August 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO – Uber and Visa have partnered to bring customers of both companies an “Olympic experience.” Beginning Aug. 5, when the games started, customers who requested Uber Visa RioPOOL …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Payments using near field communication technology have been a promise for a while, but until now no application has been popular or good enough to replace plastic cards. …

A conversation about densification with Ben Cardwell, SVP and segment leader, CommScope Mobility Solutions The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the full report “Massively densified networks. Why …

The mobile M2M module market is expected to grow at a rapid pace through 2020. Four vendors are set to dominate the market. The mobile M2M module market is expected …

Smart city connectivity is expanding to water utilities looking to ensure safe drinking water for citizens We may not think about it every time we turn the faucet on, but …

Story updated to include claimed geographic coverage from T-Mobile US Verizon’s latest ad has spokesman Jamie Foxx using coverage maps to compare geographic reach of Verizon and Sprint LTE networks …

DEA-led investigation leads to $6.8M in refunds, nearly $1M in fines for AT&T tied to bill cramming by ‘unscrupulous’ third parties AT&T said it will provide $6.8 million in refunds …

5 things to know today… 1. AT&T’s IoT business has won a high profile healthcare customer. Biotricity, a publicly traded maker of wearable technology for medical diagnostics, has chosen AT&T …

Control and savings with building management systems Building management systems are the backbone of smart buildings. They are the systems put in place to allow building owners and tenants to monitor, …

5 things to know today… 1. Verizon Wireless’ Go90 will not be the company’s only mobile video service. Yahoo, which Verizon Communications is buying for $4.83 billion, has launched Yahoo …

The London-based Small Cell Forum has appointed AT&T’s director of RAN product information, David Orloff, as the new chairman of the industry group. Small Cell Forum advocates for adoption of …

U.S. Cellular reported improved connection growth boosted by lower churn, with lean capex helping to grow net income Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular reported another mixed quarterly performance, with the …

Control and savings with building management systems Building management systems (BMS) are the backbone to smart buildings. They are the systems put in place to allow building owners and tenants …

Control and savings with building management systems Building management systems (BMS) are the backbone to smart buildings. They are the systems put in place to allow building owners and tenants …

Huawei said this technology improves the experience for subscribers on UMTS networks in the 900 MHz band Chinese vendor Huawei and Vodafone Spain have completed what the companies claim to be …

The Italian telco will develop the waste management project with two other companies Italian mobile operator TIM and AlmavivA, with Agriconsulting, won a tender organized by the Ministry of the …

RootMetrics released their wireless study of the top 125 U.S. metro areas looking at the best and worst for wireless coverage. As always, there are some big surprises. They found …

A conversation about densification with Art King, Director of Enterprise Services and Technologies, SpiderCloud Wireless The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the full report “Massively densified networks. …

Advances brought about by the industrial IoT will go beyond manufacturing, says IBM, which proclaims the next economic revolution. The 1700s and 1800s saw the industrial revolution taking place and …

FirstNet deployments now appear to be on the horizon, and Ceragon Networks looks at what should local entities do in the meantime Slowly but surely, FirstNet is moving forward. Emphasis …

The Olympic Games are set to tax the capabilities of service providers, though there are steps that can be taken ahead of such large events “We’re going on network freeze,” …

Does continued growth of the IoT open up cybersecurity concerns for building automation? Every day when we arrive at the office we take some things for granted – the lights …

Jan Geldmacher previously served as head of Vodafone’s global enterprise business and is set to take over Sprint enterprise later this month Sprint added a former Vodafone executive to its …

This week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check looks at some top headlines, including an AT&T deal with Radcom, and speak with Genband on NFV challenges For our featured interview this week we …

National Instruments held its annual NI Week conference this week, focusing on its support of advanced technologies in wireless and networking. In particular, NI spotlighted new tools for developing massive …