Opinion

  I remember a number of years ago when Apple announced that iTunes would allow users to buy TV shows and movies. This seemed a bit strange: using iTunes which …

Unified communications is the name for a cloud-based service that lets companies use a growing and integrated variety of enterprise communications services. There are a growing number of providers in …

  The mobile telecommunications landscape has been changing over the past few years, particularly in the world’s developing economies.  With customers demanding expanded rural network rollout and cost competition putting …

The 802.1X standard for authenticating access to wired and wireless networks has met with a good deal of scrutiny in recent years. While 802.1X was considered a success when initially …

In Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn’s dissent from the lifting of Title II regulation on internet service providers, she called her statement a “eulogy.” Twitter users alternately cheered and mourned …

A phoned-in bomb threat delayed but didn’t derail a 3-2 party-line vote of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to undo Obama-era regulations governing net neutrality. After security officials swept the …

  When the speed of light is a drawback — you know it is time for a new approach! Over the past couple of years, it has been abundantly clear …

  To ensure reliable in-door wireless connectivity, industries across the board are turning to a distributed antenna system (DAS). A DAS typically comprises active electronics, usually a central hub connected …

Enterprises are adopting cloud-based services at an astounding rate. The numbers tell a story of explosive industry growth — Amazon Web Services recently reported $4.6 billion in revenue, up from …

The marketplace is only just beginning to realize how FirstNet it is a new and real growth opportunity for AT&T. What it does not yet understand is it is also …

Verizon (FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s former employer) stores were the target of pro-net neutrality protests, along with congressional offices: Protesters demonstrate outside Verizon stores, congressional offices to save net neutrality …

  Losing contact in modern society — physically, digitally — is a new kind of scary. We’ve seen this before: five years ago, Hurricane Sandy’s floodwaters and winds downed communications …

  With commercial 5G radios targeting mobile applications being a probable reality by 4Q18, both new entrants and existing vendors are ramping up their R&D efforts in the hope of …

Just over a year ago Comcast started talking about their upcoming re-entry into wireless. There was quite a bit of speculation about what this new service would look like and …

  As the modern workforce has become more mobile, businesses of all sizes and shapes have started to rely more and more on WLAN networks, with many questioning whether the …

As the world moves toward implementing LTE Enhanced and 5G mobile wireless technologies, buildings of all types will need in-building wireless systems to provide strong coverage and capacity. While mobile …

  In 2016, global IP traffic equaled 1.2 ZB per year; by 2021, it will reach 3.3 ZB per year – almost triple the traffic within just a few years’ …

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and VoIP are wireless technologies that the computer world has been using for decades. Designed to facilitate the exchange of data, most of our modern computer life depends …

The iPhone X has been with us for a while and now users are starting to develop real opinions. I’ve talked to many users of iPhone X, iPhone 8 and …

Push-to-Talk is on a rebound. Siyata Mobile is filling an important space in the changing wireless industry where there is a growing demand for PTT services. Some users and companies …

  For Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai, restoring an open internet has been a long time coming.  Since his days as a dissenting FCC Commissioner during the Obama …

Ajit Pai’s Federal Communications Commission is hitting its stride in regulatory rollbacks. On the agenda of this week’s meeting: axing a 40-year-old rule on media ownership that prevented a single …

  At a conference entitled Patents in Telecoms & the Internet of Things, at George Washington University in the District of Columbia last week, I was perturbed to hear a …

  Return on investment (ROI) is a good thing for any business, but unwarranted product returns and exchanges bleed precious cash from your coffers. Reverse-logistics costs caused by product returns …

Recently, I overheard someone complaining about the sudden avalanche of commercials and ads between every song they listen to on YouTube. Many users seem to have noticed how they have …