Silver Spring Networks told investors almost a year ago about a significant new customer that the company could not yet name. Today, the developer of IPv6-based IoT solutions said the customer is Oklahoma Gas & Electric, which wants to connect 250,000 LED street lights...
Hardware makers are racing to connect almost every kind of industrial machine to the internet, and they know the value of connectivity increases exponentially when those machines can talk to one another. Interoperability is one of the biggest challenges foreseen by the makers of...
Move may be tied to potential U.S. supply chain disruption.
ZTE is reportedly trimming its workforce by 5% as the Chinese company faces the potential loss of access to chipsets from U.S. suppliers. The United States government is set to impose sanctions...
Verizon Wireless is teaming up with the chipmaker that calls itself the leader in advanced embedded system solutions for innovative devices.
Verizon and Cyrpress Semiconductor said their partnership will bring robust wireless connectivity with end-to-end security to "internet of things" developers by incorporating Verizon's ThingSpace...
Cisco, Ruckus target hospitality and education with new switches; Broadcom supplies chipsets.
Hospitality and education are two of the more important markets for companies that make Ethernet switches and routers, and in both of these environments the quality of the network is...
Test company MTS Systems is looking into whether some of its employees in China violated the company's code of conduct in regards to associating with a competitor – and the rank of the employees involved is delaying the company's financial reporting.
The audit committee of...
In partnership with Ericsson, the 4.5G test reached access speeds of more than 500 Mbps
Italian mobile operator TIM completed a field trial of "4.5G" technology in Turin, with download speeds of more than 500 megabits per second on a single data connection on a live LTE...
Dell announced yesterday that new systems integrators have been added to the Dell IoT Solutions Partner Program, which currently has an ecosystem of more than 50 independent software vendors. These new additions to the program include Action Point, Datatrend Technologies, L&T Technology Services and Mobiliya.
“Our partnership with Dell will help engineer solutions...
Texas Wireless Summit 2016 announced that this year's event, to be held on Oct. 18, will feature the first-ever public demonstration of Ericsson and AT&T "5G" millimeter wave technology.
Millimeter wave is an essential and fundamental component for 5G, and AT&T's plans of developing its next-generation mobile network....
Last week I attended the AT&T Industry Analyst Summit. Wireless is going to play an increasingly large and important role at the company going forward, but the story is much bigger than that. The analyst community was filled in on everything AT&T at this...
5 things to know today ...
1. T-Mobile US resolved another early-morning network outage on Friday. The company said in a statement that "there were some calling issues nationwide for some time." It is unclear how many people were impacted. Several users aired their frustrations...
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is reportedly studying a list of potential takeover targets as the company plans a transition from a content delivery network to a content creation network. AMC Networks, Discovery and Scripps Networks were all named by Bloomberg as potential AT&T takeover...
Environments too harsh for wires
OneProd, producers of predictive maintenance monitoring equipment aimed at preventing unexpected breakdowns in industrial production tools, looked to deploy a wireless data acquisition system that could operate in harsh environments.
Traditionally, OneProd used wired data acquisition systems, however, they were costly...
Smartphone sales are expected to peak in North America and Europe next year, and then start to decline as the smartphone becomes just one of many connected devices. No one is more aware of this forecast than Qualcomm, the leading supplier of mobile processors...
Increasing internet connectivity, just not for "things"
The growth of the internet in Latin America has been swift in the past few years, due largely to the mobile network and smartphone boom in countries like Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Argentina, according to the Latin Post....
Greenwave Systems today announced that it has acquired Predixion Software, a developer of real-time edge analytics software for the "internet of things," for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will give Greenwave’s AXON Platform improved visual analytics, enabling real-time data insights across its connected networks, according...
When Microsoft bought Nokia in 2014, it brought a dying captain onto a burning ship (or should we say, platform.) Nokia, once the leader in mobile phone sales, was on a downward spiral into irrelevance only helped out by its unflinching loyalty to Microsoft's...
ETSI plugfest to feature live road tests in Italy
A two-week live test event in Livorno, Italy, will put intelligent transport systems from a number of global companies on the road and under scrutiny for interoperability and standards conformance.
The plugfest, focused on vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure...
Reliance and Aircel will both own a 50% stake in creatively titled new entity called MergedCo
Indian telecommunications operator Reliance Communications and rival mobile operator Aircel announced the signing of definitive documents for the merger of their Indian wireless businesses, which represents the largest consolidation in...
In 2015, purchases through Apple Pay and Android Pay passed $540M
In-app purchases and website retail payments are projected to drive annual spend via Apple Pay and Android Pay up to $8 billion in 2018, compared $540 million this year, according to a recent study...
3M today posted an official recall notice of its original tower climber Lad-Saf sleeve. After 30 years of use, the popular fall protection equipment has been replaced by a redesigned "next-generation" Lad-Saf sleeve.
According to the recall, 3M and its fall protection subsidiary Capital Safety...
Virtual reality gaming. Real-time digital collaboration "walls" for remote work. Interactive, 3D digital projections for learning.
Those are a few of the possibilities for the connected home envisioned in a new aspirational video from CableLabs. Watch it below or on CableLabs' website.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kTeavB3IGg
Phil McKinney, president and...
1. New rules governing the commercial use of drones take effect in the U.S. today. The Federal Aviation Administration will no longer need to grant an exemption from existing regulations to every business that wants to use drones. However, a person operating a drone...
