The Open Compute Project, as it continues to gain interest of telecom players, is bringing the innovation of white box servers in the hyperscale data center space to new markets. …
AUSTIN, Texas – The 2016 Energy Thought Summit, geared toward innovative approaches to energy management and sustainability, highlighted an important aspect of the growing smart city trend. Representatives from Austin …
Unionized Verizon Communications employees, working without a contract since August, on Thursday held a rally outside the carrier’s office in New York City. Employees represented by the Communication Workers Association …
Virtual reality is being hyped as one of the next big things in tech, and Google has brought VR to the masses with its low-cost, do-it-yourself Google Cardboard headset. Building …
San Diego and Chula Vista leaders talk smart city tech AUSTIN, Texas – While the 2016 Energy Thought Summit is largely focused on using technology to drive innovation in the …
Sprint is set to complete the shutdown of its WiMAX network today, as service at sites in 10 states is discontinued. Sprint had originally planned on shutting down its WiMAX …
Utilities look to a customer-centric business model AUSTIN, Texas – Like telecom and other industries, the energy sector is moving to a customer-centric business model as new technology changes the …
In the past two months, customers of Australian mobile carrier Telstra have experienced network outages of varying degrees of severity prompting Telstra and primary equipment vendor Ericsson to launch a …
Tom Wagner: ‘We’re literally returning to dinosaur times’ AUSTIN, Texas – The long-term impacts of climate change could flood coastal cities, upend agricultural production models and displace millions of people …
Building on Google Fiber television and Internet service, meet the Fiber Phone Building on its growing service provider business lines, Google today announced its Fiber Phone service, which builds on …
Vint Cerf of Google covers IoT security, galactic Internet, fossil fuels, DNA splicing, more during 2016 Energy Thought Summit AUSTIN, Texas – The 2016 Energy Thought Summit kicked off Tuesday with …
T-Mobile US CEO John Legere, an avid social media user, this week joined Pope Francis on the incredibly short list of individuals turned into an emoji by Twitter. Under Legere’s leadership, T-Mobile …
U.S. Department of Justice attorneys on Monday vacated legal action against Apple seeking to require the technology giant to help federal investigators access an iPhone associated with the San Bernardino, …
New York, Pennsylvania, Boston hit by Sprint network outage Sprint customers in the Northeast on Monday reported a network outage impacting LTE services. Reports of network problems began Monday morning; …
Wi-Fi Now CEO says it comes down to performance, security Smart home automation is one of the early hits in the developing consumer “Internet of Things.” Personal assistants like Amazon.com’s …
Dell is selling its IT services subsidiary, Perot Systems, to NTT Data of Japan for $3.1 billion, according to reports. The Dell holding provides IT services to the medical, government …
Internet pioneer talks smart grid, IoT and artificial intelligence Austin, Texas – Prior to this week’s 2016 Energy Thought Summit, Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf previews key topics including …
Plans are to shutdown the GSM network by January 2017 AT&T initially announced plans to shut down its 2G network in mid-2012, noting at the time the move would allow …
Meanwhile, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure calls out Verizon ads In a series of new ads featuring British comedian and television personality Ricky Gervais, Verizon Wireless targets Sprint, particularly around network …
$50 million in federal smart city funding up for grabs AUSTIN, Texas – One of seven finalists in the U.S. Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge, Austin, Texas, hopes to …
AT&T reiterates previous plans to shut down its GSM-based 2G network by end of 2016, citing need to refarm spectrum AT&T says network data traffic grew 100,000% between Jan. 2007 …
Verizon VP ‘set[s] the record straight’ Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who’s seeking the Democratic Party nomination for president, has taken a hardline stance on what he sees as corporate tax …
Based on interest as articulated by a vote, students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s System Design and Management program are set to partner with Ericsson to develop technology for autonomous …
IBM says continuous engineering is key to IoT IBM Watson, a data-analyzing computer platform that can answer open domain questions, first became famous in 2011 when it beat two “Jeopardy” …
While your coworkers complain about their NCAA basketball tournament brackets ahead of finals set for April 2-4 in Houston, AT&T has been busy upgrading its network in the area to …
