD

Network densification is about a lot more than beefing up macro sites and deploying new small cells. Connecting all of these radio sites and tying them...

Challenges and solutions to network densification

Given the pervasive challenges associated with network densification, particularly backhaul and site acquisition, and the emergence of 5G at millimeter wave frequencies, what can...

Tapplock launches new security solutions for enterprise segment

Canadian IoT firm Tapplock has launched a new generation of security solutions including the Tapplock one+, and its enterprise platform, Tapplock Enterprise Padlocks are often...

Houston schools to pilot IoT-enabled building safety platform

Two schools in Houston will pilot an internet of things (IoT)-enabled platform called ActiveShield to improve public safety. The IoT safe-spaces technology created by Insight...

CEO says Ericsson targeting 5G contracts in China

Ericsson aims to obtain a share of 5G contracts in the Chinese market once local carriers start to deploy the technology, the company’s president...

T-Mobile US CEO denies report merger with Sprint is ‘unlikely’

On April 16, the Wall Street Journal, citing "people familiar with the matter," said U.S. Department of Justice officials are "unlikely" to approve a...

FCC chairman opposes China Mobile plan to enter the US market

U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said that he opposes a bid from Chinese carrier China Mobile to provide telecommunications services in the...

Private LTE set to step out into the spotlight (Reader Forum)

With the increasingly global adoption of LTE/4G technology, greater opportunities for private LTE networks are emerging. According to ABI Research, by 2025 those sectors...
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