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#TBT: Tower industry booms; Nokia rules the device world; After carrier consolidation, who’s left? … this week in 1998

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Tower industry booms NEW...

Potentially billions of IoT devices at risk from Ripple20 attacks – major brands are flagged

Security experts have identified a series of 19 vulnerabilities, given the name Ripple20, in a small software library integrated into “hundreds of millions”, and potentially billions, of IoT devices that have been sold into consumer, enterprise and industrial markets during the past two decades. Israeli...

Miami leads global lists of smart streetlights deployment: study

A research study revealed that North America will have 14.4 million connected streetlights by 2023 Miami is the world’s number one city in terms of connected streetlights deployment according to a recent study by research firm IoT Analytics. Converting legacy streetlights into connected LED or connected...

Philips grows smart lighting footprint with Spanish deployment

The smart lighting projects involved the installation of 12,000 connected street lights in Guadalajara In a new smart lighting deployment, Philips Lighting has installed 12,000 LED street lights in the city of Guadalajara, Spain. The street lights are managed by the Philips CityTouch street lighting...

Autonomous drone plays with kids in Dutch hospital

Drone uses Visible Light Communication (VLC) to navigate indoors Philips Lighting, which has been making moves in the IoT space by leveraging its connected lighting platforms, is working with drone manufacturer Blue Jay to develop new uses for drones, as well as a lighting-based navigation...

Philips wins smart lighting contract in Norwegian IoT project

Expanding its smart lighting partnerships, the Dutch company will provide more than 18,000 LED street lights Philips Lighting announced that it will develop a smart lighting project in 11 municipalities in southern Rogaland in Western Norway. Under the agreement, the Dutch company will deploy more...

Smart lighting continues to be prime IoT use case

Philips will work with the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority to focus on smart lighting initiatives The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Philips Lighting Export to implement smart lighting initiatives in the emirate. "This MoU will provide the...

Huawei signs agreement with Philips Lighting

The deal will allow Philips Hue lighting portfolio to work with other connected devices and apps Chinese ICT services provider Huawei and Philips Lighting have signed an agreement to ensure the interoperability of the Philips Hue connected lighting system for the home with Huawei’s OceanConnect...

Open systems to shape the future of smart cities

Open systems will be key to unlocking value from different verticals and applications in future smart cities. Provided we can agree on what openness is. Standards are a great way of ensuring interoperability in a mature and stable industry environment. In the case of smart cities however,...

Vodafone, Philips Lighting sign smart city deal

Philips street lighting management system to use Vodafone’s M2M platform Vodafone and Philips Lighting signed an agreement for the provisioning of connected lighting and smart city services. Under terms of the deal, the two companies will enable city authorities worldwide to implement wirelessly connected street...

LatAm: Google, Philips and T-Systems show off IoT projects in Brazil

Brazil is the fourth-largest market in the world for machine-to-machine technology with an annual growth of 25%, according to the GSMA. In 2014, there were 9 million M2M connections in the country. Brazil, along with the rest of the world,  is expected to push forward the...

Analyst Angle: 3G comes to China … and no one cares

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Chinese are voracious consumers of mobile data. In fact, 80% of the 777 million Chinese...

Alliances: AT&T and Acosta, VZW and recycler

AT&T Mobility signed a two-year, $2 million agreement with Acosta Sales & Marketing , which gives more than 3,000 Acosta retail merchandisers access to HTC Tilt 2 mobile devices for merchandising applications.CelleBrite said it has partnered with Handmark to deliver its CelleSync over-the-air...

Alliances: AT&T and Acosta, VZW and recycler

AT&T Mobility signed a two-year, $2 million agreement with Acosta Sales & Marketing , which gives more than 3,000 Acosta retail merchandisers access to HTC Tilt 2 mobile devices for merchandising applications.CelleBrite said it has partnered with Handmark to deliver its CelleSync over-the-air...

China Mobile to use Red Bend’s FOTA software on OPhone

China Mobile Communications Corp., the world’s largest wireless operator, will use Red Bend Software’s firmware over the air (FOTA) software for updating and device management for China Mobile’s OPhone operating system.Under an agreement with China Mobile Research Institute, China Mobile’s research and development arm,...

Complementary customers, technologies fuse STMicro-Ericsson tie-up

The pressures of the mobile chip business, plus a fit in products and customers, has driven Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST Microelectronics-NXP Wireless to join forces, the two companies said today.The joint venture, subject to regulatory approvals, combines ST-NXP's 2G/EDGE and 3G offerings with...

Qualcomm sees sunny skies; TI says partly cloudy

Pesky Wall Street.No matter how well you perform, the stock market - understandably, because it reflects investors' view of future prospects - is all about "what's next"?Qualcomm Inc., riding a wave of global demand for W-CDMA-enabled handsets - and strong performances by Samsung Electronics...

NXP and STMicroelectronics create wireless JV

NXP Semiconductors and STMicroelectronics will combine their wireless businesses to compete in a cutthroat environment for chip makers. The two companies said in a statement they would aim to complete the move by the third quarter, subject to regulatory review and "consultations" with labor...

FCC begins new round of white-spaces testing

The Federal Communications Commission said the next round of laboratory testing of prototype TV white-spaces devices will begin Jan. 24, a public process lasting four to six weeks that will be followed by a month or more of field testing at different locations.Microsoft Corp.,...

Google, Philips, Microsoft, Moto tee up for fresh round of white-spaces testing

The debate whether to unleash a potentially huge amount of vacant broadcast spectrum-called white spaces-for Wi-Fi and other low-power wireless applications has reached a critical juncture, with federal regulators set to conduct another round of testing on a new group of devices to see...

FCC to conduct further white-space testing

The Federal Communications Commission said it will conduct further testing on the viability of Wi-Fi and other low-power wireless applications in unoccupied TV broadcast spectrum known as white spaces.The agency's action appears to benefit high-tech companies that urged additional testing after the FCC found...

Broadcasters, tech companies duel over white spaces: Debate rages over interference, universal broadband, public-safety opportunities

Broadcasters-having invested hundreds of millions of dollars transitioning to digital technology and now bracing for a government ruling on whether to allow Wi-Fi service in unoccupied television guardbands known as white spaces-turned up the volume of its opposition by launching an inside-the-Beltway advertising blitz...

Operators to drive expansion of low-cost handset space

Network operators increasingly will partner with small handset vendors to offer low-margin, ultra-low-cost handsets, particularly in emerging markets where new subscriber growth remains strong, according to ABI Research. Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. currently dominate the sub-$50 handset space, in part due to their...

Nokia’s new chip strategy realigns space: STMicroelectronics gets 3G win, EDGE gives Broadcom boost

WHEN A BEHEMOTH SHAKES ITS TAIL, some rise, some fall. The behemoth benefits.That appears to be the upshot of Nokia Corp.'s announcement last week that it had selected four main chipset suppliers for future business. The move boosted some fortunes and cast off others,...