March 2019

Small cell volume is finally here.  If there was a tipping point it was 2018.  Wide-scale deployments in “NFL cities” started to overtake the sporadic pilots that had been hailed …

Private cellular networks are standard 3GPP-based cellular networks offering a combination of low-power wide-area (LPWA), broadband LTE, and even ‘massive’-scale, ultra-reliable 5G connectivity for exclusive use by private parties. They …

CBRS Alliance to work on 5G compatibility Around the world, the 3.5 GHz band has been tapped by operators as key mid-range 5G spectrum. In the U.S. that frequency, referred …

  The benefits of 5G will be felt first by IoT, smart cities, public safety and other real-time applications requiring fast wireless communications. While deployments are starting to appear, it …

Over the last few years, we have been discussing whether to allow or block the proposed T-Mobile, Sprint merger. All along I have said, after weighing the pros and cons, …

The board of the First Responders Network Authority voted this week to outline its priorities for network reinvestment and continue engagement with first responders to shape the network over the …

  BT said this initiative will speed up the deployment of 4G and 5G in city centers U.K. telecommunications group BT has called for an end to exclusive concessions agreements …

The plan is to serve 50K households with broadband this year Earlier this year T-Mobile US Chief Operating Officer Mike Sievert alluded to an upcoming pilot of a home broadband …

The carrier said that the new tool will allow customers to access customized IoT data pricing   Sprint has launched the Curiosity IoT Estimation Tool, which it claims is the industry’s …

  Randall Stephenson said that European carriers who had used Huawei for 4G are stuck with the Chinese vendor U.S. officials are failing to provide concrete details about the risks …

CommScope and Google have successfully testing the environmental sensing capabilities, or ESC, that will enable the use of the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum. The companies said this week …

For digital transformation of the supply chain, artificial intelligence (AI) is effectively the only game in town. This is because it is the only technological discipline that knits together a …

If the internet of things (IoT), utilising both low-power and high-bandwidth connectivity, establishes an architectural springboard for digital change, then AI provides the industrial elasticity that will make the market …

AT&T’s “5G Evolution” service provides a better LTE experience — but it’s not 5G, although it does highlight just how much Long Term Evolution has indeed evolved since it was …

5G beamforming a critical technology for fixed wireless and mobility Testing beamforming is tricky but crucial, because the technology introduces a level of complexity on both the infrastructure side and …

The digital transformation of the supply chain and logistics sectors – a review of the strategies, technologies and stakes in play as the global supply chain industry seeks more sustainable …

5G networks will only achieve the required reliability and latency for autonomous driving if sufficient edge compute functions are brought close to the roadside and architected correctly. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, …

Finnish network vendor Nokia and Finnish private LTE provider Ukkoverkot have signed a five-year deal to bring connectivity, automation, and intelligence to the Port of Oulu, also in Finland. The …

5G, the next generation of wireless technology, is poised to have a significant impact on the commercial real estate industry–if stakeholders can coalesce on a straightforward strategy to bring 5G …

For operators, 5G is a massive investment in hardware and software based on the promise it will deliver totally new user experiences that take advantage of significant increases in throughput …

  The Swedish vendor has been selected by Koran carrier KT, while ZTE inked a 5G MoU with Malaysian telco U Mobile Korean carrier KT has awarded Ericsson a 5G …

  The new platform will allow cars from these three manufacturers to have access to a wide range of connected car services   Global automotive alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi announced the production …

  The German government said that excluding the Chinese vendor would represent a challenge for local operators participating in a 5G auction Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has reiterated that the …

5G will create a paradigm wherein every person has a digital twin Speaking with the Wall Street Journal in a recent podcast, Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon laid out how he …

The size of distributed denial of service attacks is “growing at an alarming pace all around the world,” according to NetScout Systems’ 14th annual report on worldwide infrastructure security — and …