Monthly Archives: August, 2019

Sprint goes big with 5G: Nine cities, 2,100 square miles covered, and mobile gaming to boot

NEW YORK--Four years ago, a 5G demo from Sprint and Nokia involved a van-sized base station and a test device the size of a...

Microwave 5G backhaul gets refined with multi-band radios (Analyst Angle)

  For the last few years, Sky Light Research has written articles on the progress of microwave backhaul for 5G networks.  It’s clear that capacity,...

What do private wireless and private optical networks have in common? (Reader Forum)

Both offer big benefits for modern enterprise Much has been written about trends towards use of connected technology in modern industry. The fourth industrial revolution,...

Smart waste management: four cases, four venues, four applications

1 | THE SHOP Supermarket chain Tesco has used IoT sensors to monitor bins in Slovakia, where it operates 150 stores, and employ over 9,000...

Hunting for the fastest airport Wi-Fi

Which airports in the U.S. and Canada have the fastest Wi-Fi? And is it worth the cost to upgrade to a Wi-Fi SSID that...

VMware lays out service provider, enterprise 5G vision

You can't do 5G without a virtualized infrastructure: VMware exec SAN FRANCISCO--5G is accelerating telco adoption of software-centric strategies that will only compound as pervasive...

LPWA matchup | LoRaWAN vs Sigfox vs NB-IoT vs LTE-M: billion-$ question (round 4)

Note this is a serialised version of an editorial report, called LPWA connectivity in IoT – who is winning what?’. It is continued from...

ZTE H1 revenues up 13.1% year-on-year

ZTE counted 25 commercial 5G deals Chinese vendor ZTE reported operating revenue of CNY 44.6 billion (6.2 billion) in the six months ended June 30,...

Huawei conducts 6G research at Ottawa’s R&D facility: Report

Look for 6G in the 2030 timeframe, Huawei exec says Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has started research on future 6G mobile technology at its research...

Loma Linda University Health improved indoor connectivity via CommScope’s ION-E

Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) in Loma Linda, California, which operates some of the largest clinical programs in the U.S. and is also an...

Streamlining VNF onboarding to improve 5G network management

iconectiv's VNF information service is included in ONAP's latest mobile network specifications  The latest release of international specifications to help build future software-based mobile networks has been...

GSA reports 296 operators in 100 countries are investing in 5G

As 5G devices continue to become a reality, commercial service offerings will rise  In a new report on the latest generational upgrade from LTE to...

Dell and VMware CEOs on China/US trade tensions

Will escalating dispute bifurcate global trade? SAN FRANCISCO--President Trump, to the detriment of some U.S. businesses, continues to escalate tariffs on Chinese goods and even...

‘Rural broadband is a global issue’– farm equipment firm AGCO on connecting agriculture

A new smart farming initiative in Brazil, called ConectarAGRO, is seeking to make use of LTE and 5G connectivity, as well as satellite and...

Carriers missed the boat on cloud but 5G can change that

SAN FRANCISCO--With a call out from VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger during his opening keynote and numerous mentions from Dell Technologies-family executives, 5G was most...

AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan to retire in October

AT&T to name a new head of AT&T Communications soon John Donovan, who heads up AT&T Communications, is planning to leave his post as of...

Build, run, manage: VMware CEO lays out Kubernetes strategy

Kubernetes is "as significant" as cloud and virtual machines, Pat Gelsinger says SAN FRANCISCO--VMware is betting big on Kubernetes as the container orchestration tool to...

More than 20,000 AT&T workers on strike in the Southeast

More than 20,000 AT&T wireline employees in nine southeastern states have gone on strike, protesting what they say are unfair labor practices. According to...

South Korean mobile carriers focus on 5G in-building wireless tech: report

  South Korea? three mobile carriers are already focusing on the provision of in-building wireless technology through 5G, Korean press reported. According to a recent report...

Texas Freight selects Orbcomm for in-cab connectivity

Machine-to-Machine and internet of things provider Orbcomm was selected by Houston-based van truckload carrier Texas Freight Services to provide its in-cab solution across Texas Freight Services'...

RootMetrics metro rankings: Chicago network performance is tops among big cities

Among the 10 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., Chicago stood out as one of the highest-ranked cities in the country for mobile network...

5G Innovation Report Series: Europe

While U.S. operators and regulators have focused on millimeter wave for 5G services, Europe is deploying using mid-band spectrum. Operators around the continent have...

The Sunday Brief: AT&T’s Herculean lift

Greetings from Lake Norman/ Davidson, North Carolina where everybody is working (including the neighbor kid, Caleb, pictured with the Editor and yours truly). This...

Huawei launches AI chip, aims to ship over 2 million 5G base stations

  Huawei has launched its artificial intelligence (AI) processor – the Ascend 910 – as well as an all-scenario AI computing framework, dubbed MindSpore. "We have...

Opposition to 5G small cell deployment spreads across US

Opponents consider 5G small cell installations to be at best an eye sore and at worst a serious health risk 5G, the fifth generation of wireless...
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