April 2020

German car giant BMW will invest €30 billion in “future-oriented” technologies during the next five years. The group has confirmed it will expand a blockchain pilot for purchasing front lights …

The Verizon Media search engine has become a potentially life-saving COVID-19 tool  Last month, the White House unveiled its COVID-19 Open Research Data (CORD-19) initiative, an open source, big data …

Chinese carrier China Unicom and Huawei jointly announced the launch of a 5G indoor distributed massive multiple-input-multiple-output solution, both companies said in a release. This solution applies 5G massive MIMO …

  The Federal Communications Commission has granted the Fire Department of New York expanded access to low-band spectrum in the New York metro area for public safety communications. The T-Band …

Listen to the podcast here Most companies recognize the importance of diversity and inclusion (D&I). But they may find themselves short of their goals when it comes to implementation. This …

  Swiss firm Landis+Gyr said it has recently expanded smart grid capabilities in Central America with the completion of an advanced metering project for Empresa Eléctrica De Guatemala S.A. (EEGSA), …

Growing 5G conspiracy theories thought to be behind the attacks Attacks against cell towers appear to be spreading like wildfire. Just a week after three separate cell tower fires were …

  The number of 5G users in China’s capital in Beijing has reached the 2 million threshold after Chinese telecom operators launched 5G commercial services more than five months ago, …

Being open to collaborative problem solving accelerates time to innovation, return Open radio access networks are a hot topic in telecom right now with major, multinational operators looking to break …

  Business, educational and communications application usage is up, while shopping apps are seeing a decline in usage across Europe as people adjust their mobile app usage to their needs …

Easter greetings from Lake Norman and Charlotte, North Carolina, where buds are turning into leaves and everything is renewing.  But don’t eat outside at the Arby’s – take it home!  …

Wireless has been on a fast-rising upgrade cycle as the industry rapidly moves to 5G. Today, COVID-19 has suddenly impacted the general economy of the United States and in fact …

Wireless is a critically important industry to our economy and society. And it is becoming even stronger and more important thanks to COVID-19. Certain industries will take a while to …

Team Telecom will now have 120 days to conduct national security reviews of license applications Sporting the colloquial name “Team Telecom,” the new committee established by the Trump Administration via …

Stadium connectivity and network densification among Microlab priorities U.S. firm Microlab, part of Wireless Telecom Group, announced that its wideband products for 5G deployment were designed in and selected for …

Ericsson IoT Accelerator and Sony Network Communications Europe’s smart IoT services, said they are collaborating to enhance real-time location and tracking solutions for different sectors Using Telenor Connexion’s network. Ericsson …

Korean telco KT Corporation announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET)  to collaborate in 5G services and digital content development, the …

Tests of the AI semiconductor will be conducted at SK Telecom’s data centers South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT announced this week that SK Telecom and the Electronics and …

A new IoT innovation centre in Finland has been rigged up with private 5G from Elisa and IoT devices from Qualcomm. The facility will be opened shortly by new Finnish …

Medical experts say that India needs several thousand ventilators to address COVID-19 The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and state-owned electronics product manufacturer Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) are in …

Rakuten’s virtual RAN and Elisa’s lights-out NOC The flexibility 5G enables requires a similar level of flexibility in the underlying network infrastructure. Proprietary, single-purpose hardware is giving way to general-purpose …

PREVAIL NY project result of week-and-a-half engineering sprint As COVID-19 continues to take a toll on global healthcare systems, personal protective equipment like surgical and n95 masks are in short …

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 on …

Moving forward, education and healthcare will lean on wireless technology more heavily, says Cradlepoint CMO One of the primary challenges of battling COVID-19 is delivering reliable connectivity to the millions …

CBRE?s Property Management Team and proptech company Negawatt Utility have announced a strategic partnership with the goal of delivering building management and energy saving technologies to buildings in Hong Kong. …