January 2018

The processed meats producer implemented Cisco’s solutions at its new smart manufacturing facility in Burgos Campofrío Food Group, a Spanish producer of branded processed meats, is taking advantage of the …

Comcast is offering free home automation services to some 15 million subscribers While it’s traditionally regarded as a cable company, Philadelphia-based Comcast provides quad-play services with its pay television, home …

Planned 5G fixed wireless for residential broadband is “first slice” of Verizon’s future offering, Vestberg says With its Verizon 5G Technical Forum, and participation in the ongoing 3GPP standardization effort, …

Qualcomm highlights RF front end design at CES In the ongoing discussion around 5G—the standard release, network infrastructure readiness, support for sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave frequencies—device compatibility is a …

Nvidia announces partnership with Volkswagen Las Vegas, Nev. — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled an autonomous machine processor called Xavier during a press conference at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 …

Baidu COO talks why China is well positioned to advance A.I. systems Las Vegas, Nev. — During a press conference at CES, Baidu COO Qi Lu emphasized how China is poised to …

  In the push to deploy ever-faster broadband across America, no one should be left behind. The need for faster broadband is particularly acute in rural America, where the speeds …

  Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mignon Clyburn issued a memo on the agency’s new Restoring Internet Freedom rule, essentially telling consumers their best interests in the digital age are …

CES panel talks about the role of 5G in A.I., automated cars and more Las Vegas, Nev. — A panelist of tech leaders gathered on stage at the Consumer Electronics …

Digitization. It’s a game-changing tool that many leading manufacturers have already invested in. In late 2015, Adidas opened Speedfactory in Germany, a highly automated manufacturing facility that pairs a small …

U.S. Cellular is putting in place a comprehensive big data architecture and strategy for its business, with a deployment that has already begun and is focused on correlating network data …

As T-Mobile US CEO John Legere wraps up his fifth year with the self-described “un-carrier,” the company is proving that it can continue to add customers even in a relatively …

  As 5G networks’ commercial deployment approaches, research in standardization, technologies, services, ecosystem, and deployment modes are increasingly deepening. It has been proven that services, rather than technologies, are the …

LoRaWAN radio technology offers powerful and flexible capabilities making it attractive for many IoT applications. The long-range communications, flexible hardware, open source software, and other LoRaWAN features must be thoroughly …

Ericsson working with carrier MTN to trial 5G applications and use cases South African telecommunications group MTN has completed what it claims to be the first 5G trial on the …

The Internet of Things (IoT) is fueled by the abundance of reduced cost infrastructure of compute, storage and networking, with a myriad of service integrations from device management to data …

  Over one billion people now use the iOS interface. It is often the user interface that most young people first come to know. They know it is a screen …

French cable provider Altice is reorganizing its corporate structure, including separating its operation in the United States into a standalone business called Altice USA. The move is subject to approval …

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich begins CES with keynote presentation Las Vegas, Nev. — Intel CEO Brian Krzanich kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week with a keynote presentation …

Huawei CEO discusses Mate Pro 10 smartphone Las Vegas, Nev. — CEO of Huawei’s consumer business group Richard Yu spent the better part of an hour boasting the features of …

Ford to launch vehicle-as-a-service platform in 2018 Las Vegas, Nev. — Ford CEO Jim Hackett highlighted opportunities within the transportation sector the company would like to seize upon during a …

Last year the First Responders Network Authority awarded a $6.5 billion contract to AT&T to build out a nationwide LTE network for public safety use. AT&T, which is allowed to …

New AT&T solution remotely monitors road and rail infrastructure According to the American Society of Civil Engineers 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, nearly half of bridges in the United States are …

There should be quite a bit of embarrassment at Apple in the last couple weeks since they admitted to the iPhone slowdown. But is there? I wrote about this problem several …

T-Mobile US has launched a $6-per-year, per-device narrowband internet of things plan for IoT connectivity, seeking to undercut LTE-M-based price plans from other carriers. T-Mobile US in particular singled out …