February 2019

Members of the House’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology grilled T-Mobile US CEO John Legere and Sprint Chairman Marcelo Claure on everything from the commitment of a merged Sprint/T-Mo to …

Sigfox has publicly released the specifications of its radio protocol for connected objects. The company said it expects a “boom” in the number of objects, including consumer devices, connecting to …

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 …

As the race to attract top talent continues to drive enterprises to offer the best in class employee experience, more forward-thinking landlords are investing in smart parking technology. Atlanta-based real …

WeWork, recently re-branded as The We Company and is once again transforming the workplace. Now the largest occupier of office space in Manhattan is revamping its app to enable its …

As the use of IoT devices continues to proliferate at an astounding rate so have connectivity options designed to support their use. The number of IoT connected devices will reach …

With the race to 5G heating up around the world, it’s tempting to focus on the hype being generated about the applications and services the next-generation network will enable. Much …

Throughout the wireless industry, Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) has ignited speculative optimism – like a gold rush – predicated upon business opportunities to enable indoor and outdoor deployments such …

This article is the third instalment in a series taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018. The …

The beginnings of 5G are taking shape and making headlines. Attend this live webinar to learn what 5G brings to the table, the impact to existing networks, and some eye-opening …

How are businesses using AT&T’s 5G service? While its standards-based mobile 5G network is currently available in parts of 12 markets, AT&T this week detailed both near- and long-term expansion …

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to commit certain federal government resources to the research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, tools, and services. Trump stopped …

  The Japanese company aims to launch mobile services in Japan in October 2019 Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten announced plans to invest in U.S.-based virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) vendor …

  All vendors would need to pass a security certification process in order to operate in the German market Germany’s Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced the intention to introduce changes in …

  Companies already testing 5G in industrial environments are Worcester Bosch and Yamazaki Mazak   The U.K.’s first live 5G factory trials have been launched at the Worcestershire 5G Testbed, …

FCC makes another $68.1 million available for broadcasters’ transition costs The clearing and repacking of 600 MHz spectrum in the wake of the incentive auction is ahead of schedule, according …

Edge computing sites will be pre-integrated to support CBRS There’s broad consensus in the telecom industry that building out edge infrastructure will be key to delivering latency-sensitive 5G use cases, …

Software-defined infrastructure focuses on using common hardware to support variable 5G workloads As service providers increasingly take an IT-centric approach to building and managing increasingly complex networks, there’s a move …

The 5G era is quickly approaching. This next generation of mobile networks will provide high-bandwidth mobile broadband and underpin many converging technologies and use cases: smart cities, smart factories, autonomous …

The AutoAir consortium has demonstrated the first application of independently operated 5G for connected and autonomous vehicles in the UK. The showcase took place at the Millbrook proving ground in …

Nordic Semiconductor is bundling an eSIM with 10MB of data into all its nRF9160 development kits. Network operators buying the company’s dual-mode LTE-M / NB-IoT nRF9160 system-in-package (SiP) can connect …

This article is the second instalment in a series taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018. The …

How is service assurance evolving to meet the needs of virtualized/hybrid, multi-cloud networks? Agile, software-centric networks present new challenges for visibility, particularly in the context of automation, container use and …

Verizon keeps the national network crown that RootMetrics bestowed upon it in the first half of last year, with outright wins in most of the benchmarking company’s six categories which …

IBM , TFT and SweetSense are piloting technologies to accurately monitor and track groundwater use in Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta The Freshwater Trust (TFT), together with IBM Research and …