Verizon chip partner first to announce lower cost Cat-M solution for IoT
LTE is typically marketed as a high-speed, high-bandwidth technology, but not everyone sees it that way. French chipmaker Sequans has spent the last several years focused on slower, low-power LTE chipsets with the...
Top industrial Internet of Things vendors are Cisco, GE, IBM, Intel, RTI, Rockwell Automation
The Asian-Pacific region will lead market growth related to the industrial "Internet of Things," which is expected to be worth $54 billion in that market by 2020, according to a new...
RCR Wireless News recognizes inaugural list of leaders fueling the Fourth Industrial Revolution
RCR Wireless News, a leading source of wireless, telecom and mobile technology news and actionable intelligence since 1982, recognized today its inaugural selection of leading Industrial IoT (IIoT) 5G Industrialists and Innovators....
James Clapper said smart devices associated with Internet of Things pose security risk
In testimony to the Senate this week, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper highlighted the security risks posed by the emerging Internet of Things (IoT).
Clapper spoke on Tuesday to the Senate Armed...
Silver Spring Networks will deploy IoT platform in New York
New York's Consolidated Edison plans to connect more than 4 million electricity and gas customers to a smart grid deployed by Silver Spring Networks. The program is meant to support the state of New York...
Netherlands-based Gemalto, a major SIM card manufacturer and digital security firm, this week received certification of its Cinterio Cat 1 LTE M2M module from Verizon, which deems the Internet of Things optimized module carrier grade.
Category 1, a standardized designation defining downlink threshold of up...
Embedded sensors, big data analytics make smart cities run
More and more cities across the world are implementing smart city projects in order to modernize the interaction between citizens, governments and the physical world. Some smart city projects are limited to a specific government sector...
LinkNYC, an ambitious project to convert old New York City phone booths in public Wi-Fi access points, is still in the beta phase, but project backer Qualcomm is looking forward to the impact smart cities technology will have in an era marked by massive...
About 90% of mobile service providers globally have already moved to 4G LTE, to support the exploding mobile data demands of today. But each month, consumer mobile broadband traffic continues to grow unbounded and the Internet of Things (IoT) means there will be more...
Verizon, AT&T, Telefonica putting stakes into precision agriculture
With the forecasted growth in the global population, agriculture faces a very big challenge to rapidly increase food production. To achieve this goal, precision agriculture supported by Internet of Things (IoT) tools is being implemented in farming...
AT&T and Verizon have led the wireless space for the last decade. That’s been the main area of growth for both of these industry leaders. So, as the rate of traditional wireless growth slows, these two companies are moving into new areas of growth using...
On this episode of HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney, managing editor at RCR Wireless News, learns about antenna concealment solutions from Jon Fitzhugh, CEO of Colorado-based ConcealFab. Fitzhugh highlights how concealment solutions can help ease deployments, as well as how it's important to produce...
Having already racked up 1.4 million miles on the road, Google is expanding its testing program for self-driving cars to Kirkland, Washington.
According to an announcement posted to the companies Google+ page: "We've chosen your beautiful city by Lake Washington as the next location of...
LTE to account for 40.5% of overall mobile connections by 2020
Mobile users are expected to reach 5.5 billion by 2020, representing 70% of the global population, according to the latest Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast.
According to the report, there...
Cisco buys software platform behind AT&T Drive and other IoT solutions
Cisco Systems said it's acquiring "the industry’s leading IoT service platform" with its purchase of Silicon Valley's Jasper Technologies for $1.4 billion. Jasper's "Internet of Things" platform is designed to automate the management of...
Looking to speed time to market for "Internet of Things" products, Ericsson announced a new virtual marketplace for patent licensing across potential IoT verticals ranging from industrial applications to connected cars.
The company said the goal of the new marketplace, which will be operated by...
ALLEN, TEXAS – Nexius, specializing in delivering end-to-end network services and business intelligence solutions, today announced a new partnership with RCR Wireless News to create an Independent Proof of Concept Lab and Testing Program for network operators and enterprise sector buyers.
“This new partnership with RCR...
WiGig expected to increase enterprise Wi-Fi capacity
WiGig, or 802.11ad Wi-Fi, promises speeds of up to 4.6 gigabits per second, according to Qualcomm and Intel. Today, the two chipmakers said they have demonstrated interoperability between their WiGig solutions, laying the groundwork for an 802.11ad ecosystem....
The Federal Communications Commission granted Qualcomm permission for a small-scale LTE Unlicensed trial at two Verizon Wireless locations.
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler extended Special Temporary Authority to Qualcomm today, responding to a request from the company as it seeks to test LTE-U equipment at one trial...
AT&T has a major focus on the "Internet of Things" with major investments in consumer-facing products and industrial products like its Global SIM, which has tremendous utility in verticals like container shipping. With connected vehicles considered an IoT subset, AT&T is also active in that...
Billions of devices are expected to be wirelessly connected as part of the "Internet of Things" evolution – and in order to ensure that they work correctly, these smart meters, smart city sensors, smart fridges, smart vehicles and the like will all need to...
Applications are key to user experience of smart home and consumer-facing "Internet of Things" products – but those apps are dogged by slow performance and in many cases, traditional home security companies are lagging when it comes to how well their smart home apps are pleasing...
KT uses Nokia Flexi Multiradio 10 in its LTE network
South Korean operator KT and equipment provider Nokia recently conducted what the companies say is the industry's first enhanced machine type communications field trial.
The trial was conducted on KT's LTE network using Nokia's Flexi Multiradio...
Sony jump starts IoT strategy with LTE-only chipmaker purchase
LTE has an important role to play in the "Internet of Things," according to Sony. The Japanese conglomerate said it's buying LTE-only chipmaker Altair Semiconductor for $212 million as it expects more "things" to be connected...
