April 2019

Sprint and AT&T have settled a lawsuit over AT&T’s marketing use of “5G Evolution” to promote its LTE Advanced network. According to a brief filing in the U.S. District Court …

Bell Labs researching 90 GHz for future 6G Marcus Weldon, president of Nokia Bell Labs and the vendor’s chief technology officer, made clear in a presentation at the Brooklyn 5G …

The U.K. government has cleared Chinese company Huawei to participate in parts of the country’s 5G rollouts, The Daily Telegraph reported. Huawei will be kept away from sensitive core elements of …

Global 5G discussion marked by “confrontational” language With President Donald Trump recently entering the 5G global discourse and furthering the characterization of deployment as an international race, Nokia CEO Rajeev …

UK-based Mettis Aerospace, manufacturer of components for the likes of Airbus, Boeing and Rolls-Royce, is to test Wi-Fi 6 for connecting industrial machines and processes. The Wireless Broadband Alliance said …

The increased speed of 5G promises to breed new expectations for mobile consumers. With its super-fast connectivity, intelligent network, and the ability to transmit massive amounts of data, experts predict …

Verizon reported solid first quarter numbers and provided new details into its 5G strategy, as it continues with early deployments. CEO Hans Vestberg said that Verizon is continuing to prioritize …

Chinese vendor Huawei has launched what it claims to be the world’s first 5G-powered hardware for self-driving cars. The Chinese firm launched the MH5000 module, based on its Balong 5000 …

U.S. firm Itron, a technology company that specializes in products and services for energy and water resource management, VINCI Energies’ Electrix and Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS) are working …

Facility Solutions Group (FSG), a specialist in lighting, electrical, technology and signage solutions, announced today the launch of a new business division to focus on the development of smart building …

5G iPhone slated for 2020 release, report says Now that Qualcomm and Apple have settled ongoing litigation and agreed to a six-year patent licensing and supplier deal, one analyst says …

Huawei has 40 5G contracts Chinese vendor Huawei has already secured 40 contracts to build and operate 5G networks, the company’s rotating CEO, Ken Hu said. The announcement was made …

It’s been over 25 years since Neil Papworth of Vodafone sent the first ever text message. Since then SMS has remained exactly the same. There have been no updates, enhancements …

Europe moved a step closer to rejecting 5G for autonomous vehicles in favour of wi-fi based communications last week, after the European Parliament voted in favour of the latter technology …

Annual revenue from smart street lights will grow at compound annual rate of 31 per cent to reach $1.7 billion in 2026, reckons ABI Research. The analyst house said street …

US frozen drinks company Freezing Point, parent to slushie brand Frazil, has partnered with Norwegian engineering firm 7Sense to develop a low-cost, retrofittable cellular NB-IoT circuit board to make its …

Software security flaws — including those with available fixes that haven’t been applied — and human behavior continue to be the top sources of network vulnerabilities, according to a new …

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee — better known as the CSMAC — has a new roster of 30 outside expert members, appointed by U.S. …

Huawei posted revenues of CNY179.7 billion ($26.8 billion) in the first quarter of 2019, an increase of 39% year-on-year, the company said in a release. The vendor’s net profit margin …

Toyota Stadium also invests in LEDs to support flicker-free UHD 4K broadcast Dutch company Signify?(formerly Philips Lighting) has installed its connected lighting system?Interact Sports?at the Toyota Stadium in Aichi, Japan. …

Smart Dubai has announced the completion of the first phase of the UAEPASS initiative — its nation-wide program for digital identity — integrating seven leading government entities to date. This …

If 5G is a race the US needs to win, why not run faster? In the U.S., Verizon and AT&T have deployed 5G in parts of some cities. T-Mobile says …

5G will support 22 million jobs by 2035, researchers say Brendon Carr, a commissioner on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, sees community colleges as key to developing the workforce needed …

Last week I gave an interview to Bloomberg about my thoughts on the trouble the T-Mobile, Sprint merger is suddenly having. Plus, we are learning that Sprint is in much …