Researchers have discovered they can hack voice over LTE implementations on two tier-one mobile carrier networks, gaining access to free data usage or shutting down voice or data access for another user.
A recently published paper (pdf) by academics at the University of California Los Angeles, The...
WASHINGTON – Academic think tank the Brookings Institute hosted a panel on Oct. 21 to discuss the emerging economic force that is the "Internet of Things" and how it is transforming the global economy.
Panelists included Glenn Lurie, CEO at AT&T Mobility; former Federal...
Huawei and Infosys partner expand Smart Stadium Solution to build on Wi-Fi with suite of experiential services
Chinese ICT vendor Huawei has touted its Smart Stadium Solution since 2012, but has now realized that just offering high-speed Internet access isn't enough for mobile-inclined consumers.
With that,...
IoT connection management eSDK platform opens APIs for network, security and data development
During the two-day Huawei Developers Congress, which was attended predominantly by the enterprise developer community, the company showcased a number of network APIs and "Internet of Things" initiatives for the Internet of vehicles, safe city, smart...
WASHINGTON – Cisco Systems has become a household name based on the near-ubiquity of its networking equipment, and now the company is looking to evolve its strategy to keep up with the shifts in technology. Under the leadership of CEO Chuck Robbins, the company...
The FCC is overhauling RF rules for first time since 1998
WASHINGTON – The federal government is adapting policies to change with the times. Among those polices being updated are those designed to benefit the "Internet of Things" economy. Over the next decade, IoT is...
Connected car hack research extends reach
I recently had an opportunity to speak with Martin Hunt, BT Global Services' automotive industry practice lead, at the CyberSecure Car 15 conference in Dresden, Germany. While ethical hacking is not normally a topic one associates with BT Global Services, the...
The end goal of the connected car is autnomous driving as a way to reinvent the way people get around; but, it's clear there's a long runway before widespread consumer adoption. However, certain niche aspects of transportation could realize the efficiencies associated with autonomous...
Last week, Dresden was host to the CyberSecure Car 15 conference with experts from the automotive and security markets discussing the topic in detail. The two-day conference covered many interesting topics and some of the highlights are included in this overview.
One interesting topic posed...
Ericsson, today announced a new concept for automated network transport that will be demonstrated at the ITS World Congress this coming week. Th new concept portrays how data obtained from the mobile network could be utilized to optimize public transport scenarios.
This new topic becomes...
The companies who are bringing LTE-Unlicensed to the industry have added new partners and launched a new coalition to promote the technology, seeking to reassure both regulators and Wi-Fi stakeholders that running LTE in unlicensed spectrum will not impact Wi-Fi.
Founding members of the Evolve...
Booz Allen may not be a name that immediately comes to mind when thinking about automotive cybersecurity, but it should as the company has a practice that looks specifically at security. A team of automotive and cybersecurity experts work with automotive original equipment manufacturers...
XCellAir report tallies up opportunity cost related to Wi-Fi access in 10 global markets
Network management company XCellAir has been studying the effects of poorly-managed, unregulated spectrum and concluded that operators are set to miss out on as much as $18 billion if the current...
The Wi-Fi Alliance is expanding its reach into the “Internet of Things.” The trade group announced a new “Implementer Membership” program designed to help companies that don’t specialize in connectivity to get a foothold in the rapidly expanding IoT space.
“Implementer Members will be able to...
WASHINGTON – Two Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation have sent letters to the CEOs of 18 major automakers asking that they conduct a comprehensive overview of vehicles' vulnerabilities to hacking, and elaborate on what they are doing to...
NXP today announced the launch of its RF chip family to advance long-range smart car keys. The chip family offers two-way RF link functionality to enable bidirectional communication between the key fob and the car at a distance of up to 500 meters. In addition...
This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes a look at some of the dominant themes of the annual CTIA Super Mobility show held last week in Las Vegas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dmcO84q5R4
CTIA Super Mobility is an annual expo marked by big time...
Could something that was agreed to in 1968 have an impact on the autonomous driving vision for the European Union? It could as there is a section pertaining to road traffic that is currently raising a stir.
There’s been quite a bit of news...
Technology powerhouse Google will begin to test its fully autonomous self-driving cars outside of its home base in Mountain View, Calif., for the first time with the addition of Austin, Texas, as a connected car testbed.
Google made the announcement over the weekend with a...
Metro Transit to add express buses to free Wi-Fi program
The Twin Cities in Minnesota will soon be a testbed for Wi-Fi on transit routes. Metro Transit in the cities is making free Wi-Fi available on selected urban and local express routes.
The program, which begins this month, will be...
Traveling can be a burdensome process even when everything goes right. And chief among frequent flyer complaints is the lack of Wi-Fi access, or, when it's available, the low quality of Wi-Fi, which in airplanes is often far too slow to stream video.
Gogo, a...
Security and the connected car seem to be linked on a daily basis in the news the last few weeks. The question regarding hacking of the connected car has gone from if to when. Now the question is what is the best way to...
Vodafone recently released its third annual M2M Barometer report, developed in conjunction with Circle Research to better understand how businesses are utilizing machine-to-machine and "Internet of Things" technology. In order to get at these answers, 650 business and IT executives around the world were surveyed. In...
There has been industry speculation for years that Apple would take on a connected, autonomous vehicle project. Now, based on documents obtained by The Guardian, those rumors gain credence as it appears Apple is scouting locations to test a self-driving vehicle.
On Aug. 14, The...
