After leading the early automation revolution at the beginning of the 20th century, manufacturers are once again seeking a technological edge. A whopping 72% of manufacturing companies plan to significantly increase investment into digitization efforts in 2020. These manufacturers’ combined financial commitment is expected...
Telecoms operators must do more than just sell connectivity. It is a maxim that gets repeated, often, and always – and one that, in the end, becomes more like a stick to beat them with than a code of survival, as they fail over...
As the 5G digital services race begins, we now find communication service providers (CSPs) at various stages of planning, designing or deploying new infrastructure. The range of potential 5G use cases are huge. Everything from gaming to smart factories to VR-based entertainment. Unlike in...
South Korea was the first country to commercially launch a nationwide 5G network in April 2019, a feat made possible when all three of the mobile network operators in the country simultaneously switched on 5G. As we approach the first anniversary of that milestone...
As the headline suggests, this analysis should be seen in context. It offers only rapid arithmetic around the World Economic Forum’s (expanding) list of ‘lighthouse’ factories, which claim the most success with digital change. It considers the available data (the location and ownership of...
The rise in digital offerings created to meet heightened consumer expectations across many industries have carriers and venue owners scrambling to provide ubiquitous connectivity to support these needs in buildings. Luckily for carriers and venue owners, several wireless technologies, such as small cells, repeaters,...
Carrier networks need increased flexibility as they juggle 5G with legacy technologies
This year, carriers across the globe will be considering how they can cost-effectively roll out new 5G networks, whilst reducing complexity in their legacy 2G/3G/4G infrastructure.
In developing markets, carriers face the challenge of...
I’ve heard this song before…
Around 15 years ago, Apple was engaged in an advertising battle against Microsoft, in which the “cool computer company” poked fun at its competitor’s susceptibility to viruses. Of course, one of the reasons for that weakness, was the sheer size...
Data is vitally important for businesses today, supporting decisions ranging from optimizing production in real time to predicting (and avoiding) equipment failure. Many companies gather and analyze this data through IoT deployments that consist of sensors and gateway devices—the sensors take in data and...
Once again, the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas blew the roof off and got everyone salivating on what is being introduced and what is coming. Let me share with you some thoughts about what I learned at CES 2020, about certain companies...
2019 saw the introduction of Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 products, the long-awaited launch of 5G devices and services, the initial commercial rollout of shared spectrum, as well as increased global interest in private networks. In 2020, we expect these new standards, products and services to...
Itai Dadon, director of smart cities and IoT, Itron:
1. The finance industry takes an interest
“Cities continue to grow at a fast pace; at the same time, they are learning fast and their strategy around digital transformation is maturing, which is generating a lot of...
Every year, Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) conducts consumer experience tests on the major mobile networks in over 500 markets, representing 94% of the U.S. population. In addition, GWS annually surveys a representative sample of U.S. consumers to understand how consumers use their cell phones....
As we enter a new year, we find ourselves on the verge of a connectivity paradigm shift with 5G trials and networks seemingly lighting up every day. Indeed, 5G will be one of the most revolutionary technologies of the new decade, and there is...
Organizations will move IoT projects from proof-of-concept to proof-of-value
Ramya Ravichandar, vice president of product management, FogHorn:
“During proof-of-concept deployments in the last few years, many organizations have confirmed the benefits that IoT can bring to a wide variety of industries – and IoT spending is...
Cloudification of IoT accelerates
Philippe Guillemette, chief technology officer, Sierra Wireless:
“The complexities that companies experience building out and maintaining IoT infrastructure has hindered growth of the sector, leading to the failure of as many as 75 per cent of IoT projects.
“However, in 2020, we will see an...
Ajay Rane, vice president for global business development, Sigfox:
The IoT, and the networks that devices run on, are poised for growth and maturity in 2020. Key to this will be an expansion in network coverage, as well as a reduction in the cost of...
Steve Szabo, head of global products and solutions for IoT, Verizon Business:
"Digital transformation is a hot topic, but it is not a new topic. And it is, itself, transforming.
"In 2000, the degree to which a company could consider itself on a path to digital...
Donna Moore, chief executive and chairwoman, LoRa Alliance:
"Industrial IoT (IIoT) has advanced by leaps and bounds this year as companies have realized the amount of insight they could gain into their operations and resource utilization. There is no sign of activity slowing in 2020,...
Most would agree that while the wireless sector started 2019 off strong, it did not maintain its momentum for the whole year. Although 2019 wasn’t necessarily bad, it certainly wasn’t the sector’s best year in recent memory. Despite eye-catching headlines, much of this year’s...
Network monitoring and security issues are nothing new for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), but the game has changed; new threats, risks and opportunities are emerging now, re-focusing mobile operators on the need for end-to-end security both across and within their environments.
Consistent Quality of Experience...
While we don't know exactly when and how quickly the fifth generation of smartphone technology, or 5G, may spread beyond a handful of large cities, there's no debate about this: 5G is coming. All four major U.S. mobile operators now offer 5G service in...
While 2019 was the year the telecom industry and regulators increased their actions to address illegal robocalls with default call blocking and the launch of STIR/SHAKEN, 2020 will be the year that we see how these strategies unfold. By January 2020, the new FCC-endorsed ATIS-SIP Forum SHAKEN framework will...
Analyst house ABI Research has pulled together its big guns in each vertical sector to consider how technologywill change things in 2020 – or, rather, how it won’t. Some seasonal Scrooge-like myth-busting is timely and much-needed, it says.
“Knowing what won’t happen in technology in...
