Yearly Archives: 2019

Australian carrier TPG suspends network rollout due to Huawei ban

  In August 2018, the Australian government prohibited certain vendors from taking part in 5G deployments Australian carrier TPG Telecom has decided to cease rollout of...

German industry associations urge regulator to award 3.7GHz spectrum

  Companies including Audi, Daimler, BASF and Siemens have already expressed interest in obtaining spectrum for 5G applications Germany’s main industry associations is urging communications regulator...

AT&T sees 5G as a viable fixed broadband replacement

FirstNet build is essential to future 5G plans AT&T is currently using its millimeter wave spectrum to offer up a standards-based 5G service in parts...

Itron, ComEd implement smart lighting initiative in Chicago

  The project stipulates the connection of 140,000 municipal smart streetlights in Chicago and northern Illinois   U.S. firm Itron, together with power company ComEd have a...

Total LoRa devices reach 80 million, making it ‘de facto’ IoT tech, says Semtech

The total installed base of LoRa enabled chips and nodes reach around 80 million units at the end of 2018, according to California based...

Superior technology means superior cellular coverage

  Digital technology is just better In-building cellular coverage is all about distributing cellular signals to where they need to be: users. Traditional analog technology would...

Nokia joins Nordic smart city project to build energy-positive urban data centres

Norwegian real estate and tech firm Miris is building 20 data centres in business parks and residential areas in Norway during 2019 to support...

US brings charges against Huawei, alleging fraud, sanction violations, stealing trade secrets

Charges involve both violating sanctions against Iran and stealing device testing technology from T-Mobile US The U.S. Department of Justice is pursuing 23 charges against...

A brief history of Huawei’s fraught relationship with the US

While the situation most certainly reached a fever pitch this week, the tenuous nature of the relationship between Huawei and the U.S. goes back...

DT says ban on Huawei would hurt 5G deployment in Europe

  Deutsche Telekom also said it will start to review its network equipment procurement plans The deployment of 5G across Europe would be affected if governments...

Ericsson launches AI-based managed services for telcos

  The new offering uses AI and automation to address telecom operators’ complexity challenges   Ericsson has launched a new artificial intelligence-based managed services offering for communications...

How is narrowband IoT NB-IoT connectivity used in smart buildings?

With more than 75 billion devices connecting to the internet of things (IoT) by 2025, the use of IoT devices among occupants and equipment...

Deutsche Telekom trial finds NB-IoT optimal for smart building performance

German-based global real estate service provider Ista, which offers energy efficiency monitoring and optimization for smart buildings, tested the network technology narrowband IoT (NB-IoT)...

Verizon reports modest wireless, wireline growth in Q4

Still no details on mobile 5G launch Verizon on Tuesday reported its fourth quarter earnings, including a 1.9% year-over-year growth in service revenue, 1.2 million...

Crown Castle has 20,000 small cell nodes in 2020 pipeline: CEO

  The firm aims to deploy between 10,000 and 15,000 small cells this year Crown Castle expects to deploy approximately 20,000 small cell nodes in 2020...

FTC vs. Qualcomm: A proxy for China vs. the USA? (Analyst Angle)

Analyzing the long term impacts of FTC’s activist litigation In all the chaos of allegations, counter allegations, scores of testimonies, rebuttals, cross-examinations, and others, I...

From power grids to oil rigs: IIoT at the cutting edge – four AWS use cases

In simple terms, the prevailing wisdom is the more data, the better. More data equals better decisions, which equals better products, and more users....

10m factories, 3m warehouses, 50k mines – Nokia counts out its new industrial targets

Nokia’s biggest opportunity, it explains, is to go beyond its traditional customer base to serve industrial markets directly, with private networking solutions. The total...

House committee investigates FCC over 5G infrastructure order

House committee probes whether FCC representatives urged carriers to game the legal system in support of recent infrastructure order The House Energy and Commerce committee...

German 5G auction process attracts four applications

  The 5G auction is expected to take place in the second half of March German communications regulator Bundesnetzagentur confirmed it had received applications from four...

Vodafone pauses use of Huawei gear in 5G core but not in 5G RAN: CEO

  Vodafone’s CEO Nick Read said that the debate about Huawei was taking place at a "simplistic level" U.K. telecom group Vodafone will continue to use...

Microsoft inks agreement to open AI, IoT lab in Shanghai

  The new facility is expected to be inaugurated in April this year   Microsoft has signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation to locate its new artificial...

CREtech acquires PropTech research firm, enhances education on funding trends

CREtech, a commercial real estate technology event and content management company, announced the acquisition of RE:tech a research platform which disseminates information about PropTech...

Siemens opens digital factory to build batteries for ferries, fishing boats, drilling rigs

German company Siemens has opened a fully automated battery factory in Trondheim, in Norway. The facility will produce batteries for the marine sector, including...

Kagan: Synchronoss secret sauce helps telecom, media, tech companies

As a telecom and wireless analyst and columnist for more than 30 years, countless companies have tried to get on my radar. Of that...
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