Ericsson's Peter Linder discusses 5G for the enterprise
During a panel discussion at Mobile World Congress Americas, Ericsson's Peter Linder, head of 5G marketing in North America, shared his perspective on how 5G will drive new value and business outcomes for a variety of enterprise...
Brick and mortar retailers and restaurants are facing tremendous competition from online giants while having to adapt to fast-changing customer needs quickly. The rapidly expanding ownership of smartphones and other handheld devices is revolutionizing the retail and restaurant industries, and consumers are increasingly relying on...
Sigfox said it will focus on Russia, China and India to boost growth next year
French internet of things connectivity provider Sigfox is looking to expand its operations in the U.S. market, with special focus on a number of key verticals, Franck Siegel, Sigfox’s chief...
The new facilities will be located in Washington DC, Palo Alto, Waltham and Los Angeles
Verizon will open four new 5G Labs this year, with the aim of accelerating the development of 5G use cases.
The carrier said that the new 5G Labs – to be...
Hudson Fiber Network deal adds metro optical networks to ExteNet holdings
ExteNet Systems co-founder and 16-year CEO Ross Manire announced his retirement on Sept. 4; he is succeeded by Jim Hyde who most recently served as president of Sprint's Prepaid Group, Wholesale, Affiliates and Strategic Partnerships.
ExteNet...
The Scottish government has invested a total of $3.5 million in this IoT project
Business in Scotland will benefit from a new internet of things network launched through a private-public initiative.The new network, called IoT Scotland, will enable all businesses to have the ability to...
In move to connected everything, still "significant gap in infrastructure," SQUAN exec says
New Jersey-based network infrastructure design/build firm SQUAN today announced that John Ferrara will serve as the company's new chief financial officer. Former CFO for TheStreet and most recently CFO for consulting firm...
Huawei recently announced plans to increase annual spending in R&D
While competitors Nokia and Ericsson both reported flat to down sales, Chinese network infrastructure vendor Huawei reported revenues of CNY 325.7 billion ($47.8 billion) for the first half of the year, an increase of 15%...
Enterprises have an increasing number of choices for wireless network technology, with private LTE starting to emerge as a viable option for enterprise deployments. With new options come tough decisions about network management, maintenance, optimization and troubleshooting.
RCR Wireless News breaks down the various flavors...
Wi-Fi’s massive success (more than half of mobile device traffic is over Wi-Fi) has not stopped Wi-Fi from evolving. Wi-Fi continues to improve in performance, ease of use, and its ability to meet demanding use cases, such as voice, real-time high-definition video, IoT applications,...
Threat intelligence a key part of risk management strategy
Threat intelligence solutions were a primary motivator of AT&T's acquisition of AlienVault, which is expected to close in Q3 this year. To get a better understanding of the operator's goals with the acquisition, RCR Wireless News posed...
AT&T expects acquisition of open-source cybersecurity AlienValut specialist later this year
As AT&T continues down its network virtualization efforts using the open-source Open Networking Automation Platform (ONAP), the operator has acquired cybersecurity firm AlienVault, which uses open-source software to provide what the companies call "threat...
Private networks another potential boon to enterprise data center segment
Adoption of cloud-based services has long been transforming the way business functions. In addition to investing big to access public cloud's like those operated by Google and Amazon, investments in on-premise enterprise data center infrastructure...
IoT boosts WLAN market for enterprise-class outdoor products.
The wireless local area network (WLAN) is far from dead. On the contrary, the internet of things (IoT), emerging markets and startups will grow the enterprise-class and outdoor WLAN product market to over 35% greater than 2017...
Over the last several years we have seen the communications industry go through an enormous and rapid transformation in area after area. Small- and mid-size business customers see unified communications as one of these sweeping trends. Eventually, as UC continues to grow, every company...
Flexibility, scalability, time-to-market key drivers of SDN adoption
Software-defined networking (SDN) provides the management and orchestration tools needed to operate increasingly complex and increasingly virtualized networks. For operators, SDN creates efficiencies related to both spectral and network resource allocation, as well as related to level...
Regardless of the hyperbole constantly hammered home by marketing departments, IoT as a tangible entity is embryonic. We’re at the very early stages of the IoT learning curve, so it should be no surprise that the success rate for IoT adopters has been in...
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has warned enterprises all over the world are face a “nightmare” with the security of everyday devices connecting to their networks. Manufacturers of new ‘internet of things’ (IoT) devices are not thinking about security by design,...
At the recent 5G North America and Big Communications Event in Austin, Texas, the fanfare about 5G was not surprising. However, what continues to surpass expectations is the level of eagerness for it among enterprises, the breadth of potential use cases, and the accelerated...
With 5G, "There's more ways to get paid"
The implications of 5G reach much further than providing carriers with new ways to offer consumer-facing services. With its native support for massive internet of things and ultra reliable low latency communications, 5G will serve as a...
Zinwave CTO says OnGo is 'the space to watch'
The 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band is poised of offer both operator and other market entrants prioritized access to valuable new spectrum in support of private LTE, the internet of things (IoT) and...
Non-carrier interests push FCC for parity in access to CBRS spectrum
In the U.S. mobile operators aren't the only businesses who can make beneficial use of spectrum. For operators tasked with delivering more and more capacity to keep up with consumer usage, more spectrum is...
DAS and digital electricity combine to solve in-building wireless coverage and capacity needs
With more than 5 million-square-feet of retail, office, hotel, restaurant space, Michigan Plaza has a complicated set of needs related to in-building wireless. In addition to being a LEED-certified complex with Low-E...
The Small Cell Forum also forecasts carriers in the region to install almost 850,000 small cells by 2025
North American enterprise are forecast to deploy a total of 400,000 small cells during 2018, up compared to 292,000 the previous year, according to a recent study...
