Yearly Archives: 2019

Alphabet’s Loon brings on former telecom execs to advise

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...

NEC, NTT DoCoMo carry out 5G video transmission test

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...

Switzerland gets ready for 5G spectrum auction: Report

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...

In-building 5G highlighted during VZTUF

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...

Gemalto finds nearly half of businesses can’t detect IoT device breaches

  The study said that organizations believes blockchain technology would be ideal to solve security concerns in the IoT field   Nearly half of businesses -- 53%...

Huawei’s CEO addresses security, privacy concerns

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,...

Smart building device-maker integrates LoRa for in-building connectivity

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...

18-hour cities emerge as top areas for commercial real estate development

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...

Intel sees 5G converging communications and computing

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...

Dallas rejigs digital team, as AT&T reveals first proofs of local smart city works

The City of Dallas has appointed its first chief innovation officer (CINO) to lead its newly created ‘office of innovation’ and drive “operational and...

ICYMI: Telecom tidbits from CES

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...

Optus completes 5G data call using 3.5 GHz spectrum in Australia

  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...

JLL launches Curae to improve tenant experience in commercial office buildings

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...

Hexagon strengthens smart factory strategy via acquisition

  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...

In-flight connectivity getting major boost from Ericsson, Panasonic partnership

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,...

Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies complete 2.6 GHz 5G NR test

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...

Magenta Venture Partners launches $100m VC fund for industrial AI startups

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...

Analyst Angle: Taking retail and IoT into a data-driven future

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...

Snow suspends Auction 101 bidding

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,...

AT&T Communications CEO: 5G is the ‘Yes you can’ network

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...

Kagan: So is 5G wireless here or is it coming soon?

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...

Three use cases only workable with URLLC-flavoured 5G

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...

RAN disaggregation focus of AT&T, Nokia partnership

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...

Tired of the 5G hype? Focus on 6G

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...

Poland reportedly arrests Huawei, Orange employees on spying charges

Poland has arrested two telecom employees on suspicion of spying for the Chinese state: a Chinese employee of infrastructure vendor Huawei and an employee...
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