Daily Archives: Jan 29, 2021

Ericsson beats expectations, driven by 5G momentum

Kelly Hill - January 29, 2021

Ekholm cautions that 2021 is an 'investment year' Ericsson turned in strong results for the fourth quarter of 2020, with sales up 13% year-over-year driven...

World Economic Forum: Tech takes from The Davos Agenda

Sean Kinney, Editor in Chief - January 29, 2021

In lieu of its Annual Meeting--set for May in Singapore due to the COVID-19 pandemic--typically held this time of year in Davos, Switzerland, the...

‘Smart city tech works in towns, too’ – Kerlink proclaims small-town IoT in France

James Blackman - January 29, 2021

Smart city tech, traditionally the reserve of the world’s major metropolitan centres, works just as well in small towns. So says French IoT provider...

US Ignite launches $4m military-funded 5G pilot program

Kelly Hill - January 29, 2021

"5G Living Lab" at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego uses Verizon 5G Work is underway to support the first 5G pilot projects...

Test and Measurement: Which Eastern US city has the fastest mobile networks? NYC, according to RootMetrics

Kelly Hill - January 29, 2021

New York City has, in aggregate, the fastest mobile networks among the six largest cities in the Eastern half of the country, according to...

What will be the long term impact of the RDOF auction? (Analyst Angle)

Wireless 2020 - January 29, 2021

The RDOF auction started with the great promise of bringing broadband to vast swatches of the U.S. that is lacking this essential utility. It...

Not all 5G is created equal (Analyst Angle)

ABI Research - January 29, 2021

iPhone Kick-Starts 5G’s Mass Market Appeal 5G was officially launched in South Korea in mid-2019 with a few smartphones, followed by many countries with additional...

Kagan: Why Comcast Xfinity is losing customers

Jeff Kagan - January 29, 2021

When cable TV companies didn’t have competition, they didn’t care about the customer. They only focused on the investor. This worked for them because...

Q4 shows global smartphone shipment rebound and vendor shake-up

Catherine Sbeglia Nin - January 29, 2021

Apple was the top smartphone vendor, shipping 90.1 million devices in Q4 While the global smartphone market took a hit overall in 2020 — declining...

Bharti Airtel demos 5G network ahead of mid-band spectrum auction

Catherine Sbeglia Nin - January 29, 2021

Indian mobile service provider Bharti Airtel demonstrated its Non-Standalone live 5G service the city of Hyderabad over its existing spectrum in the 1.8 GHz...