Sprint CFO Tarek Robbiati says the struggling U.S. carrier is looking to the future and "5G" with its as-yet unspecified network improvement plans, which revolve around a densification strategy.
Robbiati made the remarks this week during Deutsche Bank's Media, Internet and Telecom conference.
“We’re not building a...
Builds on 5G MoU signed by Ericsson, China Mobile
Ericsson said it is joining China Mobile's 5G Joint Innovation Center program to accelerate development of next-generation wireless networks. The program looks to establish a cross-industry ecosystem and setting up an open lab to provide a...
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...
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...
Low oil prices mean petroleum producers need to spend and invest more carefully than ever, and the "Internet of Things" is helping. Last year, Royal Dutch Shell realized a $1 million return on an $87,000 investment in digital technology to monitor oilfields in some...
Initiatives like Germany’s Industrie 4.0 and Made in China 2025 seed regional IoT economy
The "Internet of Things" promises to connect 20 billion previously unconnected objects by 2020. As the IoT takes shape, some global regions, largely due to government-led planning, are emerging as likely...
Smart home efforts target European telcos and verticals
Dutch telecom operator KPN signed a deal with Deutsche Telekom to offer smart home services in the Netherlands. The service, called KPN Smartlife, was introduced last year via customer trials and is now available to its customer...
Smart City Challenge finalists take part in Google initiative
The U.S Department of Transport has partnered with Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, to develop Flow, a data and analytics platform designed to create a management and monitoring system for public transportation.
Flow...
SK Telecom said it will invest $84 million over 2 years on IoT plans
SK Telecom bolstered its support for the “Internet of Things,” announcing plans to build a nationwide low-power wide-area network this year, developing IoT-dedicated modules and upgrading its IoT platform. The moves...
The solution uses a GIS-based management system
Huawei, looking to grow its industrial "Internet of Things" portfolio, launched a smart city connected lighting solution designed with multilevel intelligent control.
Huawei said its solution connects street lamps to the IoT and adopts a GIS-based management system, enabling...
SXSW panel: smart cities use intelligent infrastructure to keep up with urbanization
AUSTIN, Texas – “Cities are on the rise,” proclaimed Harvard University's Rosabeth Moss Kanter during a panel discussion at this week's South by Southwest event. “Technology is the big hope.”
Kanter, chair and director...
Smart City Challenge finalists competing for $50 million in support of transportation innovation
AUSTIN, Texas – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the seven finalist cities in the Smart City Challenge funding completion. Austin, Texas, was among the seven finalists, with Foxx making...
Google opened its pay-as-you-go mobile service to the entire country and discounted the network's flagship handset, the LG Nexus 5X. Google's Project Fi, which relies on Wi-Fi with cellular backup from the Sprint and T-Mobile US networks, was initially available by invitation only before...
Google calls it a learning experience; chalks collision with bus up to sandbags in the road
In pursuit of an autonomous driving future, Google has run its self-driving cars through extensive road testing. But, in a first of its kind accident, one of the Google...
AT&T adds support with Vodafone to GM divisions in Europe; expands Audi, signs Porsche in NA
AT&T Mobility continues to bolster its worldwide connected car presence, announcing a handful of deals with European automakers at this week’s Mobile World Congress event.
The domestic telecom operator...
After some missteps, NB-IoT is poised to revolutionize low-power, wide-area networks
BARCELONA, Spain – Narrow-band "Internet of Things" networks, which are slated for standardization by 3GPP this year, could be commercially deployed in support of machine communications as early as 2017.
That was the message communicated...
NB-IoT Forum members look to revolutionize underserved LPWA market
BARCELONA, Spain – With billions of previously unconnected objects being added to cellular networks as the "Internet of Things" takes shape, what’s the right low-power, wide-area solution?
The NB-IoT Forum thinks narrow-band IoT technology, which set for...
The U.S. Department of Transportation, looking ahead to smart city projects of the future, plans to award $160 million to improve traffic congestion, make cities safer, deal with climate change, improve access to city services and more.
The Smart City Challenge, part of the investment...
Volvo and Ericsson are teaming up to add experiential in-car technology designed to provide the infotainment passengers want in a future of autonomous vehicles.
At the Consumer Electronics Show last month, the two companies announced an joint research and development initiative around intelligent, high-bandwidth in-vehicle...
Low-power, wide-area IoT network also being deployed in 10 U.S. cities
Adding to its European dedicated "Internet of Things" network, provider Sigfox plans to expand its low-power, wide-area network into Germany, which has undertaken a national IoT initiative with Industrie 4.0.
The Sigfox network is active...
LinkNYC, an ambitious project to convert old New York City phone booths in public Wi-Fi access points, is still in the beta phase, but project backer Qualcomm is looking forward to the impact smart cities technology will have in an era marked by massive...
On this episode of HetNet Happenings, host Sean Kinney, managing editor at RCR Wireless News, learns about antenna concealment solutions from Jon Fitzhugh, CEO of Colorado-based ConcealFab. Fitzhugh highlights how concealment solutions can help ease deployments, as well as how it's important to produce...
Having already racked up 1.4 million miles on the road, Google is expanding its testing program for self-driving cars to Kirkland, Washington.
According to an announcement posted to the companies Google+ page: "We've chosen your beautiful city by Lake Washington as the next location of...
Cisco buys software platform behind AT&T Drive and other IoT solutions
Cisco Systems said it's acquiring "the industry’s leading IoT service platform" with its purchase of Silicon Valley's Jasper Technologies for $1.4 billion. Jasper's "Internet of Things" platform is designed to automate the management of...
