2019

Network infrastructure market to become more competitive as 5G rolls out As second quarter results were revealed, network infrastructure vendors Ericsson and Nokia both reported a growth in revenue, driven by increased sales in …

Cisco and Google’s partnership in India is part of the global initiative to scale accessible, reliable Wi-Fi Cisco announced early this week that it has teamed up with Google to …

Cradlepoint gigabit LTE edge router supports mission critical public safety users As Verizon works to compete in the public safety market against AT&T’s nationwide FirstNet first responders network, the operator …

Ted Rappaport’s research with NYU paved the way for the commercialization of 5G  New York University (NYU) Professor and Founding Director of the research center NYU WIRELESS, Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport will …

Proptech fund totals more than $1 billion Fifth Wall, a venture capital firm focused on proptech technologies for the global real estate industry, has recently closed its second real estate …

Walgreens, one of the largest drugstore chains in the U.S. has selected Theatro, a provider of voice-controlled mobile platform as a service for the hourly workforce. Under the terms of …

CEO discusses balance of capex and auction revenues French operators will have enough financial resources to deploy future 5G networks as the government and telecom regulator Arcep are not looking …

Deutsche Telekom is offering industrialists so-called ‘campus networks’, which offer a kind of proto-slicing as a pre-cursor to slicing-proper with 5G networks. But its recent work in the Port of …

US mayors have signed a new resolution on data protection to push the US government to bring greater protection against the risks of cyberattacks on edge sensors associated with the …

The Marseille Fos port in southern France is leading the new French Smart Port in Med initiative, with an ambition to “build the port of the future”. It has a …

T-Mobile COO: Combined company will go after AT&T and Verizon “like they’ve never seen before” Ahead of the company’s quarterly earnings call, T-Mobile US got the go-ahead from the U.S. …

Congratulations to T-Mobile US and Sprint on finally getting DoJ merger approval. This has been one helluva ride, and it’s not over yet, but we are closer than ever. Now …

Broadband connectivity, both wired and wireless, is now akin to a utility in its importance for building owners and the tenants they want to attract. So what are building owners …

The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has given its blessing to T-Mobile US’ merger with Sprint, saying that the merger conditions will support the entry of a new, viable facilities-based …

Using Qualcomm tech, AT&T completed first sub-6 GHz 5G data transfer AT&T is currently offering up a commercial 5G service based on its millimeter wave spectrum holdings but the carrier …

  The U.K.’s Vodafone Group has confirmed that it will create a separate business to house its tower infrastructure in Europe. Vodafone said the new entity, dubbed TowerCo, woill be …

  Indian carriers Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea will probably not take part in the country’s 5G spectrum sale scheduled to take place in the second half of the year, …

  Chinese vendor ZTE launched a 5G wireless router for indoor connectivity in the Middle East. The router was launched in collaboration with United Arab Emirates (UAE) operator Du. ZTE …

Fiber deployment by both mobile network operators and cable MSOs in support of next-generation networks will help drive increased demand for fiber testing, according to a new report from analyst …

2,200 Intel employees set to join Apple workforce It’s official: Pending regulatory approval, Intel has agreed to sell its modem business to Apple for $1 billion and 2,200 Intel employees …

Nokia CEO: Strong 4G essential to delivering high performance in 5G Finnish telecom network infrastructure vendor Nokia reported a stronger-than-expected second quarter with a 7% rise in revenue from the previous year, boosted by …

Improved network capacity and coverage among Wi-Fi 6 benefits Built in response to the ever-growing number of connected devices worldwide, Wi-Fi 6, the next generation of Wi-Fi technology, offers more than …

The Port of Marseille Fos is amping up its smart port strategy with new discussions with Orange about 5G, a developing relationship with IBM on blockchain, and a host of …

South East Water is connecting digital water meters, sensors and acoustic loggers on underground mains water pipes to Vodafone’s NB-IoT network in the UK. The arrangement is part of a …

  Russian state-run company Rostec has started to develop telecom equipment for 5G mobile communications, the company said in a release. Rostec said that the 5G gear developed by the …