The connected car changes everything
Of all the domains the "internet of things" has impacted, the automotive industry, with its connected car, seems to be creating the most interest from both enterprises and consumers. Cars are changing at an incredible rate, and industry leaders, government authorities and...
5 things to know today ...
1. Nokia has bought a Massachusetts startup to help it create smaller, more efficient base stations. Eta Devices of Cambridge, Massachusetts, makes power management technology Nokia said can reduce heat waste through the use of an amplifier that works like...
NFV platforms are growing in use across telecom, but it’s important to line up which solutions are needed to address different types of operational models
On this episode of NFV/SDN Reality Check, we have a featured interview with Juniper Networks to discuss the delivery of...
Languages for IoT developers
We have seen a changing of the guard in the past few years as software takes center stage and once-beloved hardware simply becomes a canvas for developers. The ability to code is an important skill for the production of any modern technology, especially a...
Sure, the future is going to be awesome, but what’s the rush in getting autonomous vehicles and connected cars on the street?
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry,...
Current long-haul trucking inefficiencies
We have all stopped at a rest station during a road trip and parked in the small gaps between the 18-wheeled trucks filled with sleeping drivers. Those drivers are often tasked to drive cross country to deliver an order. Because of...
Verizon received a strong No. 2 rival in the form of Cingular, while DT’s $50B purchase of VoiceStream received labor, business support … 16 years ago this week
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate...
CCA and carrier member T-Mobile talked 5G, IoT, VoLTE and policy, showing such topics are not the exclusive domain of large operators
As expected, the recently completed Competitive Carriers Association Annual Convention showed a heavy focus on policy, “5G” and the “internet of things,” with...
The internet of beans
Thumb-sized "plastic beans" are being filled with sensors and tossed into grain bins and storage facilities for precision agriculture, getting rid of the need for handheld devices or elaborate moisture monitoring systems, according to an article on Farm Journal's AGWeb.
The sensor pods...
A problem with corn production, and a precision agriculture solution
Italy is one of the top maize grain producers in the European Union alongside France, Germany, Hungary and Spain, producing more than 7 million tons of corn in an area of 700,000 hectares in 2015, according to EuroStat...
Mobile edge computing looks set to be part of 5G and IoT, with the recent MEC Congress showing considerable progress in the technology
I recently attended the Mobile Edge Computing Congress in Munich, Germany. (I actually chaired the first day of the event.) For those...
Everyone is talking about it, but what will 5G be really like in a commercial environment?
Getting beyond the technical specifications, what “5G” will be in practice is nearly as confusing as digging into its planned technical specifications. In fact, some note the real purpose...
Bosch hosted its Bosch Connected World conference in Chicago last week where it showed off its position within the industrial "internet of things." The event was highlighted by news that Bosch would team with GE to bring interoperability between the two manufacturers' IoT platforms....
Environmental caveat: e-waste
New technologies are fighting an uphill battle to reduce the environmental decay from century-old processes that are both inefficient and wasteful. The "internet of things" has the potential to reduce emissions from those processes and create a truly green earth. But while green use...
FCC’s Spectrum Frontiers will open up 11 gigahertz of mm wave for 5G
The vision for 5G is expansive, but one aspect of it is fiber-like connections providing multi-gigabit per second data rates to mobile devices. This connectivity will make services like 3D telepresence and...
5 things to know today ...
1. Sprint is the only nationwide carrier still offering customers a "free" iPhone 7 when they trade in a used device. Verizon Wireless ended its iPhone offer last week, and AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile US ended theirs several days...
France-based telecom operator Orange is pushing into the mobile banking space, highlighting new opportunities for operators
The new voice in the telecom industry may not be a voice at all. It may just be “bank.”
Orange Telecom, which has around 28 million mobile clients in France...
The term smart cities is popping up more frequently. So what does smart city actually mean? It’s a relatively new term, but it will be huge going forward. I am invited to attend more smart city conferences here in the U.S. and worldwide to...
Health care provider partners with ThingWorx for machine learning
An unnamed regionally-managed health care provider partnered with ThingWorx's machine learning platform to detect patterns in data that would lead to better patient care and reduce costly readmissions for patients with ischemic heart disease, according to...
Sprint broke with the wireless industry in stating it did not need more spectrum for 3G services, while AT&T moved to acquire Vanguard Cellular … 18 years ago this week
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives...
With 5G technology continuing to evolve at a rapid pace, the industry is still trying to nail down specific use cases to take advantage of the advancement
Perhaps the most challenging issue surrounding “5G” technology today is in terms of use cases.
The International Telecommunications...
HetNet Expo panel highlights the role of heterogeneous networks in building a smart city
HOUSTON—Any smart city project—a small-scale pilot or a purpose-built infrastructure—rests on a strong foundation of wireless connectivity. Urban residents want mobile broadband in the subway and on the bus; metropolitan workers...
The deal between the Korean giant and the Russian telco includes 5G, IoT and MIMO technologies
Samsung Electronics and Russian telecom operator Mobile TeleSystems signed a memorandum of understanding to explore and develop new technologies, including "5G," the "internet of things" and multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technologies.
Under the...
So, it’s official. Comcast is going to make their second attempt at wireless according to their CEO Brian Roberts. So what does re-entering wireless mean for Comcast's future? The way the industry is heading, they need to be a player in wireless to remain...
