June 2020

  Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom became the first telco in Taiwan to receive a license for 5G services, the National Communications Commission (NCC) said. The telco expects to launch commercial …

OMDIA: ‘The entire world is gearing up for 5G deployment’ Global research company OMDIA released a Market Progress Assessment report, and according to Principal Analyst Stephen Myers, the entire world …

OptimalPlus focuses on data analytics for semiconductor manufacturing National Instruments has agreed to buy OptimalPlus, a data analytics company focused on the semiconductor manufacturing space, for $365 million. The transaction …

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association that oversees Bluetooth technology, and the DiiA, the global DALI alliance of companies from the lighting and sensor industries, announced a …

AI One Team focused on collaborative R&D activities Korean companies LG Electronics and LG U+ have joined the AI One Team, an industry-academic consultative body formed by compatriot companies with …

We as humans like patterns. We like trends, labels and buzzwords. We like to fit our problems into a category that can be easily solved by one answer and when …

A first principle of private cellular in shared or unlicensed spectrum is LTE-based networks can be quickly deployed in emergency scenarios. This is the idea with various network-in-a-box solutions, which …

As digital services evolve and users continue to demand faster speeds and higher connectivity, network densification is proving to be a key driver for enabling successful 5G networks. Through the …

The IMS AS encompasses a number of defined roles in Next Generation Network architectures. It starts as the most fundamental TAS functionality allowing for the migration to VoLTE and VoWiFi. …

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 …

The backtracking is due to the lack of tender, as well legal and technical issues Malaysian regulators have reportedly reversed an earlier decision to assign spectrum to operators in lieu …

  Nokia announced that its liquid cooling 5G AirScale Base Station solution has helped Finnish mobile operator, Elisa, reduce the potential energy expenses of its base station as well as …

IDC: ‘global smartphone shipments will not return to growth until the first quarter of 2021’ The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker forecasts that the global smartphone …

  German carrier Deutsche Telekom confirmed it has started the technical tests to operate 5G base stations in the cities of Düsseldorf, Halle/Saale and Ingolstadt. The operator noted that these …

  5G moves the world into an ever more connected state. Organizations that adapt to this movement will survive – and even become leaders in their industries – while the …

Smart buildings specialist Igor announced the commercial availability of Nexos Intelligent Disinfection, a solution that combines ultraviolet (UV-C) lighting with Internet of Things (IoT) controls to enable widespread, automated disinfection of …

5G smartphones, CPE, modules, robots and more 5G devices have hit a milestone: There are now more than 100 of them commercially available, with a “rapid rise” in the past …

Network operators  worldwide are turning to open radio access network (O-RAN) architectures in an effort to simplify 5G RAN deployment and management, allowing more efficient scalability to meet rising data …

As governments lift shelter-in-place restrictions for their citizens and the world gets back to work, product & service companies in every industry and on every continent find themselves navigating unchartered …

IoT-based sensor technologies will become increasingly essential as a means to track and monitor such things as location, distance, and presence in the post coronavirus (Covid-19) era, according to the …

Few CSPs have successfully implemented Core network automation with the help of Network Services Descriptor over Orchestrator. Radio cloud is still in its early implementation phase. Now it is time …

Spain-based telecoms operator Telefónica and Germany-based industrial provider Siemens have announced a deal to offer combined IT / OT cybersecurity for the Industry 4.0 sector in Spain, marrying their respective …

US engineering and product design agency Apricity has devised a combined LTE-M and BLE solution for utilities in the US to control demand from domestic water heaters and reduce supply …

Private LTE and 5G provider Quortus has secured investment from US-based edge analytics firm Communications Systems Inc (CSI) and UK-based telecoms solutions provider cellXion to drive sales in North America, …

Made in Japan–compatriot firms collaborate on standalone Japanese mobile network operator Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, and NEC Corporation announced that the two companies have reached an …