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#TBT: Mobile data use surges; Mobile advertising ramps up; Sprint, Clearwire tensions … this week in 2010

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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Mobile data use...

Ericsson and Google partner on cloud RAN

A cloud-native architecture allows operators to build and run scalable applications in public, private and hybrid clouds environments Ericsson and Google Cloud are jointly developing a cloud RAN solution on Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) to help communications service providers (CSPs) optimize RAN infrastructure and get...

‘This is not convergence’ – divergence, Darwinism and the death of IoT Inc

The big message from the big massacre in ‘massive’ IoT – which has seen high-takes vendors written-down and high-stakes gamblers written-off – is that it is not a massacre at all. It is a general abandonment; a yellow-bellied resignation by the self-appointed commanders in...

MIOTY makes its way to Mexico – with Google, Honeywell, Continental, Safran

The MIOTY Alliance, the industrial IoT group, formed in early 2020 by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) to shepherd its burgeoning MIOTY technology into the crowded low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT space, has struck a deal with FábricaDigital in Mexico, described as a...

#TBT: Google activating half a million devices a day; iPad dominates US tablet use; LightSquared’s future up in the air … this week in 2011

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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Google hits half...

#TBT: Waiting for the ‘killer app’; Who needs 3G?; Tearing down the garden wall … this week in 2001

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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Waiting for the...

Argentina allocates the 6 GHz band to boost Wi-Fi 6 adoption

The government of Argentina said the decision to allocate the 6 Ghz for Wi-Fi 6 will enable this technology to be available for universities, large industrial factories and also for residential users The Argentine government confirmed it will allocate the entire 6 GHz band to...

Google to build two more data centers in Ohio

The data centers will support the development of artificial intelligence technology and other tools, said Google Google revealed plans this week to build two more data centers in Ohio. The additions, which Google said will support the development of artificial intelligence technology and other tools,...

Betacom joins with Google, Ingram, Intel, Qualcomm to streamline private 5G

US network design and services firm Betacom has pulled a bunch of ecosystem partners together into a go-to-market club around its private 4G and 5G offer. The group – which numbers 15, and includes Google Cloud, Intel, Ingram Micro, and Qualcomm, among others –...

Kagan: AI makes us smarter and dumbs us down at the same time

We get so excited about all the advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) from companies and developments like Chatbot and generative AI. This is a new and exciting opportunity for investors, workers, governments and individuals. That being said, there are two sides to every coin....

Kagan: AI chatbot technology spreads from Microsoft to Google

Artificial Intelligence (AI) suddenly seems to be on everyone’s radar, growing in leaps and bounds. Microsoft was first to embrace this new chatbot technology with their Bing and Edge internet browsers for search. They just introduced Copilot, which brings AI to Microsoft 365. This...

New Samsung UWB chipset for auto and IoT; plus new short-range portfolio brand

Samsung Electronics has announced its first ultra-wideband (UWB) chipset, the Exynos Connect U100, for use in mobile, automotive, and IoT devices. The new hardware solution offers precise distance measurements, down to “single-digit centimetres”, reckons the South Korean firm. It has introduced the U100 as...

Application layer DDoS attacks: What is an HTTP(S) flood?

HTTP flood is the most common type of application layer DDoS attacks Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks refer to a malicious actor or actors temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network to render an entire network or website unavailable. There are...

Deutsche Telekom launches its own 5G phones in Germany

Deutsche Telekom said the new devices were developed based upon the expertise and economies of scale created by T-Mobile US’s own brand “REVVL” line of smartphones German carrier Deutsche Telekom has launched its own 5G smartphones in its home market with the aim of increasing...

It’s game over for Google Stadia

First launched in November 2019, the cloud gaming platform failed to capture enough excitement from consumers Google has officially closed the doors on its cloud gaming platform. First launched in November 2019, the platform failed to capture enough excitement from consumers. Now, Google is focusing...

Tech workforce hit again: Google cuts 12,000 jobs

Layoffs began immediately in the U.S.; other countries will follow, says Google CEO Google is the latest technology giant to announce mass layoffs amid ongoing economic challenges hitting the sector. CEO Sundar Pichai sent an email to the company’s staff Friday indicating that jobs cuts...

KORE signs deal with Google Cloud to pair IoT and AI functions, drive sales

Google Cloud and KORE have signed a multi-year go-to-market alliance to pair the former’s data analytics capabilities with the latter’s IoT connectivity services. KORE suggested it is the “first time” that Google Cloud will offer an IoT platform and IoT solutions for healthcare, fleet,...

Ericsson quits IoT – agrees sale of loss-making IoT Accelerator business to Aeris

Ericsson has agreed to sell its IoT business, including its IoT Accelerator connectivity management platform and Connected Vehicle Cloud platform, to California-based IoT provider Aeris. The Swedish firm said its IoT business, expected to post net sales of SEK 0.8 billion ($76.85 million) in...

#TBT: Google plans a push in mobile; Handset locking and portability, oh my; Alltel acquired by PE … this week in 2007

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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! FCC wants faster...

Matter 1.0 arrives, at last – with test labs, test tools, and mission to make IoT easier

The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) this week confirmed the release of the 1.0 launch-version of the new Matter connectivity specification for interoperability of IoT products, mainly in the smart home environment. This initial release will support various smart home products, including lighting and electrical,...

Deutsche Telekom set to launch its own 5G smartphone in Europe

Deutsche Telekom aims to make the 5G smartphones available in Germany in early 2023 German carrier Deutsche Telekom said it aims to launch its own 5G smartphones across its European footprint with the aim of increasing the consumer access to 5G. The T Phone 5G smartphone...

Ofcom launches probe into cloud market competition

AWS, Microsoft and Google combined generate about 81% of revenues in the U.K. public cloud infrastructure services market British media regulator Ofcom has initiated an investigation into whether Amazon, Microsoft and Google’s cloud computing dominance is a threat to market competition. In a statement that acknowledged...

NIST, Google to co-develop domestic R&D chips

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Google have signed an agreement to cooperate on semiconductor development for license-free, domestically produced chips to support technology and product R&D. The chips will be manufactured in Bloomington, Minnesota, by SkyWater Technology, which has a chip...

Ericsson, Nokia, Google demo multiple network slices on Android 13

URSP support lets one handset juggle enterprise and consumer slices at the same time In separate announcements, Nokia and Ericsson recently confirmed they had worked with Google to demonstrate support for multiple network slices on a Google Pixel 6 Pro handset, operating Android 13. The...