Yearly Archives: 2021

Verizon agrees deal for industrial robotics firm to bolster Industry 4.0 edge-5G portfolio

US carrier Verizon has signed a deal to acquire Austrian industrial robotics software company Incubed IT (stylized as incubed IT) for an undisclosed fee....

Well, technically… a little bit of friendly competition is always good: Intel’s Asha Keddy (Ep. 29)

On this week's episode, Asha Keddy, corporate VP at Intel, takes a closer look at the friendly, but fierce, competition between 5G and Wi-Fi...

Oil and gas sector dispenses with in-house IoT to splurge $712.7m on cloud analytics

Spending on big data and analytics in the oil and gas industry is increasing at a rate of about 75 percent per year, as...

Vodafone intros 10cm GNSS positioning to zone-in on ‘needle in industrial IoT haystack’

Vodafone is launching a higher-accuracy GNSS-based positioning technology for enterprises to remotely track vehicles, machines, and devices to within 10 centimetres, compared to around...

FCC focuses on partners, path forward for Emergency Broadband Benefit program

The FCC is working on how it will make available $3.2 billion that Congress appropriated to help subsidize broadband costs during the Covid-19 pandemic...

Cisco launches digitization program in Japan

  Cisco announced a collaboration framework with the government of Japan through Cisco’s Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) Program to drive mass-scale digitization across Japan in...

STC receives accolades as it expands its 5G network in Saudi Arabia

The STC 5G network is now in more than 47 cities Saudi operator Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has deployed its 5G network in more than...

Cable One to buy telecom firm Hargray Communications in $2.2B deal

In what Cable One’s President and CEO Julie Laulis is calling a commitment to rural America, the cable company is purchasing the remaining stakes...

Editorial Report: AI- and ML-based network automation: What’s the promise and what’s the reality?

As 5G continues its evolution toward broad digital enablement of the enterprise, the proliferation of artificial intelligence and machine learning in networks will be...

ABB installs intelligent building controls systems at NDB headquarters in Shanghai

  European tech company ABB says that it has supported the construction of the New Development Bank (NDB) headquarters in Shanghai by installing an intelligent...

Nokia partners with Brazil’s CPQD to develop 5G O-RAN solutions

Finnish vendor Nokia announced a partnership with Brazil’s Telecommunications Research and Development Center (CPQD), which is an independent government-affiliated research body, to jointly develop...

COSMOTE, Ericsson, PTC combine on ‘first’ LTE smart-factory network in Greece

Mobile operator COSMOTE has deployed the first LTE-based private campus network in Greece for smart manufacturing, it has announced. The new deployment, at a...

AI and ML for RAN optimization, automation

Adding intelligence to the radio access network is the focal point of AI and ML adoption by telecom operators and their vendors. And given...

The Sunday Brief: Valentine’s Day edition—telecom love is in the air (and not on the ground)

Happy Valentine’s Day from Charlotte/ Davidson/ Lake Norman, NC.  We have prepared a very special issue this week for both President’s Day and Valentine’s...

Kagan: Xfinity, AT&T expansion slows during COVID-19

Over the last year, it looks like everything has flip-flopped, at least temporarily. Thanks to COVID-19, carriers who were expanding beyond their traditional core,...

Pivotal Commware raises $50 million

Millimeter-wave network equipment company Pivotal CommWare has raised $50 million in new funding that aims to help the company scale and support midband spectrum...

Rakuten Mobile attracts 2.5 million mobile customers

Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile announced that 2.5 million customers had applied for a free unlimited mobile offer by Feb. 8. The mobile unit of...

KT ends 2020 with 3.62 million 5G subscribers: CFO

Korean operator KT ended 2020 with a total of 3.62 million subscribers in the 5G segment, the telco said in its earnings statement. In the...

China Mobile, Huawei launch 5G 4.9 GHz indoor network with 3 Gbps peak rate

    China Mobile Shanghai and Huawei deployed what they claim to be the world's first 4.9 GHz commercial LampSite network in Shanghai, China. In a release,...

Test and Measurement: Sony field-tests mobile next-generation broadcasting to vehicles

Sony this week detailed the results of field testing of ATSC 3.0 broadcasting to vehicles. ATSC 3.0, or NextGen TV, allows broadcasters to send...

The present and future of network automation

As 5G continues its evolution toward broad digital enablement of the enterprise, the proliferation of artificial intelligence and machine learning in networks will be...

5 telecommunications predictions for 2021 (Reader Forum)

It is not often that a singular event has a profound impact on nearly every industry, but this year’s global pandemic did just that-...

Telefónica, Leonardo put private 5G to work on UK’s next-gen Tempest fighter plane

The UK divisions of Spain-based mobile operator Telefónica and Italy-based aerospace manufacturer Leonardo have announced a deal to collaborate on private 5G for Industry...

Volkswagen reaches for the cloud with Microsoft to orchestrate smart cars

Volkswagen Group is to build a cloud-based ‘automated driving platform’ on Microsoft Azure to accelerate development of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated...

5G at the Super Bowl has ‘dramatically improved’ since last year, GWS finds

The 5G experience at this year's Super Bowl saw a dramatic improvement over what was available to users last year, according to testing by...
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