March 2018

China Mobile plans to deploy more than 10,000 5G base stations by 2020 China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile telephony operator, announced plans to build what it claims to be …

Qualcomm shareholders meeting pushed back to April 5 Qualcomm shareholders were supposed to meet today to decide whether to maintain the current composition of the board or elect six members, …

  We live in a mobile world — the way we live and work is increasingly online. Think about this: in 2016 in North America, our smartphones, tablets, and mobile-enabled …

Sprint to deploy massive MIMO in six markets starting in April Working with vendors Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung, Sprint is using massive multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) antennas to increase LTE capacity …

Nokia, Vodafone and other partners look to deploy 4G to support data transmissions from lunar rovers “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Now come over …

Hybrid cloud complexity creating security challenges Container security company Capsule8 recently released a survey conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) in November 2017 exploring trends in hybrid cloud security. Among …

The internet of things was one of the hottest topics at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, with news of expanding networks and more momentum for various types of …

Nokia project with the Hamburg Port Authority portends the future of 5G network slicing Nokia dropped a massive amount of news before and during Mobile World Congress 2018. To get …

Data center security tips Data breaches have become more common as more companies use the cloud to conduct day-to-day business operations. Just last year, for example, one of the country’s …

Ericsson has also announced a commercial IoT platform in Sri Lanka with Dialog Axiata Cisco and the Three Group have announced the global availability of the Cisco Jasper Control Center …

The project aims to cover 75% of the cities of Bari and Matera with 5G by the end of 2018 Italian mobile operator TIM, together with Italian broadband provider Fastweb …

Stagnation in smartphone innovation opens door for new entrants It’s been a number of years since we’ve seen a truly different smartphone than the prior year. I mean, it’s clear …

Every coin has two sides. We’ve been talking for so long about all the coming benefits of wireless smart homes, connected homes and connected offices. And it’s true, there are …

CloudBees invests in Kubernetes technology Continuous delivery software services provider CloudBees announced that it is investing in Kubernetes technology across all of its business domains. As part of the initiative, …

For the test industry, this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) came down to two major themes: 5G and the internet of things, with a little virtualization thrown in just to …

Alibaba Cloud launches eight new products Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, recently deployed eight products spanning the gamut of artificial intelligence (A.I.), big data, infrastructure, security and private …

In France, Huawei will initially trial 5G technology in the city of Bordeaux BARCELONA–Huawei signed a new agreement with U.K. telecom group BT and French telecommunications firm Bouygues Telecom which …

Under the agreement, ZTE will provide technical support, applications and terminals Chinese vendor ZTE has signed a strategic agreement with Middle East telecommunications group Ooredoo to foster cooperation in the …

Design has been called “a formal response to a strategic question.” In an IoT context, the device is the embodiment of what strategic questions a business is considering as it …

A free-floating buzzword Software-defined storage is a buzzword that has received significant attention over the past few years. Despite the widespread attention the term has received, software-defined storage isn’t exactly …

VMware announces vCloud NFV 2.0 updates VMware is building upon its telco NFV platform with a host of features specifically targeted at communications service providers (CSPs). VMware rolled out its …

Rohde & Schwarz and Chinese chip company Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint operator test lab in China as well as extend their …

Splunk to acquire Phantom Cyber Corporation Data analytics service provider Splunk Inc. recently announced a definitive agreement to purchase security company Phantom Cyber Corporation for approximately $350 million. The acquisition …

Furthering the Industry 4.0 movement, Telefónica has teamed up with car maker SEAT and car-parts maker Ficosa to showcase an IoT-based supply-chain and manufacturing concept for the automotive industry. The …

Security concerns are regularly cited as the number one IoT deployment concern or barrier to adoption. “Security” covers a wide swath of considerations, both in terms of prevention and reaction. One …