Monthly Archives: November, 2019

What’s the difference between an IoT sensor and an IoT actuator?

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has added new definitions of ‘IoT sensor’ and ‘IoT actuator’ to its updated ‘dictionary’ of technical definitions for the...

Rocky Mountain Power appoints Itron to upgrade smart grid capabilities

IoT system provider Itron has signed a deal with Rocky Mountain Power to deploy new smart meters and smart grid capabilities. The electric company,...

#TBT: Symbian vs. Microsoft; Bluetooth could be big; SMS use dwarfs internet use in Europe … this week in 2002

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...

UPS and CVS make first home deliveries of medical prescriptions by drone

Postal company UPS has achieved another ‘first’ for drone deliveries by making a commercial delivery of a medical prescription from a pharmacy to a...

Most consumers don’t use Wi-Fi calling, GWS survey finds

Only about 25% of mobile phone users are frequently taking advantage of Wi-Fi calling, according to a new survey by network benchmarking company Global...

Ericsson Webinar: Integrating AI into wireless communication

The evolution to 5G will see an unprecedented increase in network complexity - from new uses cases to different service classes, network function virtualization...

Cradlepoint White Paper: A Sensible Approach to Smart City Projects

As Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices become more and more commonplace, the uses for such devices continues to expand. One of the key places they are...

AT&T settles FTC data throttling complaint for $60 million

FTC commissioner called former AT&T practice essentially 'scammed' unlimited customers This week AT&T agreed to settle a 2014 complaint from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission...

LTE Networks & IoT Create Smarter Smart Cities

  Cities are becoming smarter by producing greater public-sector efficiencies through sensors, IoT, LTE connectivity, and data analysis. The change of culture and technology is...

Cisco partners with SoFi Stadium, Hollywood Park on IT, Wi-Fi 6

Wi-Fi 6 is designed for dense user environments like stadiums Cisco and Hollywood Park have entered into a partnership that establishes the U.S. networking company...

Airtel, Vodafone Idea to launch NB-IoT in India soon: report

Vodafone hunting first commercial NB-IoT deal Indian telecommunications operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are currently getting ready to launch commercial NB-IoT services in the Indian...

Ericsson, OPPO announce joint 5G lab in China

Ericsson and OPPO entered a global patent license agreement in February Ericsson and Chinese technology firm OPPO have established a joint lab in Shenzhen, China,...

Orange goes live with 5G in three Romanian cities

The network will offer internet download speeds of up to 1.2 Gbps Orange has launched its first commercial 5G network in Romania. The initial launch...

SMEs can ‘punch above their weight’ with carrier-IoT as-a-service, says Vodafone

Small and medium sized enterprises can “punch above their weight” in global markets by taking IoT as-a-service from mobile operators. Where large organisations will...

Cradlepoint White Paper: A Sensible Approach to Smart City Projects

As Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices become more and more commonplace, the uses for such devices continues to expand. One of the key places they are...

When Z-location doesn’t matter: An open letter to first responder community (Reader Forum)

Last week, FCC Chairman Pai announced a proposed draft called the Fifth Report & Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with the stated intent of improving 911...

AVSystem and Traxens partner to provide efficient management of smart containers

  Logistics and transport are definitely the industries that will significantly benefit from the solutions brought by Internet of Things. We can also safely state...

Killer questions in IoT: Should enterprises wait for 5G to start IoT?

It seems, almost, like a daft question, except the hype around 5G is so all-consuming it threatens to eat complementary IoT technologies alive –...

CenturyLink, West Safety Comms agree to $575,000 fine over 911 outage

Network operators CenturyLink and West Safety Communications have settled with the Federal Communications Commission over violations of FCC rules due to a 911 service...

‘Ericsson, Sprint, LoRa, Zigbee – tell us, what’s your favourite IoT use case?’

Between them, US telecoms operator Sprint and Swedish telecoms vendor Ericsson claim considerable experience in the IoT space. The variety of IoT use cases...

US government to approve first Huawei licenses soon: Report

Department of Commerce tallies 260 Huawei license requests U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross confirmed that the U.S. government would soon start to issue the first...

Machine learning, AI aids network incident prediction, prevention

What if nearly every network operation could be predicted using machine learning and AI? Ericsson launched its Operations Engine in January to assist communications service...

SK Telecom continues to expand in-building coverage with 5G: CFO

  Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom will continue to expand its business in the in-building market via 5G technology, the carrier?s CFO, Poong-Young Yoon, said...

O2 to provide 5G for autonomous car testbed in London

UK telco O2 has signed an agreement to provide 5G connectivity for the testing of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) in the Smart Mobility Living Lab...

Bundling and marketing the slice: Bringing 5G to industry verticals

When it comes to network slicing, the slice itself is only the pipe -- it's the applications, and bundling it all neatly into an...
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