5G is billed as the connectivity fabric that will support a new era of consumer and enterprise experiences. But, in the context of smart buildings, 5G is part of a larger equation that also encompasses artificial intelligence and the internet of things.
The combination of...
As digital services evolve and users continue to demand faster speeds and higher connectivity, network densification is proving to be a key driver for enabling successful 5G networks. Through the process of increasing available network capacity through the addition of more cell sites, 5G...
Closing the urban/rural digital divide has been a telecom policy focus for years, and it has been part of the conversation around everything from Congressional funding to the merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint.
So what is the state of deployment? What programs are in...
To fully capture the potential value of low latency 5G connections, computing has to be localized at the edge of the network. The combination of 5G and edge computing provides the technology to deliver real-time services.
Given the monumental investment delivering pervasive 5G requires, what...
Analytics and automation are helping to transform operations and processes in factories. But how do you change workers and working practices? Well, augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) can help.
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By placing staff into virtual models / digital twins of production line tasks and...
  The vision of 5G is cloud-native networks automatically delivering capacity on-demand. The reality, however, is that most operators are taking an incremental approach to cloudification and trying to understand where to direct capex given the need for holistic modernization in addition to...
  The vision of 5G is cloud-native networks automatically delivering capacity on-demand. The reality, however, is that most operators are taking an incremental approach to cloudification and trying to understand where to direct capex given the need for holistic modernization in addition to...
According to GSMA, North America is winning the worldwide 5G race. However, China last year, debuted what was considered by some to be the largest 5G network rollout in the world.
Different regulations, spectrum availability and customer demands mean that no two 5G rollouts are...
Smart lighting as a platform. Lighting is everywhere humans are, and already connected to power, making it the perfect apparatus for future wireless technologies and sensors. This report considers how smart lighting platforms are developing in the buildings / commercial real estate (CRE) market,...
If vendors and users can prove out the deployment and business model associated with shared access to the 3.5 GHz CBRS band, the same approach could be applied to other underused spectrum. With GAA deployments in early days and priority access licenses about to...
The only way to innovate is to collaborate. In the fourth installment in our new series on smart manufacturing technologies, UK-based global editor-in-chief editor James Blackman looks at how the technology ecosystem is coming together in industrial settings to collaborate to define and develop...
Networks continue to become more complex and more dense, but network operations teams often are being called upon to manage and optimize them without much more in terms of resources.
This report explores the use of analytics and automation in network deployment, management and assurance,...
Digging for gold. The digital transformation of the metals and mining sectors – a review of the strategies, technologies and stakes in play as the mining industry seeks more sustainable and competitive ways to dig for gold and other everyday treasures.
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What does it mean to have a building that is FirstNet ready?
This report digs into various type of in-building coverage strategies for public safety users and how industry players are trying to get first responders the indoor coverage that is integral to their daily...
Network slicing. Major reductions in capex and opex. A better customer experience. These are all goals of NFV and SDN innovation but progress is slow and the need increasingly pressing.
Here we explore how operators cloudify their networks—while maintaining quality and control through the transition—to...
How is data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) transforming the manufacturing sector? In the third installment in a new series on smart manufacturing technologies, UK-based global editor-in-chief editor James Blackman looks at the role of data analytics techniques to bring intelligence to manufacturing operations.
Disasters cross international borders, and in Europe, critical communications need to support the ability of first responders in neighboring countries to work collaboratively.
This report explores the latest trends and developments in how European Union countries and the United Kingdom are meeting the challenges of...
While U.S. operators and regulators have focused on millimeter wave for 5G services, Europe is deploying using mid-band spectrum. Operators around the continent have activated commercial 5G for consumer services. And, on the industrial front, there's significant momentum around private networks, particularly in Germany.
Here...
For all the experience of LTE and excitement of 5G, the IoT market has been propped by low-power wide-area (LPWA) technologies. The concept of smart-anything as the prerequisite for industrial change – in buildings, cities, manufacturing, logistics, agriculture – has gained credence, in large...
Densification of cell sites and fiber networks has been ramping up in recent years as carriers cope with ever-increasing capacity needs and lay the groundwork for 5G. RCR Wireless News looks at the state of spectrum holdings, fiber deployments and how each of the...
With localised power generation, the flow of electricity and data has to go both ways. New electricity metering infrastructure establishes an integrated system of meter hardware, communications networks, and data management systems to enable this two-way communication between utilities and customers.
This new gadgetry also...
China's top-down approach to 5G gives the country a strong position in 5G-based value creation both near- and long-term. In 2013, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development Reform Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology established the IMT-2020...
We are currently going through one of the most significant periods of urbanization in history. According to United Nations research, around 55% of the global population lives in metropolitan areas and that’s expected to increase to 68% in the next three decades. In the...
The first 5G services have started to emerge around the world, with many more expected to be launched by 2020. But these networks can only be monetized if there are devices that consumers and enterprise customers can use.
So what is the state of early...
