Schneider Electric, a specialist in digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced that it is working with the University of Notre Dame to implement EcoStruxure Building 3.0 in more than 95 buildings across its campus.
The University will benefit from increased levels of operational data visibility and control...
Ericsson worked with Telma to upgrade its core and radio network
A few days ago, Telma Madagascar switched on the country’s first 5G commercial network in multiple cities with the help of Ericsson. Specifically, the Swedish vendor was selected by the operator last October to...
Siemens bringing IoT to bear for smart, safe offices
Salesforce and Siemens announced a strategic partnership to develop a new workplace technology suite that will support businesses globally to safely reopen and deliver the future experience for physical workplaces.
The partnership will combine Salesforce?s Work.com, powered...
5G small cell antennas must meet certain physical and technical criteria
In an effort to accelerate 5G small cell adoption across the European Union (EU), the European Commission (EC), after specifying the physical and technical characteristics of small cell equipment, has recommended that this type...
I was supposed to go to Cannes, France in March, and then maybe in June, for the annual MIPIM event. Instead, I ended up engaging with the event virtually, trading the South of France for my one-bedroom apartment in Madison, WI. I realize that,...
AT&T exec: "DSS is an important steppingstone on our path to nationwide 5G"
AT&T has expanded its 5G services to an additional 28 new markets. With the latest expansion, which includes Austin, Dallas, Maui, Miami, Orlando and Salt Lake City, the carrier’s next-gen coverage now...
KPMG and Planon have entered a partnership to extend cooperation to support organizations looking to digitize the process of leasing real estate and portfolio management.
Over the past two years, the firms have been working together on helping companies to comply with IFRS 16...
5G networks are growing exponentially in number and size around the world. 5G users have grown to nearly 100 million globally, with at least 65 million in China, five million in Korea and millions of other users across the rest of the world. As...
Manufacturing, healthcare and education poised for a 5G boost
A new report commissioned by Vodafone U.K. has found that upgrading to 5G could add as much as £158 billion ($194 billion) to the national economy over the next decade.
Vodafone also noted that investment in 5G...
Rakuten looking to sell virtualized network architecture as a platform
New Japanese market entrant Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Rakuten, has established its international headquarters in Singapore, the operator said in a release.
The new hub will serve as the company’s development center for...
Wi-Fi is arguably the most ground-breaking wireless technology of our time. From the first public Wi-Fi hotspots in the early 2000s which enabled radically increased productivity on the move, through to the role Wi-Fi is has in today’s pandemic environment, keeping us all connected...
Real-time Bluetooth-based sports analytics is coming to football (soccer), says Finnish duo Wisehockey and Quuppa after putting their real-time locating system (RTLS) to the test in their home country.
Player and ball movements were tracked during a pre-season match between top-tier Finnish teams earlier this...
Schneider Electric and and Cisco have formed a technology partnership designed to help drive major advances in the smart building field.
The two companies have developed, tested and validated designs that help connect building management systems to an Internet Protocol (IP) network with a secure...
Nokia providing 5G RAN, core, IMS technologies to Taiwan Mobile
Nokia has been selected by Taiwan Mobile as the sole supplier of its 5G network in a three-year framework deal worth approximately 400 million euros ($451 million)
The initial phase of the deal, which includes 5G...
Ericsson will utilize 5G for Future Railway Mobile Communication Systems to improve rail operation
Ericsson has joined UNIFE Europe’s rail association to focus on developing critical network capabilities for the industry. As a member, the telecoms equipment provider will utilize 5G for FRMCS (Future Railway...
Anyone who has used a public Wi-Fi hotspot for more than the occasional web browsing and emailing knows how unpredictable it can be. Wi-Fi’s lack of predictability has held back the deployment of wireless in many enterprise applications where predictable performance is essential. Fortunately...
Verizon has also completed trials of Pivotal Commware’s mmWave repeater technology
Verizon announced that is has expanded its 5G Home, making the enhanced service available in parts of Houston. The enhanced service, designed to provide better, more reliable wireless internet, comes as work, school and...
Distributed antenna system and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless has been selected by the Hawaii Tourism Authority to design, build, operate and maintain a neutral host cellular and public safety DAS network for the Hawaii Convention Center (HCC).
In a release, the company said that the...
Can artificial intelligence be trained to improve wireless network performance, classify emerging devices on a network, or conduct real-time machine learning at the network edge? Those are just a few of the concepts being explored in new research programs funded by Intel and the...
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The 4th Industrial Revolution merges physical and biological systems. It’s the next step in how society will interact with each other. And for it to work, we need to move data faster and more efficiently.
Which is why 5G has a...
Swedish network vendor Ericsson is offering trial kits of private industrial 5G networks to enterprises via its mobile operator customers. It has confirmed Deutsche Telekom in Germany as its first operator partner to resell the test networks to local industry.
Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom already...
As global 5G connections grow, new network capabilities are being added, says 5G Americas President
5G Americas released a global 5G progress report that indicates strong deployment progress, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic volatility. 5G Americas has revealed that, according to data...
Japanese conglomerate Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT), will take a 5% stake in compatriot electronics company NEC as part of an agreement to foster the development of 5G technology in Japan.
The agreement, estimated at 60 billion yen ($562 million), will make NTT the third-largest...
US Cellular said that an open RAN architecture can accelerate delivery of advanced 5G capabilities
US Cellular is one of the latest to join the O-RAN Alliance, the world-wide community of more than 190 mobile operators, vendors and research and academic institutions operating in the...
