SÃO PAULO — The concept of smart cities comprises various "Internet of Things" solutions. Combined, IoT and smart cities can help facilitate citizens’ lives and make public administration more efficient.
In Brazil, the adoption of IoT is still in the early phases, though at...
4G fueling growth
India is reportedly on its way to eclipsing 1 billion mobile subscribers. According to a report by Peter Evans, senior analyst Asia at BuddeComm, the world’s second largest country had 970 million subscribers as of March 2015.
Currently 77% of India’s population has...
The Colombian Ministry of Information Technology and Communications and the National Spectrum Agency (ANE, in Spanish) expect to present a spectrum policy plan to meet growing consumer demand for mobile services. The spectrum policy is expected to tackle projected needs for the mobile space...
SÃO PAULO – The battle between over-the-top players and telecom carriers, along with the increases in and expansion of broadband accesses, the role of 4G and telecom market consolidation were highlights at the opening of this week's Futurecom event held in São Paulo.
Brazil's communications minister,...
Building size, carrier involvement, return on investment among determining factors
LOS ANGELES – There are some 4.8 million buildings in the U.S. that are 25,000 square feet or less, yet have the same in-building connectivity needs as much larger spaces. So what’s the best approach...
AT&T Data Perks app provides up to 1,000 Mb of data per month
AT&T is throwing free data at consumers in a move to entice interaction with advertisers.
The carrier and partner Aquto launched the Data Perks application compatible with both Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS...
1. Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure describes Sprint as "one of the most difficult turnarounds, probably, in the world." Claure told The Wall Street Journal he plans to fix Sprint's "structural challenges" one by one, and he has already stemmed the tide of customer losses....
TBR report finds vendors bolstering workforce to support analytics and IoT moves
Service vendors looking to expand their reach across analytics, the “Internet of Things” and digital platforms attributed to a 5.9% year-over-year increase during the second quarter in workforce additions across the information technology...
Fluke Networks added new testing support for deploying 802.11ac networks in the enterprise, launching a tablet solution aimed at network engineers, and a handheld tester, the OneTouc AT Generation 2 Network Assistant, for technicians.
Between the two options, Fluke (now part of NetScout Systems) is staying...
The African continent is set for significant cloud adoption, according to a new study from SAP and IDG, with similar hopes and concerns about the technologies as more established technology centers – and some concerns and potential advantages unique to the region.
Mobility is a significant driver...
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A part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, the federal government created the First Responders Network Authority to address large-scale public safety network concerns.
When networks go down or get overloaded it can be a huge public safety...
Hetnets, or heterogeneous networks, have for years been understood as networks that leverage a mix of radio access technologies and architectures to keep mobile users connected. Now, hetnets are evolving to also describe a mix of connected devices, as mobile operators look beyond smartphones...
RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro is set to host its first Olympic Games next year. From an information technology and telecommunications perspective, sponsors are responsible for implementing the infrastructure needed for the games, as well as provide connectivity at all 38 competition venues across...
Verizon bested rivals at MLB venues with Fenway Park tops among stadium peersM
With the Major League Baseball playoffs quickly reaching their final matchup, RootMetrics released stats on how cellular carrier data networks performed at 29 MLB venues.
Among mobile operators, Verizon Wireless scored the most...
Analyst Jake MacLeod discusses the future of 5G and fundamental pieces including NFV, SDN and self-optimizing networks
With standardization of the waveform set for a 2020 release, Jake MacLeod, founder of Gray Beards Consulting, said that, for now at least, "5G" is a marketing term.
MacLeod...
Tips for CSPs looking to efficiently deploy and use NFV and SDN across their operations
Virtualization technology has become one of the hottest topics in the telecom space, with communication service providers looking to tap advances in network functions virtualization and software-defined networking to glean...
1. Nokia appears to have cleared the last major hurdle in its $17.6 billion purchase of Alcatel-Lucent. Today, China's Ministry of Commerce gave conditional approval to the merger, which has already been approved in the U.S. and Europe. China gave Nokia a to-do list...
As expected, spectrum and the Federal Communications Commission’s upcoming 600 MHz incentive auction were hot topics at this year’s Competitive Carriers Association Annual Convention, with both a significant portion if not the leading topic of conversation for most keynote addresses and panel events.
The CCA...
From automotive applications to virtual reality, millimeter wave spectrum could support data hungry applications
AUSTIN, Texas – Millimeter wave spectrum has gone from being a moonshot technology to a likely feature of next generation "5G" mobile networks. That’s what Professor Robert Heath of the University of...
The NFC Forum has released one new and three candidate specifications for near-field communications, which target improved radio frequency support, better interoperability and a new tag operation format that opens up new use cases, according to the organization.
The new NFC standard deals with NFC...
Swedish telecom equipment vendor Ericsson has signed onto the GMSA Humanitarian Connectivity Charter, which aims to use technology to bolster crisis response in afflicted areas.
The GSMA established the program in March. According to the trade group, the goal is "to support mobile network operators...
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SoftBank upgrades White Cloud SmartVPN platform with NFV, SDN technology
Japanese telecom giant SoftBank said it plans to upgrade its White Cloud SmartVPN architecture using Cisco System’s Evolved Services Platform Orchestration, software-defined networking and network functions virtualization technologies.
SoftBank, which owns a controlling stake in U.S....
