April 2017

Fortive saw its first quarter revenues grow 4.1% year-over-year to $1.5 billion, with net earnings of $199.7 million. Its figures exceeded its guidance, and company President and CEO James Lico called …

Twitter might be the one platform that moves as fast as the telecom industry. RCR Wireless News surveys the Twitterverse and snags the telecom tweets of the week.  If there’s …

Study item on 5G NR in unlicensed spectrum could support enterprise and industrial IoT, and other deployment models When the 3GPP convened in Croatia for a March session, in addition …

Announcement follows Ericsson’s small cell win with SoftBank For the second time this month, Ericsson has announced a major engagement with Sprint parent SoftBank. The Japanese carrier said it will …

New 5G Americas white paper: Spectral harmonization will support smooth 5G deployments In a newly published white paper, industry trade group 5G Americas highlights the role spectral harmonization across low-, …

Smart companies invest in smart buildings while others watch from the sidelines The Continental Automated Buidling Association’s annual show brings together real estate professionals and the companies who can help …

American Tower, which has more than 147,000 communications sites–including towers, distributed antenna systems, rooftops, colocation facilities and other infrastructure sites–in 15 countries on five continents, reported strong first quarter financial …

The Canadian firm offers fleet management services for verticals including oil and gas, health, transportation and government Israeli provider of telematics solutions ERM Advanced Telematics announced an agreement with GPS …

U.K. water company Thames Water continues to deploy smart meters through wireless technology and has already installed more than 100,000 smart meters in London. The utility firm aims to cover …

The two firms are already looking for industrial IoT opportunities in the U.S. and Europe French IoT connectivity provider Sigfox has signed a global partnership with Alizent to offer industrial …

Dynamic mobile asset enterprises like the fleet industry have long required streams of input from vehicles, equipment, components and people to realize efficiency from chaos – which is the very …

  Dynamic mobile asset enterprises like the fleet industry have long required streams of input from vehicles, equipment, components and people to realize efficiency from chaos – which is the …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said that the agency is set to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking that will explain how it wants to eliminate the so-called “net …

eGate Solutions, a provider of technology and software solutions for the airline and railway industries is using Vodafone’s IoT platform in order to improve the passenger experience through the delivery …

The new offering aims to help firms solve challenges in IoT implementations IoT company Exosite has launched a curated library of reusable IoT elements dubbed Exchange, including services, products and …

The Chinese vendor targets port management, mining and manufacturing companies Chinese vendor Huawei has released its eLTE SmartCampus to target enterprises in the port management, mining, and manufacturing sectors. Huawei’s …

Enterprises are adopting smart building technologies to reduce costs and streamline operations. Wireless sensors will monitor everything from heating and cooling to lighting, office machines, and security controls. These sensors …

  Enterprises are adopting smart building technologies to reduce costs and streamline operations. Wireless sensors will monitor everything from heating and cooling to lighting, office machines, and security controls. These …

AT&T touts its “5G Evolution”  in Austin, Tex. AT&T is offering faster wireless network speeds starting this week in Austin, Tex., marketed as “5G Evolution” and supported only on the Samsung Galaxy …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …

Nokia’s Nuage Networks breaks down opportunities for operators and enterprises moving towards SD-WAN deployments. In acquiring Alcatel-Lucent last year for $16.5 billion, Nokia garnered a significant number of telecommunications software-based …

Microchip is targeting connected home, smart city and industrial applications with its new SAM R30 RF microcontroller. The company sees growing demand for wireless solutions that can be powered by …

Silicon Valley’s internet of things developers conference has laid claim to a key audience within the IoT ecosystem: the developers who create the software and embedded systems to connect devices …

IoT could be biggest opportunity, but not in the near term Cable and media giant Comcast clearly intends to be a player in the market for wireless services. With tens …

Oil company Shell is taking advantage of an internet of things (IoT) connectivity solution to improve the company’s monitoring capabilities for its operations in Nigeria. Last year, U.S. IoT connectivity provider Ingenu …