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5G empowering vertical industries

Standards work on "5G" technology began in late 2015, and the first commercial networks probably won’t launch until 2020 at the earliest. But it’s not too early to begin pondering what 5G could mean for verticals such as health care, manufacturing, smart cities and...

What is IMT-2020 and what does it mean for 5G?

Advanced '5G' use cases will require global interoperability and scalability; International Telecommunication Union is working away on ultimate standard The tactile Internet, autonomous vehicles and smart cities; all these things are expected to hit new levels of penetration and utility once "5G" mobile networks move...

Verizon details key IoT market trends

Internet of Things adoption drivers, vertical markets, use cases and more highlighted in new Verizon report The "Internet of Things," which promises to add connectivity and intelligence to billions of machines and objects, presents an enormous business opportunity for carriers as new vertical applications are enabled....

The role of Bluetooth in the Internet of Things

As low-power networks take off, what’s the place of Bluetooth? Invented by Ericsson in the early 1990s and initially standardized in 1999, most people associate Bluetooth with connectivity between a handset and an earpiece or mobile speaker. But Bluetooth, which operates in the 2.4 GHz band...

Industrial IoT: Carriers look beyond connectivity

According to research conducted by analyst Chetan Sharma, the term “Internet of Things” was first coined in September 1985 by Peter T. Lewis in a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation 15th Annual Legislative Weekend in Washington, D.C. Lewis defined the IoT as...

Public safety IoT: using data to make cities safer

From predictive crime applications to police monitoring, public safety IoT is driving governmental innovation The "Internet of Things" is already offering benefits for private companies across the globe, but the adoption of these technologies by government institutions and agencies is also going through a rapid...

LTE-Unlicensed and Wi-Fi: moving beyond coexistence

Unlicensed spectrum is hugely valuable, and mobile operators are increasingly eager to leverage that spectrum. They started with Wi-Fi offload, and are now moving to LTE-Unlicensed and new ways to integrate Wi-Fi in their networks (carrier Wi-Fi, LWA). The Senza Fili report, “LTE unlicensed and...

The smart RAN: Trends in the optimization of spectrum and network resource utilization

This report on smart RAN will provide an overview and assessment of new technologies and solutions that optimize mobile traffic management to deliver a better performance and QoE, by improving network resource utilization. The report will discuss how real-time traffic management and virtualization will...

Getting the best QoE: Trends in traffic management and mobile core optimization

The move to real-time processing and virtualization is widening the opportunities for service and revenue generation, improving QoE by managing mobile traffic more efficiently and optimizing the use of the existing RAN infrastructure. The report assesses how new technologies and solutions are changing the...

Study urges operators to accelerate investments in 5G, cloud

Nokia Bell Labs said IoT connected devices will reach between 20 and 46 billion by 2020 Mobile operators will need to accelerate investments in areas such as 5G and cloud technologies in order to meet increasing consumer and business demand for mobile connectivity through 2020,...

Verizon to drop $300 million on Boston fiber build

In a somewhat surprising move, Verizon announced this week it would invest $300 million to deploy a fiber-based network in Boston, Massachusetts, meant to set the stage for future smart city initiatives as well as 5G mobile services. Why's that surprising in a period when...

Ericsson to conduct smart city feasibility study in Hong Kong

The smart city project aims to transform Kowloon East district into a new business area Swedish vendor Ericsson has teamed with U.S.-based professional services company Arup to carry out a smart city feasibility study, following the Hong Kong government’s vision of developing Hong Kong into...

IoT explosion prompting dedicated network builds

The Internet of Things, or IoT, is a hot topic in telecom. The connectivity needs range, on the low end, to sending just a few Kilobytes at fixed intervals, to incredibly high-throughput, low-latency applications like autonomous driving. To support IoT needs, particularly machine-type communications, networks...

Nokia, Zain bring smart city project in Saudi Arabia

Municipal services, business climate targeted by smart city projects in Jeddah Saudi mobile telephony operator Zain KSA and Finish vendor Nokia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on a smart city initiative in Jeddah. Under the terms MoU, Nokia and Zain will...

Deutsche Telekom adds partner to smart home platform

QIVICON smart home platform reaches more than 40 partners German company Gigaset Elements has jointed Deutsche Telekom’s QIVICON smart home platform, which will add new protocols in the coming months. The QIVICON platform has an open architecture and is designed to integrate with multiple connected devices...

Happy IoT Day! Celebrate with this connected cow

Since its inception in 2011, April 9 has been observed by a niche audience as global IoT Day in honor of the "Internet of Things," which is projected to comprise some 50 billion connected devices by 2020. According to organizers at the IoT Council: "Anyone...

Huawei signs deal with Malta to establish innovation center

Huawei to develop safe city solutions with government Huawei signed a strategic alliance with Malta to establish an innovation center in that country focused on safe city solutions including nationwide surveillance. In July 2015, Huawei and the Malta government signed a memorandum of understanding, which led...

Use case: GE tests 100 Gbps Industrial Internet of Things network

A major aspect of the industrial "Internet of Things" is massive machine-to-machine communications supported by a redundant, reliable, high-speed network. General Electric, which has interests in numerous industrial verticals, uses a network test bed deployed in New York capable of 100 gigabit-per-second data transmission to...

Convoys of self-driving trucks cross Europe

Six fleets of self-driving trucks arrived in the Netherlands today from locations in Sweden, Germany, Denmark and Belgium. The trucks used a system called "platooning" in which two or three trucks drive about 50 feet apart, connected by Wi-Fi. Sensors, processors and radios control...

Use case: Industrial Internet of Things health care applications

Essentially since the advent of health care, diagnosis has been dependent on a direct, face-to-face interaction between the patient and the doctor. But now, as robust, high-capacity mobile networks transmit insightful data generated by sensors and other remote monitors comprising the "Internet of Things,"...

Dedicated IoT network coming to Australia, New Zealand

The global "Internet of Things" – projected to amount to more than 20 billion connections by 2020 – is taking shape with dedicated networks expanding across the globe. Sigfox is a major player in this space with dedicated IoT networks live in 14 countries...

Verizon details key IoT market trends

Internet of Things adoption drivers, vertical markets, use cases and more highlighted in new Verizon report The "Internet of Things," which promises to add connectivity and intelligence to billions of machines and objects, presents an enormous business opportunity for carriers as new vertical applications are enabled....

Etisalat, Huawei trial smart parking in UAE

Etisalat targeting additional verticals with LPWA and NB IoT Huawei and Middle East telecom operator Etisalat conducted a trial of smart parking technology in the United Arab Emirates. The live trial of narrow-band "Internet of Things" technology used the end-to-end infrastructure based on Etisalat's live...

3 perspectives on 5G SON (self-organizing networks)

Tech leaders agree self-organizing network technology will be key to managing complexity of next generation 5G mobile networks "5G" technology is envisioned as a network of networks, blending different types of access technologies to create a seamless user experience marked by incredibly high throughput and...