February 2019

The first wave of 5G handsets are here BARCELONA–Ahead of Mobile World Congress Barcelona, three major smartphone providers–Samsung, Xiaomi and Huawei–all unveiled their first 5G capable smartphones. At its Unpacked …

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 estimates …

President calls for US leadership in 5G; hints at Huawei? President Donald Trump, who used a Samsung Galaxy s3 as late as 2017 and is known for having “the best …

US cybersecurity company Tenable has updates its Teneable.sc solution to include a single view of cyber risks across both information technology (IT) networks and operational technology (OT). It claims it …

Test companies are spotlighting internet of things testing and 5G at next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, with offerings that reflect the continued ramp-up of new technology and an …

The Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) network said that these mechanisms have been implemented in Antwerp, Manchester, Helsinki, Milan, and Porto, among others The Open & Agile Smart Cities …

The Dutch telco said the deployment of this technology will allow the city to deploy several smart city initiatives The Hague is set to become the first Dutch city to …

The Chinese vendor said the new product supports 200G bandwidth ZTE has unveiled what it claims is the industry’s first 5G fronthaul 200G outdoor optical transport network product. The Chinese …

  Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) provide high-speed connectivity to business and residential customers around the world. WISPs typically serve their local community and may extend to regional or even …

5G New Radio (NR) introduces many changes compared to the existing LTE air interface, impacting field testing, assessment of QoE and radio network performance. This webinar highlights 5G NR field …

Chip company Xilinx is forging ahead with the next two generations of its radio frequency system-on-chip to support 5G deployments, massive multiple-input-multiple-output and advanced cable networks. The Zync UltraScale+ radio …

The company plans to test 5G speeds in Barcelona’s streets during Mobile World Congress next week Vodafone claimed to be the world’s first operator to connect 5G smartphones to its …

  Other areas covered by the agreement include smart cities, network transformation and cloud services French telecom group Orange and Japanese company NTT signed a strategic research and development  framework agreement which will …

Arab telco du, working with Nokia, Affirmed Networks and MediaTek, has announced the launch of a narrowband internet of things network in the United Arab Emirates based on the latest …

  ETSI said the new standard establishes a security baseline for internet-connected consumer products The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has released what it claims to be the first globally-acceptable …

  The 5G networks of tomorrow will need to strike the right balance of products and solutions in order to address the complexities of rolling out and servicing the applications …

Dave Wright, president of the CBRS Alliance, wants to be clear: the 3.5 GHz shared spectrum band should not be considered an IoT band. “It’s very much a multi-purpose band,” …

  From corporate offices to friendly neighborhood coffee shops, nearly every organization operating a Wi-Fi network is highly exposed to vulnerabilities which bad actors can use to steal sensitive data, …

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 up the time machine, put on …

Siemens made its case this week as the global leader for Industry 4.0 at a pre-show meet ahead of Hannover Messe 2019. The German industrial powerhouse suggested it has the …

AT&T, Intel, Ericsson, Warner Brothers showing off 5G-powered mixed-reality at MWC Barcelona Augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality–from here on out we’re going to use Qualcomm’s umbrella term, extended …

AT&T and NAB against unlicensed use of 6 GHz; Qualcomm, Wi-Fi Alliance are for opening it up In October last year the U.S. Federal Communications Commission passed a notice of …

What role will edge computing play in telecom networks that are quickly becoming more virtualized and software-centric, and what challenges does multi-access edge computing present for service assurance? Network and …

American enterprises rule for IoT, and the transport industry leaves the automotive sector for dust when it comes to connecting ‘things’. These are the conclusions of a new study by …

LTE: Not over yet In early December of 2010, Verizon launched the world’s first LTE network. Less than a decade later, we are entering the 5G era. However, 4G/LTE is …