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Qualcomm, LG Uplus deploy 5G mmWave network in South Korea

Qualcomm Technologies, LG Uplus and LG Electronics have deployed what they claim is South Korea’s first 5G mmWave network using a commercial 5G smartphone at the Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT). The 5G mmWave network will enable new services for KIT employees, professors and...

Honeywell launches new solution for small and medium-sized buildings

    Smart building tech company Honeywell has launched a building portfolio management system designed specifically for small- to medium-sized buildings. The new offering, dubbed Honeywell Small and Medium Building Administrator, can save users up to 30% in facility energy costs, improve visibility into building portfolio performance,...

FCC’s RDOF boosts rural broadband—and SpaceX

The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction has wrapped up, setting the stage for $9.23 billion in subsidies to be doled out over the next decade in support of high-speed rural broadband deployment. That deployment will come as a combination of wireline, fixed wireless and...

Editorial Webinar: The benefits of bringing 5G NR into unlicensed spectrum

LAA proved a major boom for operators looking to max out the capabilities of LTE networks. Similarly, MulteFire sparked significant interest in using cellular in unlicensed for private networking purposes. Now, as 5G is evolving and scaling, bringing the latest generation of cellular into unlicensed...

Well, technically… software is truly more vital than ever: Intel’s Jeni Panhorst (Ep. 21)

This year marks the tenth anniversary of Intel's Open source software project DPDK. To celebrate the occasion, the company's Vice President and General Manager of Network and Edge Platforms Jeni Panhorst explains the vital role that software will play in next-generation networks and highlights the innovation that Intel's network business has driven over the years.

iPhone 12 Adoption Ups the Need for 5G Millimeter-Wave

Affordable, no power, easy-to-install reflectors and repeaters are critical for 5G deployment, in order to deliver the promised gigabit speed to power consumer mobile and enterprise applications. Killer applications will be virtual reality sports and games, manufacturing, automation, autonomous bots, and others that require up-to-the-minute...

How is Nokia doing with private LTE / 5G? ‘Good, better than Ericsson, except that…’

How is Nokia doing with private networks for enterprises? Pretty well, and probably better than Ericsson, choruses the analyst community in response. Except its strategy is too narrow, its offer is too inflexible, and its competition – beyond its traditional vendor peers, and beyond...

Juniper to acquire intent-based networking company Apstra

David Cheriton to join Juniper Networks as chief data center scientist In its third recent acquisition, Juniper Networks turns its attention to closed-loop automation in the data center, with the announcement that the company has agreed to acquire intent-based networking company Apstra. As Juniper describes...

Mobilitie to deploy 5G network at Coliseo de Puerto Rico

  Wireless infrastructure provider Mobilitie and ASM Global are bringing 5G connectivity to the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico?s largest indoor arena, the former said in a release. With seating for more than 18,000 fans, Coliseo de Puerto Rico was opened in 2004 and has...

Verizon: ‘We’re right on plan with our fiber build’

Verizon’s Kyle Malady provided an update of fiber progress at virtual conference Earlier this week, Verizon’s Executive VP & CTO Kyle Malady spoke with Eric Luebchow, a Wells Fargo associate analyst at the Well Fargo TMT Conference, offering an update and some insight into the...

TIM, Ericsson, Qualcomm claim new FWA speed record

Italian operator TIM, Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies claimed a new world record for ultra-broadband long-distance speed with 5G technology applied to Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). A speed of 1 Gbps on 26 GHz millimeter-wave frequencies, at a distance of 6.5 kilometers from the site (1Gbps...

Chinese operators to build over 1 million 5G base stations in 2021: Report

Chinese telecom carriers are likely to build over 1 million new 5G base stations in 2021, as the cost of 5G base stations is expected to go down next year, according to Chinese press reports that cited a Chinese telecom expert. According to estimates from...

Johnson Controls sees growing interest by firms to boost investment in smart building tech

    Over 50% of organizations plan to increase investment in energy efficiency, renewable energy and smart building technology next year, comparable with investment trends after the 2010 recession, according to a new study released by smart building company Johnson Controls. Johnson Control?s annual Energy Efficiency Indicator...

Building IOT, BuiltSpace inks partnership to control building assets

  Smart building service provider Buildings IOT has partnered with BuiltSpace, a specialist in building data and asset tracking. The aim of the partnership is to offer new services to track, monitor and control building assets. "COVID-19 has brought increased attention to the cleanliness of indoor spaces,"...

The changing role of CSPs in enterprise networking: ‘Selling a solution, not a network’

The world of enterprise networking is evolving, and CSPs must evolve with it Enterprises are looking to bring their digitalization plans to fruition by adopting cloud, IoT and edge technologies, and 5G has the potential to accelerate these plans and provide the quality of service...

Latin America to reach 62 million 5G connections by 2025: GSMA

5G connections in Latin America are expected to reach 15 million by 2020 and will grow to 62 million by 2025, according to a new study by GSMA Intelligence. In its Mobile Economy Latin America 2020 report, the company predicted 5G will represent nearly 10%...

New York Power Authority to test private LTE at 900 MHz for industrial IoT, drone checks

The New York Power Authority, the largest state public power group in the US, has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week to experiment with private LTE at 900 MHz for industrial IoT and drone inspections. The New York Power Authority has...

New York Power Authority to test private LTE

The largest state public power organization in the U.S. received permission from the Federal Communications Commission this week to experiment with private LTE at 900 MHz for use cases ranging from IoT to drone inspections at a hydro-electric power plant. The New York Power...

The shifting connectivity landscape: Who are the winners and losers? (Reader Forum)

As enterprises grow in sophistication, they are increasingly demanding next-generation services such as IT automation, Internet of Things (IoT), hyperconverged infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI), container technology and edge computing. A recent survey from Spiceworks indicates that although the large enterprises are leading the charge,...

Industry to drive Wi-Fi 6 investments up by 17% in next decade to underpin IoT charge

Global investment in Wi-Fi infrastructure in the industrial space will grow from $1.7 billion in 2021 to $6.9 billion in 2030 at a compound rate of almost 17 percent per year, as the latest Wi-Fi 6 generation of the technology is deployed to support...

Smart building firm Infogrid gets financing from UK, US investors

  U.K. firm Infogrid said it has raised ?11.7 million ($15.5 million) in Series A funding from a combination of U.K. and U.S. investors. The round was led by Northzone, with the participation of investors including JLL Spark, Concrete VC, The Venture Collective, and Jigsaw VC. Infogrid...

An overview of key players in the private network ecosystem

There has been a paradigm shift when it comes to who is involved in delivering enterprise network connectivity Private cellular networks are seen by many as a major opportunity to set up bespoke networks in support of industrial internet of things projects and in...

TDC completes 5G network deployment in Denmark

Danish operator TDC said it completed nationwide 5G deployment on December 1 after upgrading 3,800 mobile masts. The carrier said that this makes Denmark the first Nordic country to have 5G service across the country. “Every year, Danes' consumption of mobile data increases by about 35-40%....

Fujitsu to deliver O-RAN compatible 5G radio units for KDDI

Japanese company Fujitsu announced that its O-RAN-compatible 5G radio unit was selected by compatriot carrier KDDI for the construction of virtualized base stations for 5G commercial services in Japan. The base stations will be delivered in the second half of fiscal year 2021, Fujitsu said. The...