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Editorial Report | Digital Factory Solutions Series – Industrial LTE and 5G

How will incoming cellular technologies transform smart manufacturing? In the first installment in a new series on smart manufacturing technologies, UK-based global editor-in-chief editor James Blackman looks at the role of LTE and 5G in the future of manufacturing.

Digital Factory Solutions Report Series: 5G Connectivity

How will incoming cellular technologies transform smart manufacturing? In the first installment in a new series on smart manufacturing technologies, UK-based global editor-in-chief editor James Blackman looks at the role of LTE and 5G in the future of manufacturing.

Investing in IoT: developing the business case and knowing the cost

Panel: Investing in IoT Moderator Kristin Stants, Vice President, KPMG Corporate Finance, Investment Bankers is joined by Kiva Allgood, President IoT, New Business Creation Group, GE Ventures; Bob Regan, Director (New Business) Corporate Development, Nokia; Sunder Somasundaram, Director of IoT Platforms, AT&T and Marty Linne, Managing Director Strategic Transactions...

Microsoft, KPMG form IoT advisory partnership in India

The Microsoft/KPMG partnership will target Indian organizations willing to implement IoT initiatives. Microsoft and auditing firm KPMG have established a strategic "internet of things" advisory partnership targeting the Indian market. The two firms plan to combine efforts to accelerate the digital transformation...

Sigfox adds Colombia to its global IoT network

Following the launch of its global IoT network in Columbia, Sigfox claims to cover 57 percent of Latin America’s territory. Sigfox’s international expansion shows no signs of slowing down. The IoT operator has now announced the launch of its global IoT network in Columbia, together with...

Netherlands Railways deploys sensor network with Blip

With this newly deployed sensor network, Netherlands Railways will get data on passenger flows, which can be used to improve traveler experience and optimize the stations’ operations. Passengers are no longer simply passing through railway stations; they work, hold meetings, shop and eat there. At...

Telecom Software: Big data in 2014; how Android gets updates

Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. We hope everyone had a fun and safe New Year's Eve and Day. Due to the holiday things have been a little slow in the world of telecom software, so this...

Report: Growth in Indian telecom sector will be driven by mobile VAS

Growth in the Indian telecom sector will be driven by value-added services like mobile banking in the next phase, with the market for such offerings set to rise fourfold to $9 billion by 2015, according to a report by KPMG and FICCI.

Telecom needs critical infrastructure status under NTP

The Indian government should consider granting 'critical infrastructure' status to active and passive infrastructure in telecommunications and broadband sector, according to a report prepared by consultancy major KPMG and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), an Indian industry body.

VC exuberance in social networking space

When it comes to investment money, perhaps no space in mobile is as hot as social networking. And it looks like the spigot isn't going to shut off anytime soon. But for venture capital to truly flood the space, the online guys will need...

What’s hot? Networks and consumer apps

With an influx of new spectrum, new networks coming online and new services to run over those networks, one might say that venture capitalists are backing both the tortoise and the hare to win in wireless. The interest in the quick-changing, what's-hot-next consumer application...

Survey: Venture capitalists to show mobile some love

Venture capitalists expect to pour money into mobile and online entertainment over the next two years, according to new figures from KPMG.The auditing giant said the poll of 300 venture capitalists, corporate executives and bankers found that 52% of respondents predicted investment in digital...

Study: Almost 40% of consumers don’t want converged services

LAS VEGAS—Consumers may not be willing to pay for the premium services many telecom companies are banking on to grow their revenues, according to findings of two new studies from KPMG L.L.P. One study found nearly 60 percent of telecom industry executives are looking...

Telecom excise tax under assault in court: Bills pending in House, Senate to repeal tax

WASHINGTON-The pesky tax on talking may finally be headed for the door-more than a century after it was established to pay for the Spanish-American War. It is not the legislative process that is finally killing it, but rather the judiciary, which consistently has ruled...

Sprint releases corporate governance guidelines

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Following claims of financial impropriety that led to the ouster of a pair of former executives, Sprint Corp. released a set of corporate governance enhancements that build on a previously announced set. The telecommunications provider said the enhancements would make it a...

Swisscom aims to lead European WLAN market

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following the acquisition in March of wireless local are network (WLAN) operators Megastream and Munich-based WLAN, fixed-line carrier Swisscom, which now has more than 800 WLAN access points, has linked with Nomadix to hasten the deployment of more 802.11b hot spots. In...

Qwest delays 10-K report

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. said it will not file its 2002 10-K form on time due to its current work with external auditor KPMG L.L.P. on restating its 2001 and 2000 financial statements. Qwest noted it filed 12b-25 forms indicating the delayed filing, but...

WorldCom will restate financials following internal audit

CLINTON, Mass.-WorldCom Inc. said it plans to restate its financial statements for 2001 and the first quarter of 2002 as a result of an internal audit of the company's capital expenditures that showed up to $3.8 billion in cost transfers were not made in...

Nortel stock falls in WorldCom fallout

OTTAWA-Nortel Networks Corp.'s shares tumbled to a 52-week low owing to a report of WorldCom's accounting practices.The company's stock fell more than 11 percent, or 18 cents, to $1.43 on the New York Stock Exchange on over 12 million shares traded.

U.S. Cellular replaces Arthur Andersen as accountant

CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp. selected PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. to replace Arthur Andersen L.L.P. as the carrier's independent public accountant for this year.Nextel Partners Inc. and UbiquiTel Inc. announced earlier this week that they also are replacing Arthur Andersen as their public accountants. Nextel Partners named KPMG...

Motorola shareholders to vote on auditor proposal

NEW YORK—At its annual meeting, scheduled for 6 May, the board of directors of Motorola has asked shareholders to vote against a proposal that would bar the company from hiring the same firm to provide both its auditing and accounting services.The Sheet Metal Workers'...

Motorola shareholders to vote on auditor proposal

NEW YORK—At its annual meeting, scheduled for May 6, the board of directors of Motorola Inc. has asked shareholders to vote against a proposal that would bar the company from hiring the same firm to provide both its auditing and accounting services.The Sheet Metal...

Lebanon puts Cellis legal proceedings on hold

LONDON—The Lebanese government has come to an agreement with mobile operator Cellis to defuse a long-running legal battle that led it to cancel the company's operating contract last year. According to Reuters, the government has agreed to put a hold on further legal proceedings...

Lebanon could allow cellular companies to fulfill contracts

LONDON—The Lebanese government announced it might allow mobile-phone companies Cellis and LibanCell to operate until their contracts expire in 2004, providing that other offers for new licenses are "not up to par."The government is currently waiting for KPMG to complete its valuation of the...