News & Event Coverage

Huawei is planning a commercial trial of NB-IoT in Q4 Huawei announced the large-scale commercialization of its end-to-end narrowband “internet of things” solution will take place starting next year. The Chinese …

DALLAS – The Small Cell Forum published its latest technical guide detailing best practices for operators planning to deploy network functions virtualization. Small cell virtualization is expected to be a …

What goes into making IoT devices successful? RCR Wireless News spoke with Kailash Narayanan, VP and GM at Keysight Technologies, for his perspective on critical components for the success of “internet …

The Ericsson board of directors has appointed Börje Ekholm to be president and CEO of the company effective Jan. 16, 2017. Ekholm will also remain a member of the board. …

Apple on Thursday released a new Macbook Pro design, the first time it has seen a refresh in four years. It has all but killed off its popular Air line of …

Microsoft wants “3D for everyone,” shows off HoloLens Microsoft set the bar during its Windows 10 “Creators Update” keynote yesterday, just a day before Apple’s highly anticipated Mac event. The …

Microchip Technology, a provider of microcontroller (MCU), mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, and Sigfox, an LPWA network provider, today launched the industry’s first FCC-certified, fully integrated RF transceiver and kits …

IoT processors from Intel Earlier this week at IoT Solutions World Congress, Intel announced the next generation of the Intel Atom processors for IoT applications. The new Intel Atom E3900 series is …

Partnerships, ecosystems and platforms took center stage as the IoT industry gathered at IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona this week. The organizers of Internet of Things (IoT) conference IoT Solutions …

Industrial IoT 5G Insights discussed the emergence of fog computing with Cisco, Prismtech and the Open Fog Consortium at IOT Solutions World Congress. While cloud-centric Internet of Things (IoT) platforms …

Panel discussion: the Internet of Things (IoT) industry has a unique opportunity to enforce ethical data use right from the start. The billions of things that are expected to get …

Google Fiber, a slowly sinking ship Google Fiber will be halting its operations in 10 “potential Fiber cities” while it refines its approaches, according to a blog post by Craig …

HOUSTON–Carriers, vendors and municipalities around the world are embracing smart city technology–sensors, cameras, smart meters and other IoT devices–meant to drive urban quality-of-life. As cities gain intelligence and process become …

New deal will provide IoT connectivity for Tractive’s wearables and tracking devices Orange Business Service (OBS), the business services arm of French telecommunications group Orange, has added a new contract in the …

Microsoft presented updates to its cloud-based Internet of Things suite, Microsoft Azure IoT, including a security program. Internet of Things (IoT) devices are under increased scrutiny following massive distributed denial …

A number of industry leaders at IOT Solutions World Congress highlighted the importance of industrial IoT test beds in making the Industrial IoT a reality. When the Industrial Internet Consortium …

Last week, 51,777 cans of beer were shipped on what will go down as the first commercial shipment by an autonomous vehicle. Otto, Uber’s recently purchased self-driving trucking company, partnered …

While a vast majority of business leaders expect the industrial IoT to become a reality very soon, only a minority are ready for it. The industrial Internet of Things (industrial …

Senet partners with IoT-focused water company Senet, the North American provider of public, low-power, wide-area networks (LPWANs) for long range (LoRa)-based internet of things (IoT) applications, today announced Trimble will …

HetNet Expo opens with emphasis on streamlined small cell and DAS deployments to support in-building wireless today, 5G tomorrow HOUSTON–The vision of 5G–ultra-dense networks and pervasive in-building wireless cellular connectivity–won’t …

A major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Friday knocked out access to major websites including Netflix, Reddit, Spotify and Airbnb. As security experts have concluded, the attack was …

Called Luca, the big data unit offers three lines of business Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica launched a new big data services unit as part of the telco’s strategy to become a …

HONG KONG–Qualcomm hosted its 4G/5G Summit this week, and announced solutions to increase mobile data speeds and enable the IoT.  The event was highlighted by three major releases: Qualcomm 400 …

New Juniper Research study projects more than 2 billion will use mobile banking by 2021;  banks are becoming concerned about competition from tech firms More than 2 billion mobile users will have …