Monthly Archives: February, 2021

Orange to open nine 5G labs in Europe, with strong Industry 4.0 focus

France-based telecoms operator Orange has said it will open nine ‘5G labs’ in Europe in 2021, for local enterprises to collaborate with the firm...

Japanese trio NTT, NEC, Fujitsu join with Thai telcos to pitch private 5G to Asia Pacific

Mobile operator NTT DoCoMo has convened with a Japanese-Thai consortium of telecoms companies, including NEC and Fujitsu, to develop an off-the-shelf private 5G system...

Telecom workforce bill re-introduced in the Senate

A bipartisan group of Senators has renewed an effort to pass a bill focused on coordinating federal efforts on telecom workforce development, including apprenticeships...

Will midband spectrum fend off 5G challenges from LEO satellites?

The first phase of the C Band auction, which involved spectrum between 3.3–4.2 GHz, wrapped up in mid-January, raking in an astounding $80.92 billion in...

South Korea ends 2020 with nearly 12 million 5G subscribers: report

South Korea ended 2020 with 11.85 million 5G subscribers, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. In December...

Verizon CEO: COVID has prompted five- to seven-year advance in digitalization

World Economic Forum launches EDISON Alliance focused on digital inclusion, digital divide Expanding access to reliable broadband--bridging the digital divide as its commonly referred to--isn't...

Comcast Q4 wireless highlights: ‘Leaning into 5G’, exploring CBRS

Comcast continues to treat wireless as a "strategic priority" within its businesses, and the company expects to see its wireless growth accelerate, according to...

StarHub to launch 5G SA network in Singapore later this year: CTO

Singapore carrier StarHub started to deploy a 5G Standalone network in the last quarter of 2020 and it will be commercially available later this...

Interview: Schneider Electric believes pandemic will further accelerate development of smart building tech

  Schneider Electric is seeing growth opportunities with the increasing demand for smart building solutions. The European company has been very active with the development...

Kagan: Apple’s Tim Cook and Tesla’s Elon Musk issue warning

The concern many industry watchers have seen coming for years was finally addressed by Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, and Tim Cook, Apple CEO. They...

Peachtree Corners puts Level 3 autonomous car on public road for ‘real-world’ V2X tests

The Atlanta suburb of Peachtree Corners, in Georgia in the US, has ‘filled the tank’ and pressed ‘go’ on a new Level 3 autonomous...

Episode Thirteen – The Connected Sports Fanatic

While the fundamentals the sports have changed very little, the requirements of the passionate fanbases have sprinted full speed ahead. Join us as we...

Altran White Paper: OpenRAN’s 2nd Mile – Considerations For An Efficient 5G Fronthaul

According to GSMA, 4G accounted for 52% of mobile connections in 2019 and will increase to 56% by 2025; meanwhile, 5G will roughly take...

‘Factories will learn from farms’ – how John Deere is putting Industry 4.0 on wheels

Farming is just outdoor manufacturing, says John Deere; the whole concept of ‘smart manufacturing’ is only novel to cloistered production, taking place indoors, out...

Cohere Technologies promises a ‘spectrum multiplier’

The promise of Open RAN rests, in part, on the concept that through the virtualizing and disaggregation of Radio Access Network components and software,...

Chinese telcos to deploy 8,000 5G base stations in Shanghai in 2021

Chinese telcos expect to deploy 8,000 5G outdoor base stations in Shanghai this year, as part of efforts to boost 5G networks in this...

Charter has ‘small’, ‘targeted’ CBRS ambitions for this year

'We're growing mobile nicely and we're not giving away free handsets to do it' Charter Communications spent $465 million on 210 licenses in the CBRS...

MEC in a box: Dell, SK Telecom, VMware product partnership

Teased at Dell Tech World, OneBox MEC targets private networks; companies call out healthcare, retail, construction industries After teasing a potential collaboration focused on mobile...

Orange’s 5G network reaches 121 Spanish cities

Spanish operator Orange is already offering 5G services in 121 towns and cities in 39 provinces across the country, according to local press reports. Some...

Verizon exec: The tech experience at Super Bowl LV is going to be ‘off-the-charts cool’

Verizon has outfitted the Super Bowl stadium with 5G and Mobile Edge Computing Last year’s Super Bowl, which took place at the Hard Rock Stadium...

Johnson Controls? NA building solutions revenues reach $2 billion in fiscal Q1

  Smart building solution company Johnson Controls recorded revenues of $2 billion in its North America building solutions segment in fiscal Q1 2021, down 6%...

Energy efficiency and remote site management: Easy as IoT

One of the lessons learned from 2020 is that the ability to remotely monitor and manage telecom network assets is now a must-have capability,...

Dell, VMWare, SK Telecom bundle private 5G and MEC to help carriers sell Industry 4.0

Dell Technologies and VMware are working with South Korean operator SK Telecom to bundle together private 5G and multi-access edge compute (MEC) to help...

‘We must speed up’ – France plays catch-up with Germany on 5G-geared Industry 4.0

The French government has announced funding for new national industrial 5G projects, as parts of its France Relance (France Relaunch) package. It has also...

Well, technically… telecom customers want a personalized experience: Verizon’s Krista Bourne (Ep. 27)

This week, Well, technically… caught up with Verizon's SVP of Sales and Operations Krista Bourne for an update on how the carrier and its...
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