Monthly Archives: June, 2018

The IIoT interview: “We want as many IoT devices as possible,” says Verizon

US carrier Verizon wants to make it easier for enterprises to launch IoT services on its LTE-M network. Its new ThingSpace Ready programme is...

Ooredoo launches 5G home broadband devices in Qatar

Ooredoo said it aims to upgrade 100 base stations to 5G within the next three months Qatar-based telecommunications group Ooredoo has announced the launch of...

Siemens Building Technologies acquires Californian IoT specialist

The German firm said the acquisition of Enlighted will be closed during the third quarter German firm Siemens expects to close the acquisition of California-based...

U.S government says deal with ZTE will be the last chance for the firm

ZTE issued an internal memo with apologies for customers and employees The U.S government will “shut down” Chinese vendor ZTE in the United States if...

Analyst Angle: Managed home Wi-Fi — the view of Bell Canada

We were privileged to speak with Shawn Omstead, VP Residential Products at Bell Canada for the preparation of our upcoming report “From Managed Home Wi-Fi...

The impact of OT/IT convergence on manufacturing

We live in a world of continuous digital transformation. One technology obsoletes another, and the pattern repeats itself. For example, the invention of email...

How can telcos seize the trillion-dollar blockchain opportunity? Collaboration and unity (Reader Forum)

Disruption is an overused word, often describing a potentially more significant than anticipated growth cycle rather than genuine creation. However, when a dramatic shift...

NB-IoT and LTE-M to usurp unlicensed LPWA as the go-to choice for IoT by 2023

The rate of growth of licensed low-power, wide-area (LPWA) network connections will outpace their unlicensed equivalents as the LPWA market swells by 53 per...

Edge computing: 4 facts vs. fiction (Reader Forum)

Today’s IT landscape is all about moving towards the microdata centers, as the demand for edge computing pushes through the need for quick and...

Global or stay close to home: Which marketing strategy will drive T-Mobile and Sprint post-merger? (Reality Check)

  Recently, Sprint and T-Mobile confirmed their merger. Back when the possibility of such a consolidation was announced, there was a lot of speculation about...

What would a Sprint/T-Mo merger mean for prepaid, wholesale?

What would a Sprint/T-Mo merger mean for prepaid, wholesale? While T-Mobile US has emphasized the importance of 5G and spectrum as it has made its...

Nokia deploys its largest cloud packet core for Vodafone India

Cloud packet core will support nearly 8 million subs Bangalore, India, a tech hub in the rapidly developing subcontinent, just got a little more connected...

Vodafone helps connect flour mills in Africa with IoT technology

Vodafone's IoT connectivity would allow mills to provide fortified flour to millions of people in African countries   U.K.-based telecom group Vodafone is currently working with...

BT chief Gavin Patterson sacked as shares and confidence slide

BT chief executive Gavin Patterson has been sacked, after shareholders finally lost patience with the beleaguered British group's strategy and performance. BT's stock has...

Canada confirms initial 5G spectrum auction will take place in 2020

The government also aims to award millimeter-wave spectrum in 2021 The government of Canada confirmed plans to auction key wireless spectrum for the provision of...

GlobalFoundries stacks the chips for machine learning

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — 3D chips are the next frontier for machine-learning chip design, said Globalfoundaries CTO of ASICs, at the IoT DevCon and...

Analyst Angle: If broadband is an Industry 4.0 utility, then fiber is the asset class that will drive M&A

The realization that gigabit (and beyond) broadband speeds will be the baseline enabler of the Fourth Industrial revolution has private equity’s attention, which might...

Columbia uses Verizon’s pre-commercial 5G to test VR for telemedicine

Columbia’s research team is working at Verizon’s 5G incubator in New York Columbia University’s Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Laboratory is currently experimenting with virtual...

Test and Measurement: Intertek acquires UK cybersecurity firm

Testing company Intertek is boosting its network assurance portfolio with the acquisition of United Kingdom-based cybersecurity firm NTA Monitor. Financial details of the deal...

Hans Vestberg tapped as next CEO of Verizon

Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam stepping back effective August 1 Hans Vestberg, after a six-year stint as CEO of Ericsson, joined Verizon in April 2017 as...

Spectrum position of a merged T-Mobile US/Sprint

This exclusive spectrum map from Mosaik illustrates the depth of spectrum holdings that would be in the possession of a new T-Mobile US if its...

Nokia, T-Mo tackle bi-directional, OTA 5G NR

Tests of bi-directional over-the-air 5G data sessions using a 3GPP-compliant 5G New Radio system have hit the mark, say T-Mobile US and Nokia. Nokia and...

Commerce Department confirms terms of ZTE deal

ZTE must pay up to $1.4 billion, replace its entire board of directors and senior leadership, and submit to a decade of embedded U.S....

IoT necklace helps farmers identify sick cows

Cow monitor helping dairy farmers keep cows healthy. SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Cow got a cold? There's a monitor for that, created to give dairy farmers early...

AT&T takes WING with Nokia IoT network to offer global services and slicing

AT&T has agreed with Nokia to use the Finnish vendor’s ‘worldwide IoT network grid’ (WING) to offer enterprise customers global IoT connectivity. Nokia’s WING...
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