Austria’s capital, Vienna, plans to offer subsidies to mobile operators to boost 5G coverage across the city, local newspaper Der Standard reported.
Starting in July, Vienna’s municipal government will subsidize each new station deployed by local carriers A1, Hutchinson Drei and T-Mobile Austria with a...
In research for a new report on industrial AR, Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Ian Henderson, chief technologist for manufacturing at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, to discuss the challenges with contemporary AR (and VR) setups in the industrial space. Here is the interview, in...
To fully capture the potential value of low latency 5G connections, computing has to be localized at the edge of the network. The combination of 5G and edge computing provides the technology to deliver real-time services.
Given the monumental investment delivering pervasive 5G requires, what...
Mobile UK commented that the daily rate of 5G COVID conspiracy theory attacks appears to be slowing down
Arson attacks on cell site and verbal abuse of tower workers resulting from a conspiracy theory that claims that 5G internet is behind the coronavirus outbreak is...
Swedish smart building provider Yanzi Networks announced the launch of a new dashboard and analytics offering, dubbed Yanzi Insights.
The new offering will provide in-depth understanding of data coming out of smart building devices along with providing actionable recommendations for occupancy, space utilization, and indoor...
Loon has secured fly over approval for its high-altitude internet balloons in more than 50 countries and regions
AT&T has partnered up with Alphabet’s Loon division, whose aim is to provide internet connection using high-altitude internet balloons, or more technically, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The...
Liberty Global and Telefonica have reached an agreement to merge their U.K. operations in a 50-50 joint venture.
This move brings together the country's largest mobile operator, O2, with cable operator Virgin Media and its MVNO Virgin Mobile.
The combined subscriber base of the two companies,...
In the past five years, wireless technology has been an important topic in the industrial marketplace due to the potential cost savings, flexibility and value of data.
Every wireless technology has different advantages and disadvantages. As such, there is no single wireless technology that can...
A consortium of 16 industrial companies and research institutions have combined in a €9.5 million project to set out the “groundwork” for truck platooning with autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, as the primary use case to establish usage of 5G and Wi-Fi in intelligent transport...
Almost nine in 10 manufacturing businesses in the world’s industrial heartlands want their own private LTE and 5G networks to drive forward Industry 4.0 initiatives and digital transformation. Three quarters are set to upgrade their communications networks in the next two years. Wi-Fi and...
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) research finds the United States is the global leader of the semiconductor market, with a 45-50% market share. That leadership relies upon very large investments in R&D, which are funded by access to global markets. Chinese companies, for example, account...
The trials are related to IBM's recent 5G edge computing offerings
IBM is working with Singaporean local mobile carrier M1 and South Korean vendor Samsung to trial 5G use cases for the manufacturing sector. The trials will explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and...
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WIA’s premier industry conference, Connect (X), is going virtual this year. Connect (X): All Access will be held May 19, with a Small and Diverse Business Summit May 20-21. All virtual. All free.
WIA’s President and CEO, Jonathan Adelstein, is this...
Connectivity provider ExteNet Systems says it has a new, advanced mobility network at Philadelphia's?One Penn Center.
The 670,000 square feet Class A commercial office building sits above Suburban Station and has undergone major renovation over the past five years. Several leading companies occupy the privately...
iBwave, the leaders in in-building network design, are proud to announce a new update to their software suite, Release 14.
Users can download the latest version to gain access to features such as 5G best beam analysis, Wi-Fi 6 design capability, and enhancements to...
Open RAN Policy Coalition launched this week with key operator members
In examining the long arc of open radio access networks, the focus of groups like the O-RAN Alliance and Telecom Infra Project has been on developing open standards and interfaces, then proving that technology...
Designed for leaders in wireless, this Award Solutions’ educational session delves into key considerations that competitive carriers need to know today to optimize the path towards 5G.
You’ll learn what 5G brings to the table, what carriers can do to prepare for 5G, get an...
T-Mobile US exec: 'SA 5G will accelerate 5G adoption and services'
T-Mobile US, assisted by Ericsson, has achieved a number of significant milestones for standalone architecture (SA) 5G. In order to achieve this string of firsts, the companies conducted tests in which SA and...
Taiwanese carrier Chunghwa Telecom confirmed it plans to launch commercial 5G services in the third quarter of the year despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shui-Yi Kuo, the carrier’s President and CFO, said during a conference call with investors.
“Although the pandemic continue to...
Semtech announced that?Talkpool, which provides global Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and telecommunication network services, has incorporated?Semtech?s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol?into its new line of sensor solutions for smart home and building applications.
Talkpool?s portfolio of LoRa-based products enable enhanced data monitoring to...
Open RAN group ties COVID-19 pandemic to RAN vendor choice, security and performance
A new group of operators and telecom network hardware and software vendors announced today the formation of the Open RAN Policy Coalition. As 5G deployments continue around the world, open RAN has...
South African carrier Vodacom has launched what it claims to be Africa’s first live 5G mobile network, the telco said in a statement.
The initial 5G service is initially available in the cities of Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town, with additional cities to be reached...
The Federal Communications Commission has been doling out special access to spectrum as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to help operators deal with the strains on wireless networks as a result of increased network traffic due to telework, remote learning and...
Nokia’s enterprise chief Kathrin Buvac has quit the Finnish vendor to take a role at another technology firm. Her departure, scheduled for the end of the month, follows on the heels of the announcement Rajeev Suri, the company’s president and chief executive, will also...
