2018

Communications service providers (CSPs) deliver an essential service — connectivity. Everyone wants to be able to communicate, but some might argue that all CSPs deliver the same thing, acting as …

As many of us routinely trapped in rush hour backups can attest, traffic congestion can be incredibly frustrating. But beyond the annoyance, a study from INRIX estimates that congestion costs …

Honeywell’s new Vector Space Sense allows building operations team to make better-informed real estate and space usage decisions Honeywell has launched a new software solution today provides visibility into how building …

The fog of trade war continues to creep in. While The South China Morning Post reported yesterday that China’s regulatory agency the Ministry of Commerce, or Mofcom, finally approved Qualcomm’s …

Verizon has negotiated a tentative deal with the mayor of San Jose, California that will enable the carrier to deploy new network infrastructure while furthering San Jose’s smart city goals, …

MNOs may boycott 5G auction over cost concerns Italian broadcaster Mediaset and media group Cairo Communication have filed an appeal with a regional court against rules set by Italy’s communications …

Telit’s module enables the deployment of LTE CatM1 and NB-IoT technologies IoT specialist Telit announced that its Telit ME910C1-J1 module is being used in a field trial of a delivery …

AT&T planning San Jose 5G launch in first half of 2019 Noted tech hub San Jose, Calif., certainly has the attention of AT&T and Verizon. Today both companies announced agreements …

General Electric reckons the convergence of machines, data and analytics will contribute $10 to $15 trillion to global GDP in efficiency gains over the next two decades. It has spent …

Diverse requirements of 5G services command co-creation beyond telecoms Massive support for the internet of things is a major aspect of 5G. And we’re not talking about consumer IoT like …

Verizon came out on top in nearly every category of network performance in the New York City metropolitan area and Los Angeles, California in the most recent round of testing …

Swedish car-maker Volvo has taken a stake in US start-up Luminar, based in California and Florida, to develop sensor technology for autonomous vehicles. Volvo Cars, a subsidiary of Chinese automotive …

Ford has joined with AT&T, Dell and Microsoft to crowdsource ideas for mobility solutions in Pittsburgh and Miami-Dade County. Ford will award $100,000 to fund pilots of the best community-led …

If deal goes through, the newly merged company would be the third largest operator in the Dutch market. Concerned about reduced competition in the telecom market, the European Commission has …

A new report from Allot Communications details the impacts when a mobile phone’s processing power is hijacked for crypto currency mining, while other security researchers found vulnerabilities in diameter signaling …

Badger Meter will explore ways to offer water metering solutions via AT&T’s network   U.S. firm Badger Meter announced it has joined the AT&T Smart City Alliance to explore several …

The White House said the attempt by a bipartisan group of senators to block the deal would violate the Constitution’s separation of powers The Trump administration said it will seek …

Microsemi and China Telecom are working prepare optical transport networks for an avalanche of 5G use cases. Semiconductor company Microsemi and China Telecom’s Beijing Research Institute are working on 5G-ready …

Mobile Network Operators simply cannot unleash the tremendous speed and capacity of 5G network technology on the operations infrastructure without a great deal of preparation. And with approximately a two-year …

Telstra said its new offering will allow customers in remote areas to have access to mobile coverage Australian telco Telstra has launched a new small cell offering targeting remote areas …

  Fixed operators did a great job in the past decade to deliver ever-increasing speeds to the home and communicate to their customers that speeds do matter to enable the …

The challenge to integrate strategies, systems and data across departments and regions remains the most significant challenge for smart cities, and the ultimate stumbling block if they are to retain …

Now that I spend a lot of my time thinking about how to help companies get their networks to do what their businesses want them to do, I realize what …

  As communications service providers (CSPs) continue to transition their networks to a virtualized environment, for the next several years, they’ll be operating their legacy physical network in tandem. The …

Ericsson, Intel, China Mobile complete standard-compliant call Sticking to its aggressive timeline for finalization of the standalone 5G New Radio (NR) specification, the 3GPP yesterday approved the details of Release …