City governments are inundated with smart city proposals from citizens, technology vendors and even academics who want to use city technologies to help solve some of the world's most pressing urban problems. Engineers who have turned their attention to making cities cleaner, safer and...
We’ve recently completed a two-month project to investigate the market for <a href="https://mobile-experts.net/Home/Report/91">asset tracking IoT devices</a> …and we discovered two key facts that may surprise you:
<strong>Surprise #1: In asset tracking, more NB-IoT devices will ship this year than LoRa or Sigfox devices. China Telecom...
Narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) is a standards-based low power wide area (LPWA) technology developed to enable a wide range of new IoT devices and services. Ratified by the 3GPP, a telecoms standards body which works to develop future generation wireless technologies, NB-IoT will...
Internet of things chipmaker Sierra Wireless is buying platform provider Numerex in an all-stock deal valued at almost $100 million. Sierra Wireless said the purchase will give it new customers and sales capacity.
Shares of Sierra Wireless fell more than 15% following the Thursday announcement,...
In an effort to protect the U.S. government from hackers, a group of senators has introduced a bill that would legislate specific security measures for all connected hardware purchased by government agencies. The <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/355269230/Internet-of-Things-Cybersecurity-Improvement-Act-of-2017" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> is called the Internet of Things (IoT)...
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!
Keeping it in...
A growing number of smart cities are currently under development in North America. City authorities in several cities across the U.S are taking steps in order to implement smart city schemes, mainly in the energy, traffic and transportation fields. Here, we describe three of...
Cool tools for DevOps
More and more IT organizations are adopting DevOps practices. In switching to a DevOps work environment, it is important to have the right tools in place. Otherwise, mismatched tools can trigger bottlenecks, giving rise to miscommunications between software developers and...
I see various mergers and acquisitions in the communications service provider space eventually bringing us to just four integrated carriers in the U.S.
Since earlier this year, it feels like we get a new merger report each day as big players in the U.S. look...
Europe is home to a large number of smart cities. Regional and municipal governments across the continent seek to implement innovative technologies in different fields such as transport, traffic, energy and environment in order to improve the quality of life of residents. Here, we...
As cable giant Comcast expands its internet of things network into 12 U.S. cities, industry consortium CableLabs is launching hardware and software for companies that want to build out IoT networks using long range radio (LoRa) technology. CableLabs said it chose the LoRa standard...
Verizon is partnering with Globetouch in an effort to make it easier for automakers to integrate cellular connectivity. General Motors will use the service to expand its OnStar connected car service.
The Globetouch platform manages user profiles and diagnostics, collects device and user data for...
The Canadian telco’s connected car offering is built by Chinese vendor ZTE
Canadian communications firm Rogers Communications has launched a connected car product in the local market. Built by Chinese vendor ZTE and powered by Mojio's open platform for connected cars, the Rogers Smart Drive...
AT&T Labs exec says gaining full software control of the network in its 'early stages'
Dave Walter, AT&T Labs AVP of Radio Technology and Strategy, recently fielded questions regarding not only the operator's ongoing trials of pre-standard fixed wireless access 5G technologies, but also how...
Ask a few people what "AI" means, and you get everything from (a few) blank looks to "if it's a techno-organic, it would have legs like a cheetah but a human's body." Which is a pretty awesome answer.
https://twitter.com/lenovo/status/887307172618551298
I was more than slightly disappointed that...
Bluetooth mesh networking is expected to boost industrial IoT applications
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group this week released its new standard for supporting Bluetooth mesh network capabilities, enabling "many-to-many" device communications that Bluetooth SIG says is "ideally suited for building automation, sensor networks and other...
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!
AT&T Wireless declares...
Small-cell-as-a-service offering embraced by Chelsea Football Club
This week Ericsson announced decreasing sales across all business units including its managed services division, but Patrik Jakobson, head of network-as-a-service, a subset of the managed services unit, expects small-cell-as-a-service (ScaaS) to gain momentum in not only the...
Report: 5G service provider revenues will hit $269 billion by 2025
In a new report from Juniper Research, focused on the outlook for 5G development and commercialization, suggests operators in the Asia Pacific region are ahead of the curve when it comes to developing next-generation...
According to reports, the SoftBank CEO met with Buffett and John Malone of Liberty Media at Sun Valley conference
First it was a potential Sprint/T-Mobile U.S. tie-up, then MVNO talks with Comcast and Charter, and now published reports suggest Sprint is courting investment from Warren...
AT&T is jettisoning its long-time GoPhone brand, re-naming its prepaid service "AT&T Prepaid" (snappy!) and offering two free months of service on its $45 and $65 plans.
https://twitter.com/ATT/status/885227340103647233
Meanwhile, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure has been talking up the importance of 5G network infrastructure investment -- and...
Anritsu this week launched a new test solution that supports LTE Advanced Pro features enabling up to 1 gigabit per second data throughput testing.
The Signalling Tester MD8475B, with a new hardware and software option, supports features including four-component carrier aggregation and four-by-four multiple-input-multiple-output with...
Plans call for NB-IoT to connect lighting systems, environmental sensors and flood monitoring
In the crowded landscape of connectivity protocols for the internet of things, T-Mobile U.S. is betting on narrowband-internet of things (NB-IoT) given a successful test project in Las Vegas, Nev., that will...
Google and parent company Alphabet continue to earn the ire of European Union regulators, who are contemplated a second record fine for the company after recently smacking down the company for favoring results from its own shopping service over others.
This week came the news...
