2018

The second week of October was the annual 5G Americas annual Analyst Forum held in Dallas, Texas. The event was kicked off by the Chairman and CTO of T-Mobile US, …

Small cells will be key to enterprise, industrial 5G applications HONG KONG–During its annual 4G/5G Summit, Qualcomm executives repeatedly called out the role 5G could play in opening up new …

“5G is ready for business,” Ericsson exec says HONG KONG–Qualcomm Technologies President Cristiano Amon opened up the company’s 4G/5G Summit by telling the assembled crowd that 5G “will be a …

  Crown Castle said its pipeline of contracted small cells nodes to be constructed over the next 18-24 months stands at 35,000 Crown Castle expects to deploy between 10,000 and …

  Twilio said the new platform for T-Mobile’s NB-IoT platform will be available for beta access in early 2019   Cloud communications platform company Twilio has announced the creation of …

  Rogers Communications said telcos need to negotiate access to this infrastructure with municipal governments and landlords Operators willing to deploy 5G infrastructure will need to have access to certain …

IBW is taking off, driven by a convergence of technologies (small cells and CRAN, new DAS architectures, MEC, CBRS, MulteFire), connectivity needs (IoT, enterprise and venue applications, high-capacity/low-latency connectivity in …

Gartner identifies 10 tech trends to watch next year Autonomous “things”, digital twins and an “empowered edge” are some of the top — but perhaps not fully recognized — tech …

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 …

The vast majority of enterprises are struggling with the business case for blockchain, even among those already working with the distributed ledger technology. They are also struggling with interoperability issues, …

Fifteen years ago, my favorite wireless phone was a smartphone called Palm. Then as the years passed the Palm was not updated enough, my new favorite wireless phone was a …

Ontario’s former privacy commissioner has resigned from her consulting role at Google’s sister company Sidewalk Labs over its failure to guarantee citizens’ personal data would be protected at its Toronto …

Almost three quarters (73 per cent) of the total sales of industrial robots go to just five markets. Their identity (see below) is hardly surprising; they are the world’s leading …

Annual sales of industrial robots to factories has increased by 114 per cent over the last five years, according to a new report. Sales are expected grow at a compound …

But flagship 5G Android devices are due out in 2019 HONG KONG—“We believe that we are poised to really transform the world, reinvent whole new industries and enrich lives with …

New Ruckus Networks offerings add flexibility to Wi-Fi financing In today?s hyper-connected world, the lack of reliable and consistent Wi-Fi can have a devastating impact on worker productivity and customer …

Verizon also extends to fee waiver to new counties Verizon network recovery crews are playing a game of whack-a-mole in the Florida Panhandle as clean up efforts related to the …

  Driven by high-definition TV, video interactive services, and also with the emergence of the IoT and 5G era, optical transport networks are stepping from 100G to 400G and 1T, …

Getting the value out of data and app-based interactions among PropTech trends CHICAGO–JLL Spark,?the PropTech investment arm of commercial real estate services firm Jones Lang Lasalle led by veteran Silicon …

  Verizon will work with Urbanova to deploy smart city solutions in the city of Spokane   Verizon and Urbanova, in collaboration with the city of Spokane, Washington, have inked …

  The Canadian carrier said the deployment will start in Ontario by the end of this year Canadian carrier Rogers announced its plan to launch an LTE Cat M1 network …

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 …

To continue scaling, on-boarding for IoT devices needs to be simplified, accelerated Internet of things devices connected to public, private or hybrid clouds for centralized management and data analysis can …

Anritsu and reverberation chamber testing company Bluetest are collaborating on 5G over-the-air testing capabilities, Bluetest’s second recent partnership in 5G OTA testing. Anritsu’s Radio Communications Test Station MT8000A and Bluetest’s …

Huawei partnered with AI specialist YITU to develop Intelligent Campus Scalable security for enterprise complexes is the primary goal of the “Intelligent Campus” solution announced this week at Huawei Connect …