Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Understanding the Microsoft 5G, edge computing strategy

Microsoft confirmed acquisition of Affirmed Networks in March Microsoft made big telco moves ahead of its earnings call last week with the acquisition of Affirmed...

The Sunday Brief: Earnings analysis–is Microsoft the new Ericsson?

Greetings from Lake Norman and Charlotte, North Carolina, where we are having a wet but overall terrific spring (pic is of our May Day...

CIMCON adds road monitoring to smart city lights in Massachusetts town

CIMCON is adding road condition monitoring to its smart lighting deployments in the town of Spencer in the company’s home state of Massachusetts. Town officials...

Demand for LoRaWAN smart water networks rises in COVID-19 crisis, says Senet

Low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT technologies like LoRaWAN are proving their worth as connectivity technologies for smart water preservation and management during periods of change...

Keysight: Taking 5G beyond the smartphone

Keysight says it has supported the development of about 75% of 5G devices Pandemic notwithstanding, the march toward 5G is so far continuing at a...

Nokia profits up despite COVID supply chain challenges

Nokia CEO says the company has 70 5G deal wins and 21 live networks deployed On its Q1 earnings call, Nokia President and CEO Rajeev...

Comcast’s Q1: Best broadband adds in 12 years, 40% increase in Wi-Fi data use

The first quarter was a mixed bag for Comcast, which saw notable gains in its broadband and wireless services, while its theme parks, television...

PCL inks smart building partnership with IoT specialist AOMS Technologies

Canadian company PCL Construction announced a partnership with AOMS Technologies, a supplier of internet of things (IoT) technologies for smart buildings and construction sites. Through...

Telstra upgrades 5G network with Ericsson to handle Standalone traffic

  Australian carrier Telstra has upgraded its 5G radio access network (RAN) coverage footprint across Australia, connecting a cloud-native 5G Core (5GC) network to handle...

New Zealand postpones 5G auction due to COVID-19 pandemic

  The government of New Zealand has decided to postpone a process to award spectrum in the 3.5 GHZ band, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Test and Measurement: Keysight introduces testing for O-RAN, 5G core

In a boost to the use of Open Radio Access Network strategies, testing company Keysight Technologies this week unveiled new emulation software, Open RAN...

Private 5G and edge AI will unlock ‘boundless XR’ for industry, says Qualcomm

Qualcomm has introduced the idea of extended reality (XR), combining and going beyond the disciplines of augmented (AR), virtual (VR), and even mixed (MR)...

‘Working through the new realities’: Netscout on network security and telework

  Network usage has shifted dramatically since mid-March, when the COVID-19 pandemic began having significant impacts in the U.S. As enterprises and government agencies cope...

Kagan: 5G wireless rollout accelerating through COVID-19

One of the most often asked questions I get today is will COVID-19 slow the rollout to 5G wireless? What I tell the media,...

Online is the new normal and connectivity is king (Reader Forum)

COVID-19 has fundamentally shifted the ways in which we live and do business, and it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future...
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