Yearly Archives: 2020

Avnet offers NB-IoT and LTE-M with cellular-embedded IoT modules after BICS deal

US electronics distributor Avnet is selling IoT modules ready-bundled with cellular IoT connectivity following a deal with international carrier services company BICS. Avnet’s semiconductor division,...

Football trials real-time BLE-based tracking and analytics ahead of new season

Real-time Bluetooth-based sports analytics is coming to football (soccer), says Finnish duo Wisehockey and Quuppa after putting their real-time locating system (RTLS) to the...

Schneider Electric, Cisco ink smart building partnership

Schneider Electric and and Cisco have formed a technology partnership designed to help drive major advances in the smart building field. The two companies have...

Dutch government kicks off 5G spectrum auction

5G auction covers frequencies in the 700 MHz, 1400 MHz and 2100 MHz bands The Dutch government today an auction of 5G frequencies through which...

Nokia secures 5G deal with Taiwan Mobile

Nokia providing 5G RAN, core, IMS technologies to Taiwan Mobile Nokia has been selected by Taiwan Mobile as the sole supplier of its 5G network...

Ericsson joins European rail association to boost 5G mission-critical connectivity

Ericsson will utilize 5G for Future Railway Mobile Communication Systems to improve rail operation Ericsson has joined UNIFE Europe’s rail association to focus on developing...

When does open RAN stop being open?

Open RAN, as the name implies, is meant to be open to multiple vendors, both hardware and software, that work together to achieve interoperability...

Video use up 4x from six months ago, Limelight finds

As people turn to video for remote working and socializing in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a new report from content delivery...

Who disaggregated my RAN? Part 5: Tailor-made RAN. But who is stitching it together?

The arrival of RAN disaggregation and the corresponding standards for open interfaces, hardware, software decoupling, network intelligence and automation has led to the expansion...

The Sunday Brief: 2Q earnings preview–Buzzword bingo (Part 2)

Quarter-end greetings from Houston and Lake Norman.  We will be continuing this week’s Buzzword Bingo edition as we preview second quarter earnings.  As a reminder,...

Kagan: Xfinity vs. Spectrum high-speed internet differences

When traveling I like to compare the high-speed Internet service we use at home to other places. I have learned there is a big...

Ready, set, OnGo! CBRS to unleash Industry 4.0 in US, says Nokia (Reader Forum)

Anyone who has used a public Wi-Fi hotspot for more than the occasional web browsing and emailing knows how unpredictable it can be. Wi-Fi’s...

Phoenix Contact intros first industrial router for private 5G – with Ericsson and Quectel

Germany-based industrial IT hardware company Phoenix Contact has produced the first industrial 5G router for private networks, using a 5G module from China-based Quectel,...

Nordic and Qorvo team up on dual-mode BLE and UWB for short-range IoT

Chipset makers Nordic Semiconductor and Qorvo have said they will collaborate on dual-mode IoT products running low-power short-range Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and ultra...

Verizon joins UK accelerator scheme to foster new 5G retail experiences

US carrier Verizon has joined with UK digital accelerator Digital Catapult to develop 5G solutions for retail. The pair will make use of Verizon’s...

Test and Measurement: Keysight buys digital automation company Eggplant

Keysight Technologies has acquired digital automation company Eggplant from The Carlyle Group for $330 million. Keysight described Eggplant as a "software test automation platform provider...

Hitachi, Microsoft partner for manufacturing and logistics digital solutions

Predictive maintenance, process automation focus use cases Hitachi and Microsoft Corp. announced a multi-year strategic alliance to accelerate the digital transformation of the manufacturing and...

How does Mike Pompeo define ‘clean telcos’?

US Secretary of State says, "The tide is turning against Huawei..." The United States government sees Huawei as a security concern both domestically and abroad....

Verizon expands 5G Home, completes mmWave repeater trials

Verizon has also completed trials of Pivotal Commware’s mmWave repeater technology Verizon announced that is has expanded its 5G Home, making the enhanced service available...

Boingo secures 10-year DAS rights at Hawaii Convention Center

Distributed antenna system and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless has been selected by the Hawaii Tourism Authority to design, build, operate and maintain a neutral...

Intel, NSF fund research into wireless-specific edge and machine learning

Can artificial intelligence be trained to improve wireless network performance, classify emerging devices on a network, or conduct real-time machine learning at the network...

LG Uplus leads Korea 5G speed ranking

  LG Uplus emerged as the leading operator in South Korea in terms of 5G download rates, according to a report by Opensignal. LG Uplus recorded...

Court approves Windstream plan to emerge from bankruptcy

Windstream will emerge from Chapter 11 as a privately held company Arkansas-based Windstream, which is in Chapter 11 proceedings, said this week that a court...

Will 5G Change the World? Ray LaChance, ZenFi Networks (Bonus Episode)

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Ray LaChance ZenFi Networks (Bonus Episode) Dense fiber is key to 5G deployment ZenFi Networks operates a...

The 5G World Post-COVID: Reflections of a Futurist

Listen to the podcast here The 4th Industrial Revolution merges physical and biological systems. It’s the next step in how society will interact with each...
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