January 2020

Vietnam 5G services will launch without the help of Huawei According to Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications website, the southeast Asian country plans to launch commercial 5G mobile services …

Carrier networks need increased flexibility as they juggle 5G with legacy technologies This year, carriers across the globe will be considering how they can cost-effectively roll out new 5G networks, …

  Finnish vendor Nokia announced plans to cut 180 jobs in its home country as part of ongoing restructuring efforts designed to slash €500 million ($556 million) from operating costs …

  U.K. telecommunications group Vodafone said that its customers can use 5G services in more than 100 places in the U.K. and other European countries. Specifically in the U.K, the …

  U.S. company Pivotal Commware, which focuses on 5G millimeter wave technologies, systems and applications, has begun commercial shipment of its 28 GHz Pivotal Echo 5G subscriber repeater to a …

Transportation officials pushback on shift away from DSRC, potential for unlicensed use In December, FCC passed notice of proposed rulemaking that would reallocated 75 megahertz of the 5.9 GHz band …

The ongoing Federal Communications Commission auction of millimeter wave licenses has now raised $7 billion in bids, with bidding continuing to slow and jockeying in the most recent round focused …

Twenty one of Europe’s capital cities are to participate in a new initiative to accelerate development and delivery of “high impact” digital services.  The two-year scheme, by Bloomberg Philanthropies, will …

I’ve heard this song before… Around 15 years ago, Apple was engaged in an advertising battle against Microsoft, in which the “cool computer company” poked fun at its competitor’s susceptibility …

Data is vitally important for businesses today, supporting decisions ranging from optimizing production in real time to predicting (and avoiding) equipment failure. Many companies gather and analyze this data through …

SK Telecom seeks shift from telco to ICT company After announcing plans for a U.S.-based broadcasting joint venture at last year’s Consumer Electronics Show, SK Telecom and Sinclair Broadcast Group …

The acquisition will help U.S. network operators accelerate and simplify rollouts of 5G networks Samsung has acquired network services provider TeleWorld Solutions (TWS) to address the need for end-to-end support in …

Will 5G accelerate consumer device upgrade cycle? AT&T invested big in video content with its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner and is hyping up the mid-year launch of the …

Telefonica will deploy nodes of its Hyperledger-enabled blockchain at APTE’s 52 locations Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica has revealed plans to work with Spain’s Association of Science and Technology Parks (APTE) …

  The installed base of smart waste sensors is expected to reach 1.5 million worldwide in 2023, compared to 379,000 in 2018, according to a recent study by IoT research …

  Brisbane Skytower, the tallest building in this Australian city, relied in Huawei and Honeywell for the provisi?n of a Passive Optical LAN (POL) solution to achieve a smart network …

  Korean telco SK Telecom announced the launch of the ‘Global MEC Task Force’ with Bridge Alliance member operators, including Singtel, Globe, Taiwan Mobile and PCCW Global, for cooperation in …

Siemens and Arm have struck a deal around computing and sensor design for connected and autonomous vehicles, to help the automotive industry develop more complex platforms for in-car and between-car …

Once again, the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas blew the roof off and got everyone salivating on what is being introduced and what is coming. Let me share …

Greetings from Las Vegas, NV where 170,000 tech-hungry attendees gobbled up products and services from hundreds of exhibitors.  Pictured is our motley crew at the first Sunday Brief CES dinner …

The ongoing millimeter wave spectrum auction is moving to five rounds of bidding each day, up from three, as bidding slows to a trickle with $6.7 billion raised after 38 …

Acquisition expands Teledyne LeCroy’s benchmarking and validation testing for data centers, electronic storage Test-focused Teledyne subsidiary Teledyne LeCroy has acquired California-based Oakgate Technology, which focuses on testing, validation and benchmarking …

  ABB Electrification business has recently opened its new center of expertise in London to accelerate the adoption of smart electrification solutions in the U.K. and Europe. ABB said that …

  Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has reached a total of 63 commercial 5G contracts worldwide. The company said that some of the customers include AT&T, KDDI, Korea Telecom, …

Telstra tallies 800 5G sites, sees opportunity with Wi-Fi 6 Australian operator Telstra has started to rollout 5G technology in 26 cities across the country, the operator said in a …