Ericsson intros industrial IoT workforce safety device for mining, manufacturing
Ericsson has combined with industrial design consultancy Sigma Connectivity and industrial IoT firm Mobilaris to produce a cellular IoT tracking device for the mining...
AT&T will receive $43 billion in deal to combine WarnerMedia with Discovery
AT&T acquired Time Warner assets for $85 billion in deal that close June 2018
Following a flurry of weekend reports of a rumored mega-deal, AT&T...
SpaceX to connect its Starlink satellites to Google Cloud systems
The new capabilities are expected to be available in the second half of 2021
Under a new partnership, SpaceX — Elon Musk’s private American aerospace...
Infosys collaborates with RXR Realty to develop a smart office platform
Infosys, a specialist in next-generation digital services and consulting, has collaborated with RXR Realty to build and deploy a smart building health and wellness...
Kagan: Xfinity, Spectrum, Alitce show wireless growth. What’s next?
Cable TV tried to get into the wireless phone business a decade ago. They failed. Then, years later they tried again. First Xfinity Mobile,...
O2’s 5G network reaches 180 towns and cities in the UK
UK mobile operator O2, owned by Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica, announced that its 5G network already reaches part of 180 towns and cities across...
Dish selects Oracle to enable SBA for its 5G core
Dish has selected Oracle to enable a Service-Based Architecture (SBA) for its 5G core, the former said in a release.
SBA, part of the 3GPP...
The Sunday Brief: The plight of the resurrected telco
Greetings from Hilton Head Island (SC), Davidson/ Lake Norman (NC) and Omaha (NE). Pictured is a long-time friend and former colleague, Christopher (“Topher”) Wren...
The state of ‘things’ in smart manufacturing – grasping at and grappling with Industry...
Spending on factory-based IoT data applications will grow from $18 billion in 2019 to just over $27 billion in 2024, a rise of 50...
OPC Foundation and 5G-ACIA to collaborate on OPC UA over 5G for Industry 4.0
The OPC Foundation and the 5G-ACIA, the organisations promoting OPC-based machine protocols and wide-area 5G for industry, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)...
Rakuten Mobile’s 4G network reaches 80% of Japan’s population
Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile said its 4G network already reaches 80% of the country’s population, with plans to reach 96% this summer.
In a...
DZS and Andorix help QuadReal to complete fiber-based smart building transformation
DZS, which focuses on packet-based mobile transport, broadband access, network orchestration and cloud-native automation solutions, announced that QuadReal Property Group has leveraged DZS FiberLAN...
umlaut: Next horizon for 5G competition will be latency, availability
Spectrum strategy is the first and foremost factor that is shaping U.S. wireless carriers' competitive position in 5G -- and that helps to justify...
Telefónica, Deloitte-backed 5G accelerator launches UK smart-city competition
UK-based 5G consortium 5PRING, which includes Telefónica and Deloitte, has partnered with local authorities in the West Midlands in the UK, a regional focus...
EE doubles 5G footprint in recent fiscal year: BT
U.K. carrier EE, part of telecom group BT, has doubled its 5G footprint in the recent fiscal year, with its next-generation offering currently available...
Test and Measurement: Anritsu strikes collabs for A-GPS, VoNR audio testing
Anritsu has teamed up with simulation company Orolia to put together Assisted-GPS (A-GPS) testing that meets 5G New Radio carrier acceptance requirements for multiple...
Mars brings in Microsoft and Accenture to drive smart manufacturing, supply chain
Mars is working with Microsoft and Accenture to bring new IoT and AI solutions to its manufacturing and supply-chain operations. The work is part...
Proximus, Nokia double speed and capacity of VSDL infrastructure with new tech
Belgian mobile operator Proximus hopes to cover 70% of the country’s households with fiber by 2028, a plan that involves extending the life of...
Chips are down until 2023, confirms IBM president
IBM president: 'The solution to the shortage involves exploring alternative ways to meet consumer demand'
Towards the end of April, Intel and TSMC the...
FCC kicks off two pandemic relief connectivity programs worth $10 billion
The Federal Communications Commission this week officially launched two pandemic relief programs designed to improve access to and affordability of broadband services.
Families across...
‘If you could deploy LoRa on a Sigfox network…’ – the case for low-power...
Note this story is continued from a previous post, asking if it is 'time for Sigfox and LoRaWAN to call a truce – and...
Smartphones get the high score in gaming revenue, according to report
Smartphones account for the biggest source of gaming revenue — 43% of total revenue from all devices
Smartphones appear to be dominating the global gaming...
AT&T to provide private 5G, MEC to USC’s cancer research center
AT&T Business CEO: '5G is going to be a game-changer for the healthcare industry'
AT&T is deploying a private 5G network, as well as Multi-access...
ATIS’ Next G Alliance launches work program for 6G technology
North American mobile industry standards group ATIS’ Next G Alliance announced the launch of its technical work program and the formation of the key...
Couchbase Webinar: Enable Real Time Responsiveness and Zero Downtime for Applications
With the world going online and data doubling in volume every two years, applications that rely solely on the cloud for data storage and...