Gartner’s estimate of 21 billion connected things in use by 2020 has developers switching their focus to become a part of the growing internet of things. 42% of IoT developers are currently building apps that uses sensors, and one-third of today’s IoT developers are...
Why be an IoT app developer?
IoT app developers will be in high demand if the estimates for the number of devices connected through the "internet of things" comes close to reality. Enterprises could see huge rewards from employing a developer with expertise in IoT,...
Qualcomm this week reported strong quarterly earnings, and CEO Steve Mollenkopf said the chipmaker is poised to be a leader in "5G."
During an earnings presentation, executives explained that revenue for the third quarter, which ended June 26, amounted to $6.03 billion, beating Wall Street...
Why be an IoT app developer?
IoT app developers will be in high demand if the estimates for the number of devices connected through the "internet of things" comes close to reality. Enterprises could see huge rewards from employing a developer with expertise in IoT,...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk lays out his "master plan, part deux"
Tech visionary Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space X, has big plans for growing the electric car manufacturer. Included in what he calls his "master plan, part deux" is the development of fully...
The deal will allow Aeris to expand IoT business to India and Europe
Japanese telecom operator SoftBank and U.S-based internet of things (IoT) firm Aeris have agreed to form a joint venture in Japan to provide IoT and telematics services globally using the Aeris IoT...
Steps to becoming a telecommunications engineer
With "5G" standards in the works and an estimated 20.8 billion connected "internet of things" devices in use by 2020, telecommunications engineers have never been needed more. Now that we know what telecommunications engineering is, it is time to find out how...
Steps to becoming a telecommunications engineer
With 5G standards in the works and an estimated 20.8 billion connected IoT devices in use by 2020, telecommunications engineers have never been needed more. Now that you know what telecommunications engineering is, it is time to find out...
Background
The telecommunications industry is the backbone of today's mobile landscape, deploying voice, data, graphics and video at ever increasing speeds and in a growing number of ways. Wireline telephone communication was once the primary service of the industry, now wireless communication and satellite distribution are...
Companies target industrial internet of things
Huawei is partnering with GE to develop solutions for the industrial internet of things. The two companies announced their partnership in Shanghai, where GE is launching an incubator for startups and software developers focused on connected machines.
The companies said...
In reporting financials from its second fiscal quarter, Microsoft got a big boost from its cloud computing business as its Azure platform and service revenue grew 140% year-over-year.
“Businesses everywhere are using the Microsoft Cloud as their digital platform to drive their ambitious transformation agendas,”...
Companies target industrial internet of things
Huawei is partnering with GE to develop solutions for the industrial internet of things. The two companies announced their partnership in Shanghai, where GE is launching an incubator for startups and software developers focused on connected machines.
The companies said...
The need for an oil and gas solution
Oil and gas producers are doing everything they can to grind through a period of historically low per barrel oil prices. The period has stretched on for more than a year now, with per barrel prices getting...
An industry in 'turmOil'
The oil and gas industry is riding out a violent wave that crashed crude oil prices per barrel to less than $40, down more than 60% from the high of summer 2014. The result is a favorable receipt at the gas...
The need for an oil and gas solution
Oil and gas producers are doing everything they can to grind through a period of historically low per barrel oil prices. The period has stretched on for more than a year now, with per barrel prices getting...
The Korean telco is currently in talks with European IoT network companies
Korean operator SK Telecom has the goal of establishing a global roaming network for internet of things (IoT) services based on the LoRa IoT network standard in cooperation with European firms, Korean press...
An industry in turmOil
The oil and gas industry (O&G) is riding out a violent wave that crashed crude oil per barrel prices to less than $40, down more than 60% from the high of summer 2014. The result is a favorable receipt at the...
RIO DE JANEIRO--Two years after Brazil hosted the 2014 Fifa World Cup, the city of Rio de Janeiro will host the first Olympic and Paralympic Games to take place in South America. The Olympic Village will house around 17,000 participating athletes, and the Brazilian federal government...
RIO DE JANEIRO--Brazilian Elly Resende is leading the orchestration of all information technology and communication infrastructure providers for the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics. Less than a month from the opening ceremony of the major event, the technology director said ICT deployments are following...
Using high-band 70 GHz spectrum, Huawei and Vodafone achieved a data rate of more than 20 Gbps in a recent test of 5G mobile network technology.
According to Mobile World Live, the test took place in the United Kingdom and, in addition to the 20...
SoftBank’s acquisition of ARM to help accelerate much-needed internet of things standardization
The "internet of things" looks to have received a massive vote of confidence as one of the boldest technology investors of the past two decades, Masayoshi Son, agreed to buy ARM Holdings, a...
Mississippi-based regional service provider C Spire is using Nokia equipment to test a fixed wireless "5G" use case; so far the tests have achieved network speeds up o 2.2 gigabits per second to deliver an ultra-high-definition video stream.
C Spire, which provides fiber transport, internet...
Amid questions about safety, autonomous bus completes trip in Amsterdam
As autonomous vehicles become increasingly viable from a technology standpoint, questions about safety--many tied to Tesla's in-market auto pilot feature--are guiding the discussion. To highlight this trend, as an autonomous bus travelled a 12-mile path...
5G: The next generation of mobile
The goal is for next generation mobile standards related to "5G" technology to be ready by 2020. That's the deadline for when the International Telecommunications Union is expected to set standards many claim will enable a seamlessly connected society,...
