COVID-19

Canadian telco Shaw Communications is temporarily laying off about 10% of its workforce, driven by the “extraordinary and unpredictable conditions” of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The company said that the …

The Verizon Media search engine has become a potentially life-saving COVID-19 tool  Last month, the White House unveiled its COVID-19 Open Research Data (CORD-19) initiative, an open source, big data …

Growing 5G conspiracy theories thought to be behind the attacks Attacks against cell towers appear to be spreading like wildfire. Just a week after three separate cell tower fires were …

Wireless is a critically important industry to our economy and society. And it is becoming even stronger and more important thanks to COVID-19. Certain industries will take a while to …

Medical experts say that India needs several thousand ventilators to address COVID-19 The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and state-owned electronics product manufacturer Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) are in …

PREVAIL NY project result of week-and-a-half engineering sprint As COVID-19 continues to take a toll on global healthcare systems, personal protective equipment like surgical and n95 masks are in short …

Moving forward, education and healthcare will lean on wireless technology more heavily, says Cradlepoint CMO One of the primary challenges of battling COVID-19 is delivering reliable connectivity to the millions …

Robots will be distributed to 20 hospitals that provide care for COVID-19 patients, said AIS exec Recent numbers reveal that Thailand has reported a total of 2,369 COVID-19 cases and …

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has put focus on various communications technologies, if only as an adjunct to disciplines like healthcare and government, and as a means to work and play …

Sigfox is offering to waive connectivity costs for US-based IoT projects developed on its connectivity infrastructure that seek to address critical challenges related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The French …

NVIDIA will add to COVID-19 efforts with expertise in AI, biology and large-scale computing optimizations The COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium, launched by the federal government last week, is a …

Celebrities are picking up 5G, COVID-19 theories, increasing their visibility Over the last few days, three separate cell tower fires have been reported in the U.K. and are suspected of …

U.K. carrier Vodafone has has written to the government calling for the planned auction of 5G spectrum to be dropped due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, local newspaper The Telegraph …

Listen to the podcast here When companies shift to remote work, they usually do it gradually, with a plan in place. But over the past few weeks, many companies have …

Verizon raised 2020 5G capex guidance as COVID-19 spread The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is unlikely to slow the pace of capital spending aimed at building out 5G wireless …

Qualcomm’s Dean Brenner and Alice Tornquist discuss funding connectivity and devices for students The developing COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a devastating blow to the global economy and upended day-to-day life …

Companies that provide a virtual connection between doctors and patients have reported significant spikes in traffic As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act signed into …

  French telecommunications regulator Arcep confirmed that all four mobile operators in the country are qualified to take part in an upcoming 5G spectrum auction, the regulator said in a …

Network operators told the FCC that voice has emerged as the “new killer app” In a call this week, wireless and wireline providers told Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai …

Roughly 85 million people are now working from home due to COVID-19 As a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 57.7% of the U.S. began working from home, according to …

Ericsson will help connect more children to their teachers while they wait out the threat of COVID-19 Last Thursday, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott announced the closure of all schools in …

MTS president says the carrier is seeing ‘serious changes in the structure of consumption of mobile Internet traffic’ COVID-19 continues to spread globally, and networks around the world are working …

  Chinese vendor Huawei recorded revenues of CNY858.8 billion ($123 billion) in 2019, up 19.1% year-on-year, while its net profit reached CNY62.7 billion, up 5. 6% versus 2018, the company …

As the U.S. Navy sends its two massive medical ships to New York City and Los Angeles to provide additional hospital beds and free up local resources to treat COVID-10 …

The coronavirus pandemic is turning the world on its head in many ways, and its impacts on networks are no exception. In some ways, the strains that is being placed …