2019

Annual revenue from smart street lights will grow at compound annual rate of 31 per cent to reach $1.7 billion in 2026, reckons ABI Research. The analyst house said street …

US frozen drinks company Freezing Point, parent to slushie brand Frazil, has partnered with Norwegian engineering firm 7Sense to develop a low-cost, retrofittable cellular NB-IoT circuit board to make its …

Software security flaws — including those with available fixes that haven’t been applied — and human behavior continue to be the top sources of network vulnerabilities, according to a new …

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee — better known as the CSMAC — has a new roster of 30 outside expert members, appointed by U.S. …

Huawei posted revenues of CNY179.7 billion ($26.8 billion) in the first quarter of 2019, an increase of 39% year-on-year, the company said in a release. The vendor’s net profit margin …

Toyota Stadium also invests in LEDs to support flicker-free UHD 4K broadcast Dutch company Signify?(formerly Philips Lighting) has installed its connected lighting system?Interact Sports?at the Toyota Stadium in Aichi, Japan. …

Smart Dubai has announced the completion of the first phase of the UAEPASS initiative — its nation-wide program for digital identity — integrating seven leading government entities to date. This …

If 5G is a race the US needs to win, why not run faster? In the U.S., Verizon and AT&T have deployed 5G in parts of some cities. T-Mobile says …

5G will support 22 million jobs by 2035, researchers say Brendon Carr, a commissioner on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, sees community colleges as key to developing the workforce needed …

Last week I gave an interview to Bloomberg about my thoughts on the trouble the T-Mobile, Sprint merger is suddenly having. Plus, we are learning that Sprint is in much …

UK smart street-lighting firm Telensa has appointed Belfast-based digital services provider Kainos as lead partner in the ramp-up and rollout of its Urban Data Project to additional smart cities. The …

Technology that was designed for optimising data centres is being applied to power distribution in airports and hospitals. Canadian infrastructure management firm Maya Heat Transfer Technologies (HTT) has repackaged its …

Microsoft has acquired embedded computing software firm Express Logic for an undisclosed fee, with an aim to “unlock access to billions of new connected endpoints” in the internet-of-things (IoT) space. …

Real Wireless beefs-up stadium cellular and Wi-Fi U.K. soccer club Tottenham Hotspur has inaugurated its new stadium in London with?free high-density Wi-Fi and mobile coverage in all areas. The club …

Japanese telecommunications operator NTT DoCoMo, together with compatriot logistics firm Itochu Logistics Corp. and their U.S. subsidiaries announced that they will trial an IoT solution for delivery-fleet management in the …

Canadian carrier Rogers Communications said its spectrum in the 600 MHz band will allow the firm to provide 5G technology in a wide area coverage without a huge cost, the …

Network densification is about a lot more than beefing up macro sites and deploying new small cells. Connecting all of these radio sites and tying them back into the core, …

Given the pervasive challenges associated with network densification, particularly backhaul and site acquisition, and the emergence of 5G at millimeter wave frequencies, what can operators do to deliver the service …

Canadian IoT firm Tapplock has launched a new generation of security solutions including the Tapplock one+, and its enterprise platform, Tapplock Enterprise Padlocks are often used by businesses to secure …

Two schools in Houston will pilot an internet of things (IoT)-enabled platform called ActiveShield to improve public safety. The IoT safe-spaces technology created by Insight Enterprises (NSIT) integrates with a …

Ericsson aims to obtain a share of 5G contracts in the Chinese market once local carriers start to deploy the technology, the company’s president and CEO Börje Ekholm said during …

On April 16, the Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the matter,” said U.S. Department of Justice officials are “unlikely” to approve a planned merger between T-Mobile US and …

U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said that he opposes a bid from Chinese carrier China Mobile to provide telecommunications services in the U.S. on national security grounds. The …

With the increasingly global adoption of LTE/4G technology, greater opportunities for private LTE networks are emerging. According to ABI Research, by 2025 those sectors using private LTE will create a …