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...
ACnet?International, KNX Association, OCF, Thread Group and the Zigbee Alliance have joined forces in an effort to better align commercial buildings with users' connectivity needs and to improve the integration of smart building products.
These organizations behind the leading technology standards in the field of...
Cambium Networks CEO: 'Now you can converge the WAN and the LAN'
Cambium Networks believes that wireless is the new fiber and is embracing both Wi-Fi 6 and 60 GHz mmWave technology. According to Atul Bhatnagar, Cambium Networks CEO, doing so has made it possible...
The pandemic has put data-driven decision making under the microscope—everyone, everywhere is questioning data and the decisions being made based on it today. For mobile operators, it has always been a challenge to process your data into meaningful information that guides your next course...
Italian operator Linkem has signed with Nokia to resell The Finnish firm’s cloud-based private network platform to industrial companies in its home market.
Linkem claims a 40 per cent share of the fixed-wireless access (FWA) market it Italy; the company has live 5G network operations...
Fiplex Communications, which specializes in mission-critical solutions for indoor public-safety communications, announced the launch and general availability of Fiplex FLEX, a flexible and scalable in-building wireless platform.
The firm said that FLEX addresses performance and complexity challenges inherent to complying with stringent critical communications code...
The U.S. government is considering the possibility of providing financing for the deployment of 5G in Brazil to those carriers not selecting Chinese vendors, Reuters reported, citing the U.S Ambassador to Brazil, Todd Chapman.
The funding would come from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation...
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, ended May with a total of 55. 6 million subscribers in the 5G segment, the company said in its website.
In May alone, the carrier added 11.86 million 5G subscribers. At the end of January,...
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) have completed two joint energy efficiency projects.
In total, the projects are saving the university 66,000 therms of energy every year. Both projects were part of California's joint Energy Efficiency Partnership between state universities and investor-owned utilities. Over the...
The drone solution will simplify cell site management, says Samsung
Samsung Electronics demonstrated its new drone-based antenna configuration measurement solution for 4G and 5G networks. Performed on the company’s campus, the demonstration involved the use of a smartphone with a remote control application that connected...
Taiwan Mobile has become the third mobile operator to secure a 5G license in the country after telecommunications regulator NCC approved the telco’s 5G plan, according to local press reports.
NCC Chief Secretary Hsiao Chi-hong said Taiwan Mobile is now expecting to deploy 4,000 5G...
IBM has unveiled Watson Works, a set of products that embeds?Watson?artificial intelligence (AI) models and applications to help companies navigate many aspects of the return-to-workplace challenge following lockdowns put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.
IBM noted that Watson Works provides data-driven insights...
Ready for C-Band spectrum? Nokia says it is
Nokia is putting 5G New Radio through its paces in C-Band spectrum in Dallas, Texas and says that it successfully completed a series of over-the-air 5G tests and reached "stable peak throughput speeds" of more than 1...
Canadian telecoms operator Telus has selected Samsung Electronics as its 5G network infrastructure supplier, the latter said in a release.
Samsung has signed four new 5G contracts in the last seven months, including operators in Canada, U.S. and New Zealand.
“We are pleased to select Samsung as...
The new mobile service was created to help connect those living in rural areas, according to Walmart Mexico
Walmart revealed this week that its Mexican unit — known as Walmex — has launched a mobile phone service available throughout the country. The service, called "Bodega...
U.S. fiber infrastructure provider FiberLight announced that its network has been chosen by?Slice Wireless Solutions?to deliver public W-iFi and Distributed Antenna System (DAS) wireless capabilities for the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI Marshall).
Slice Wireless, which provides Wi-Fi solutions and network installations for SMBs,...
FirstNet board votes to direct $218 million in network reinvestments
The First Responders Network Authority board has approved $218 million in network investment to support 5G and additional deployables for first responders using the FirstNet-AT&T network.
The FirstNet Authority said that the funds will support "initial...
German operator Deutsche Telekom is already proving 5G coverage to 16 million people in over 1,000 towns across Germany, the carrier said in a release.
By mid-July, a total of 40 million people throughout Germany will be reached by the operator's 5G network, Deutsche Telekom...
IoT company Eleven-x and?Pinchin, one of Canada?s largest building science, environmental and health & safety consulting firms, have inked a partnership to deploy innovative new building and indoor environment monitoring.
The partners said that the offering will be part of a comprehensive solution to help...
With RootMetrics resuming its regular on-the-ground testing in cities across the United States, the benchmarking and analysis company's testing teams saw the major T-Mobile US outage on Monday play out in real time, as it was happening.
RootMetrics had teams doing outdoor testing in 10...
Qualcomm: '5G NR-U represents a brand-new field of spectrum'
5G NR in unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) is being finalized for inclusion in 3GPP Release 16, which, though delayed, is now expected to be ratified next month due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Qualcomm, NR-U is “an...
IoT specialist BehrTech said that?Andorix, an expert in smart building readiness and infrastructure solutions, has leveraged MYTHINGS?to enable multiple IoT solutions in commercial buildings managed by?QuadReal Property Group,?which is a global real estate investment, operating and development company.
The smart buildings will be enabled with...
South Korean carrier LG Uplus completed tests of core technologies supporting voice service running on a standalone (SA) 5G network as the carrier expects to launch 5G based on SA architecture later this year.
In a statement, the operator said the tests verified the performance...
Swiss Association of Telecommunications (Asut) has called on politicians and public authorities in Switzerland to accelerate the switch to 5G technology in the country.
According to the association, the upgrade of the mobile networks with the latest 5G technology is making little progress due to...
