August 2016

AT&T teams with industry leaders for 5G AT&T announced it will be working with a number of technology companies and operators to expedite the deployment of “5G” technology. The telecom company …

Bidding activity was top-heavy in the opening round of the FCC 600 MHz incentive auction, with demand outstripping supply in many markets Despite some pessimism about the eventual outcome of …

Cisco plans to cut as many as 5,500 jobs, the company said today. The world’s largest maker of internet routers said it wants to cut costs in order to be …

Autonomous vehicles are poised to ultimately disrupt the automotive and transportation industries with many watchers speculating that car ownership will be eventually give way to widespread ride sharing. Signaling efforts …

With Verizon acquiring the operating business of Yahoo, the final chapter in the life of a past internet superstar as an independent company has been completed Back in the late …

Compass Intelligence takes an in-depth look into the latest quarterly results from Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint, and calls for more IoT insight Compass Intelligence just completed the final assessment …

Iraq Wallet, in partnership with Zain, launches online and mobile pay apps Iraqi mobile commerce firm Iraq Wallet expanded its ZainCash service by introducing an online payment solution, dubbed Pay …

Xiaomi and Apple see decline in Q2 smartphone shipments Chinese vendor Huawei shipped a total of 19.1 million smartphones in the local market during the second quarter of the year, …

Simplifying tower test and measurement saves time and money while driving safety and industry competitiveness From installation and commissioning to ongoing maintenance activities, cell towers require a great deal of …

A talk about the smart city with Ericsson’s Beverly Rider AUSTIN, Texas–In a big-picture talk about the smart city on Monday, Beverly Rider, vice president of enterprise IoT and smart cities …

American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network Moonshot Roundtable: Overcoming barriers to progress in cancer research The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network Moonshot Roundtable met in Austin yesterday to speak …

Canada-based telecom provider TerreStar names former Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead to its board as it looks to launch satellite- and cellular-based services Longtime Verizon Communications executive Dan Mead is …

FirstNet hopeful Rivada Networks continues to accumulate former Sprint executives with Stephen Bye the latest to join the company Add yet another former Sprint executive to the payroll of Rivada …

In the expanding universe of the Internet of Things (or “IoT”), transportation and “smart city” projects are at once among the most complex, and also the most advanced, types of …

Historic rain is causing widespread flooding in Louisiana that has claimed at least seven lives and left around 20,000 people stranded, according to ABC News. As recovery efforts gear up, …

Private equity firm The Carlyle Group purchased mobile performance and security software company NetMotion Wireless for an undisclosed sum and expects to expand the business’ international reach. NetMotion focuses on …

Google Capital is joining private equity firm TPG Capital in the buyout of Texas cable operator Grande Communications and RCN Telecom Services. RCN operates cable and fiber networks in major …

IoT dev kit is available for North America, Europe U.S. signal semiconductor provider Semtech Corporation announced the availability of a new LoRaWAN-connected IoT development kit from Spanish wireless hardware and software …

FCC set to begin 600 MHz incentive auction forward bidding process, with Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile likely to be most aggressive More than 60 entities are set to begin bidding …

APT launching the new IoT platform in Taiwan Taiwanese telecommunications operator Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) launched an internet of things (IoT) dual-network multi-platform, called Gt Smart Life. APT said the necessary …

A conversation about densification with Jim DeKoekkoek, Product Line Manager, Antennas and Small Cells, Kathrein The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the full report “Massively …

The need for a managed Wi-Fi solution According to Cisco?s Visual Networking Index, more than half of all monthly traffic from mobile-connected devices will be offloaded to the fixed network …

The need for a managed Wi-Fi solution According to Cisco’s Visual Networking Index, more than half of all monthly traffic from mobile-connected devices will be offloaded to the fixed network …

The dangers of an insecure IIoT system Wired detailed the frightening consequences of vulnerable computer-based systems in its 2008 article Industrial control systems killed once, and will again, experts warn. …

Fujitsu’s new sensor-based sewer system flood detection solution promises both higher efficiency and lower deployment costs. Amid high levels of urbanization and repetitive torrential downpours, Japanese ICT company Fujitsu announced it …