Monthly Archives: August, 2020
Cradlepoint report explores confidence, excitement around wireless WAN enterprise adoption
According to Cradlepoint, bandwidth needs are on the rise across a number of industries
Cradlepoint released its latest iteration of its annual State of Wireless...
Kagan: Influencer marketing coming back
There seems to be something very interesting going on in the world of influencers. As a wireless analyst for the last 35 years, I...
China Broadcasting Network gets funding injection for 5G rollout
China Broadcasting Network Corp (CBN), a cable TV operator and a new entrant in China's telecom sector, has received investments of more than CNY100...
Editorial Report: Getting to standalone 5G
Standalone 5G represents a new era of data capacity, localized compute and bespoke services. But building a completely new network while maintaining focus on...
Telefónica set for shopping spree after purchase of cybersecurity firm Govertis
Telefónica has purchased Valencia-based cybersecurity firm Govertis for an undisclosed fee, as part of a concerted buying spree. The company will be integrated into...
Connecting the unconnected–what are we waiting for? (Reader Forum)
COVID-19 has caused a seismic shift in demand for internet capacity with millions of students suddenly shifting to various levels of remote learning –...
Chinese telcos deploy over 32,000 5G base stations in Sichuan
Chinese mobile operators had deployed a total of 32,681 5G base stations in Sichuan Province by July, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing an...
Extended-range 5G data call shows mmWave’s suitability for FWA
The 5G data call achieved a 'farthest-ever connection' of 3.8 kilometers
Qualcomm Technologies, Casa Systems and Ericsson have completed an extended-range 5G New Radio data...
Pactera, Eutech target APAC smart building sector with new partnership
Global IT company Pactera and software company Eutech have announced a partnership to bring smart building and workplace design solutions to clients in the...
Five ways first responders are using mobile broadband
Public safety users “have had a hunger for data for a very long time, all the way back to our 1G and 2G days,”...
The Sunday Brief: Nationalism, spectrum, and presidential preference–telecom policy under Trump
Hi again from Davidson, where the dog days of summer are continuing. Pictured is our pooch, Abby, stealing some relief from our neighbor’s sprinkler...
Aveva to buy OSIsoft for $5bn to service ‘largest digital-change projects in history’
UK based software company Aveva, majority owned by France based automation specialist Schneider Electric, has struck a deal to acquire US data management outfit...
T-Mobile US moves to buy Shentel’s wireless assets
T-Mobile US wants to buy Shenandoah Telecommunication's wireless operations, exercising a Sprint affiliate contract option that dates back to 1999 -- but price is...
5G could have a $1.2 tn economic impact in Brazil by 2035: Nokia
The future deployment of 5G technology in Brazil could have a $1.216 trillion economic impact and an increase in productivity of $3.08 trillion, according...
Aruba bolsters its Edge Services Platform for smart buildings
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, announced enhancements to?its Aruba Edge Services Platform (ESP) that unifies IoT, IT, and Operational Technology (OT) networks to...
Vodafone UK turns on OpenRAN 4G site with support from Mavenir
The OpenRAN 4G site will extend mobile services to rural communities
Vodafone UK has switched on an OpenRAN 4G site around the Royal Welsh Showground...
Global smartphone market forecast to decline 9.5%, 5G remains priority
IDC predicts that the global smartphone market will fully recover by 2022
According to International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the global...
Qualcomm, Ericsson complete 5G SA carrier aggregation tests
Qualcomm Technologies and Ericsson said they have completed interoperability tests for 5G standalone (SA) carrier aggregation across both FDD/TDD and TDD/TDD bands.
The partners explained...
Test and Measurement: People choose smartphones over booze, GWS survey finds
If you could only keep one product or service while staying at home during a pandemic, what would it be?
For most American consumers (45%),...
Edzcom and Signify team up on private Li-Fi and 5G combo for industry
Finnish private networking and edge computing specialist Edzcom has signed a deal with Netherlands-based lighting company Signify to offer Li-Fi based solutions combining two-way...
Energy sector urged to get behind LTE – first with carriers, then with licences
The energy industry should consider the LTE family of cellular technologies, including NB-IoT, LTE-M, and 4G and 5G, to spur their longer-term Industry 4.0...
IWCE Virtual: PSSA calls for 4.9 GHz to be added to FirstNet’s spectrum
A new advocacy group is calling for additional spectrum to be assigned to the FirstNet Authority for exclusive use public safety, saying that the...
Opensignal benchmarks global 5G experience, finds US lagging behind
Users in four countries are connected to 5G more than 20% of the time
A recent report released by Opensignal examined the “real-world 5G experience”...
India’s Jio targets Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia for its 5G kit: Report
Indian digital services company Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, may target West Asia, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asian regions as markets for...
Vodafone deploys 5G along Germany’s waterways
German carrier Vodafone is in the process of deploying 5G technology to provide coverage along the country’s main waterways, the telco said in a...