TM Forum is looking to building on its recently completed Live event with continued focused on its Open API and Smart City Maturity Benchmark models
On this week’s show, we have a featured interview with Joann O’Brien and Carl Piva from the TM Forum to...
The IMPACT platform targets areas including connected cars, eHealth and smart cities
Finnish vendor Nokia has officially launched its new Intelligent Management Platform for All Connected Things, which gives operators, enterprises and governments a secure platform on which to scale new "internet of things" services.
Nokia said the...
Mobile edge computing, partner ecosystems will be key to the future of smart cities, experts say
AUSTIN, Texas – Tyson Tuttle, CEO of Silicon Labs and moderator of a panel this week at the Smart Cities Innovation Summit, said of smart cities: “The technology is...
Just Home Property is an investment group that buys and operates residential apartment buildings in major metropolitan areas. The company owners are well aware that tenants want their smartphones to work in their apartments, and they also are well aware that wireless carriers will not...
Crown Castle is “as excited as we have ever been by the opportunities in small cell,” according to then-CFO, now-CEO Jay Brown on the company’s most recent quarterly call. “Our small cell conversations with the carriers have increasingly become more positive with the passage...
If traffic is the problem, smart cities should get people off the road, according to Bob Metcalfe
AUSTIN, Texas – A speaker at the Smart Cities Innovation Summit on Tuesday appeared via video link, which is a harbinger of things to come, Ethernet inventor Bob...
AUSTIN, Texas – How can the federal government play an active role in driving the technology underlying smart city applications in a way that helps, rather than hinders, private-sector research and development? That was among the questions discussed by panelists at the Smart Cities...
New York has been one of the most proactive cities in the United States when it comes to small cell deployments. It has a well-informed city government and a history of working with the wireless industry, but even with these advantages the process of...
Digital transformation may appear to be a daunting task for telecom operators, but pieces are in place to ease the transition
Digital transformation is sweeping the telecommunications space as established operators look for ways to take advantage of new, web-based business models to become more...
Current Analysis provides an update on current NFV and SDN development and deployment progress, including potential hurdles for mobile operators
This week’s featured interview is with Current Analysis where we discuss the current pace of NFV and SDN development and deployment by telecom operators and...
The Special Temporary Authority for Qualcomm and Verizon to conduct LTE-Unlicensed tests at two sites in Oklahoma City, Ok. and two sites in North Carolina has been extended by the Federal Communications Commission for an additional year.
Qualcomm was granted the STA in January and it...
WOTW takes apart this week’s divergent marketing moves from T-Mobile and Sprint, finding sometimes it’s better to listen than yell
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this...
Stadium DAS has been a big business for years, but now the marquee venues in most "NFL cities" already have a distributed antenna system, and many have already gone through at least one upgrade cycle. Smaller stadiums may not be able to secure carrier...
Sprint announced plans to cut up to 1,100 jobs from its business unit, while Verizon and Nextel clashed over public safety interference solutions … 12 years ago this week
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to...
Small cells cannot proliferate without baseband processors designed to fit their power and size requirements. In recent years there has been no shortage of vendors eyeing the space. Some have approached outdoor small cells as miniature versions of macro base stations, while others have...
On this week’s Carrier Wrap we speak with PwC to discuss the burgeoning internet of things market and potential impact from U.S. government policy
Few telecom market segments have garnered as much attention over the past year as the “internet of things,” which in its...
In increasingly congested and crowded cities, timely information and communication can be the difference between deadlock and dynamism
Until recently, smart city solutions often seemed more like “slideware” than real services to improve the quality of life of citizens and the productivity of urban businesses....
Analysts see limited impact, executives say investment continues
With interest rates expected to rise and the next round of carrier network upgrades not expected for more than a year, some might say this is not the best time to invest in the tower sector. Others...
DOCSIS 3.1 allows cable operators to extend lifespan of copper physical plant
Continuing to grow its footprint of gigabit internet services, Comcast today began an "advanced trial" of high-speed internet using DOCSIS 3.1 technology in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Philadelphia-based company initially trialled DOCSIS 3.1 modems in...
New research comparing the development of industrial "internet of things" economies in Germany, Japan, China and the U.S. finds Germany has the strongest industrial base, but lacks in ICT development while the U.S. has the opposite dynamic. The Handelsblatt Research Institute conducted the comparative analysis at...
Wireless Infrastructure Association President Jonathan Adelstein is on a mission to develop a competent, consistent wireless workforce that will be ready to perform as the industry gears up for the rollout of "5G." In addition to creating jobs with growth potential, developing a credentialed...
5G connection forecasted to total 116M by 2022
LTE subscriptions worldwide will reach approximately 1.9 billion by the end of 2016, up from 1.1 billion at the beginning of the year, according to a recent study by Strategy Analytics.
The research firm predicts the number of...
All four nationwide U.S. carriers now offer Wi-Fi calling, but not for all smartphones. AT&T Mobility, for example, only offers Wi-Fi calling on select versions of Apple's iPhone. Verizon Wireless lists 13 devices on its website that support Wi-Fi calling.
Carriers can use authentication, authorization...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from the past week and speak with Rift.io on the use of open-source NFV for management and network orchestration
This week’s featured interview is with Rift.io where we discuss the use of...
