October 2018

  Huawei will help the Saudi telco to upgrade its existing infrastructure towards 5G Saudi Arabian carrier Mobily has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese vendor Huawei focused …

Qualcomm, telcos and automakers testing C-V2X With U.S. regulators questioning the value of setting aside the 5.9 GHz band for direct short range communications, a long-gestating but not widely adopted …

Honeywell and Fetch Robotics partner on warehouse operations For landlords and owners of warehouse distribution centers, designing for growth means adopting innovative technologies that can meet the tremendous demands from …

Verizon waiving fees for customers in impacted areas After sustained “unprecedented” damage to its fiber network in the Florida Panhandle when Hurricane Michael raged through beginning Oct. 10, the operator …

  Samsung had previously announced an investment of $22 billion over the next three years in AI, 5G, automotive electronics components and biopharmaceuticals South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics announced …

In the past two decades, the rapid adoption of LED lighting fixtures has led to tremendous savings for building owners and landlords in both commercial and residential environments. Now, with …

New P3 report looks at nationwide network performance in terms of coverage, speed and data service availability Verizon comes out on top as the mobile network operator with the best …

NCTA calls DSRC ‘failed;’ wants 5.9 GHz for Wi-Fi Almost two decades ago the U.S. Federal Communications Commission set aside the 5.9 GHz band for dedicated short range communications with …

Wi-SUN has been quietly succeeding in the smart utilities and smart cities markets as an alternative for low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking like LoRa and Sigfox. The open ‘wireless smart utility …

Vodafone, Telefónica to pilot disaggregated RAN The broad goal of the Telecom Infra Project is to take the cost out of crucial network infrastructure by disaggregating hardware and software and …

Ahead of the release on November 5 of a major report by Enterprise IoT Insights into the state of the smart city market, entitled How to buy / sell a smart …

Italian ‘internet-of-things’ (IoT) company Eurotech is offering its latest industrial IoT software framework with Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT platform in all its gateways and edge devices. It has also announced …

Communications service providers (CSPs) are among the top players vying for a share of the addressable IoT market. Top CSPs, such as AT&T and Vodafone, have developed new technology, business …

The rising cost and scarcity of spectrum is a big problem for communications service providers (CSPs) and mobile network operators (MNOs). If today’s allocation model of auctioning and licensing spectrum …

Nokia has been selected by Brazilian elelctricity distributor Elektro to deploy a private LTE network to power its smart grid, smart meters, and electric vehicles in the municipality of Atibaia, …

New analysis from Verizon shows the impact of data from fleet management The use of fleet management software to analyze information from connected vehicles is resulting in real value for …

Terragraph uses 60 GHz band for high-speed wireless As it continues to develop wireless network solutions via the Telecom Infra Project, Facebook is building momentum around its Terragraph solution. At …

  The Japanese operator plans to hire Goldman Sachs, Nomura and Deutsche Bank to lead the IPO process Japanese telecommunications group SoftBank has appointed three banks to lead the planned …

  Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau said politics should not interfere with the decision to select 5G vendors Two U.S. senators have sent a letter to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, …

Calls 802.11ay Wi-Fi for the 5G era While the IEEE 802.11ax Wi-Fi standard got a boost this month with its rebranding as Wi-Fi 6, now 802.11ay, which can provide multi-gigabit-per-second …

Editor’s note: Keith Radousky, president of RadVisory 5G, shares his personal recollection of the first commercial cellular call, in October 1983 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.  This past weekend marked …

We’re all in the video business now Back in the late ‘90s, mobile network providers were in the phone call business. That’s what drove ARPU. For ISPs using traditional wired …

Massive IoT means massive cybersecurity implications Support for a massive number of internet of things devices, as well as significantly increased device density, is one of the primary use cases …

There is growing emphasis around the importance of building IoT systems that offer reliable connectivity, enterprise-grade security, and extended device lifecycle management. Investing in the right technology partners can help …