2022

Chip-maker Silicon Labs has introduced two families of 2.4 GHz wireless system-on-chips (SoCs), featuring integrated AI/ML accelerators and support, variously, for short-range protocols including Matter, Zigbee, OpenThread, Bluetooth Low Energy …

Nokia is working with the networking division of Croatian broadcaster and telecoms company OIV to install a private 5G network to drive Industry 4.0 operations for automotive component manufacturer AD …

More than one in three of Verizon’s wireless customers have a 5G phone Verizon is seeing a boost in wireless service revenues, reaching total wireless service revenue of $17.8 billion …

France and Germany have pledged a total of 17.7 million euros ($19.95 million) in support of four projects on 5G applications, the two countries’ governments have said in a joint …

The narrative about the environmental impact of disposable IoT (see here and here; check back for upcoming report on The Green Credentials of 5G and IoT), begs the question, of …

Verizon’s chief sustainability officer: ‘We’re committed to reducing our environmental impact and supporting the transition to a greener grid’ Peters Suh, industry lead for North America at Accenture’s Communications & Media, …

Meta says its Nvidia-powered AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) will improve online safety and ultimately accelerate metaverse development.

Indian telecommunications firm Reliance Jio confirmed that it has completed the 5G coverage planning for 1,000 cities across the country. This coverage planning will enable the operator to roll out …

  The Brick Consortium, which furthers research and development of the open-source Brick schema specifications for built environments, announced that five companies have joined on as inaugural members. The inaugural …

Cora Brito, application support manager at IntelePeer, teaches me all about CPaaS and voice-automated AI. We also discuss the controversial topic of call bots. Are they just infuriating or are they also helpful?

As businesses in the UK look to recover from the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic, 5G and advanced network technologies will become more important to businesses than ever. Recent figures …

Helium has followed roaming deals with LoRaWAN operator Senet in the US and LoRaWAN platform provider Actility in Europe with a new roaming tie-up with LoRaWAN provider X-TELIA in Canada. …

Netherlands-based lighting firm Signify is to integrate LTE and 5G into a new range of ‘broadband luminaires’ for the smart cities market. Signify has signed a deal with smart-city broadband …

BT is offering VMware Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) as a managed service to its customers, through over 150 worldwide points of presence.

Nokia and Korean telco SK Telecom said they have successfully completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) and demonstration of what they call the world’s first 5G 64TRX wireless-based cloud Radio Access Network …

Finland’s University of Oulu said it is cooperating with Jio Estonia OU, part of Reliance Industries, in the research of future 6G technologies. The partners say they will combine expertise …

Telstra has leveraged Ericsson private 5G to provide its enterprise customer AgriFood Connect, an Australian not-for-profit organization, with an on-premise, dedicated 5G network that utilizes a single-server 5G dual-mode core, …

Public comments on SEPs and FRAND licensing sought for the US Department of Justice’s Draft Policy Statement and the UK Intellectual Property Office’s Call for Views.  It is vital that …

  U.S. company MRI Software, a specialist in real estate software, has acquired Angus Systems, a Toronto-based provider of enterprise-class building operations management software for commercial real estate owners and …

On a watt/bit basis, 5G is more power efficient than 4G When the conversation turns to 5G’s potential to be a “greener” technology than previous generations, the subject of power …

A new study from Dell’Oro Group projects Open RAN revenue to comprise 15% of total RAN market share by 2026.

According to the latest Opensignal 5G experience report, Verizon remains the sole winner of the experiential measures, which include the gaming and voice app experience, but T-Mobile US “dominates in …

Swiss salt producer Swiss Saltworks (Schweizer Salinen / Salines Suisses) has deployed an LTE-based IoT monitoring system, gauging salt levels and temperatures, to help it deliver salt to the right …

Many would reflect on 2021 with mixed feelings. On the positive side, there were significant developments in the telecoms industry such as wider scale deployments of 5G by CSPs and …

Oracle says it’s “redefining the telco market” with Oracle Cloud for Telcos, which bundles its infrastructure, services and apps for CSPs.