Yearly Archives: 2018

FCC empanels Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group

Move comes after FCC Chairman criticizes Hurricane Michael recovery After publicly criticizing the network recovery efforts after Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida Panhandle, U.S. Federal...

Semtech adds Laird to its design partner program for LoRa-based solutions

  Semtech says that Laird Connectivity’s engineering services capabilities will enable the acceleration of LoRa-based IoT solutions   Semtech has added Laird Connectivity, a global provider of...

Commerce Secretary appoints six FirstNet board members

The Secretary of Commerce has appointed six members to the First Responders Network Authority board, filling five vacancies and making one re-appointment of a...

U.S. official takes leadership position at ITU

Doreen Bogdan-Martin elected as ITU Director of Telecommunications Development Bureau The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations agency dedicated to information and communications technology...

Bringing 5G NR to unlicensed spectrum

5G NR-U can serve operator, enterprise and industrial demands In the context of LTE, the use of Licensed Assisted Access to aggregate licensed and unlicensed...

The future of smart buildings: Siemens’ exec on trends re-shaping the marketplace

Siemens? fast-paced acquisitions of J2, Enlighted and Comfy this year portend the company?s keen interest in maintaining a foothold in the coveted smart building...

3 ways network operators can capture 5G success (Reality Check)

Smartphone usage. Voluminous streaming data. Multiple mobile devices tethered together. All of these activities are expected to have much smoother connections once 5G is...

Nine US cities win $1 million Bloomberg fund to tackle drugs, mobility, climate

Nine US cities will each receive $1 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies to implement smart solutions to tackle homelessness, drugs, mobility, climate change, and economic...

Telehealth gains momentum, but connectivity is key

WASHINGTON, D.C.--The use of wireless networks to support the delivery of healthcare services is gaining momentum and acceptance, but making sure the connectivity --...

Taking stock of millimeter wave activity ahead of FCC auction

FCC has already allocated 12.55 gigahertz of millimeter wave spectrum Millimeter wave spectrum is key to delivering on the ultra-high throughput speeds associated with 5G....

4G to be key driver of tower demand in the coming years: American Tower

  American Tower Corporation’s CEO talks about the role of mid-band spectrum deployments in supporting 5G American Tower expects 4G technology to be the main driver...

Communications workers union says T-Mo/Sprint merger will hurt jobs, consumers

CWA tells FCC merger could kill 30,000 jobs While T-Mobile US CEO John Legere and Marcelo Claure, former Sprint CEO and current COO of Sprint...

German car makers interested in deploying own 5G networks

  BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler have already expressed interest in operating private 5G networks for their plants German car makers are looking to deploy their own...

Austin tests smart traffic technology for connected cars

  Test being carried out at some of the city’s intersections are part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Signal Phasing and Timing challenge   The city...

Sprint sees year-over-year wireless service revenue growth in Q2

Sprint CEO Michel Combes calls it a "major milestone" This week Sprint reported its Q2 2018 financials. Highlights include year-over-year growth in wireless service revenue...

CBRE launches co-working platform for corporates

Hana property management service pairs users with co-working space After WeWork?s became the largest leaseholder in New York city with 5.3 million square feet, more...

#TBT: Android vs. iOS vs RIM; WiMAX in the Big Apple; top 10 tower cos of ’10 … this week in 2010

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...

AT&T boosts car connections, deals with Daimler, sets out 5G V2X agenda

“Cars are the ultimate mobile device," said AT&T this week, as it announced another two million connected cars in Q3, as well as an...

Volvo teams up with Baidu to develop autonomous cars

Car maker Volvo has struck a deal with Chinese internet search provider Baidu to jointly develop electric and fully autonomous cars for the Chinese...

5G and edge computing accelerating virtualization

Virtualization investments also require network management investments With 5G expected to see more widespread commercialization in 2019 and beyond, operators can expect more flexibility in...

CTO talks network investments as Sprint takes LTE-A nationwide

Sprint deployed 19,000 2.5 GHz outdoor small cells in the last year In parallel with its Q2 2018 financial statement, Sprint announced it has deployed...

What are digital twins in smart buildings?

The massive adoption of the internet of things ( IoT), data-driven analytics and machine learning in smart building applications has paved the pathway for...

Japanese startup creates fully-automated warehouse run by robots

The world?s first fully-automated warehouse that requires no humans to fulfill tasks could be in warehouses and fulfillment centers very soon. ? Mujin, a Tokyo-base...

5G to cover over 80% of Russia’s population by 2025: GSMA

  A recent GSMA study said the Russian market will have 48 million 5G subscribers by that time Russian 5G networks will provide coverage to over...

APAC IoT program adds 14 new partners

  The initiative, being promoted by the GSMA expects to reach 2,000 partners by 2020   A total of 14 mobile operator across the Asia Pacific region...
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