Monthly Archives: February, 2021

Four breakout enterprise IoT use cases in 2021 (Reader Forum)

According to a new study, IoT has made the top of the list of the most important technologies of 2021. Additionally, the market for...

Telecom Italia joins alliance to promote O-RAN technology

Italian operator TIM joined an initiative recently announced by European carriers Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone Group to promote Open Radio Access Network...

Kagan: The problem when upgrading Apple MacBook to Big Sur

Once again, I gave in and updated a MacBook Air to the newest MacOS operating system called Big Sur. And once again, Apple screwed...

Will 5G Change the World? Bejoy Pankajakshan, Mavenir (Ep. 32)

Mavenir Chief Strategy Officer Bejoy Pankajakshan reviews the companies latest cloud-focused telecom portfolio expansion, updates on the integration of ip.access, and looks to the future of Open RAN.

The Sunday Brief: Earnings recap part #2—I’ve got a secret

Big Game greetings from Lake Norman/ Charlotte/ Davidson, NC.  Pictured (r-l) are Darius Warton,  Bob Guth (audophile and telecom legend), Gary Eason and yours...

Segra Offers the Freedom to Grow with CEO Tim Biltz

Every company must have a proper workplace culture in order to succeed. But for it to be truly effective, it must not only focus...

Dell’Oro expects double-digit Open RAN growth

Over the new few years, Open RAN worldwide revenues are expected to grow at double-digit rates, according to Dell'Oro Group. The analyst firm forecasts...

COVID-19 sent 2020 cloud infrastructure revenue through the roof

Synergy Research Group Analyst: '2020 ended with a bang for the cloud infrastructure market' Enterprises spent more than $37 billion on cloud infrastructure services in...

Despite global chip shortage, Qualcomm up 63% y-o-y in Q1

Qualcomm's fiscal 2021 is off to a strong start with company executives reporting this week that first quarter revenues are up 63% year-over-year to...

Bell Canada to expand $935m to expand 5G, fiber footprint

Bell Canada announced plans to invest up to CAD1.2 billion ($934.7 million) to improve its networks over the next two years, setting initial goals...

Chinese telcos expected to deploy 1 million 5G SA stations in 2021

In 2020, Chinese operators accelerated the deployment of 5G SA networks across the country and now operate more than 700,000 5G sites nationwide. New,...

EDGE Olympics Amsterdam gets smart building certification

    The Smart Building certification (SBC) said it awarded its first platinum certification to Edge Olympic Amsterdam. The building has been called the smartest building in...

Test and Measurement: Keysight bolsters indoor 5G testing

As 5G networks begin to proliferate indoors, Keysight Technologies has introduced a backpack set-up for walk-testing them. The new Nemo Backpack Pro is aimed...

T-Mobile US plans to cover 200 million with mid-band 5G by year-end

T-Mobile saw $1.3 billion in 2020 post-merger run rate synergies; guiding up to $3 billion in 2021 T-Mobile US this week touted 2020 as it's...

Bosch counts upside of AI, IoT – even as sales slide in Covid-ravaged industrial sector

Bosch said this week it has so far sold 10 million connected power tools, home appliances, and heating systems, and has added about €300...

CTIA report: 5G will bring ‘massive jobs and GDP growth’

Amid the ongoing economic fallout from the global pandemic -- and the prospect of a major federal infrastructure package that could include historic levels...

NTT DoCoMo aims for a 5G O-RAN ecosystem with 12 partners

Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo agreed to cooperate with 12 companies to move toward a “5G Open RAN Ecosystem,” with the objective to globally accelerate...

The global economic value of Wi-Fi will hit $5 trillion by 2025: Report

The Wi-Fi Alliance: 'The value of Wi-Fi will reach $3.3 trillion this year' The Wi-Fi Alliance published a recent report that 2021 will see the...

SK Telecom targets 9 million 5G subscribers by end-2021: CFO

Korean operator SK Telecom expects to end 2021 with approximately 9 million 5G subscribers, the company’s CFO Poong Young Yoon, said during a conference...

The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra’s Wi-Fi features add up to ‘next-level mobile communication’

The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra supports enhanced intelligent Wi-Fi, OpenRoaming and Wi-Fi 6E Samsung’s new Galaxy S21 Ultra, announced in January, has a number of...

Hitachi Building Technology inks smart buildings deal in China

    The Chinese subsidiary of Japanese tech firm Hitachi Building Technology signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Telecom Guangzhou. ?The signing of the agreement is...

#TBT: MWC up in the air; T-Mo/Sprint merger pending; the last pre-Covid Super Bowl … this week in 2020

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...

DT ties-up on dual-mode LTE-M/LoRaWAN, as LoRa 2.4GHz catches sail

Deutsche Telekom is working with The Things Industries (TTI), the industrial solutions division of LoRaWAN network provider The Things Network (TTN), to combine licensed...

What’s in the future of 5G millimeter wave?

Five key 5G NR technologies to enhance millimeter wave (mmWave) system performance and deployment efficiency in 3GPP Release 16 and beyond Since I wrote about...

Private 5G steadies Nokia enterprise unit – despite lower group sales, ‘challenging’ 2021

Nokia said it deployed private LTE and 5G networks with 79 new customers in the final quarter of 2020, finishing the year with 260...
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