Monthly Archives: June, 2018

Mike Bloomberg pledges $112m for smart-city climate change and data sharing

Former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg has announced packages of $70 million and $42 million respectively to help US smart cities fight climate...

76,000 UK drones to create £42bn GDP, 628,000 jobs by 2030, says report

Drones could increase UK GDP by £42 billion, or two per cent, by 2030, according to a new report by financial services firm PwC,...

Operators take flight: Drones, red tape and traffic management

The FAA and industry are working together on UAV regulatory issues: it may take years to work out a viable UAV traffic management system. Without...

The IIoT Interview: “The market is out of whack; people must come first”, says MESA

Despite the heady forecasts about economic value and productivity gains, evidence of transformational digital change in manufacturing is scarce; at least, no one wants...

Flying COW drones make headway

Flying COW drones are key FirstNet efforts and network plans of the future. Flying Cells on Wings are similar to their terrestrial COW cousins —...

Ericsson, Telia to foster 5G development in Sweden with new testbed

  5G testbed will be established at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology Ericsson, together with Telia and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, has announced...

South Korea’s three carriers apply for 5G spectrum

  The South Korean government aims to award the first 5G licenses on 15 June South Korean mobile operators SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ have...

A digital approach to maximizing capacity

One of the biggest challenges that operators face today is how to cost-effectively deliver high-capacity 4G coverage in densely populated indoor areas. In locations...

Siemens expands presence in the building automation market via new acquisition

Siemens said the acquisition of Califonia-based J2 Innovations will allow the firm to grow its business in this segment German firm Siemens confirmed that it...

Verizon expands cybersecurity services

Verizon combines threat data from its network with data breach research, Anomali partnership Verizon is expanding its managed cybersecurity offerings, dipping into threat-related data it...

Ensuring IoT interoperability at the network edge

Linux Foundation's EdgeX Foundry dedicated to edge IoT interoperability As the diverse internet of things (IoT) continues to drive digitalization efforts for a variety of...

Computex: NXP securing the edge, Qualcomm pushing always-on PCs

Qualcomm pushing for acquisition of NXP As Qualcomm continues its bid to acquire Dutch silicon firm NXP, the two major global companies this week in...

Viavi Webinar: Get the Most Out of Your Gigabit LTE Network

While 5G trials are underway with commercial deployments a few years out, service providers are looking for solutions that can help them overcome capacity...

Fishing the Data Lake – How to Harness Big Data Productively

  As they face innovations in new services, rising customer expectations, and intense competition, operators look for fresh ways to obtain and deliver new efficiencies,...

Hong Kong regulator opens up 5 GHz band for LAA

LAA also deployed in Russia by MTS As operators around the world work to add capacity to mobile networks, a consummate limitation is the availability...

Sigfox and HERE combine to offer global location services to logistics companies

Sigfox has struck a deal with mapping company HERE to create a global internet-of-things (IoT) location service for the supply chain and logistics industry. The...

DT and Voda run first NB-IoT roaming tests, as licensed LPWA networks hit 51

European operators Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone have completed the first international roaming trial in Europe using narrowband ‘internet-of-things’ (NB-IoT) technology, according to the GSMA....

EXFO Case Study: A new approach to quickly diagnose RF interference and PIM issues

The MNO’s RAN performance team noticed that the operations support system (OSS) flagged the presence of an RF noise issue in the network based...

Kagan: Dell Technologies Realizing 2030 makes important point

As a wireless analyst, I follow the changing world of products, services and innovation. As this industry continues to change, so do jobs. Listen...

As FCC faces many open issues, Trump nominates new commissioner

Geoffrey Starks tapped to replace Mignon Clyburn on FCC A Senate-led pushback on the repeal of net neutrality, a rapidly shifting relationship between service providers...

ZTE could pay up to $1.7 billion to the US government to resume business

  Trump administration also wants unrestricted site visits to ZTE’s plants in order to lift a seven-year export ban Chinese vendor ZTE will have to pay...

American Tower completes acquisition of nearly 9,000 telecom towers in India

  American Tower currently operates around 68,000 towers in the Indian market American Tower (ATC) has expanded its footprint in India through the completion of the...

Honeywell launches smart building technology for airports

Honeywell?s new software suite allows the smart integration of air and ground traffic control with maintenance operations Honeywell has launched a new smart airport technology...

AT&T CEO: Sprint/T-Mo have a ‘tough hill to climb’ on merger

AT&T fighting DoJ over Time Warner acquisition Executives from Sprint and T-Mobile US have been hitting the Hill hard seeking to gain consensus for a...

What is next for 5G after completing the first 3GPP standard?

  Last December, the entire mobile industry reached a significant milestone for 5G. The 5G NR Release-15 Non-Standalone (NSA) specifications were completed at the 3GPP...
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