2019

As Wi-Fi celebrates 20 years of success and Wi-Fi 6 certification has started, Wi-Fi has never been so indispensable in the home. The home is rapidly becoming a dense environment requiring …

The pursuit of cheaper, faster, and more varied production is intensifying. Factories are bustling with innovation experiments, as industrialists are availed of ever-more sophisticated digital tools. But the manufacturing sector …

Do not upgrade your Apple iPhone to iOS 13. Not yet anyway. I would even wait till after the iOS13.1 update comes out on Tuesday. While iOS13.1 will be a …

The Federal Communications Commission is throwing its support behind two 5G testbeds — one in New York City, one in Salt Lake City — with experimental licensing which will let …

Application-to-person messaging is driving RCS adoption globally At the 2019 Competitive Carriers Association Convention, Josh Wigginton, VP of product management at Interop Technologies, spoke about the future of Rich Communication …

To say carriers have had a tough time of it in recent years would be an understatement. Technology changes, the arrival of new digital players and the proliferation of more …

Canadian telecom operator Telus has launched the Telus IoT Shop in Canada, a self-serve online portal that enables businesses to purchase and manage prepaid IoT connectivity. According to Telus, purchasing …

  Nearly 30% of Americans said they had lost a deal and/or a client, or missed a key business decision or sale because of poor cellular connectivity, according to a …

  Canadian telecom operators Bell, Telus and Rogers have struck roaming partnerships with AT&T to provide their business customers access to AT&T’s LTE-M network across the United States. Bell, which …

Crowd-sourced device data analysis showed that users spent less than 10% of time on 3G 5G may be the new kid on the block, but LTE is the workhorse of …

The 5G smart factory will be powered by solutions developed specifically for the industrial space Ericsson announced yesterday that its first 5G smart factory in the U.S. will be located …

Video consumption trends informed AT&T network capacity planning Speaking this week at the Goldman Sachs 28th Annual Communicopia Conference, AT&T Communications Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, in a wide-ranging discussion, …

Nokia Bell Labs VP sees physical industries as a “great untapped opportunity” The telecom industry, and the massive capex that has gone into building out wired and wireless networks, is …

Disasters cross international borders, and in Europe, critical communications need to support the ability of first responders in neighboring countries to work collaboratively. This report explores the latest trends and …

MobiledgeX early access program coming to the US in October Deutsche Telekom-backed edge computing company MobiledgeX says it has 13 network operator customers and is expanding its early access program …

4G and 5G will coexist for much longer than previous generations of mobile broadband PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island—For Peter Linder, Ericsson’s vice president of marketing and communications in North America, the …

  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 up the time machine, put …

Digital twins of smart cities will number 500 by 2025, from a handful today, according to ABI Research. The concept of digital twins will start move from smart factories, where …

5G networks will need to offer more capacity and flexibility while lowering the operational expenses of the system. Two new technologies can simultaneously address both the increase in capacity and …

Seventeen state attorneys general have sued to block the T-Mobile/Sprint merger The T-Mobile/Sprint merger, the subject of a great deal of push back before finally receiving the green light in …

And what’s the path to 5G profitability?  Looking back on the transition from 3G to 4G, Huawei’s Mohamed Madkour, VP of wireless and cloud core network marketing and solution sales, …

Phones can never replace cameras, sat-navs or home Hi-Fi systems – they said. Famous last words. Even everyday devices like the humble flashlight seems to be, going almost extinct! So, …

Google-backed analytics provider Canvass Analytics has signed with the two “largest industrial automation companies” to resell its takeaway AI solution for industrial companies.  The Toronto-based firm, founded in 2016, is …

Planning a full 5G launch in 2020 Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo announced it will begin a 5G service trial in a number of Japanese services on September 20, according …

Smart factory projects are rarely greenfield builds Canadian company Kontrol Energy Corp. announced its first smart factory order from Toyota Tsusho Canada (TTCI). Kontrol Energy said that the order is …