November 2020

  There is a bigger tax incentive for businesses to buy assets – such as in-building cellular coverage solutions – for non-residential buildings before the end of the year, thanks …

AT&T is considering the sale of a “significant minority stake” in its DirecTV, AT&T Now (formerly DirecTV Now) and U-verse television operations, according to CNBC. The outlet, which cited anonymous …

A Swiss startup has produced a self-disinfecting door handle that integrates an IoT module and platform to count and monitor usage, and signal for refills. The product, available in 2021 …

The 5G network upgrade will feature more than 15,000 feet of fiber, 138 remotes and 276 antennas Wireless infrastructure specialist Mobilitie is supporting wireless carriers as they outfit Tampa Bay’s …

During a recent media roundtable, telecom and tech law firm Hogan Lovells offered up insights from several of its experts on what to expect in terms of policy in the …

The Samsung 5G common core supports 5G SA, 5G NSA and 4G simultaneously Samsung Electronics and KT Corporation (KT) said that they have deployed Korea’s first 5G standalone (SA) and …

The move to 5G is challenging traditional DAS design The global Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) market is forecast to generate revenues of $13.7 billion by 2025, up compared to $5.07 …

Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo has selected compatriot company NEC Corporation to supply a 5G mobile core network (5GC) compatible with standalone (SA) 5G. NTT DoCoMo aims to launch 5G services …

Rakuten Mobile CTO takes spot on O-RAN Alliance board Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Rakuten, announced it has joined the O-RAN Alliance, a worldwide community promoting …

  MEC is critical for both wireless and wireline carriers With 5G rolling out across the globe, there’s been substantial attention showered on edge computing as a crucial enabler for …

The Middleprise is finally ready for the adoption of fiber-to-the-edge solutions as it needs reliable mobile connectivity with support for commercial cellular and private networks, given that fiber is a …

Mercedes-Benz has integrated its in-car voice assistant system with the home-based Samsung-owned SmartThings platform to enable drivers and passengers to interact with connected devices in their homes. It is the …

As Election Day gets underway, what do the next four years hold for telecom policy? How are those issues likely to be handled differently based on whether Democrats or Republicans …

Could 5G networks in the future be fixed in the sky, aboard fleets of hydrogen-powered aircraft, instead of being fixed to masts and buildings with expensive rents? This is a …

  German chemicals company BASF and Spanish telecommunications infrastructure and services operator Cellnex Telecom have signed an agreement to install what Cellnex says will be the first private network based …

  Intel has signed a partnership with U.S. operator Dish Nework to supply virtualized RAN (vRAN) equipment for a standalone 5G deployment, the chipmaker said in a release. As part …

  DAS and Wi-Fi infrastructure company Boingo Wireless has been selected by San Diego State University (SDSU) to design, build, operate and maintain a 5G-ready, neutral host cellular DAS network …

Subspace CEO: ‘The internet doesn’t understand the needs of real-time applications, like multiplayer gaming’ As gaming continues to emerge as a prominent use case for advanced technologies like 5G and …

Telecoms roaming broker BICS has struck a deal with telematics provider Gurtam to provide international IoT asset monitoring and fleet management in 200-odd countries. The collaboration combines BICS’ global IoT …

Cities must keep faith in “tech-first optimism” as they grapple with the fallout from the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the next five years. A new forecast for smart-city spending in …

  For years, people have been talking about the transformative power of ultrafast, high-bandwidth 5G telecommunications networks. Today, we’re at the dawn of this new era, and it’s time for …

Ever wonder how dependent we have become on all the new technology we use every day? These days, we think we are bulletproof. With wireless, Internet, telephone, cable TV, power …

This week, Suparna Kumar, VP of Engineering at Celona, comes on the podcast to discuss the future of private LTE and 5G networks, using her strong engineering background to explore the challenges and opportunities they present.

Ericsson has officially brought enterprise network endpoint company Cradlepoint into its fold, closing the $1.1 billion acquisition that Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm said recently will be a “key building block” …

  South Korea’s 5G subscribers exceeded 9 million in September, Korean news service Yonhap reported, citing data from the country’s Ministry of Science and ICT. The number of 5G subscribers …