2019

Alphabet’s Loon, which focuses on bringing balloon-based connectivity to remote areas, is adding former telecom executives from some of the largest mobile operators to a new advisory board focused on …

The 5G test used a 5G base station with massive MIMO technology Japanese company NEC Corporation announced that it contributed to a video transmission test utilizing 5G conducted in November …

The Swiss regulator aims to announce the results of the auction in Q2 2019 Swiss telecommunications services regulator Ofcom  said it aims to kick off a 5G spectrum auction this month, …

Verizon vendors focus on in-building connectivity during Austin event The annual Verizon Technology Users Forum event, formerly called the In-Building Technology Users Forum, is taking place this week in Austin, …

  The study said that organizations believes blockchain technology would be ideal to solve security concerns in the IoT field   Nearly half of businesses — 53% — cannot detect …

Huawei’s Futurewei unit in Silicon Valley reportedly faces potential export ban In a rare press conference with international journalists, Ren Zhengfei, Huawei’s founder and CEO, said that his company does …

YoSmart, a manufacturer of smart building IoT devices, announced that it will integrate Semtech Corporation’s proprietary wireless radio frequency technology, LoRa, into its smart building and home products. ? ?YoSmart …

Second-tier cities with higher-than-average urban population growth are becoming fertile and viable areas for future commercial real estate investment. Often seen as an alternative to investment in the “big six” …

Snow Ridge SoC designed for combo of edge computing and 5G Taking advantage of the  massive throughput and low latency of 5G requires a new approach to building telecom networks. …

The City of Dallas has appointed its first chief innovation officer (CINO) to lead its newly created ‘office of innovation’ and drive “operational and technological improvements” in the city. The …

The Consumer Electronics Show is … well, both consumer and electronics-focused, and this year’s CES highlighted everything gaming to smart glasses for augmented/virtual reality to new advances in the connected …

  The carrier aims to launch 5G fixed wireless in the country in the first half of 2019 Australian carrier Optus said it has successfully completed a 5G data call …

JLL Property Management has launched JLL Curae, a new integrated suite of products which use technology-enabled services and leverages buying power to improve tenant experience through programs designed to enhance …

  The Swedish company acquired Etalon, a German provider of equipment calibration solutions   Swedish digital solutions company Hexagon has boosted its smart factory capabilities via the acquisition of Etalon, …

Ericsson core-as-a-service supports AeroMobile in-flight connectivity Business travelers know the pain all too well–less than adequate, utterly unreliable airplane Wi-Fi is regular source of frustration, not to mention the loss …

Ericsson said that the 5G data call was made at its lab in Kista, Sweden Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies said they have achieved a non-standalone 5G New Radio data call …

Israel’s venture capital firm Magenta Venture Partners has announced a new $100 million fund for early-stage Israeli startups focused variously on autonomous vehicles, Industry 4.0, smart cities, and fin-tech, and …

The industry announcement of the Open Retail Initiative (ORI), (see this blog as well), spearheaded by Intel and Dell, couldn’t have come at a better time.  Pithy statements like “Data …

Snowy weather in the Washington, D.C. area has led the Federal Communications Commission to suspend today’s scheduled bidding in its millimeter wave auction. The auction, which has been proceeding despite …

Exec defended controversial ‘5Ge’ indicator during CES keynote Last week, AT&T pushed a new indicator to devices connected to its LTE-Advanced network, which drew significant criticism from competitors, the media, …

There seems to be quite a bit of confusion around 5G so let’s try and clear things up. AT&T Mobility say’s it’s here now since they are the first carrier …

Further to last week’s sub-polemic on the wrongheaded marketing of 5G services, it is worth considering, again, just how transformational the next generation of mobile technology could be – and …

RAN Intelligent Controller development early focus of partnership 5G is often described as the first generation of cellular “born in the cloud,” which describes a dynamic, flexible network that’s increasingly …

6G and the quantum internet If you’re in the telecoms world, you likely hear something about 5G at least 100,000 times every day. But, as with anything technology-related, you’ve got …

Poland has arrested two telecom employees on suspicion of spying for the Chinese state: a Chinese employee of infrastructure vendor Huawei and an employee of Orange Telecom, according to published …