Yearly Archives: 2020

China’s Sanya to deploy 1,400 5G base stations this year

  China's resort city of Sanya aims to deploy a total of 1,400 5G base stations during 2020, Chinese press reported. Sanya is currently in the process...

HKT gets involved in IoT-based PropTech deployment in Hong Kong

Hong Kong telecom services provider HKT and Worldwide Executive Limited (WEC), which is a professional services provider for property managers, are collaborating to deliver...

US Cellular CEO to retire

Laurent Therivel will take over as president and CEO on July 1 Veteran US Cellular CEO Kenneth R. Meyers will soon be retiring, and the...

Michael Dell: ‘Let’s be kind. Let’s be loving.’

Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell sent the following memo, re-published in full, to company employees. "This has been an incredibly difficult time in America –...

Bell Canada selects Ericsson to provide 5G RAN technology

  Canadian telecommunications provider Bell Canada has selected Ericsson 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) technology to support its nationwide 5G mobile and fixed wireless access...

Intel CEO: ‘We call for an end to acts of racism, inequity and social injustice’

Intel pledges $1 million "to address social justice, racism" Intel CEO Bob Swan on May 31 sent the following memo, re-published in full, to company...

The battle for the edge: How the edge is answering the shopping and entertainment digital disruption

The battle for the edge is now. With its ability to connect to any device, anywhere, the edge is driving industries to move to...

Software AG and Tech Mahindra band together to help carriers grasp industrial IoT

Germany-based Software AG has struck a deal with IT consultancy Tech Mahindra to provide technical support and integration platforms, alongside networking and analytics tools,...

Mitsubishi and NTT take 30% joint ownership stake in HERE Technologies

Japanese duo Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Corporation have jointly acquired a 30 percent ownership stake Netherlands-based mapping company HERE Technologies. The...

Tracking anything, anywhere – the promise and pitfalls of asset tracking (Reader Forum)

The internet of things (IoT) is changing the shape of many businesses. Not only does it herald greater visibility of asset effectiveness, improve operational...

Comtech wins $1.3 million 5G location-based services contract with US Tier 1

  Comtech Telecommunications said that it has finalized a $1.3 million contract expansion with an unnamed Tier 1 U.S. mobile network operator under which Comtech's...

True Corporation turns ambulances into virtual ERs with 5G

Paramedics wear AR glasses to transmit images in real time to the hospital Thailand’s True Corporation and the Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital in Bangkok's Kannayao district...

Verizon’s San Diego 5G deployment seen as critical for telehealth

San Diego's children hospital telehealth visits surged from 20 per week to 4,000 per week Verizon’s recent 5G expansion into San Diego included an agreement...

South Korea reaches 6.34 million 5G subscribers

  The number of 5G subscribers in South Korea reached 6.34 million at the end of April, a year after local carriers had commercially launched...

Engie Solutions provides smart building services to G42’s Covid-19 lab

Engie Solutions, which specializes in energy and integrated facilities management solutions around the world, is providing Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence and cloud computing company...

Tokyo government to pilot 5G smart poles

Smart poles could support 5G, Wi-Fi, street lighting and other applications Japanese company Sumitomo Corporation has inked an agreement with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for...

Who disaggregated my RAN?

Disaggregated RAN: How it all falls in place The promise of 5G is unlocking significant change and sparking the 4th Industrial Revolution, driving use cases...

Military Veterans Enabling 5G Deployments With Carrie Shyack

Listen to the podcast here Over the past few months, the network has faced sudden, unprecedented pressure as work from home and school from home...

The Sunday Brief: The Intel Trinity

Greetings from the Kansas City and Willard, Missouri (dogs at play pictured), as well as Lake Norman/ Charlotte, North Carolina. The caravan of goods...

Kagan: MedSign Qortex TV-based telehealth systems for elderly

There seems to be an explosion of new companies and technologies in the telehealth or telemedicine arena. Recently I met with MedSign International CEO...

Cisco and Telefónica write ‘cybersecurity blueprint’ for autonomous vehicles in the UK

The UK divisions of US networking giant Cisco and Spanish telecoms group Telefónica have contributed to a new “cybersecurity blueprint” to protect the UK...

Four sources of funding for rural broadband networks

Closing the urban/rural digital divide and expanding broadband access has been a federal policy goal for decades, and there are multiple new and existing...

EE’s 5G network reaches 80 UK cities

U.K. carrier EE’s 5G service in now live in 80 towns and cities across the country, the company said in a release. EE, part of...

Ligado raises $100 million for its 5G, IoT network plans

Ligado Networks has raised more than $100 million in a first wave of investment for the build-out of its planned 5G/IoT network, even as...

The New T-Mobile doubles 5G speeds in Philadelphia

The New T-Mobile 5G layer cake strategy appears to be working The multi-billion dollar T-Mobile US and Sprint merger closed on April 1, and a...
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