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Telefonica Germany set to start 5G operation in five cities

  Telefonica Germany, which operates under the O2 brand, will activate its 5G network in five German cities on October 3, the company said in a release. The telco, owned by Spanish telecommunications group Telefonica, will initially offer commercial 5G services in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt...

SOLiD inks partnership to boost presence in the U.S North Central region

  Infrastructure specialist SOLiD announced an exclusive partnership with Enterprise Wireless, a manufacturer's representative firm, which will expand the former?s commercial presence in the North Central region of the United States. The partnership combines Enterprise Wireless sales expertise with SOLiD's solutions for 5G wireless communications. Through...

5 access control innovations that prioritize health and safety (Reader Forum)

Now, because of COVID-19, health and safety are critical for buildings and facilities. Since the pandemic, the insecurities of outdated access control technology and systems have increasingly become a concern. In order to increase safety and mitigate the current health crisis, touchless access control...

AT&T bundles Azure into private LTE gateway for backhauling global IoT data

AT&T has released an LTE and LTE-M gateway device to backhaul data from IoT sensors over cellular in global markets. The new solution, presented by AT&T as a ‘guardian device’, integrates silicon, software, and cloud services from Microsoft Azure. It is positioned, like a private...

AT&T to provide 5G, networking for three Air Force bases

AT&T is bringing 5G and its commercial networking-as-a-service to three U.S. Air Force bases by the end of this year: Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska; and Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. The carrier said that it has already completed network design across the...

Huawei has enough stock of chips for its telco business: rotating chairman

  Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies currently holds sufficient stock of chips for the company’s network equipment businesses to overcome supply chain obstacles raised by U.S. sanctions, rotating chairman Guo Ping said during a media rountable at Huawei Connect event in Shanghai, China. The executive also noted...

Rakuten, Tech Mahindra cooperate to boost Rakuten’s RCP platform

  Tech and business services company Tech Mahindra and Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile have reached an agreement in which the former has been appointed as a preferred partner for global go-to-market opportunities for the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP). Under the agreement, Tech Mahindra will provide...

Verizon and AWS bring MEC to three more cities

  Three new cities — Atlanta, New York and Washington, DC — have been added to the list of locations where businesses and developers can build and deploy applications with AWS Wavelength at Verizon’s 5G Edge. Verizon and AWS launched the mobile edge computing (MEC)...

ADRF deploys public safety wireless coverage at Indianapolis international airport

  In-building wireless technology provider Advanced RF Technologies (ADRF) said in a release that its ADXV public safety DAS and PSR series repeaters have been deployed at the Indianapolis International Airport. ADRF said that the public safety solution serves first responders with wireless connectivity across the...

InterDigital and the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University launch inaugural 6G Symposium

  A two-day exploration of 6G research featuring leading government officials, academia and industry changemakers WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile and video technology research and development company, and the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIOT) at...

Four 5G drone demonstrations and trials

According to Unmanned Systems Technology, 5G will enable three prominent drone technologies It has been shown that flying drones on cellular networks, particularly 5G networks, is a viable option for delivering low-latency and high-performing drone applications such as emergency supply delivery, search and rescue missions...

Mobilitie installs 5G wireless network at Chicago?s Daley Center

  U.S. wireless infrastructure company Mobilitie is installing a 5G wireless network inside Chicago?s iconic Daley Center, the city's premier civic center. The project provides the Daley Center with a neutral-host network for reliable voice, data and streaming connectivity throughout the building, Mobilitie said. ?Our collaborative partnership...

Well, technically… small cell concealment is much more than putting a radio in a box: CommScope (Ep. 11)

Small cell concealment is much more than putting a radio in a box

Analyst Brief: Edge Use Cases Demand New Storage Strategy

  Next Generation connected systems requirements are redefining product development. Dell Technologies OEM Solutions group could help you take your product further. The increasing connectivity, exploding data creation, and intertwined business models surrounding these systems put new pressures on traditional data storage and management strategies. This research shows how: ...

Europe experiences ‘clear lag’ in 5G roll out: Study

Europe is seeing a “clear lag” in the launch of commercial 5G, with less than half of the EU Member States currently operating services, according to an assessment paper published by the European Round Table for Industry (ERT). The paper noted that concern is growing...

5G SA Core: Connecting everything simply and intelligently

  5G commercial launch has begun all over the world, with 2019 recognized as the first year of 5G NSA commercial launch and 2020 as the first year of 5G SA commercial launch. Compared with 4G, 5G SA aims to achieve internet of everything (IoE)....

Siemens launches workplace digital contact tracing app

  Siemens Smart Infrastructure has launched Enlighted Safe, a new workplace digital contact tracing app, which it said will help employees return safely to the workplace. In a release, Siemens said that the Enlighted Safe app provides greater transparency into the contact history of employees who...

AT&T and Verizon call out scale, maturity and integration as Open RAN challenges

Last week the U.S. Federal Communications Commission brought together a variety of Open RAN stakeholders for its Forum on 5G Open Radio Access Networks. While greenfield operators like DISH and Rakuten Mobile seemed steadfast in their conviction that Open RAN was ready to go...

Copper Valley Telecom brings broadband to remote Alaskan village

Thanks to the broadband project, the village can now receive speeds of up to 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream Copper Valley Telecom (CVT) has completed a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband deployment in Tatitlek, an off-grid indigenous village in Alaska, improving connectivity speeds from 10...

Johnson Controls invests $37 million in innovation center in Singapore

  Smart building company Johnson Controls has announced the official opening of its OpenBlue Innovation Center in Singapore. The new facility, located within the School of Design and Environment (SDE) at the National University of Singapore (NUS), will be a living laboratory, Johnson Controls said, for...

NI is part of a team looking to integrate drones into 5G wireless networks

It's important to think about the drone applications you can build on top of 5G, says NI The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program earlier this week announced the first contributing equipment partners to the Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless (AERPAW) testbed, which explores the...

Ericsson buys $1.1bn Cradlepoint, puts carriers at heart of expansion strategy

Ericsson has signed off a $1.1 billion deal to purchase US-based Cradlepoint, which provides LTE and 5G wide-area networking (WAN) for the emergency services sector, office and retail spaces, and IoT manufacturing market. The Swedish vendor pitched the deal squarely as a boon for...

Cambium 60 GHz fixed wireless fabric extends access to multi-gigabit broadband

The development of Cambium’s 60 GHz fixed wireless solutions was supported closely by Facebook and Qualcomm Cambium Networks announced the release of new solutions based on 60 GHz millimeter wave technology the reportedly delivers a multi-gigabit performance that was previously only achievable by fiber. The...

SOLiD inks partnership to expand presence in seven U.S. states

  Infrastructure specialist SOLiD has formed an exclusive partnership with K-C Marketers, a manufacturer?s representative firm, with the aim of expanding its presence in the Rocky Mountains and Desert Southwest region. The partnership combines K-C Marketers? sales expertise with SOLiD?s solutions for 5G wireless communications. Through...