2019

T-Mobile US says it has conducted the first successful North American testing of a Standalone 5G New Radio data session, and that the test was also a world-first test of …

Wi-Fi 6 devices are in-market with more on the way Developed in response to the ever-growing number of connected devices worldwide, Wi-Fi 6, based on the IEEE 802.11ax standard, is the …

  Korean carrier SK Telecom expects to reach 1 million subscribers in the 5G segment in August, the company’s CFO Poong-Young Yoon said on a conference call with investors. The …

Sierra Wireless expects revenues from its IoT solutions business to expand by more than 12% year-on-year during 2019, the company’s President and CEO Kent Thexton said during a conference call …

  Revenue from the distributed antenna system (DAS) segment represented 40% of Boingo Wireless’ overall revenue in the second quarter of the year, up from a contribution of 37% in …

AT&T TV pilot starting this summer; HBO Max to launch in 2020 With its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner and its massive portfolio of video content, AT&T made a …

GE lighting division Current has paired up with UK industrial IoT company IMS Evolve on an IoT solution for making energy savings in cold chain storage for clients in the …

Network Application Programming Interface (API) and programmability are transforming how businesses consume connectivity and the way service providers interconnect. The role of API has changed the way network services are …

When the smoke clears and the T-Mobile, Sprint merger is complete, we may be hearing quite a bit more from both John Legere and Charlie Ergen. The merged company will …

Sprint reports $111 million net loss in Q1 2019 Sprint took a non-traditional approach to reporting its first quarter results last week, providing a “message from management” given the recent …

The industry welcomed Ofcom’s move to release spectrum in the UK for private and shared usage, although UK operators said their support was contingent on effective coordination measures to protect …

Work is set to start on a new $7.5 billion smart city development in the Las Vegas Valley, which seeks to use advanced connectivity, automation, and analytics technologies to animate …

European law makers must make good on the significant upswing in momentum among Europe-based car makers towards vehicle electrification by ensuring cities have proper infrastructure and incentives to change behaviour …

CEO says dynamic spectrum sharing coming in 2020 The current focus in the U.S. is on deploying 5G in millimeter wave frequencies, but the longer-term strategy is to use a …

Johnson Controls, a global provider of solutions for smart buildings, recorded revenues of $2.32 billion in its North America building solutions segment in fiscal Q3, slightly up compared to revenues …

American Tower expects to see long-term benefits from the merger between T-Mobile U.S. and Sprint, the company’s CEO James Taiclet said during a conference call with investors. “American Tower continue …

Intel has already applied for licenses to sell some components to Chinese vendor Huawei, Intel’s CEO Bob Swan said in an interview with CNBC. The executive said that Intel had …

BRCK says Africa’s internet challenge is no longer one of availability, but one of affordability BRCK, a Nairobi-based internet hardware and service startup, is working with Egyptian ride-hail venture Swvl to install its routers …

5G technology will more closely tie cable and wireless together than ever before It has been sometime since cable companies Comcast and Charter announced that they will be expanding into …

Arm has launched an updated version of its Pelion IoT connectivity management platform for mobile network operators. The 2.0 version will help operators to offer a simplified device management tool, …

Peninsula Light Company (PenLight) has appointed US carrier Verizon to upgrade its power distribution system in Washington State with an LTE-based system, comprising smart electricity meters and a data analytics …

Asia Pacific accounted for 42 per cent of the total installed base of smart water meters in 2018; its share will rise in the coming years as water utilities in …

Industrial giant Siemens, reticent on the subject until now, has been gushing in its support of 5G for industry, as a means to automate and animate digital factories, and bring …

Mining has evolved from a hard, manual process, involving hand tools and rudimentary explosives, to one that takes advantage of sophisticated technologies that bring connectivity, automation, and intelligence into play. …

Swiss IoT module maker u-blox has acquired the Bluetooth module business of Oregon startup Rigado for an undisclosed fee.  Rigado, founded in 2010, provides edge-as-a-service gateways for commercial IoT solutions. …