Apple is finally admitting that their Siri AI technology has been quietly breaching your privacy and listening to everything around you. The problem is, it’s not just the technology which has been listening. So have Apple workers. This breach is a shock to iPhone...
For the last few years, Sky Light Research has written articles on the progress of microwave backhaul for 5G networks. It’s clear that capacity, low latency, and network management functionality are required for the complexity and versatility of a 5G network. Microwave manufacturers have...
Greetings from Lake Norman/ Davidson, North Carolina where everybody is working (including the neighbor kid, Caleb, pictured with the Editor and yours truly). This week, we’ll look at two studies that examine data usage, and try to deftly explain AT&T’s efforts to improve their...
We have a very serious problem which I fear will have a long-term impact on our society. As an analyst, you know I love the world of smartphones, wireless, telecom and technology. That being said, I have learned that smartphones have two sides. One...
Last week’s remarkable decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (appellate court) consisting of three judges, finally brings some common sense into FTC’s bizarre antitrust case against Qualcomm. The appellate court granted Qualcomm’s request to stay the United States...
Demystifying cellular patents and licensing - Part 4
3GPP is this mystic organization that many seem to know, but few understand it. The key players of this efficient and well-regarded organization work often without the fanfare or public recognition. But no more! As part of...
We have seen this movie before. In fact, the wireless networks and smartphone market has grown and changed many times over the last several decades from 2G to 3G and 4G. Every time there is always a slowdown just before the pick-up in growth...
When the smoke clears and the T-Mobile, Sprint merger is complete, we may be hearing quite a bit more from both John Legere and Charlie Ergen. The merged company will be run by Legere, current head of T-Mobile. It also looks like Ergen of...
The idea that an enterprise can get easy access to use CBRS spectrum to deploy their own LTE wireless networks is an exciting one. CBRS is a business and technological puzzle, and many pieces still need to come together for this novel approach to...
Key points:
The 5G network provides expansive outdoor coverage and full mobility in Chicago downtown, especially in the popular and high-traffic areas, where 5G’s performance is needed the most.
The outdoor and in-vehicle tests showed good speeds, consistently over 100 – 150 Mbps, much...
Twitter is playing with fire. They are making a mistake that may be costly to them moving forward. They thought the way their users interacted with them needed an update. They should have asked their users. These forced changes are creating a growing wave...
And some mid-bands are more accessible with better ecosystem support
Rather like with real estate, while beachfront properties are coveted, properties elsewhere providing more space and better access can be the most useful.
Cellular technologies have improved to utilize the greater capacity in the larger bandwidths—including in...
Nowadays, security and privacy are on everybody’s mind. Hardly a day goes by without the news of security breaches at major institutions. Most of the time, the reporting is focused on the cloud or network infrastructure, hardly ever on devices. However, when it comes...
Today, 5G wireless is getting so much attention in the media and the marketplace. It raises the question, which wireless carrier offers the best, fastest and most consistent 5G connection? So, let’s take a closer look at the current state of wireless technology and...
Everyone knows Verizon and Verizon Wireless. They are an industry leader. Their stock is one of the strongest in the industry. However, according to users, the last several years have had little visionary excitement, reinvention and innovation. New CEO Hans Vestberg has a challenge...
The focus of the wireless industry in 2019 has been heavily on cellular technologies because of the first deployments of 5G networks in markets like the USA and South Korea. These events have, perhaps inevitably, sparked discussion about ‘standard wars’. Will 5G make Wi-Fi...
The telecom industry is still digesting the surprising and far-reaching decision by Judge Koh of the U.S. Northern California District Court. The expansive court order is as hard to digest as it is to comprehend. If you thoroughly read it (yes, I have, all...
Wi-Fi has become king in the home with an ever-increasing number and type of devices connected to Wi-Fi. Today consumers experience their home broadband mostly though Wi-Fi. Home devices from Smart TVs, to game consoles and thermostats are connected mostly through Wi-Fi. Therefore, in the...
After spending the weekend at the AT&T SHAPE 2019 event at Warner Brothers studio in Hollywood, I am both excited and full of anticipation with how AT&T is growing and changing and how 5G wireless will play such an incredible and important role in...
Maravedis and EJL Wireless have partnered to provide a unique and thorough market analysis of the CBRS indoor opportunity which provides a reality check to all the marketing buzz currently going on in the marketplace.
We see two clearly distinct market segments for initial CBRS...
The mistakes companies make over time put them in the crosshairs of the U.S. government for antitrust and monopoly action. Suddenly the heat is being turned up for successful tech firms like Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Twitter and others. While being a monopoly is...
Have you ever felt the joy and elation of being part of something that you have only been observing, reading, writing about, and admiring for a long time? Well, I experienced that when I became a member of 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) and...
In order to grow, wireless carriers are expanding into a variety of new digital experiences like pay TV, entertainment, news, digital advertising and much more. Each is taking a different path. The good news is with new technologies like 5G, IoT, AI and the...
As the awareness of the transformative nature of 5G is increasing, the industry is slowly waking up to the enormous challenge of securing not only the networks, but also all the things these networks connect and the vital data they carry. When it comes...
