Monthly Archives: April, 2018

#TBT: GPRS is all the rage, except in the U.K.; HP in court over Compaq … this week in 2002

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...

Predictions for 5G in 2018

  For the past few years, CSPs and optimists have been pushing the concept of 5G internet—which purports to be fast and reliable enough to...

Brexit-bound UK follows EU with its own £1bn AI stimulus

The UK government has announced a £1 billion ($1.4bn) joint investment to stimulate the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) industry. The deal includes £600 million of...

Jack-of-all-trade tech providers will fail at IIoT, says automation specialist ABB

Industrial transformation companies must specialise and collaborate if they are to capitalise on the opportunities afforded by the Industry 4.0 movement, according to Swiss...

EC raises Horizon 2020 funds to €1.5bn, calls for extra €20bn AI cash

The European Commission (EC) has increased its Horizon 2020 research and innovation funding to €1.5 billion for the period through to the end of...

Brooklyn 5G Summit: Suppliers tout large-scale network automation in support of 5g

Equipment vendors envisage automated networks of a million slices The conference portion of the Brooklyn 5G Summit began with a bit of nostalgia befitting the...

Brooklyn 5G Summit: Tech buyers skew pragmatic in 5G ambitions

Day one of Brooklyn 5G Summit balances technical presentations with business-focused "reality check" from key tech buyers The Brooklyn 5G Summit is a deeply technical symposium...

GlobalStar to merge with FiberLight, gain stake in CenturyLink

Satellite player GlobalStar is diversifying its infrastructure position in a $1.65 billion transaction with Thermo Acquisitions that will combine satellite spectrum with fiber assets...

Operators see revenue growth as key driver for entering the IoT: Ericsson

  According to Ericsson's new study, service providers still lack of a clear strategy to target the IoT business opportunity Revenue growth is currently the biggest...

IoT market hobbled by complexity, says Arm

The ‘internet of things’ (IoT) market is being undermined by complexity, as well as challenges with security, reckons UK-based micro-processor firm Arm, as it...

Indus Towers, Bharti Infratel to merge operations in India

  The new entity will own 163,000 telecom towers across India and will become the world's second-largest tower company India's Indus Towers and Bharti Infratel agreed...

AT&T to deploy small cells in San Jose; signs new macro tower deal

  Deal stipulates the deployment of 170 small cells on lampposts across the city AT&T and the city of San Jose have reached a tentative agreement...

The Indoor Coverage Hardware Challenge – Hype vs. Reality

  There are many reasons why in-building cellular coverage can be challenging. The placement of cell towers, geographical terrain, or building materials can all play...

Fixed wireless broadband expected to grow 30% in 2018

Rural favorite LTE fixed wireless broadband — soon-to-be 5G —is forecast to grow 26% through 2022 The global fixed wireless broadband market will grow 30%...

Verizon’s IoT sales climb 13%, twice its total Q1 revenue growth

US carrier Verizon saw its revenues from ‘internet of things’ (IoT) based services climb 13 per cent in the first quarter, compared with a...

Nokia intros cloud data centre for industrial automation at the network edge

Nokia has unveiled a new cloud-based data centre for edge computing. The Finnish telecoms vendor said the new data centre solution supports automation functions...

Industry 4.0 trends revolutionising manufacturing, as found at Hannover Messe

In January, Gartner said 2018 would be the year of AI, digital twins, blockchain and edge computing. Fast forward to April, and the leading...

South Korea and Germany lead ‘automation index’; US and UK off the pace

South Korea, Germany and Singapore are best positioned to lead the world for industrial automation, thanks to their approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) and...

NYC metro fiber companies ZenFi, Cross River Fiber to merge

NYC, New Jersey fiber companies to merge New York and New Jersey metro-area fiber companies ZenFi Networks and Cross River Fiber are merging into a...

Brooklyn 5G Summit: Nokia and NTT DoCoMo to demo 5G NR at 90 GHz

Experimental technology seen as having potential for AR/VR applications in ultra-dense urban and in-building environments. Nokia Bell Labs and NTT-DoCoMo announced that they will be...

Kagan: Why AT&T and Time Warner should merge

  Last week I gave an interview to NPR Marketplace and the conversation crystalized the question and answer of whether AT&T and Time Warner should...

Wearables bolster Verizon’s net adds

Wearables boost net adds, IoT revenues up 13% YOY for Verizon Verizon reported net losses in mobile phones and tablets running on its...

U.S Department of Commerce to accept additional evidence from ZTE

  Report: Commerce says new evidence to be presented by ZTE would be analyzed through an informal procedure The U.S Department of Commerce will allow ZTE...

Huawei inks 5G network slicing deal with China Unicom

  Chinese firms say the new agreement will allow them to offer network slicing for IoT, internet of vehicles and industrial control China’s second-largest mobile operator,...

Drone test trials to shape FAA rules

It takes a whole country — government, industry, academics — to work out sticky issues with drone flight traffic control. Drone test trials continue. Drones...
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