2017

Oracle to acquire Aconex for approximately $1.2 billion Oracle announced it has entered an agreement to purchase Aconex, an Australian company that makes cloud-based collaboration software for construction projects, for …

Thales outbids Atos for Gemalto French aerospace specialist Thales outbid Atos for Dutch cybersecurity provider Gemalto. The company has agreed to purchase Gemalto for $5.6 billion, surpassing Atos’s bid valued …

Editor’s Note: SRG has been participating in 3GPP standardization meetings since September 2015 when the standards body held its first workshop on 5G.  Prior to that initial 5G workshop, SRG closely …

What is network slicing? Network slicing is a kind of virtual network architecture, which leverages the principles behind network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN). The technology allows operators …

Speeds up to 1.2 Gbps available to Ooredoo customers with compatible smartphones Carriers around the world are pushing the 1 Gbps data throughput barrier with increasingly advanced LTE network deployments, …

The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency is kicking off a new program that envisions taking the internet of things to grand scale, using IoT technology for “persistent situational awareness over …

The trial, which took place in Yokohama, paves the way for applications and deployment of 5G millimeter wave, according to Huawei Chinese vendor Huawei and Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo have …

Vodafone launched the technology in Düsseldorf as part of an initiative to offer this service in 13 German cities by end-2018 Vodafone Germany has announced the activation of its NB-IoT …

  India is known to have the second largest population in the world at 1.3 billion, but it also has the second largest number of mobile subscriptions in the world. …

Editors note: This week we’ll take a look back at the 50 stories that drew the highest level of engagement from our RCR Wireless News community.  Mobile devices making data …

Verizon prepping to deliver residential broadband using 5G fixed wireless access in 2018 U.S. operators in 2017 carried out extensive tests of the pre-standard, non-standalone 5G fixed wireless access variant, …

Nokia unveils Data Refinery solution Nokia premiered a new data processing software today called Nokia Data Refinery, formerly Comptel Data Refinery, which aims to provide real-time data for context-aware intelligence. …

Peloton Technology carried out the truck platooning demo with the Michigan Department of Transportation Peloton Technology, a developer of connected and automated vehicle systems for U.S. and global freight carriers, …

Juniper releases OpenContrail codebase to Linux Foundation Juniper Networks is upping competition with Cisco, VMware and other enterprises taking up space in the cloud market with the introduction of Contrail …

Carriers and other network operators should be able to offer some services using the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum as soon as next year. Vendors have developed software to manage …

Beyond Bitcoin Blockchain is a buzzword frequently making news headlines, largely due to the numerous use cases it opens up. With roots tracing back to Bitcoin, the potential of blockchain …

The telco has activated a 5G antenna with millimeter wave support in Turin Italian telecommunications firm TIM, owned by Telecom Italia, announced it has activated what it claims to be …

Each year Ericsson looks ahead at consumer technology trends that will likely shape the way humans interact with their devices and with each other. In its latest report, The 10 …

Editors note: This week we’ll take a look back at the 50 stories that drew the highest level of engagement from our RCR Wireless News community.  What is millimeter wave …

  I remember a number of years ago when Apple announced that iTunes would allow users to buy TV shows and movies. This seemed a bit strange: using iTunes which …

It began with the invention of the steam engine in the late 16th century, and continued through the age of science (and mass production) to the more recent developments in …

Manufacturing is a key growth area for the internet of things The internet of things is driving digital transformation in a variety of industries looking to embrace connectivity to increase …

Unified communications is the name for a cloud-based service that lets companies use a growing and integrated variety of enterprise communications services. There are a growing number of providers in …

  The mobile telecommunications landscape has been changing over the past few years, particularly in the world’s developing economies.  With customers demanding expanded rural network rollout and cost competition putting …

The 802.1X standard for authenticating access to wired and wireless networks has met with a good deal of scrutiny in recent years. While 802.1X was considered a success when initially …