The internet of things presents a dizzying array of choices to most enterprise customers who want to connect their assets, but automakers have fewer choices than most. Cars are made to move, so cellular is almost always the choice for …
The internet of things presents a dizzying array of choices to most enterprise customers who want to connect their products, but automakers have fewer choices than most. Cars are made to move, so cellular is almost always the choice for connectivity. …
AT&T hopes to use LTE-connected drones to support FirstNet, the nationwide public safety network the carrier is building for the U.S. government. AT&T already uses drones to inspect cell towers and test antenna patterns, and recently the company has started …
Sprint plans to use its Magic Box small cell as an aerial radio, relying on the same wireless backhaul that the carrier leverages when it deploys the Magic Box indoors. The company attached a “bare bones” version of the small …
Huawei and Intel said their 5G collaboration has advanced to the testing phase. The two companies are launching 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) based interoperability development testing using Huawei’s 5G base station prototype and Intel’s third generation 5G mobile trial …
Tomorrow’s low-latency 5G networks are expected to help carriers win new smart factory business, and Ericsson plans to be a major supplier of radio equipment for these efforts. Anders Svensson, principal solution manager at Ericsson, said the company expects enterprise …
The signature of Governor Jerry Brown is all that California’s Senate Bill 649 needs to become the law of the land in the nation’s most populous state. Senator Ben Hueso’s bill originally passed the Senate with almost unanimous support, then …
We all know the frustration that comes with switching from one user interface to another as we move between devices. It takes a second or two to get oriented, but in a life-and-death situation, those extra seconds could make a …
Japan’s NTT and Toyota are working together to create robots that can help with housework and childcare – autonomous assistants that the companies call partner robots. NTT said that much of the work done to date in the area of …
Verizon Wireless uses three different “flavors” of self-organizing network techology, one of which is proprietary SON, or self-organizing networks, use software to help operators automate network functions and control equipment. “SON is really required to enable a rapid network densification …
The nationwide carriers spend millions telling us how affordable their data plans are, while behind the scenes they are working hard to make sure affordable data and the marketing that goes with it will not hurt profitability. That hard work …
Spectrum prices and the demand for data are both skyrocketing, so wireless carriers have no choice but to use what they’ve got more efficiently. Ed Donofrio, executive director for network support at Verizon Wireless, outlined the carrier’s strategies for spectral …
Small cells are one of the fastest-growing parts of the wireless infrastructure market, with year-over-year shipment growth of at least 50% for each of the last four years, according to the analysts at Dell’Oro Group. Carriers deploy small cells indoors …
Tomorrow’s low-latency 5G networks are expected to help carriers win new smart factory business, and Ericsson plans to be a major supplier of radio equipment for these efforts. Anders Svensson, principal solution manager at Ericsson, said the company expects enterprise …
Carrier claims of network speeds that reach and even surpass a gigabit per second are popping up around the world. Right now these are just test results, but within a few months, customers in certain cities with specific smartphones may …
When it comes to IoT network news, Sprint has been the quietest of the four nationwide carriers. Verizon Wireless and AT&T have launched LTE Category M1 IoT networks, and T-Mobile US has promised the nation’s first narrowband IoT network. Sprint …
The merger that the wireless industry has been waiting for is finally moving forward, according to a report out this morning from CNBC. But Sprint and T-Mobile US aren’t commenting, and the two carriers are said to still be weeks …
When it comes to IoT network news, Sprint has been the quietest of the four nationwide carriers. Verizon Wireless and AT&T have launched LTE Category M1 IoT networks, and T-Mobile US has promised the nation’s first narrowband IoT network. Sprint …
Almost everyone has heard the projections about billions of connected devices, but we hear less about the billions of dollars (or even millions of dollars) that companies are investing in the internet of things. When companies do invest, they are …
AT&T is exclusive reseller for GE Current intelligent sensor nodes in U.S. and Mexico AT&T may be moving much of its workforce out of Atlanta, but the company clearly remains committed to the city. This week at Mobile World Congress …
LTE for IoT was the subject of a panel discussion that was part of 151 Advisors’ App-solutely IoT conference at Mobile World Congress Americas. The conference focuses on end user applications for IoT technology, and the LTE panel focused primarily …
T-Mobile promises first nationwide NB-IoT network, AT&T adds new platform and customers, Verizon predicts B2B growth SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. wireless carriers focused on the internet of things during the first part of Mobile World Congress Americas, the inaugural event …
Massive MIMO will be a cornerstone of 5G and IoT for Sprint SAN FRANCISCO — Sprint said it expects four to ten times more network capacity from new antennas designed by Ericsson for the carrier’s 2.5 GHz spectrum. The companies …
This is a critical time to ensure state public safety needs are met by FirstNet’s plans for the nationwide public safety broadband Network (NPSBN). By issuing an RFP, states are able to define their needs, make their demands known and …
LTE-only chipmaker Sequans has announced another key carrier partner. The company said its LTE Category 1 module has been certified for the AT&T network. The module supports AT&T’s LTE bands 2, 4, and 12. The news marks a milestone for …
