February 2019

Under the deal, both companies aim to develop innovative services for the telecom sector BARCELONA — Telefónica and Microsoft have put in place a strategic partnership to collaborate on projects …

  The carrier is currently carrying out 5G trials in Austria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland and the Netherland BARCELONA — German carrier Deutsche Telekom has 150 5G antennas already operational …

Sprint to offer 5G access to Google Fi MVNO users with compatible phones BARCELONA — Sprint laid out the plans for its initial 5G roll-out in the second half of …

Vodafone and AT&T are pooling resources to accelerate adoption of mobile technologies in the automotive industry. The pair will collaborate, they said, on 5G and cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technologies. The …

Ericsson sought to set itself apart from Nokia in its approach to industrial markets at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, as it made clear it will serve new industrial customers …

Spanish car brand SEAT is using artificial intelligence (AI) from IBM Watson to bring information and guidance to city residents about their usage of cars, scooters, bikes and public transport. …

Investor confidence in PropTech startups declined to 7.7, after reaching 8.7–its highest level in a two year growth period, due to volatility and market uncertainty, as investors scaled back funding …

At the MWC19 show, 5G is coming on fast, but is it secure? The last thing we want to do is set ourselves up for failure. That’s why we need …

The two companies and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia will explore 5G edge computing cases for the banking sector Australian carrier Telstra, network equipment vendor Ericsson and the Commonwealth Bank …

Guenther Ottendorfer joining Ooredoo as CTIO BARCELONA–Ooredoo Qatar this week during Mobile World Congress Barcelona detailed its 5G strategy and announced it will work with network infrastructure vendor Ericsson to …

During Mobile World Congress 2019, the Swedish vendor signed 5G deals with Ooredoo Qatar and Saudi Telecom Company BARCELONA-Swedish vendor Ericsson said Middle East carriers Ooredoo and Saudi Telecom Company …

Ericsson has warned Europe will fall further behind North America and Asia on LTE and 5G unless governments and regulators act to accelerate the release of new spectrum and licences.  …

The telco said it will have over 85 5G base stations in six cities before the end of Q1 BARCELONA- Vodafone Spain confirmed plans to launch commercial 5G services in …

The Chinese vendor also unveiled 5G-based products during MWC 2019 BARCELONA- ZTE announced it is carrying out a demonstration of a 5G network services based on an end-to-end sub-6 GHz …

  Network and service assurance needs are evolving rapidly, as more applications — both network functions that support telecom network operations, and enterprise applications — are becoming virtualized. SNS Research …

Cisco inks deals with Verizon, Sprint, KT, Rakuten, Softbank and Airtel BARCELONA–Cisco kicked off Mobile World Congress by touting its 5G prowess, both in terms of technology and operator contract …

Telstra and Ericsson are combining their cellular IoT and connectivity services, in the shape of the former’s narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and LTE-M networks and the latter’s IoT Accelerator connectivity and …

  According to the GSMA, 5G networks will cover 40% of the global population by that year 5G connections are expected to reach 1.4 billion connections by 2025, representing over …

  The Finnish vendor also confirmed that Indian carrier Bharti Airtel will trial its 5G-ready fronthaul solution Nokia and Korean telecom operator KT have signed a memorandum of understanding to …

UK based smart-city firm Telensa will run compute and analytics on its new streetlight solutions to insights from raw data in real time and reduce the need for cloud support. …

Verizon also said 5G Home service set for expansion BARCELONA–After a limited launch of its 5G Home service in October last year, Verizon last week added some clarity to its …

Construction technology, also known as ConTech, is poised for significant growth in 2019 as project margins face increasing pressure from trade tariffs and labor shortages prompt firms to look to …

PropTech firm SquareFoot, a?commercial real estate brokerage, announced the acquisition of PivotDesk a?subletting platform formerly owned by coworking provider Industrious, which enables office tenants to rent out their unused desk …

A total of 94 commercial narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and LTE-M have been launched in 50 markets, according to the GSMA’s latest count of low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks operating in licensed …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says use of Huawei’s equipment in critical networks poses a “real risk” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that countries which use Huawei’s technology …