2019

India apparently latest focus of U.S. 5G influence campaign The U.S. government urged Indian authorities not to use telecom gear from Chinese vendor Huawei in the country’s future 5G networks …

Initial focus is on 5G for 20 cities supported by 2,000 towers Middle East telecom group Zain has launched commercial 5G operations in Saudi Arabia, the telco said in a …

Note, this is the third part in a three-part series about manufacturer Sandvik Cormorant, which has been ranked as the smartest factory in Sweden. Go here to read the previous …

The Use of “Smart Mirrors” are Critical to Meet the Economical Demands Simply put, 5G cannot be rolled-out economically without effective low-cost reflectors and relays. It is possible for 5G …

While some greenfield players are able to immediately embrace cloud-native network design and reap the benefits that come with it, those cases are few and far between. For most operators …

AT&T hosted app developers using 5G and AR for healthcare, retail, finance, manufacturing The future is “phygital,”–a portmanteau of physical and digital, according to AT&T Business Executive Vice President and …

Nowadays, security and privacy are on everybody’s mind. Hardly a day goes by without the news of security breaches at major institutions. Most of the time, the reporting is focused …

Greetings from Charlotte/Davidson, Norfolk/ Virginia Beach, Washington DC/ N Virginia, and Dallas/ Ft. Worth (picture is yours truly with Federated Wireless BoD member Tim McDonald).  This week’s TSB will focus …

This is an exciting time in the wireless industry as a new folding screen smartphone category is just beginning. The initial two heavy hitters are the Microsoft Surface Duo and …

The anticipation of broader 5G deployments is one of the driving factors for fiber-optic testing and monitoring needs in data centers, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. …

  IoT specialist Semtech Corporation has put together a LoRaWAN reference design for indoor gateway applications. The company said that the LoRa Corecell reference design was developed for the LoRaWAN …

Waterloo, Charing Cross, Liverpool Street stations getting 5G U.K. telecom operator EE has switched on 5G in some of the kingdom’s busiest transport hubs and city center destinations, the telco …

Huawei will provide 4G and 5G services to Maxis as it prepares for 5G rollout Yesterday, Huawei Technologies entered a formal agreement with Maxis, one of Malaysia’s major telecommunications companies, to …

Ford also testing in Miami and Washington D.C. Ford Motor Co. said it will add Austin, Texas, to the list of cities where it plans to launch a commercial transportation …

SOLiD’s Ken Sandfeld shares O-RAN outlook The move towards fully-interoperable, multi-vendor radio access networks is more of a marathon than a sprint, with operators and vendors actively engaging in specification …

Package delivery company UPS has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate a fleet of aerial delivery drones. The certification puts no limits on the size or …

Vodafone is the first network operator in the UK to sub-license unused LTE / 4G spectrum under UK regulator Ofcom’s new spectrum policy, which seeks to bolster rural and indoor …

Italy’s 26.2 million gamers spent $2 billion on gaming software alone in 2018 Ubitus Inc. and Vodafone are working together to launch GameNow, a new 5G cloud gaming service exclusively …

Wireless companies see 5G fixed wireless as alternative to wired home broadband NEW ORLEANS–On a January earnings call, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson characterized 5G as a viable replacement to fixed …

The 5G networking center will help CSPs and NEPs build next-gen communications solutions Global R&D service provider Altran announced plans to launch a communications and advanced networking center in the …

  US Cellular has announced plans to start offering 5G technology for its customers in Iowa and Wisconsin in the first quarter of 2020. The company said in a release …

  AFL, which manufactures fiber optic cable, connectivity and accessories and provides network services, has acquired?Optical & Telecommunication Solutions, a wireless solutions provider focused on in-building and outdoor?Distributed Antenna Systems. …

German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom has signed a 5G-focused memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Audi and the city of Ingolstadt. The goal of this partnership is to use 5G technology …

Maravedis released the 2020 Industry Report commissioned once again by the Wireless Broadband Alliance. As Wi-Fi celebrates 20 years of success, it is clear that Wi-Fi platforms drive a whole …

FCC commissioners react to ruling that largely upholds the repeal, but strikes down preemption of net neutrality rules by states and cities A federal appeals court ruling on the Federal …