March 2019

Koh appointed to lead US presence at ITU’s WRC Grace Koh will lead the U.S. delegation to the International Telecommunications Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference 2019, which will be held this …

Reps: Sprint/T-Mobile US merger will reduce jobs, hurt competition In a Feb. 28 letter to U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and Makan Delrahim, an attorney in the U.S. …

The cloud is a powerful transformational agent for emerging markets, but only when dovetailed with other emerging and evolving digital technologies to deliver complete solutions.  The International Data Corporation or …

MWC 2019 was peppered with artificial intelligence (AI) robots and references to machine learning (ML) across the various halls. For a show aimed at mobile operators, very few of those …

  Huawei 5G strategy marked by commercial end-to-end availability Operators are continuing to invest in gigabit-class LTE while deploying early non-standalone 5G networks leveraging those 4G investments and paving the …

Dutch industrial tech provider Koning & Hartman and Irish private-network provider Druid Software have extended their work to bring automation and intelligence to operations at the Port of Rotterdam. The …

Google has released new hardware for machine learning at the edge in the form of a single-board computer running its edge-based Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) processor. Alongside the new system-on-module …

The Federal Communications Commission, mindful of the rural services that Windstream Holdings provides — and the federal universal service funds that it receives — says it will be watching closely …

  Naver will use Intel’s computing solution based on KT’s 5G communications network Naver, which is South Korea’s largest Internet portal and search engine, plans to develop 5G-enabled service robots …

  The executive said that 5G networks will be deployed by a combination of suppliers from Europe, China and the U.S. Cisco System’s CEO Chuck Robbins said that governments should …

Ericsson, SOLiD among newest O-RAN Alliance vendor members Operator members of the O-RAN Alliance, which is dedicated to creating open interfaces to enable multi-vendor radio site configurations, want to ultimately …

  Škoda drivers will have access to a wide range of connected cars services across Europe Cubic Telecom has signed a contract with Czech automobile manufacturer Škoda Auto to enable …

IBM has introduced a new suite of industrial internet of things (IoT) solutions for preventative and predictive downtime and maintenance that leverage artificial intelligence and advanced analytics. The solution will …

As the Federal Communications Commission moves quickly to open up additional millimeter wave spectrum for commercial use, it has identified 38 qualified bidders who plan to participate in the upcoming …

Boston has appointed its first chief information security officer (CISO) to lead its fight to secure the data of its city operations and its citizens, and to modernise its technology …

German software company SAP has launched a new internet of things (IoT) suite for its Leonardo platform, as well as closer cloud integration with Microsoft’s Azure IoT Hub. SAP Leonardo …

Both vendors will supply 5G NR radio gear and other network equipment Last week during Mobile World Congress Barcelona, U.S. Cellular announced a 5G supplier deal with Ericsson and now, …

These days, it’s hardly news that enterprises are increasingly reliant on mobile and remote workers for business-critical activities. How much so? But by one estimate, the mobile workforce will account …

  Rakuten aims to implement an end-to-end cloud-native network to provide differentiated services to its mobile subscribers Red Hat announced that its open source technologies will be used by Japan’s …

Reports say Trump considering 5G as topic for 2020 campaign If you listen to the big four U.S. mobile carriers, two of which have already commercialized different flavors of 5G …

  Last month, the U.K. National Cyber Security Center reportedly said the country had tools to mitigate any risk from using Huawei’s technology in 5G networks   The U.K. government …

  The aim of the IoT deal is to foster the adoption of enterprise IoT services in Singapore and China   Singapore telecom operator Singtel and China Mobile International, a …

Dell EMC CTO John Roese laid out a vision of the transition to 5G where the technology exists in small, mostly industrial pockets around the world for the first couple …

Analysts: Huawei continued to grow telecom equipment market share lead in 2018 As the Chinese company continues to grow its lead in the telecom equipment market, Huawei came on strong …

All you need to know about the face off at the District Court in San Diego; infringement claims on patents that improve battery-life, and cost of smartphones under scrutiny The …