April 2016

In a meeting today with the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Federal Communications Commissioner Chairman Tom Wheeler touched on the future of “5G” and the attendant …

Here’s the thing about Mobile World Congress: exhibitors are working hard to dazzle attendees with splashy, show-stopping demonstrations of cutting edge technology, although oftentimes that technology is years from being …

Looking to help speed the development of 5G technology related to millimeter wave spectrum, NYU Wireless opened up a channel simulator tool based on the group’s research and experiments. NYU …

Sprint CFO Tarek Robbiati says the struggling U.S. carrier is looking to the future and “5G” with its as-yet unspecified network improvement plans, which revolve around a densification strategy. Robbiati made …

Builds on 5G MoU signed by Ericsson, China Mobile Ericsson said it is joining China Mobile’s 5G Joint Innovation Center program to accelerate development of next-generation wireless networks. The program …

QIVICON smart home platform reaches more than 40 partners German company Gigaset Elements has jointed Deutsche Telekom’s QIVICON smart home platform, which will add new protocols in the coming months. …

The global “Internet of Things” – projected to amount to more than 20 billion connections by 2020 – is taking shape with dedicated networks expanding across the globe. Sigfox is …

Low oil prices mean petroleum producers need to spend and invest more carefully than ever, and the “Internet of Things” is helping. Last year, Royal Dutch Shell realized a $1 …

Initiatives like Germany’s Industrie 4.0 and Made in China 2025 seed regional IoT economy The “Internet of Things” promises to connect 20 billion previously unconnected objects by 2020. As the …

NetScout is extending its geoanalytics platform’s reach by tying into Huawei’s Operational Support Systems. NetScout now has OSS interoperability agreements with Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia and says it is the first end-to-end …

Tech leaders agree self-organizing network technology will be key to managing complexity of next generation 5G mobile networks “5G” technology is envisioned as a network of networks, blending different types …

Learn about InterDigital’s support of 5G and the Internet of Things, as well as the company’s role in the standards-setting process Discourse in the telecommunications industry is currently focused on …

1. AT&T is using its Cricket prepaid brand to take aim at T-Mobile US. Cricket is offering customers who switch from T-Mobile a $100 bill credit when they sign up …

Enterprise and businesses are at the cusp of a major transformation, a new wave of industrialization based on IoT IoT will involve the intersection of powerful supply and demand factors that will …

Look inside AT&T’s Austin Spectrum Lab with RCRtv AUSTIN, Texas – In an unassuming building in Austin, Texas, AT&T engineers can recreate virtually any network condition in the high-tech Austin Spectrum …

Iain Gillott dives into the importance of mobile video services to the need for 5G services Last May, I wrote an article about over-the-top mobile video becoming the next battleground …

Standards work on “5G” technology began in late 2015, and the first commercial networks probably won’t launch until 2020 at the earliest. But it’s not too early to begin pondering …

Advanced ‘5G’ use cases will require global interoperability and scalability; International Telecommunication Union is working away on ultimate standard The tactile Internet, autonomous vehicles and smart cities; all these things …

Internet of Things adoption drivers, vertical markets, use cases and more highlighted in new Verizon report The “Internet of Things,” which promises to add connectivity and intelligence to billions of machines …

As low-power networks take off, what’s the place of Bluetooth? Invented by Ericsson in the early 1990s and initially standardized in 1999, most people associate Bluetooth with connectivity between a …

According to research conducted by analyst Chetan Sharma, the term “Internet of Things” was first coined in September 1985 by Peter T. Lewis in a speech to the Congressional Black …

From predictive crime applications to police monitoring, public safety IoT is driving governmental innovation The “Internet of Things” is already offering benefits for private companies across the globe, but the …

The widespread adoption of VoLTE by Tier 1 mobile operators around the Globe poses significant challenges for operators who might not have the same resources at their disposal. VoLTE roaming …

Unlicensed spectrum is hugely valuable, and mobile operators are increasingly eager to leverage that spectrum. They started with Wi-Fi offload, and are now moving to LTE-Unlicensed and new ways to integrate …

This report on smart RAN will provide an overview and assessment of new technologies and solutions that optimize mobile traffic management to deliver a better performance and QoE, by improving …