Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
You want Wi-Fi...
GM's Cruise Automation has had a big month. First the company said it had purchased a chip developer that will help it virtually eliminate one of the major costs of making self-driving cars. Then, Cruise announced plans to test those cars in New York...
It’s hard to overlook the hype coming out of the budding self-driving car industry. From Silicon Valley, where Lyft’s new San Francisco pilot program is ready to kickoff, to news out of Detroit that GM has designed an autonomous car ready for mass production,...
The internet of things presents a dizzying array of choices to most enterprise customers who want to connect their assets, but automakers have fewer choices than most. Cars are made to move, so cellular is almost always the choice for connectivity.
According to Machina...
AT&T hopes to use LTE-connected drones to support FirstNet, the nationwide public safety network the carrier is building for the U.S. government. AT&T already uses drones to inspect cell towers and test antenna patterns, and recently the company has started testing mobile cell sites...
Arm’s mission to scale and grow the IoT ecosystem, by providing the secure architecture that underpins end-devices, puts us in a unique position in our industry as being broadly connectivity agnostic. After discussing cellular IoT at length across numerous continents and conferences with our ecosystem...
Tomorrow's low-latency 5G networks are expected to help carriers win new smart factory business, and Ericsson plans to be a major supplier of radio equipment for these efforts. Anders Svensson, principal solution manager at Ericsson, said the company expects enterprise customers to deploy private...
There's a bit of a dust-up at the Federal Communications Commission this week, over the agency seeking input on exactly how fast it should require "broadband" to be as it tries to expand high-speed internet deployments, and whether fixed and mobile "broadband" should be...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
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When it comes to IoT network news, Sprint has been the quietest of the four nationwide carriers. Verizon Wireless and AT&T have launched LTE Category M1 IoT networks, and T-Mobile US has promised the nation's first narrowband IoT network. Sprint is still rolling out...
Mass adoption of IoT applications and smart devices fueling expansion of edge computing market
The edge computing market continues to grow, according to a recent global industry trend analysis by Persistence Market Research. The report says the uptick in the market is largely due to...
New Huawei unit is already working with operators in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
HONG KONG--Huawei Global Technical Services (GTS) focuses on the provision of expertise and service solutions for operators willing to implement digital transformation strategies. According to the Chinese vendor, operators embracing...
5G key to Nokia's vertical, enterprise IoT market strategy
RCR Wireless News recently had the opportunity to visit with Nokia Chairman, Risto Siilasmaa. This post is the second in a series of articles from the interview held at Nokia headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. Previous posts...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
There were 20...
Intel isn’t a top provider of LTE chips, but the company is determined to play a major role in 5G and the internet of things. Its chipsets are used in servers, network equipment and mobile devices, giving it a unique end-to-end play that it...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
CommScope goes on...
AT&T is already using unmanned aerial vehicles to survey and inspect cell towers, and now the carrier is investing in software to help drones autonomously repair tower equipment and carry radios to places where network traffic is heavy. Right now, the U.S. Federal Aviation...
The internet of things is the next frontier for mobile network operators, as smartphone growth slows down and new mobile chips enable low-cost connections for all manner of assets and equipment. Companies in almost every industry are investigating the IoT, and carriers want them...
Apple CEO Tim Cook says businesses have only scratched the surface of what they can do with the company's products, and to help them dive in deeper Apple is partnering with professional services giant Accenture. Describing Accenture as "a leader in industry and digital...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Steve Jobs steps...
AT&T may sacrifice its Digital Life business to raise cash as it prepares to purchase Time Warner for more than $85 billion. With consummation of the mega-merger looking increasingly likely, analysts say AT&T may need to convert some of its other businesses into cash...
Drones are already inspecting cell towers, testing network connections, and photographing tower access routes after natural disasters. Now, AT&T wants to automate tower inspections, and at least one U.S. carrier is also looking at drones as a way to evaluate new tower sites from...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Vegas, Atlanta and...
Airborne radios may play an important role in connecting the billions of devices expected to comprise the internet of things. Japan's SoftBank, which has been one of the most aggressive wireless carriers when it comes to IoT initiatives, recently announced its second investment in...
