AT&T is adding more radios to its cell sites on wings, or COWs as the company likes to call them. The latest COW tests took place in Houston, where AT&T’s …
Martha DeGrasse
Martha DeGrasse
Martha DeGrasse is the publisher of Network Builder Reports (nbreports.com). At RCR, Martha authored more than 20 in-depth feature reports and more than 2,400 news articles. She also created the Mobile Minute and the 5 Things to Know Today series. Prior to joining RCR Wireless News, Martha produced business and technology news for CNN and Dow Jones in New York and managed the online editorial group at Hoover’s Online before taking a number of years off to be at home when her children were young. Martha is the board president of Austin's Trinity Center and is a member of the Women's Wireless Leadership Forum.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Drone update: AT&T adds larger drones with more radios >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">SoftBank’s ARM says ADAS camera can outperform human eye >
The chip technology architects at ARM, which was acquired by Japan’s SoftBank last year for $32 billion, have created an image signal processor that targets advanced driver assistance systems. The …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Enterprises use IoT for mobility management >
Companies say they need a new way to manage smartphones Companies that want to capitalize on the IoT know that connecting their equipment isn’t enough – they also need software …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Pitney Bowes monitors machines using GE’s Predix solution >
Even in this digital age, the United States produces roughly 150 million pieces of snail mail each day, and most of it is processed by Pitney Bowes machines. Many of …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">FCC proposes limits to local authority on cell sites >
Securing sites for wireless infrastructure could become much easier if new rules proposed by the Federal Communications Commission take effect. In a notice of proposed rulemaking, the agency has listed …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">John Deere looks to the cloud >
The world’s largest maker of agricultural equipment is encouraging software developers to use John Deere’s application programming interfaces to create software that can access the data generated by John Deere’s …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Pantech pivots to IoT as parent Solid takes write-off >
Pantech was once the second largest cell phone maker in South Korea, but as the smartphone market took off the company was one of many manufacturers unable to carve out …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">How much is Verizon making from the IoT? >
Verizon launched its nationwide internet of things network on the last day of the first quarter. The carrier added Category M1 technology to its network through a software upgrade, and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Semtech announces LoRa integration by natural gas supplier >
Butano24 will use LoRa to monitor butane cylinders For fifty years, consumers and businesses in Spain have been buying orange butane cylinders to heat their water and their homes. When …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Smart Cities Council welcomes wireless industry members >
CommScope is latest vendor to join council as a lead partner The market for smart city solutions will soon be worth more than $1 trillion, according to Frost & Sullivan, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Who will pay for smart cities? >
AUSTIN, Texas – We all want to live in smart cities, but are we willing to pay higher taxes to build them? City planners charged with moving municipalities into the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Austin hosts first smart city readiness workshop >
Austin, Texas is the first of the five winners of the Smart Cities Council’s challenge grant winners to host a readiness workshop and begin working actively with the Smart Cities …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Silver Spring partners with NRTC >
Silver Spring Networks said NRTC will offer its Gen5 platform to the 1,500 electric utilities it represents. Roughly 50 million Americans get power or telephone service from a rural utility …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Apple set to test autonomous cars >
California drivers are already sharing the road with autonomous cars developed by Tesla and Alphabet, and now they can add Apple to the list of companies putting self-driving cars onto …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Seeing the light: Luminar reimagines lidar with new materials >
Are you ready to cede control of your commute to an autonomous vehicle, or buckle your loved ones in and send them off without a driver? Several technologies need to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Getting smart about intelligent buildings >
The Continental Automated Buiding Association defines a smart building as “an intelligent space that will transform efficiency, comfort and safety for people and assets.” Implicit in this definition is the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Apple reportedly developing secret sensors for diabetes patients >
The U.S. government says one out of every ten Americans has diabetes, and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 3 Americans could have the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Smart city challenge winners get down to business >
Austin, Indianapolis, Miami, Orlando, and Philadelphia are the five winners of a challenge grant presented by the Smart Cities Council. Representatives from AT&T, Qualcomm, Telit and a number of other …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Smart buildings: getting in on the ground floor >
Systems integrators and infrastructure vendors are learning that the best time to propose a smart building solution to property owners is often before the first lease is even signed. They …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Editorial Report: FTTx: C-RAN, Fronthaul and Remote Radio Heads >
Fiber will enable next-generation networks, smart cities and the internet of things. Fiber to the tower has already separated radio heads and antennas from base station equipment, and now that …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Wisol taps Sequans for Cat M1 chips >
As the smartphone market matures, companies that make mobile device components are looking to the internet of things for growth opportunities. Korea’s Wisol, which makes surface acoustic wave filters and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Why do companies invest in IoT? >
Verizon Wireless earned roughly half a billion dollars in IoT-related revenue during the second half of last year, and the company hopes that’s just the beginning. At the Enterprise IoT …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">IP for the IoT: Qualcomm moves to defend patents >
Chipmaker also accuses Apple of throttling iPhone 7 performance Qualcomm holds more patents related to the internet of things than any other company, and it also has the highest quality …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Dallas asks FCC for help in finding siren hackers >
City credits T-Mobile ‘ghost calls’ with preparing 911 call centers for surge The city of Dallas said the network that connects its emergency weather sirens was hacked late Friday, triggering …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Verizon tests flying cell site in New Jersey >
Verizon mounted a cellular radio and antenna onto a drone this week to see how far coverage could extend from a “flying cell site.” The test was conducted at New …