June 2020

Chipset makers Nordic Semiconductor and Qorvo have said they will collaborate on dual-mode IoT products running low-power short-range Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and ultra wideband (UWB) technologies, they have announced. …

US carrier Verizon has joined with UK digital accelerator Digital Catapult to develop 5G solutions for retail. The pair will make use of Verizon’s new 5G Lab in London, opened …

Keysight Technologies has acquired digital automation company Eggplant from The Carlyle Group for $330 million. Keysight described Eggplant as a “software test automation platform provider that uses artificial intelligence (AI) …

Predictive maintenance, process automation focus use cases Hitachi and Microsoft Corp. announced a multi-year strategic alliance to accelerate the digital transformation of the manufacturing and logistics industries across Southeast Asia, …

US Secretary of State says, “The tide is turning against Huawei…” The United States government sees Huawei as a security concern both domestically and abroad. This is not a secret. …

Verizon has also completed trials of Pivotal Commware’s mmWave repeater technology Verizon announced that is has expanded its 5G Home, making the enhanced service available in parts of Houston. The …

Distributed antenna system and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless has been selected by the Hawaii Tourism Authority to design, build, operate and maintain a neutral host cellular and public safety DAS …

Can artificial intelligence be trained to improve wireless network performance, classify emerging devices on a network, or conduct real-time machine learning at the network edge? Those are just a few …

  LG Uplus emerged as the leading operator in South Korea in terms of 5G download rates, according to a report by Opensignal. LG Uplus recorded an average of 237.2 …

Windstream will emerge from Chapter 11 as a privately held company Arkansas-based Windstream, which is in Chapter 11 proceedings, said this week that a court has approved its financial restructuring …

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Ray LaChance ZenFi Networks (Bonus Episode) Dense fiber is key to 5G deployment ZenFi Networks operates a dense fiber network in …

Listen to the podcast here The 4th Industrial Revolution merges physical and biological systems. It’s the next step in how society will interact with each other. And for it to …

Swedish network vendor Ericsson is offering trial kits of private industrial 5G networks to enterprises via its mobile operator customers. It has confirmed Deutsche Telekom in Germany as its first …

IoT network provider Sigfox has expanded into Puerto Rico via a service provider agreement with local private equity firm, The Phoenix Fund. The new Sigfox Puerto Rico operation will also …

As global 5G connections grow, new network capabilities are being added, says 5G Americas President 5G Americas released a global 5G progress report that indicates strong deployment progress, despite the …

  Japanese conglomerate Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT), will take a 5% stake in compatriot electronics company NEC as part of an agreement to foster the development of 5G technology …

US Cellular said that an open RAN architecture can accelerate delivery of advanced 5G capabilities US Cellular is one of the latest to join the O-RAN Alliance, the world-wide community …

  Schneider Electric has signed a partnership with Marlink, which is an independent provider of satellite connectivity and ICT services, with the aim of extending access to the Internet of …

ACnet?International, KNX Association, OCF, Thread Group and the Zigbee Alliance have joined forces in an effort to better align commercial buildings with users’ connectivity needs and to improve the integration …

Vodafone Business deploying Ford’s private 5G network with U.K. government backing As part of a U.K. government 5G investment program aimed at fostering digital transformation of industries, Vodafone Business announced …

Cambium Networks CEO: ‘Now you can converge the WAN and the LAN’ Cambium Networks believes that wireless is the new fiber and is embracing both Wi-Fi 6 and 60 GHz …

T-Mobile US has asked the California Public Utilities Board to modify some of its conditions on approval of T-Mo’s acquisition of Sprint, zeroing in on the 5G deployment timeline, jobs …

Cut through the 5G noise. Whether you’re just getting started and need to learn the fundamentals of the 5G New Radio standard or are facing unforeseen challenges on the road …

The pandemic has put data-driven decision making under the microscope—everyone, everywhere is questioning data and the decisions being made based on it today. For mobile operators, it has always been …

In 5G standalone (SA), the control plane has been significantly enhanced as service-based architecture. Components for policy, authentication, session management and user management have been disaggregated. They provide a flexible, …