The 5G data call achieved a 'farthest-ever connection' of 3.8 kilometers
Qualcomm Technologies, Casa Systems and Ericsson have completed an extended-range 5G New Radio data call over millimeter-wave spectrum, which according to the companies, is the world’s first. Performed in regional Victoria, Australia on June...
Global IT company Pactera and software company Eutech have announced a partnership to bring smart building and workplace design solutions to clients in the Asia Pacific and Oceania region.
The partnership brings together the Pactera OctoIoT platform with Eutech IVIVA, a workplace cloud that provides...
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, announced enhancements to?its Aruba Edge Services Platform (ESP) that unifies IoT, IT, and Operational Technology (OT) networks to enable customers to quickly adapt to changing environments and user requirements.
Aruba ESP is a fully programmable platform to generate contextual...
The OpenRAN 4G site will extend mobile services to rural communities
Vodafone UK has switched on an OpenRAN 4G site around the Royal Welsh Showground in Powys, Wales with support from Mavenir. The plan is to use OpenRAN to more cost-effectively extend 4G services to...
Finnish private networking and edge computing specialist Edzcom has signed a deal with Netherlands-based lighting company Signify to offer Li-Fi based solutions combining two-way wireless infrared and visible light connectivity for industrial IoT applications to its customers in the manufacturing, energy, oil and gas,...
The energy industry should consider the LTE family of cellular technologies, including NB-IoT, LTE-M, and 4G and 5G, to spur their longer-term Industry 4.0 ambitions, according to analyst house Guidehouse Insights. The energy market must start experimenting with cellular right away, it says, with...
Users in four countries are connected to 5G more than 20% of the time
A recent report released by Opensignal examined the “real-world 5G experience” across mobile operators from 12 different countries. One of the more interesting results of the study revealed that the U.S....
Smart building company Johnson Controls said it plans to launch a comprehensive suite of digital solutions, called OpenBlue Healthy Buildings, to make shared spaces safer as people begin to return to offices.
The company claims that these solutions will "protect and instill confidence" in building...
Germany has issued 67 local spectrum licences for private LTE and 5G to enterprises since November 2019. What should we make of this number, and the run-rate so far for industrial-grade cellular in the home of Industrie 4.0?
Because 67 does not sound like that...
The fully virtualized 5G data session was completed with support from Samsung, Intel and Wind River
Verizon is laying claim to the completion of the world’s first end-to-end — meaning from the core of the network to the far edge of the network — fully...
U.S. integrator Black Box announced the launch of Connected Buildings ? a suite of solutions and services that enable digital experiences in smart buildings.
?Black Box designs, deploys, manages and maintains the technology that connects the internal ecosystem of interoperable devices and sensors that work...
Standalone 5G represents a new era of data capacity, localized compute and bespoke services. But building a completely new network while maintaining focus on existing operations is a challenging and potentially risky process.
As operators scale out 5G coverage in 2020, what's the technological and...
Recently, ZTE released “AIVO Digital Operation Solution White Paper”. As one of the ten scenarios of autonomous evolving network, AIVO digital operation solution deeply practices the evolution of autonomous evolving network, systematically elaborates how to meet the customer's growing operation requirements, maximize the operation...
Nextivity announced that its?Cel-Fi QUATRA RED?in-building public safety Emergency Responder Radio Communication System (ERRCS) solution is now available for partners in the U.S. market.
Cel-Fi QUATRA RED delivers in-building coverage to Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems and FirstNet-ready devices.
Nextivity said that the solution will be...
Australian operator TPG Telecom announced plans to accelerate its 5G rollout over the next 12 months, with over 85% of the population in the country’s six largest cities expected to be served by the end of next year.
The company, which was formed through the...
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 13.85 million 5G subscribers in July, the telco said on its website.
The operator said it ended July with a total of 84.05 million 5G subscribers, compared to 6.7 million 5G customers in January.
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The Edge, while frequently discussed as something new, is in fact another technical turn of the crank. Fueled by an abundance of smart devices and IoT sensors, worldwide data creation has been growing exponentially, driving our customers and partners to innovate. For example, between...
The public safety community is relying more frequently on advanced technology that requires a network connection. Unmanned aerial and terrestrial vehicles, IoT devices, and smart cameras are just a few of the potentially life-saving use cases, according to Victor Mejia, product manager at Nextivity....
Verizon will set up a high-definition, 5G-enabled, 360-degree camera on the infield
Fans of racing won’t be able to enjoy the Indianapolis 500 in person at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) this year as a result of COVID-19, but Verizon is doing its best to...
Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE have been slowing down their 5G base station installation in the country, the Nikkei Asian Review reported.
According to the report, the two Chinese vendors told some of its suppliers to slow down shipments of some 5G base station-related...
Connectivity for large venues is a consummate challenge only exacerbated by growth in data consumption and evolution in cellular and Wi-Fi technologies.
When considering a venue investment, 5G and Wi-Fi 6 isn't an "or" consideration, rather an "and" scenario where both flavors to high-capacity connectivity...
Danish operator TDC NET will launch its commercial 5G network in large parts of Denmark on September 7, the carrier said in a release.
Population coverage will start at 80%, rising to 90% by the end of 2020, the operator said.
TDC began deploying 5G infrastructure...
Inpixon, which provides indoor intelligence solutions, announced that it has received certification for its new multi-technology sensor from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
"We are pleased to receive this certification from the FCC for our new multi-technology sensor, which follows the recently announced FCC certification...
“Productivity isn’t everything, but, in the long run, it’s almost everything.” This oft-quoted aphorism from economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman has new life in the shadow of Covid-19. Despite its hefty toll on the global economy, the pandemic presents an opportunity to refocus...
