BROWSING: Internet of Things (IoT)

Wi-Fi will support voice, IoT and more. Will it be regulated? The future of unregulatd Wi-Fi could depend on the work underway in an Austin office park. Nestled between a small Microsoft office and a soccer field, the Wi-Fi Alliance keeps a fairly low profile...

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,...

Targeting 2016 test, Ericsson partners with América Móvil and Brazilian government In coordination with the Brazilian government and carrier América Móvil, Swedish ICT and telecom vendor Ericsson plans to test "5G" mobile networks in Brazil in 2016, and also will test an "Internet of Things"...

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...

First Huawei Developers Conference (#HDC2015) coupled with Huawei's recent announcement to train 10,000 cloud engineers signals a potential intent to challenge traditional ICT vendors providing enterprise cloud computing, industrial IoT, and telecom NFV and SDN solutions Huawei is set to host its first Huawei Developers Conference...

Goldman Sachs views IoT as the third Internet wave while predicting that IoT will exceed previous Internet waves by connecting 28 billion previously unconnected things. By extending mobile and wireless pipes, IoT will unlock product innovation, create new business models and expose networks to unprecedented...

Goldman Sachs views IoT as the third “internet” wave while predicting that IoT will exceed preceding internet waves by connecting 28 billion “things”. By extending mobile and wireless “pipes”, IoT will unlock product innovation, create new business models and expose networks to unprecedented level...

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...

Looking for a quick rundown of the connected car market, expected trends and predictions? These four connected car infographics pack a lot of information into a space smaller than a smart car. Jabil gives its perspective on 10 hot connected car trends for this year in...

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...

As all devices become connected, industrial, automotive and consumer needs for the transfer of data are exploding. Network connections, bandwidth and cost will not support transferring all this information in real time to the cloud. This means local storage will continue to grow at a...

WASHINGTON – Farming, since the days of Babylon and Ur, remained largely unchanged until the mechanization of the Industrial Revolution when machines began to do more work in an hour than 100 men could manage in a day. Now, agriculture may be undergoing the...

Sprint has some inroads into retail, logistics; T-Mobile US biding its time WASHINGTON – The "Internet of Things" is quickly popping up on the radar of enterprises across verticals, and all four of America’s major carriers – AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile US and Sprint...

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...

As more and more wirelessly connected cars hit the market, a number of trends are becoming evident. RCR Wireless News will spend this month examining the connected car market, including these six predictions: The connected car market will be big, broad and global. Connected cars are...

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...

Recently I had an opportunity to speak with InterDigital about oneTransport, which has emerged from Innovate UK’s integrated transport initiative and is the concept for an open market place to access transport data and transport analytics in order to develop intelligent transport solutions. The program...

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...

We have all become spoiled by the location awareness and services that result from GPS chips marking our position on the planet.  Our smartphones, watches, trackers etc all know where we are, and many companies have overlaid that knowledge with contextual information on stores,...

Average commuter spends 42 hours each year stuck in traffic WASHINGTON – Every day AT&T collects millions of pings from its customers’ smartphones. These pings only provide a general idea – within 100 feet – of where an AT&T customer is and do not provide any...

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...

Richard Edgar, director of communications technology for Imagination Technologies, recently talked with RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney about the company's work in the wireless/IP space, as well as the research and development going into "5G" mobile networks and how the "Internet of...

Public-private partnerships will be a key component of meeting ICT-based sustainable development goals adopted by the United Nations, Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson told RCR Wireless News in an exclusive interview. Ericsson, in conjunction with Columbia University's Earth Institute, conducted joint research highlighting the importance of ICT...

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...