October 2016

Verizon received a strong No. 2 rival in the form of Cingular, while DT’s $50B purchase of VoiceStream received labor, business support … 16 years ago this week Editor’s Note: …

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is reportedly studying a list of potential takeover targets as the company plans a transition from a content delivery network to a content creation network. AMC …

Recently, Ericsson has made two major announcements regarding workforce reductions. One was related to the closing down of manufacturing in Sweden for wireless telecom equipment, which would result in lost …

“5G” is one of the biggest buzz words in the mobile telecom space, but what exactly is it? With true 4G networks now just coming to market, and plenty of …

CCA and carrier member T-Mobile talked 5G, IoT, VoLTE and policy, showing such topics are not the exclusive domain of large operators As expected, the recently completed Competitive Carriers Association …

As real-time communications (RTC) and session border controllers (SBCs) migrate to the Cloud, it is important to understand the differences between network transformation myths and realities. There are many promises …

AT&T IoT rate plans include data bucket and text messages targeting developers and enterprises, with LTE-M trial ahead of broader 2017 launch AT&T’s plans for the “internet of things” continues …

Everyone is talking about it, but what will 5G be really like in a commercial environment? Getting beyond the technical specifications, what “5G” will be in practice is nearly as …

Digital transformation is a trending buzzword in the information technology industry. While somewhat nebulous, it speaks to the need for generally risk-adverse, slow-moving enterprises to embrace things like the app economy, cloudification …

The internet of beans Thumb-sized “plastic beans” are being filled with sensors and tossed into grain bins and storage facilities for precision agriculture, getting rid of the need for handheld devices …

A new report from Twin Prime judged T-Mobile the best performing carrier thanks to LTE and 3G speeds, though Verizon had the broadest LTE reach. A new network performance report …

Available for preorder in an exclusive deal with Verizon, new Google Pixel features high-end camera, personal assistant and compatibility with Project Fi mobile virtual network. Google on Monday announced its …

A problem with corn production, and a precision agriculture solution Italy is one of the top maize grain producers in the European Union alongside France, Germany, Hungary and Spain, producing more than 7 …

Innovative access, infrastructure and backhaul solutions for evolving, small cell networks.

As fronthaul and backhaul merge fiber, copper and wireless in the cloud, 5G optimization brings a new set of challenges While the technologies that will come together to define 5G …

A problem with corn production, and a precision agriculture solution Italy is one of the top maize grain producers in the European Union alongside France, Germany, Hungary and Spain, producing 7,069,000 tons of …

The internet of beans Thumb-sized “plastic beans,” are being filled with sensors and tossed into grain bins and storage facilities for precision agriculture, getting rid of the need for handheld devices …

Mobile edge computing looks set to be part of 5G and IoT, with the recent MEC Congress showing considerable progress in the technology I recently attended the Mobile Edge Computing …

As part of its strategy to become a leader in the Internet of Things market, IBM announced a $200 million investment in its Watson IoT business in Munich, Germany. IBM announced …

The recent Samsung Note 7 battery and the SpaceX explosions show things go wrong in spite of our best planning It was shocking to see the recent photos and videos …

Canadian operator Telus said the 5G trial with Huawei produced network speeds of 29.3 Gbps, though details on spectrum and technology remain light. Canadian telecom operator Telus is the latest …

Everyone is talking about it, but what will 5G be really like in a commercial environment? Getting beyond the technical specifications, what “5G” will be in practice is nearly as …

Before discussing the demos at Bosch Connected World in Chicago, we highlight a few key takeaways from the event: http://industrialiot5g.com/20161004/channels/news/bosch-bwc16-tag31 Bosch and GE announce interoperability: http://industrialiot5g.com/20160927/channels/news/ge-bosch-tag31 How enterprises can leverage digitization: …

Bosch hosted its Bosch Connected World conference in Chicago last week where it showed off its position within the industrial “internet of things.” The event was highlighted by news that …

Environmental caveat: e-waste New technologies are fighting an uphill battle to reduce the environmental decay from century-old processes that are both inefficient and wasteful. The “internet of things” has the potential …