July 2018

The sharing economy is something of a disruptive trend that’s reshaping the way people purchase goods and services—with access to bike sharing, ride hailing apps and shared vehicle services like …

  The decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce will allow the Chinese vendor to resume operations The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) formally lifted a seven-year ban on U.S. …

Test lab certification puts CBRS one step closer to commercialization The first test labs have been certified for conducting testing of products utilizing the Citizens Broadband Radio Service shared spectrum. …

LTE-Advanced provides service continuity for early 5G deployments Verizon is working to bring commercial 5G services to life in between three and five markets by the end of the year. …

Telstra, Elisa, Ooredoo among operators using 3.5 GHz for 5G While in the U.S. the 3.5 GHz band is set aside for shared usage, in many other countries the prime …

Many hotels like Hilton are doing something new. The cutting edge can be exciting, but it does come with risk. I want to teach you an important lesson about using …

The European market for cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communications will grow to 416.5 million connections by 2023, from 86 million at the end of 2017, according to ABI Research. This growth, …

Bosch and Daimler will test a fleet of autonomous vehicles in California, with a view to launching a driverless shuttle service on certain routes in the second half of 2019. …

  The move to Internet Protocol Version 6 addresses has been underway for a number of years, as the world exhausted the supply of IPv4 internet addresses. The momentum in …

Siemens said the lack of planning in this field could create negative social and economic effects   Cities will need to anticipate and tackle upcoming changes to their infrastructures early …

The government aims to raise up to $2.9 billion with the sale of 5G frequencies Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) approved the tender conditions for the auctioning of 5G …

Report finds U.S. the third most-prepared nation for 5G China and Korea are more prepared to deploy 5G than the U.S. is, according to a report conducted by Analysys Mason …

Rural connectivity schemes typically focus on on overcoming last mile issues, oftentimes at the expense of figuring out answers to the myriad of other challenges related to backhaul, core, OSS/BSS …

Wireless consumers are demanding more bandwidth, and wireless network operators must increase the density of their networks in order to deliver it. Where one macro cell might serve everyone in …

Judge approved AT&T buy of Time Warner with no conditions An attorney from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division on July 12 filed a two-page notice with the U.S. …

Commission looks to tap 3.7 GHz to 4.2 GHz for 5G services Early commercial 5G services in the U.S. will provide enhanced broadband services by using high frequency millimeter wave …

Operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) have been living in two different worlds for a very long time. Historically, they have looked at things very differently. With the emergence …

In 2017, a natural gas leak was detected six kilometres off the coast of Nikiski in Alaska. The leak impinged on a critical habitat for endangered beluga whales. The Alaskan …

Cellular connectivity is becoming a critical factor in securing long-term tenants and higher price per square foot in commercial real estate office buildings according to a 2016 global study commissioned …

Cheaper tech, fiber, co-working and e-commerce all shaping commercial real estate sector Reduced costs of technological innovation, tenant demand for digital connectivity, an increase in co-working environments and expansion in …

The market for LED lighting systems, driven by lower installation costs and increased demand for energy efficiency, has soared to 52%, its highest level in a decade, and is expected …

Fiber infrastructure drives occupancy and lease prices As deep fiber becomes to the go-to source of building connectivity and capacity, commercial office building owners will either have to invest in …

Wi-Fi’s massive success (more than half of mobile device traffic is over Wi-Fi) has not stopped Wi-Fi from evolving. Wi-Fi continues to improve in performance, ease of use, and its …

5G support for the IoT is a step toward pervasive automation Peter Vetter head of Nokia Bell Labs’ Access Research Lab, at the recent IEEE 5G World Forum event, discussed …

  The demo of C-V2X direct communication technology utilized vehicles from multiple auto manufacturers The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), together with the BMW Group, Ford Motor Company, Groupe PSA  and …