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MulteFire Webinar: MulteFire for Industrial IoT applications

Join the MulteFire Alliance and Harbor Research as we provide insight into how MulteFire technology delivers wireless connectivity that meets the requirements of Industrial IoT for coverage, capacity, reliability, low-latency and mobility. MulteFire, based on 3GPP Release 13 and 14, is an LTE-based technology that...

MulteFire webinar: MulteFire for Industrial IoT applications

Join the MulteFire Alliance and Harbor Research as we provide insight into how MulteFire technology delivers wireless connectivity that meets the requirements of Industrial IoT for coverage, capacity, reliability, low-latency and mobility. MulteFire, based on 3GPP Release 13 and 14, is an LTE-based technology that...

Libelium targets smart city projects in the U.S, Europe

 Libelium said U.S smart city projects represents 30% of the firm’s turnover Spanish wireless sensor maker Libelium announced that its IoT sensor platform Plug & Sense! and IoT gateway Meshlium are available for smart city deployments using 4G networks in the U.S, Europe and Australia,...

FirstNet lands its first opt-in state

Virginia's governor declares intent to opt-in to the national build by AT&T Less than a month after state plans were released, the first state has decided to opt in to the national public safety LTE network that will be built by AT&T: Virginia's governor has...

Video: Trial of private LTE network for industrial IoT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK3k8FdRwR0&index=2&list=PL8AD95E4F585237C1 Neville Meijers, VP business development, and Mehmet Yavuz, VP engineering, describe Qualcomm's trial network of a private LTE network for industrial IoT. New technologies, such as MulteFire and LTE-based CBRS, make it possible to deploy private LTE networks without access to licensed spectrum. This...

Qualcomm continues to push gigabit LTE

Gigabit mobile connections don't have to wait for 5G--the service is commercially available in some markets today, and chipmaker Qualcomm continues to work with operators and other partners to expand the reach of gigabit LTE. Earlier this year Australian operator Telstra worked with Ericsson, Qualcomm and...

ZTE looks to speed up 5G commercialization

New solution provides customers with integrated 5G infrastructure aligned with industry standards, ZTE says  SHANGHAI- Chinese vendor ZTE has announced the availability of its new 5G integrated solution, which is a suite of solutions for wireless access, core network and bearer network to help operators...

Qualcomm: 5G worth $12 trillion by 2035

As 5G evolves, Qualcomm CEO said there is still a lot of room to grow with 4G, mainly with gigabit LTE SHANGHAI- 5G technology could provide a $12 trillion revenue opportunity by 2035, U.S. Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf said during a keynote presentation at Mobile...

LTE IoT is starting to connect the massive IoT today, thanks to eMTC and NB-IoT

We are at the dawn of 5G, a unified network envisioned to connect virtually everything around us. And to get there sooner, we are accelerating 5G NR (New Radio) — the global 5G standard — to usher in next-generation mobile broadband experiences for smartphones...

Smart Cities Connect: Dallas to share smart city data with developers

As the world headquarters for AT&T, Dallas was an obvious choice for the telecom giant when it selected eight locations to test its smart city technologies. The company partnered with the Dallas Innovation Alliance to launch a a multi-phased smart cities project which already...

Nokia touts 5G network slicing for mission-critical services

5G network slicing demo conducted with China Mobile highlights health care use cases The concept of network slicing as applied to 5G involves the use software-defined network and network functions virtualization to dynamically create bespoke data pipes capable of meeting the specific service requirements of...

China Mobile targets 620 million 4G subscribers by year end

China Mobile expects to carry out 5G interoperability tests in 20 cities across China next year SHANGHAI--China Mobile, the largest mobile operator in the world by subscriber numbers, expects to end this year with 620 million subs in the LTE segment, company Chairman Shang Bing...

China Mobile in IoT deal with Cubic Telecom, Valid

The new partnership will allow Chinese customers to have access to eSIM technology Global connectivity solutions provider Cubic Telecom, China Mobile and eSIM solution provider Valid have announced a partnership to deliver LTE connectivity enablement to global internet of things (IoT) customers in China. Under this...

T-Mobile asks FCC to change CBRS plan

New proposal could limit enterprise choices for LTE networks Citizens band radio service (CBRS) is seen as a key enabler of private LTE networks to support the internet of things. To some extent, those private networks will depend on the way users license the 3500...

T-Mobile asks FCC to change CBRS plan

New proposal could limit enterprise choices for LTE networks Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) is seen as a key enabler of private LTE networks to support the internet of things. To some extent, those private networks will depend on the way users license the 3550...

Ericsson, Vodafone deal covers massive MIMO, carrier aggregation and 5G

As Ericsson goes through a period of change, looking to divest parts of its business under the direction of a new CEO, the Swedish network infrastructure vendor scored a major win with Vodafone. According to the companies, the network investment covers LTE and 5G...

Small cells, fiber and spectrum are key to 5G, AT&T exec says

AT&T gives a glimpse into 5G plans at Wells Fargo event; plans include a deeper dive on fiber, as well as a move to a real-estate-type tower model Scott Mair, senior vice president of technology planning and engineering for AT&T, this week discussed how the...

AT&T SVP discusses the shared spectrum opportunity of FirstNet

Expect some FirsetNet builds by the end of the year, but pace will pick up in 2018 Earlier this week, AT&T and the First Responders Network Authority released state plans for the multi-billion build of a nationwide LTE network for first responders. Later in the...

Spectrum allocation in LatAm doesn’t support ‘basic’ 3G or LTE services

The International Telecommunication Union, a global telecom standards body, recommends that all nations allocate 1960 megahertz of radio spectrum by 2020; 35% of that total is needed to support "basic levels of service quality" for 3G and LTE services. Of 18 Latin American countries...

5G will embolden IoT, but LTE supports variety of use cases

LTE-M and NB-IoT enable capabilities for asset tracking, smart meters and other key IoT applications; plus drones controlled over commercial LTE networks Many industry watchers, including me, have referred to massive-scale internet of things (IoT) as the killer app for forthcoming 5G mobile networks. But...

How does MulteFire fit into industrial and enterprise IoT?

MulteFire is a technology for deploying LTE in unlicensed spectrum that was developed by U.S chipmaker Qualcomm. This new technology allows the standalone use of LTE in unlicensed spectrum. During a presentation at the Enterprise IoT Summit, which took place in Austin, Texas, earlier this...

Challenges and Choices in Next-Gen Wireless Network Planning

 Upgrading the LTE networks of today and planning and deploying the wireless technology of tomorrow can both benefit from a new approach using powerful 3D modeling tools for network planning. Driven by advances in the quality of geodata and the availability of computing power,...

MulteFire vs. LAA

MulteFire is a technology for deploying LTE in unlicensed spectrum that was developed by U.S chipmaker Qualcomm. This new technology allows the standalone use of LTE in unlicensed spectrum. MulteFire can be implemented for the deployment of mobile broadband data services and support VoLTE. It...

Construction boom good for in-building wireless industry

LAS VEGAS--Kyung Mun, principal analyst of firm Mobile Experts, told attendees of the 10th annual DAS and Small Cells Congress, that both anecdotal and U.S. Census Bureau-backed data demonstrates that there's an ongoing global construction boom that has been in an upswing since the...