January 2018

House and Senate intelligence officials reportedly involved in decision According to a new report in the Wall Street Journal, AT&T has backed out of a deal with Huawei to sell …

Las Vegas is also working with networking firm Cisco in a wider smart city initiative Siemens, along with Brandmotion and Commsignia, is working with the City of Las Vegas to …

In the long-term move towards autonomous vehicles divorced from the typical design paradigm of front-facing seats, steering wheels, pedals, etc…vehicles are becoming increasingly connected. Passengers and drivers can use network-based …

LoRa, or long-range radio, is moving to a new level just as mobile network operators are rolling out their own low-power networks to compete with LoRa-based wide area networks. Semtech, …

IoT spans from consumer apps such as smart homes, connected cars and wearables, to industrial apps covering energy systems, agriculture, mining, transportation, healthcare and more. This complimentary poster maps the …

  As 2018 kicks off, it’s important to consider what’s in store for telecommunications in the New Year and also understand what the industry did — or didn’t — accomplish …

Saguna launches MEC Starter Kit Multi-access edge computing (MEC) company Saguna launched what it claims to be the world’s first MEC Starter Kit. MEC is a network architecture that allows …

Verizon and Fhoosh strengthen partnership Cybersecurity software company Fhoosh announced it is collaborating with Verizon to boost the company’s Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) service with fast end-to-end data protection. Verizon’s …

For commercial buildings in 2018, four trends define the evolution of networking technology that will drive buildings from just being intelligent to being smart: mobility, cybersecurity, low voltage power and …

Wi-Fi installed base expected to hit 9.5 billion this year Wi-Fi Alliance will begin certifying new security features for Wi-Fi Protected Access, the WPA2 protocol that is commonly relied upon …

Google announces Preemptible GPUs Google has launched preemtible GPUs, a programmable logic chip made for display functions, which enable users to use virtual machines with GPUs at a 50% discount. …

New ETSI group focuses on end-to-end network slicing As networks become increasingly complex, operators are tapping into network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) solutions to automate network operations. …

WhiteHat boosts SAST services portfolio WhiteHat Security recently expanded its portfolio of static application security testing (SAST) services with the addition of Sentinel Source for Microservices, which is aimed at …

Smart traffic system allows dynamic control of traffic lights, school flashers, signage The city of Dallas, Texas, has tapped Ericsson’s Connected Urban Transport suite to help add automation and responsiveness …

SNS Research report forecasts NFV, SDN market growth A new report from SNS Research suggests the service provider network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) market is expected to …

5G is a “network of networks” and satellites are part of that new network For many years satellites have been instrumental in the wide world of telecommunications, albeit, given the …

 Mercedez-Benz is currently focusing on the digitalization of the entire value chain Mercedes-Benz is in the process of networking the entire automotive value chain including the design, production, sales and …

MegaFon is currently the only telco with spectrum to carry out 5G testing Russia’s State Commission for Radio Frequencies (SCRF) has decided not to provide mobile operators Rostelecom, Mobile TeleSystems …

Demand for uncapped broadband providers reaches a fever pitch 2018 can feel a lot like 1998 when your broadband provider is making you suffer with 200 GB data caps. And …

  The networking and communications industry service providers — mobile, IoT, Internet, cable, and telecom technologies — are combining into a “converged network” because of the common infrastructures being implemented. …

IBM report highlights service provider executives’ perspectives on blockchain Although blockchain only recently made its way onto the telecom stage, communications service providers (CSP) executives are already expressing interest in the …

If you were planning to look for Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai at the Consumer Electronics Show, you’d be out of luck. Pai, who has been a regular attendee …

There have been a wave of announcements from U.S. carriers in the past few weeks regarding plans for commercialization of 5G. The momentum comes as the 3GPP last month adopted …

Amazon launches next Linux server OS Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently launched Linux 2, with access to the latest 4.9 LTS kernel. According to the company, the newest version “provides …

Test company Tektronix touted its support of an international research team which demonstrated the first transmission of two real-time video signals through a terahertz multiplexer that reached an aggregate data …