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Zigbee and DALI to improve compatibility of smart lighting connectivity and control

The Zigbee Alliance and the Digital Illumination Interface Alliance (DiiA), the organisation for DALI lighting control, are working together to bring further standardisation and system interoperability to IoT-based luminaires in the smart lighting space. The pair said the collaboration will help realise the benefits of combining...

#TBT: Verizon makes an Oath; Spoiling AT&T’s Straight Path buy; Xfinity Mobile launches … this week in 2017

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Verizon lays out...

The Sunday Brief: Earnings parade–Part 1–why is Tom Rutledge smiling?

Super Game Sunday greetings from Kansas City (H&R Block Headquarters pictured) and Charlotte.  The Patterson household is eagerly awaiting the 49ers/ Chiefs matchup and the return of the Vince Lombardi trophy to the City of Fountains.  Regardless of the outcome, there is no doubt...

The Sunday Brief: Comcast’s earnings–implications for the telecommunications industry

Late January greetings from Charlotte, where one of the start-ups I am advising, Lucid Drone Technologies, won two awards this week (pictured are the happy founders David Danielson, Andrew Ashur, and Adrian Mayans). The Charlotte Inno Fire award includes a red blazer which Adrian...

New Comcast gateway helps customers manage their complex digital homes

Comcast says its xFi Advanced Gateway is the 'fastest, smartest and most powerful Wi-Fi device on the planet' LAS VEGAS - Comcast representatives took time out of the nonstop Consumer Electronics Show activity to sit down with RCR Wireless News to talk about the company’s...

Regulators make first cross-border STIR-SHAKEN call to ‘digitally fingerprint’ robocalls

As a bipartisan bill to combat robocalls head to President Donald Trump's desk, the Federal Communications Commission and the Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission continue to pursue broader deployment of a standards-based call authentication framework designed to help better identify -- and hopefully, reduce...

Comcast’s pre-installed Wi-Fi gives residents ‘near-instant’ access

More than 74% of multi-family housing residents cited pre-installed Wi-Fi solutions as an important amenity Following trials that yielded “exceptional results,” Comcast’s Xfinity Communities unveiled Wi-Fi Ready, an offering in which wireless modems  are pre-installed in multifamily units. The logic behind the offer is simple:...

Smart Construction: More Than a Worthy Investment

  Construction companies are quickly adopting artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, and IoT networking to drive efficiencies and maximize operating margins. That’s because tech companies have figured out how to make it easy. As the engineering and construction industries continue to grow, especially in North America, an...

The Sunday Brief: Verizon, Charter and Comcast 3Q earnings review

Greetings from the Mile-High City, the Queen City, and the City of Angels.  Attendees of the Mobile World Congress – Americas were greeted with multi-story advertisements on buildings touting original content, a reminder that investment in the TMT (telecom/ media/ technology) industry can take...

Comcast and Charter’s MVNOs are disrupting the postpaid market, Tutela finds

The new MVNO kids are the block have set their sights on the coveted postpaid market, and they are succeeding in capturing a large chunk of growth while offering an experience that generally meets and can even succeed the experience of the underlying network(s)...

Kagan: What to expect as Altice Mobile enters wireless

First, Comcast entered the world of wireless a few years ago with Xfinity Mobile. Then, a year later Charter entered with Spectrum Mobile. Since that time, we have been waiting for Altice to enter and that’s just what they did recently with Altice Mobile....

Zigbee certified IoT products and platforms passes 3,000-mark with Amazon

The number of certified Zigbee IoT products and platforms in the market for smart homes and cities has passed 3,000, according to the Zigbee Alliance. The alliance’s certification programme seeks to establish quality standards and levels of interoperability among Zigbee products for product developers,...

Comparing cable company wireless offerings: Comcast, Charter, Altice USA

5G technology will more closely tie cable and wireless together than ever before It has been sometime since cable companies Comcast and Charter announced that they will be expanding into the wireless space. The impending 5G technology has more closely tied cable and wireless together...

Kagan: Congrats to Sprint and T-Mobile on merger. What’s next?

Congratulations to T-Mobile US and Sprint on finally getting DoJ merger approval. This has been one helluva ride, and it’s not over yet, but we are closer than ever. Now that the deal is done, what comes next? Let’s take a closer look at...

Carriers detail their work on fighting robocalls

At an FCC summit on robocalls, major service providers discussed their progress on testing and implementation of the SHAKEN/STIR specifications aimed at combatting robocalls and illegal call spoofing. The STIR/SHAKEN specifications aim to authenticate and verify the identity of the party that is calling, including...

Amazon, Comcast, NXP, Schneider develop Zigbee interoperability updates

The Zigbee Alliance is coordinating efforts from the likes of Amazon, Comcast, Landis+Gyr, NXP, Osram and Schneider Electric to make smart home and IoT products easier to develop, deploy, and sell across ecosystems. The new All Hubs Initiative, driven by a Zigbee Alliance workgroup, is...

Kagan: Creating sticky bundle is key to maintaining customer base

Innovation, new competitors and a changing industry are both a threat and an opportunity. Something I call the “sticky-bundle” is helping existing companies hang onto and stabilize their customer base as their industry transforms around them. Let me explain how and why the sticky-bundle...

Altice USA latest cable co to eye 3.5 GHz CBRS band

Altice, Comcast, Charter all interested in CBRS In the U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to open up the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band under a shared access model that prioritizes users based on a three-tier licensure scheme. One of...

Zigbee claims record sales with surge in lighting, meters and climate control

Annual shipments of Zigbee chipsets will reach one billion by 2023, mostly in smart home sensors, accounting for 85 per cent of IEEE 802.15.4 mesh network devices. Half a billion Zigbee chipsets are already circulation, according to research firm ON World. The Zigbee Alliance said...

With Spectrum Mobile launch, Charter joins Comcast in MVNO space

Charter and Comcast are both using Verizon spectrum for mobile services As traditional cable companies increasingly enter the wireless area and wireless companies look to leverage their networks to provide mobile video content, Charter Communications entered the fray June 30 with the launch of its...

Comcast expanding enterprise IoT base with utility, ag customers

Enabling enterprise IoT applications key focus of Comcast's LoRaWAN network As cable-giant Comcast continues to build on its core business with services typically dominated by more traditional wireless operators, its Xfinity Mobile MVNO play, for instance, the Philadelphia-based company continues to grow its enterprise IoT...

Qualcomm adds auto, cable execs to board of directors

Ford's former CEO Mark Fields and Comcast's Vice Chairman Neil Smit join Qualcomm's board of directors Qualcomm has appointed two new directors to its board of directors: former president and CEO of Ford Motor Company, Mark Fields, and Kornelis (Neil) Smit, vice chairman of Comcast. The men...

#TBT: HSN hawks cell phones; Comcast ditches Nextel, backs bid on Irish spectrum … this week in 1995

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! HSN to hawk...

Comcast launches IoT solution for water utilities via new partnership

The new IoT-based solution combines Comcast’s IoT service machine with Neptune LoRa-enabled water meters Comcast’s internet of things service, machineQ, and U.S water technology company, Neptune Technology Group, have announced a collaboration on an IoT solution designed to accelerate smart city projects focused on advanced...