Monthly Archives: October, 2016

Costs and benefits of building 100 smart cities in India

Building 100 smart cities in India could cost $31 billion through 2020, but expected benefits in terms of gross domestic product contribution and jobs...

Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile have new spectrum auction financial target

Telecom operators seeking 600 MHz spectrum licenses, like Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, will have to generate north of $54B in total bids for 90...

Sprint targets enterprise SD-WAN market with VeloCloud deal

Sprint SD-WAN plans are designed to ease enterprise management of corporate network; trials set for year-end and commercial launch in 2017 The enterprise-focused software-defined wide...

Video: A Discussion on 5G NR (New Radio)

What is 5G NR (New Radio)? How does it differ from today's 4G LTE technology? John Smee, Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm Technologies...

Verizon cuts 3,200 call center jobs as part of consolidation

Verizon is reportedly set to eliminate jobs at call centers across five states as part of broader streamlining of workforce Verizon Communications is reportedly set...

Windstream to deploy 39 GHz millimeter wave in major markets

Millimeter wave technology in the 39 GHz band got a strong vote of confidence from internet service provider Windstream this week. The company said...

Tower Climber recall: 3M/Capital Safety deem energy absorbers unsafe

3M, formerly Capital Safety, has released yet another safety recall for tower climbers. The recall forced the National Association of Tower Erectors to send...

Video: Making 5G a Reality

As discussion of 5G grows in the wireless industry, the question on everyone's minds is this: "When will 5G become a reality?" Durga Malladi, Senior...

Video: A Discussion on 5G Spectrum

  Dean Brenner, Senior VP of Government Affairs at Qualcomm Incorporated discusses the company's comprehensive approach to 5G spectrum with RCR Wireless News' Editor-in-Chief Dan...

Microsoft: Carriers need to embrace digital transformation

Microsoft said digital strategies are key for the survival of telecom operators BERLIN – Telecom operators should think in a different way in order to launch...

Note 7 hits Samsung’s bottom line hard

The Note 7 disaster has undermined Samsung's recovery. The world's largest smartphone maker said third quarter operating profit will be about two-thirds of the...

Deutsche Telekom, Huawei activate NB-IoT network in Germany

NB-IoT demo planned for Bonn German operator Deutsche Telekom (DT) and Chinese vendor Huawei claim to have activated the world's first fully standardized NB-IoT network on...

Verizon IoT solution enables fleet tracking for landscaping company

Landscape companies often struggle to reconcile customers’ billable hours with employee labor hours – especially when using manual time cards to record the data....

Telefónica demos download speeds up to 800 Mbps on 4G network

Telefónica used equipment from Nokia and a chipset provided by Qualcomm Spanish telecommunications operator Telefónica, together with Finnish vendor Nokia and U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies, demonstrated...

IoT developer kit sets up pinewood derby race on steroids

Silicon Labs recently released its new Thunderboard React, a cloud-connected, Bluetooth-enabled, sensor-driven "internet of things" developer kit that lets customers demo, evaluate and develop their...

IoT developer kit sets up pinewood derby race on steroids

Silicon Labs recently released its new Thunderboard React, a cloud-connected, Bluetooth-enabled, sensor-driven IoT developer kit that lets customers demo, evaluate and develop their own projects. To...

Smart cities need smart regulation (content provided by RCR and WIA)

To realize the vision of 5G, the IoT and smart cities, site acquisition regulations needs to be streamlined Aside from the promise of fundamentally changing...

Looking beyond fingerprint sensors: ways to enhance smartphone security

The Motorola Atrix 4G was the first smartphone with a fingerprint scanner for quicker, more secure log in authentication. But the security feature's widespread...

Verizon IoT solution enables fleet tracking for landscaping company

Landscape companies often struggle to reconcile customers’ billable hours with employee labor hours – especially when using manual time cards to record the data....

Telia and Ericsson clock 15 Gbps in live 5G field trial in Sweden

Telia Company and Ericsson reached peak rates of 15 Gbps and a latency below 3 ms in a live 5G field trial in Sweden. Sweden-based Telia...

#TBT: AT&T gobbled up by Cingular; Sprint first to offer Treo 650 … this week in 2004

The FCC approved Cingular’s $41B purchase of AT&T Wireless, while Sprint snagged initial Treo 650 launch … 12 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR...

Editorial Webinar: Testing the Internet of Things: Making IoT Work

As more "things" from watches to sensors to vehicles are given connectivity to the Internet of Things, there are two fundamental goals: make sure...

Editorial Webinar: Testing the Internet of Things: Making IoT Work

As more "things" from watches to sensors to vehicles are given connectivity to the Internet of Things, there are two fundamental goals: make sure...

U.S. Cellular 5G trial taps Nokia equipment, 28 GHz spectrum band

Moving on previous comments, U.S. Cellular said it completed a fixed wireless trial of 5G technology with Nokia, resulting in speeds up to 5...

Feature Report: Testing the Internet of Things – Making the IoT Work

As more "things" from watches to sensors to vehicles are given connectivity, there are two fundamental goals: make sure the technology works as expected,...
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