Fiber connectivity underlies a wide range of smart city applications Smart city is something of a broad term that generally refers to using wired or wireless sensors to gather data which is feed into a compute infrastructure, analyzed, then used …
Mid-band tapped for 5G launch followed by millimeter wave Millimeter wave frequencies are a key piece of the low-, mid- and high-band spectrum mix that will support 5G over time. But you’ve got to start somewhere. In the U.S., AT&T …
China is poised to invest more than $100 billion in 5G by 2025 According to financial projections from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the country’s three mobile network operators–China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, stand to …
Multimode 5G SoC debuts at Computex in Taiwan While MediaTek is perhaps better known for supplying chips for smart devices like speakers and lower-priced smartphones. But, with the unveiling of a new 5G system-on-chip this week at Computex, the Taiwanese …
IEEE prohibits Huawei personnel from peer-review process The multi-faceted battle between various U.S. government offices and Chinese technology company Huawei, largely a proxy for a larger trade war, this week drew in a normally quiet regulatory body, the Institute of …
Huawei claims 40 5G contracts, 70,000 base stations shipped In the U.S., where federal lawmakers like to characterize 5G as a race America has to win, President Trump’s administration has broached the idea of a nationalized 5G strategy; that plan …
‘Project Limitless’ uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 5G modem Building on its development of LTE for what it calls the “always-connected” PC, this week in Taipei, Taiwan, at the annual Computex exhibition, Qualcomm and OEM partner Lenovo unveiled a prototype …
In-building 5G use cases, including millimeter wave, NR-U and 60 GHz, include venues, industrial facilities and enterprises In the U.S., Verizon and AT&T are both rolling out commercial 5G service using millimeter wave spectrum to provide consumers with an enhanced …
With executive-level reorg and acquisitions, SQUAN repositioning as end-to-end network services firm ORLANDO–During the Wireless Infrastruture Association’s Connect X event this week, SQUAN’s Keith Pennachio, executive vice president and chief strategy officer, discussed the wireless and wireline trends he sees …
Testing is ongoing in the United Kingdom and Federated is speaking with regulators in about 20 countries, CEO says ORLANDO–Federated Wireless, a driving force behind the pending commercialization of shared access to 150 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz …
Boingo NOC is “nerve center” of company’s global operations Inside the Boingo Wireless offices in Los Angeles, California, a team of experts man the company’s network operations center 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, …
Verizon started selling Samsung Galaxy S10 5G this week Verizon is offering mobile 5G services in Chicago and Minneapolis with plans to expand to 20 more cities this year. This week the operator began selling the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G …
FirstNet passes 600,000 subscribers In a wide-ranging interview this week at the MoffettNathanson’s 6th Annual Media & Communications Summit in New York City, AT&T Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer John Stephens discussed how the carrier’s deployment of …
5G Home fixed wireless service relaunching in second-half of 2019 After commercializing its 5G fixed wireless access in four markets in October, Verizon will “relaunch” the 5G Home service in the second-half of this year, according to SVP for Technology …
HPE CEO discusses 5G and edge computing opportunities With virtualization and distributed compute both instrumental in the long-term success of 5G, traditional IT companies are looking to invest and return on supporting service provider roll outs of next-generation cellular systems. …
While there are certainly those with a differing viewpoint, many stakeholders, particularly the U.S. government, like to characterize 5G as a race, the winner of which will be able to exert economic supremacy as cellular-based automation drives transformation and value …
China Telecom and China Unicom interconnect should be reviewed, according to FCC The U.S. Federal Communications Commission this week voted unanimously to deny an application from China Mobile USA, a Delaware-based subsidiary of the Chinese mobile provider, that would’ve allowed …
Automated network slicing–a fully virtualized network infrastructure capable of creating on-demand data pipes that exactly meet the needs of a given application–is a long-term goal of 5G investment. In pursuit of that goal, Verizon recently tested virtualization of the Radio …
Sprint “optimistic” merger with T-Mobile US will clear regulatory review Sprint invested some $5 billion into its network in fiscal year 2018, according to company executives, which marks a significant increase over 2016 and 2017 capex of $2 billion and …
MS Build developer conference keynote: “Go for that moonshot” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella kicked off the company’s annual MS Build developer conference this week in Seattle by describing the opportunity available to software developers as connectivity changes not only the …
Big opportunity for 5G home broadband services According to a new report from Ericsson Consumer & IndustryLab, 5G, despite some industry skepticism, will provide numerous benefits to consumer users. That’s not to say the next-generation of cellular won’t be hugely …
Product announcements from Dell Technologies World Dell Technologies has been telling the “hybrid, multi-cloud” story for some time and this year, at the company’s flagship event in Las Vegas, reiterated that messaging and layered end the need for an IT …
Eighteen months ago, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and leaders of Google-parent Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs announced the planned $1 billion redevelopment of Toronto’s Quayside area. The idea was kit the area with smart city solutions covering everything from energy …
LAS VEGAS–This week during Dell Technologies World the family of companies made clear how its hybrid, multi-cloud strategy spanning edge, core and cloud is an imperative for enterprise digital transformation. And, while the digital transformation of telcos will serve as …
VMware takes open, interoperable approach to enterprise IoT LAS VEGAS–The proliferation of internet of things devices will create the data enterprises, regardless of vertical focus, need to gain operational efficiencies and realize new revenue opportunities. But the IoT is marked …
