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While public Wi-FI can be very convenient, both for users and providers, it also introduces a number of security challenges. Unsecured or under-secured public Wi-Fi networks can expose users to cyber threats like identity theft, financial fraud and data breaches. Once …

Over the past 35 years I have been privileged to have worked with and advised countless CEOs and CMOs as an Industry Analyst, advisor and columnist. Over that time, I have had many conversations and learned so much, not only …

It’s more important than ever that the federal government show united leadership around the necessity of technical spectrum studies While a significant percentage of Broadcom’s revenue comes from broadband and Wi-Fi, it also has significant exposure to the mobile cellular …

NTT Data, the global system integrator division of Japanese telecoms group NTT, has signed a multi-year deal with US device maker Zebra Technologies, which has acquired a kind of Apple-like aura in the industrial sector for its specialist mobile devices, …

This month, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Wi-Fi — one of the most transformative connectivity technologies on the planet. It’s an incredible moment for the industry to be proud of. As I reflect on the past 25 years, standing …

Sigfox-parent Unabiz reckons it can now deliver a 90 percent “success rate” with Wi-Fi positioning on Sigfox trackers thanks to the addition of some AI/ML trickery to its Wi-Fi scanning software. Sigfox operator KYOCERA Communication Systems (KCCS) has claimed a …

According to a NTT Data executive, a private 5G network ensures real-time insights into control rooms, enabling Industry 4.0 applications such as machine vision and AGVs Private 5G is key to enable enterprises across all industries to embrace technologies like …

Finnish vendor Nokia’s private 4G/5G DAC system has been validated by UK-based IT solutions provider Black Box on a DAS setup from US-based Corning. The project paves the way for dual public and private 4G/5G networks using shared spectrum on …

Last year, Ofcom said it had consulted on an approach that would allow both Wi-Fi and mobile services to share spectrum in the upper 6 GHz band U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has set out its vision for how shared use …

F5 highlighted that adopting a zero-trust architecture is important in a private 5G environment Security is one of the main motivators for enterprises to adopt 5G private networks, according to Richard Lopez, senior strategic architect at F5. “The main motivators …

With the arrival of every new generation of networking technology, the comparison of mobile- and Ethernet-based solutions has traditionally been debated including now, prompted by the recent unveiling of the new Wi-Fi 7 standard (IEEE 802.11be). In keeping with this …

The IEEE 802.11 MAC and PHY layers are continuously being improved to offer more efficiency and support new use cases. The next generation of Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7), also known as Extremely High Throughput (EHT), focuses on multiple enhancements …

Seemingly out of nowhere, the familiar concept of Wi-Fi offloading has become a megatrend in mobile telecom. Also known as mobile data offloading, it refers to the practice of shifting data traffic from cellular networks to Wi-Fi networks to improve …

Siemens has introduced a new on-prem software-based Industry 4.0 ‘workstation’ to replace all the traditional hardware paraphernalia that has built up in factories to control and automate machines and processes, including physical programmable logic controllers (PLCs), conventional human-machine interfaces (HMIs), …

It seems like you can have the same conversation about Industry 4.0 whether AI is presented as the big kahuna in the tech-mix or hardly mentioned at all, like the elephant in the room. This conversation with Cisco, taped a …

Actility-owned IoT asset tracking provider Abeeway is using the Monarch 2 GM02S module from Sequans for cellular IoT connectivity in the new version of its Abeeway Compact Tracker, according to the French IoT chipmaker. The Abeeway product uses the Monarch …

There will be 108 million IoT connections on private LTE (4G) and 5G networks in the manufacturing sector in 2030, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. Manufacturing will be the biggest market for private 5G-IoT, it said. In …

Note, this article forms the intro section to a new editorial report from RCR Wireless about ‘private 5G – hype versus reality’. The full report is available to download for free here. It might be taken, as well, with new …

Qualcomm will also expand its portfolio to address the safety, operating environment and mechanical handling requirements for industrial grade solutions Qualcomm Technologies has released a “breakthrough micro-power” Wi-Fi system-on-chip (SoC) for battery-powered IoT, plus new “AI-ready” IoT and industrial platforms …

Embedded World 2024, Nuremberg: Barcelona based IoT antenna company Ignion has launched a new “AI-powered” antenna integration platform called Oxion to further shorten the design time for wireless IoT devices. The new service integrates “proprietary algorithms” from local Barcelona AI/ML …

Or three lies it has told, and is being forced to take back.  Ask Future Technologies – which appears, directly or indirectly, to have its fingerprints across every-other big private 5G deployment in the US – about the hype in …

As we heard last week, good 5G is bad 5G without careful network design – especially with private 5G in complex enterprise venues. This was the line from Nazim Choudhury, director of market development at Canada-based iBwave Solutions, which sells …

Boldyn’s neutral host DAS, Wi-Fi and private network solutions will enable ubiquitous 5G connectivity throughout ASM venues ASM Global and Boldyn Networks announced an extension of a previous partnership with the aim of providing 5G, next-generation Wi-Fi and private networks …

Managed enterprise IoT provider Kajeet has a deal to integrate its Sentinel platform with Cisco’s cellular gateways and mobility services platform. The pair hailed it as a “strategic partnership”; they also said in a statement they had only “initiated discussions”. …

Coopetition is when competitors work as partners and both win Over the years, we have been watching the wireless and telecom industry change and expand into new technologies like Private Wireless, Wi-Fi 7 and FWA. Plus, other new tech like …