2020

Between the global shift to remote workforces and the requirements for 100 percent uptime for healthcare and emergency services, the COVID-19 pandemic is putting unprecedent strain on our networks. While …

  It seems like yesterday that I first wrote about the five wireless inventions that defined 5G NR. At the time, 5G was not yet deployed. Today, however, we are …

Nokia has announced the commercial availability of its industrial-grade standalone 5G (5G SA) solutions for private enterprise networks, alongside a new contract with the mining division of Swedish tool manufacturer …

On this episode of Well, technically… the tech podcast where women do the explaining, Sibel Tombaz, head of 5G Highband and Active Antenna Systems at Ericsson, discusses Ericsson’s dynamic spectrum sharing solution and the co-existence of 4G and 5G.

The scale of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic’s global impacts are becoming clear, Ericsson executives said, but the company was nonetheless able to deliver a “solid quarter.” Ericsson reported essentially flat …

GE Current and Pointr announced a partnership to enable location-based services in large buildings such as retail premises, warehouses, workplaces and distribution centers. ??Now more than ever, technology can help …

  South African operator Rain has launched what it claims to be Africa’s first standalone 5G (SA 5G) network, in partnership with Chinese vendor Huawei, the latter said in a …

  The U.K. government has asked Japan to help in the deployment of 5G networks in the country, according to a report by Nikkei Asian Review. The request came after the U.K. …

Is open RAN right for near-term rip-and-replace? Huawei equipment has been ordered removed from networks in the United States and the United Kingdom with speculation that other European markets could …

The Federal Communications Commission has moved forward with and expanded requirements that mobile network operators provide vertical location information for wireless callers when they call 911, so that first responders …

The 5G smartphone market is set to rapidly expand in the next 12 months, with many mobile vendors looking to quickly develop their 5G portfolios. It is anticipated that 5G will …

The biggest draw of Wi-Fi 6E is that these new, wider channels will allow for clean access While Wi-Fi 6, or 802.11ax, made headlines for offering faster speeds and improved capacity …

We left off in our series having looked at the virtualized and cloud-based open RAN. Now we move on to consider the orchestration part, deploying and managing these cloud-based implementations.   …

Why is Synchronoss Technologies performing so well especially when we are right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic? The reason is simply this: Synchronoss is a global company which …

A warm North Carolina welcome to the dog days of summer.  The picture is of our pooch Abby serving as boat sentinel on a recent float trip.  Summertime in the …

Private equity-backed data analytics-based roaming and network security company Mobileum has picked up network roaming test and fraud detection company Sigos. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sigo, which …

T-Mobile US has launched a new, free robocall blocking service for its users. “Scam Shield” makes use of the STIR/SHAKEN framework for call authentication to help users weigh whether or …

As if the health risks of COVID-19 weren’t enough, robocall scammers are seizing on the chaos and confusion to fleece Americans out of their personal information and money. Nearly 5,000 …

U.S. firm Cohesion, an early-stage smart building software-as-a-service company, announced that it has raised $6.5 million in seed funding to further invest in its platform, which helps commercial real estate …

Higher uses of Wi-Fi calling improves user perception of wireless network performance A recent J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Wireless Network Quality Performance Study found that higher uses of Wi-Fi calling …

U.S. push against Huawei gaining traction in Europe The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun the process of drawing up a list of telecommunications equipment deemed to pose a …

Facing Huawei rip-and-replace, Vodafone needs to reallocate capital U.K. telecommunications group Vodafone has called for the U.K. government to abandon an upcoming spectrum of 5G spectrum following the government decision …

New report says there will be 3.5 billion gamers globally by 2024 ABI Research released a report concluding that nearly half of the global expected population in 2024 will be …

Spending on private and shared enterprise networks will surpass spending on public cellular networks in about 15 years. The traditional operator community has a fight on its hands to guarantee …