2016

The smart city project aims to transform Kowloon East district into a new business area Swedish vendor Ericsson has teamed with U.S.-based professional services company Arup to carry out a …

The government will reserve a spectrum license for new entrants The Pakistani government expects to hold an auction for 850 MHz spectrum before a separate auction for spectrum in the …

The Internet of Things, or IoT, is a hot topic in telecom. The connectivity needs range, on the low end, to sending just a few Kilobytes at fixed intervals, to …

The 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby, set for May 7 at the hallowed Churchill Downs in Louisville, is expected to bring more than 300,000 fans together for what’s widely …

Municipal services, business climate targeted by smart city projects in Jeddah Saudi mobile telephony operator Zain KSA and Finish vendor Nokia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate …

America needs to ‘up its game,’ Bill Gates writes in op-ed piece In an opinion piece published April 18 by Reuters, Microsoft Co-founder and all around tech luminary Bill Gates …

‘Internet of Things’ Applications use XpressWorkX Application Server as the SIP to GSM MAP Gateway for Voice Calls April 19, 2016 – ROCHESTER, NY, and TORONTO – IMSWorkX, Inc., a …

Enterprise mobility management is starting to include “Internet of Things” deployments as well as traditional mobile devices, according to MOBI, as companies get to a point where they want assistance in …

Vodafone Americas lays out some tips for companies looking to manage flexible working conditions in a high-tech environment We’re living – and working – in a world at odds. On …

Alion Science and Technology lays out an argument for how the wireless industry and federal government can work together to solve the spectrum crunch The demand for spectrum has never …

With the revolution of the network, enabled by new technologies like Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) firmly underway, how and where application awareness is deployed in …

Industrial Internet Consortium member organizations Real-Time Innovations (RTI), National Instruments and Cisco are currently working on a communications and control testbed for microgrid applications. These three companies are working with …

A number of companies including Bosch Rexroth, Cisco, Intel, KUKA, National Instruments, Schneider Electric and TTTech have announced last month, plans to develop what it claims to be the world’s …

The culmination of mass urbanization coupled with the near- and long-term implications of climate change is straining global water resources from the highly developed metropolitan areas of Southern California to …

Microgrid movement, behavioral data are changing generation/distribution paradigm As data generated by Industrial IoT appliances creates a clear picture of how consumer behavior impacts the power grid, the energy sector …

Ericsson Maritime ICT Cloud deployed by shipping giants Maersk, U-Ming From healthcare to energy, the Industrial IoT is having a major impact on diverse industries worldwide as global companies look …

Precision agriculture enabled through Industrial IoT sensor, analytics networks Just like nearly any business, in agriculture farmers are concerned with maximizing profit by finding efficiencies wherever possible that save time …

Opening an era of indoor fully-connected experience [Shenzhen, China, April 18th, 2016] Huawei today announced Indoor Connected Solution (ICS), to assist operators in improving both indoor user experience and ROI. …

The telco aims to cover 98% of indoor population by end-2017 U.K. operator O2 said that its 4G LTE services now cover 6,000 towns across the country, providing 87% coverage …

Finnish vendor Nokia and Turkish mobile telephony operator Türk Telekom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the development of 5G radio access network technology. Under the terms …

The new Huawei, Starhub offering achieves indoor speeds of 1Gbps Chinese ICT provider Huawei and Singapore telecoms operator StarHub have unveiled a new 4G LTE-Advanced solution which achieved 1 Gbps …

Mitel announced April 15 it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to purchase video and voice conferencing firm Polycom for $1.96 billion in a cash and stock deal. In …

Google Fiber brought is 1 Gbps fiber-to-the-home network live in Kansas City, Mo., in its first step toward delivering high-quality, affordable fiber-based service in select metros around the country. Now, …

5 things to know today … 1. Today is the deadline for potential buyers of Yahoo to submit preliminary bids, and Verizon is widely viewed as a frontrunner. AT&T, Alphabet, …

Once again Verizon workers are on strike. However, things are very different this time. The problem is a strike is like treating a cold or flu with a Kleenex. It …