"Internet of Things" is a red-hot buzzword in the telecom industry. While use cases involving consumer wearables tend to dominate the discourse, there's another, much less flashy IoT optimized for low power, low throughput applications that is quietly taking shape.
Narrow-band Internet of Things (NB-IoT)...
Orange has started to deploy an 'Internet of Things' national network in France
HONG KONG – French telecom operator Orange expects to invest 15 billion euros ($16.3 billion) between 2015 and 2018, the company’s SVP of Radio Networks Arnaud Vamparys said during a keynote speech...
The Wi-Fi Alliance this week held a workshop to discuss the coexistence of Wi-Fi and LTE-Unlicensed technologies. LTE-U, or LTE in unlicensed spectrum, has already been tested by the chipmakers who want to build LTE-U chips, and they claim LTE can share the 5...
WASHINGTON – In today’s world, it is almost impossible to conduct any kind of business without an Internet connection. This reality has turned Wi-Fi into a major revenue stream for the hospitality industry, from advertising free Wi-Fi then offering premium speed at an increased...
Huawei sees huge opportunities in the IoT market
HONG KONG – Chinese ICT vendor Huawei unveiled its MBB 2020 Strategy during the opening day of the 2015 Global Mobile Broadband Forum, outlining a new mobile broadband blueprint for the next five years.
“From now until 2020,...
Project Loon uses balloons to provide LTE Internet access; Indonesian trials set for 2016
Google Project Loon, in partnership with service providers Indosat, Telkomsel and XL Axiata, plans to begin testing delivery of LTE Internet access via balloons floating over Indonesia in 2016.
Project Loon VP...
Will gigabit, IoT, 4K, VR, 5G and Raspberry Pi revolutionize the cell phone store experience?
The Apple Store concept was an evolutionary step in the cellphone store buying experience. Apple surrounded the consumer with plenty of tech toys, non-commissioned, low-key staff, and of course...
Connected cars are already driving the machine-to-machine space, research firm Infonetics has concluded. Gartner predicts there will be a quarter-billion connected vehicles on the road by 2020, with new vehicles dramatically increasing the proportions of connected cars – and added that “the proliferation of vehicle connectivity...
The Deutsche Telekom field trial was deployed over base stations in Bonn
Deutsche Telekom said it recently deployed the world’s first field implementation of narrow band "Internet of Things." The trial was carried out with the cooperation of Chinese vendor Huawei.
The trial was developed...
As the connected car market gains traction, some automotive manufacturers are seeking to add employees with expertise in mobile-related software, networking, security, testing and product development. Although the automotive industry still has far more mechanical engineers than software or network engineers and tends to...
LOS ANGELES – The "Internet of Things" is a hot buzzword in the ICT industry and as the technology takes shape, industry leaders are considering implications like the pending explosion of data generated by objects and sensors, the need to secure that data and...
Battery life has become an increasing concern with the growth of the "Internet of Things." Many IoT devices are not located near a battery source, so they need long-lasting batteries to make them viable parts of the IoT ecosystem. Ericsson and AT&T teamed up...
"Is your refrigerator running?" While the question is part of a classic kid's prank call, it is no laughing matter when it comes to refrigerated life-saving vaccines and blood bags.
Helium IoT Framework provides industrial manufacturers turnkey embedded solutions with extended connectivity range, longer battery life,...
Researchers have discovered they can hack voice over LTE implementations on two tier-one mobile carrier networks, gaining access to free data usage or shutting down voice or data access for another user.
A recently published paper (pdf) by academics at the University of California Los Angeles, The...
LTE has been one of the mobile industry's most rapidly adopted mobile technologies, with deployments coming particularly quickly in the U.S. Voice over LTE, however, has been a comparatively tough nut to crack and far slower to be launched, much less to gain ubiquity.
According...
Chinese equipment vendor Huawei to invest $1 billion in ICT developers cloud, API and IoT enablement platform
Huawei Internet Plus-related initiatives were showcased at the Huawei Developers Congress (#HDC2015) held in Shenzhen, China, on Oct. 18-19. During the conference, Huawei outlined a plan to invest $1...
Precision agriculture will be necessary to support demand for food
WASHINGTON – According to data provided by Beecham Research, the world population is estimated to hit 9.6 billion people, the majority of whom will be living in cities, by 2050; to support a population of...
CTIA VP said the move will be ‘critical’ to developing 5G, IoT
WASHINGTON – Following its October open meeting, the Federal Communications Commission discussion on opening up new spectrum is being well-received by the telecom industry.
The FCC issued of a Notice of Proposed Rule Making...
China IoT services revenue will outpace all countries by 2020 to $41 Billion - ABI Research
In this week's episode of IoT Innovation, Jeff Mucci from RCR Wireless News and Sanjay Khatri, Sr. Director of Product Marketing for Jasper, discuss recent China IoT news and events...
Inside Dell World - HetNet Happenings: Episode 36
On this episode of HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney takes you inside the Dell World exhibition, which concluded this week in Austin, Texas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTauTdx4toU&feature=youtu.be
In the first clip, Dell founder Michael Dell discusses the company's just announced acquisition of...
Panel discussion at Dell World focuses on the transformative power of the 'Internet of Things' in both consumer and industrial applications
AUSTIN, Texas – The Dell World exhibition closed on Thursday with an insightful panel on how "Internet of Things" technology promises to shape the...
WASHINGTON – Academic think tank the Brookings Institute hosted a panel on Oct. 21 to discuss the emerging economic force that is the "Internet of Things" and how it is transforming the global economy.
Panelists included Glenn Lurie, CEO at AT&T Mobility; former Federal...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq_g9vmcqJ4
A conversation with Said Mokbel, VP of wireless technology development, chief technology office, TELUS
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The way mobile operators optimize the radio access network and maximize RAN resource utilization is changing as mobile...
WASHINGTON – The "Internet of Things" is set to be the next big thing in the wireless industry. In the words of Thomas Nicholls, EVP of communications for global IoT company Sigfox, IoT “provides a means to connect the physical world to the Internet.”...
