There’s a wealth of information available to organizations wanting to market to you within your mobile device. Mobile operators already understand the importance of this data and how to craft services around this information. As wearables and connected cars become more widespread, how can...
IoT, SDN, NFV central to deal
The move toward network virtualization continues to break out across the globe, with Taiwanese telecom provider Chunghwa Telecom announcing a partnership with Intel to further its “Internet of Things” and software-defined networking plans.
According to published reports, Chunghwa and Intel...
Building on today’s early article about the Internet of Things (IoT) and all of the beneficial things these technologies can do for us. We’ll now focus on those topics that I’m not so sure about or that just simply defy logic.
Here are five questionable...
The Internet of Things (IoT) or the Internet of Everything, if you prefer, needs involvement from the mobile operators in order for this vision to become a success. Although many are playing in the machine-to-machine (M2M) space, does this really take us down a...
Internet of Things (IoT) Security
Twenty-six billion: that’s the number of devices Gartner predicts will be connected to the “Internet of Things” by 2020. Cisco projects the figure even higher at 50 billion by 2020. While mobile technology in general has revolutionized the way millions...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and Security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing those opinions along...
The Internet of Things, which got a boost from Apple with the launch of its HomeKit in June, is either going to transform our world – or crush it – depending on who you ask. But, one thing is for certain: our network infrastructures are...
Christina Richards, VP of marketing for AOptix, spoke with RCR about the implications for backhaul in regards to Internet of Things (IoT) and the evolution toward more M2M traffic. Richards also touches on what AOptix currently sees in the backhaul market, the role of...
Within six years, the number of connected devices that are NOT smartphones, tablets or PCs will skyrocket to 26 billion, according to Gartner. The means that the Internet of Things will include more than three times as many devices as the traditional mobile ecosystem....
A new survey by network control company Infoblox concludes that while businesses are eager for the opportunities presented by the "Internet of Things," networks don't yet have sufficient capacity for the expected growth in IoT applications.
"As it stands today, there may not be enough...
Cyber-attacks continue to become more innovative and sophisticated. Unfortunately, while organizations are developing new security mechanisms, cyber-criminals are cultivating new techniques to circumvent them.
LTE broadcast
The race to supply chipsets for Verizon's LTE Multicast demo at last weekend's Indy 500 was won by Qualcomm and Sequans. Qualcomm made the Multicast-capable chips inside the Galaxy 3 smartphones used to watch the race in real-time from multiple angles, while Sequans...
Freescale has agreed to purchase Mindspeed's communications processor unit for an undisclosed amount. Mindspeed was acquired by MACOM last year, and at the time the RF and microwave specialist said that it would try to sell Mindspeed's Comcerto communications processor business, or wind it...
It’s generally accepted that by the beginning of the next decade the machine-to-machine market, or, if you prefer, the larger-scope “Internet of things,” will have more connected devices
Five major players in telecom and industry are joining forces to accelerate interoperability in the development of the Internet of Things through industrial Internet applications.
AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel have formed the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), which is an open membership, not-for-profit group...
Heterogenous Networks, or HetNets, are an increasingly important part of the wireless landscape in order to support denser networks and in-building coverage. RCR's weekly HetNet News column includes the latest on distributed antenna systems (DAS), Wi-Fi and small cells.
--Athena Wireless is showcasing its smoke-detector-sized,...
The “Internet of things” promises to usher in a new wave of technological evolution. In a few years’ time, billions of things – cars, utility meters, TVs and even furniture – will be linked
Speaking at the CeBIT conference in Hanover, Germany this week, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced a collaboration with Germany to drive research on so-called "5G" technology and the "Internet of things." Cameron also called on improving the European telecommunications single market.
Cameron told the...
There's a lot of buzz these days surrounding the "Internet of things.” Unfortunately the term itself is fuzzy, leading to ambiguity and misunderstanding of what it actually means.
T-Mobile US expanded its international offering with a new SIM card product targeting the machine-to-machine space. The carrier said the product will eliminate roaming costs for M2M products in the United States and Canada.
T-Mobile noted the product includes both a physical SIM card that...
One of the fathers of the Internet, Vinton Cerf, recently said that the so-called "Internet of things" is "already upon us."
"One expects tens of billions of devices to be part of the Internet environment," Cerf said in a virtual keynote for alumni of the...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of telecom software news. It's been a week of big deals and big reports in the telecom space. Verizon Communications acquired Intel Media, VMware bought AirWatch, Subex landed $10 million worth of contracts and Redknee signed a $5...
Mobile technology, social media, and the cloud have fundamentally transformed communications and profoundly impacted the telecommunications industry. Traditional telecom operators are
