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Will 5G Change the World? Massimo Peselli, Verizon Business (Ep. 13)

RCR Wireless News · Massimo Peselli Episode Driving 5G into high-value vertical industries Massimo Peselli of Verizon Business discusses organizational innovation and how an operator can effectively develop and sell solutions tailored to the needs of particular vertical enterprises like healthcare, retail and manufacturing. Stay updated on...

True Corporation turns ambulances into virtual ERs with 5G

Paramedics wear AR glasses to transmit images in real time to the hospital Thailand’s True Corporation and the Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital in Bangkok's Kannayao district are supporting the deployment of 5G technology in ambulances to make it possible for EMTs to better prepare patients for...

Verizon’s San Diego 5G deployment seen as critical for telehealth

San Diego's children hospital telehealth visits surged from 20 per week to 4,000 per week Verizon’s recent 5G expansion into San Diego included an agreement between the city and the operator which created a streamlined permitting process in exchange for a faster rollout of the...

Connected devices have a key role to play in era of pandemics (Reader Forum)

Technology has a history of helping to track and treat viruses. With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic, people are asking how new technologies such as the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and big data can slow down...

GE Healthcare, Microsoft launch cloud-based COVID-19 patient monitoring software

A single cloud-based software installation can monitor a 100-bed, multi-site ICU GE Healthcare is collaborating with Microsoft to launch a cloud-based COVID-19 patient monitoring software for health systems, and hospitals will only need to pay the installation costs for the software until January 2021. Pre-COVID-19, GE Healthcare’s Mural Virtual...

Semtech says LoRa devices optimize quarantine monitoring in China

  U.S. company Semtech said that several of its customers, including CIAAIoT, EasyLinkin, IOCA, RisingHF, and Winext Technology, have integrated Semtech’s LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol with cloud-based platforms developed by Chinese companies Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud, to deploy smarter Internet of Things...

Cradlepoint: ‘COVID-19 is transforming wireless tech in education, healthcare’

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 of students now attending classes from home. While the virus is affecting every single one...

Sigfox waives airtime fees for new IoT innovations to fight COVID-19 pandemic

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 firm’s US office has issued a called to the IoT community to “join forces” to...

Three industries are about to undergo a 5G-powered revolution (Reader Forum)

5G officially arrived this year. In certain parts of the US, it’s already providing AT&T users with upload speeds as fast as 500 megabytes per second and significantly reduced latency. It reached South Korea in 2018, and was launched in China in October by...

These three industries are about to undergo a 5G-powered revolution (Reader Forum)

5G officially arrived this year. In certain parts of the US, it’s already providing AT&T users with upload speeds as fast as 500 megabytes per second and significantly reduced latency. It reached South Korea in 2018, and was launched in China in October by...

Verizon inks deal to develop 5G use cases with Emory Healthcare

  Verizon and Emory Healthcare have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and test 5G use cases that could transform the healthcare industry, the U.S. carrier said in a release. As part of the partnership, Verizon lit up the Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH) with...

Verizon to test 5G for healthcare at Atlanta lab

  Verizon has turned up its 5G service at a healthcare lab in Atlanta, partnering with Emory Healthcare in a move to develop and test 5G use cases in the medical field. The carrier is providing 5G coverage at Emory's Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH), which...

ZTE, China Telecom complete 5G remote diagnosis of new coronavirus

ZTE also working with China Mobile on hospital network in Wuhan ZTE Corporation and China Telecom have realized what it claims to be China's first 5G remote diagnosis of the new coronavirus pneumonia backed up with the latest 5G technology, ZTE said in a release. The...

Cisco: ‘In 2020, we can stop arguing about whether 5G is here’

Mobile connectivity will soon become frictionless and omnipresent, according to Cisco According to Bob Everson, global director of mobility and 5G at Cisco, the debate about whether 5G is truly here will come to a close in 2020, and we will "actually experience what it...

Nokia on saving lives with private wireless (Reader Forum)

Digital technologies present many exciting opportunities for improving patient outcomes. Remote monitoring with medical sensors, shared access to patient records, personalized care plans, remote robotic surgery — and, the list goes on. However, something important is missing in many of these lists: rock-solid, secure (private)...

TIM ‘teleports’ doc to major 5G op – in front of 30,000 consultants 

A doctor in Rome has performed “major surgery” on a patient in an operating theatre in the city of Terni, 100 kilometres away, using virtual reality glasses and a 5G connection. The operation was live-streamed to 30,000 specialists and surgeons across the world. Actually,...

UPS gets ‘history making’ FAA approval for ‘drone airline’ – flying blind, fully-loaded, at night

Package delivery company UPS has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate a fleet of aerial delivery drones. The certification puts no limits on the size or scope of operations, and enables drones to operate ‘beyond visual line of sight’ (BVLOS)....

AT&T CFO on enterprise 5G opportunity, T-Mo/Sprint merger

John Stephens calls out 5G for hospitals, manufacturing AT&T currently has its millimeter wave-based 5G service, dubbed 5G+, available in 21 cities with plans for 29 by year-end and nationwide coverage by mid-2020. As the build out continues, company Chief Financial Officer John Stephens highlighted...

AT&T and VITAS Healthcare to offer VR, AR for hospice patients

VITAS also aims to use AT&T's 5G technology and Magic Leap headsets to help provide comfort for hospice patients   AT&T and end-of-life care provider VITAS Healthcare have jointly launched a study that intends to explore whether the use of 5G-based virtual reality and augmented reality...

AT&T and Chicago-area healthcare provider to use 5G in hospitals

  Rush said it expects to use AT&T’s 5G network as well as MEC technology  AT&T and Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center and the Rush System for Health are working together to bring the first standards-based, 5G-enabled hospital to the U.S. AT&T said that 5G technology will...

US to lead global IoT spending in 2019, IDC predicts

  IDC said global IoT spending will reach $745 billion this year   Internet of things spending in the United States is expected to reach $194 billion this year, according to a recent study by IDC. China will be the second-largest market for IoT, with annual spending of...

Why the world isn’t truly connected…yet (Reader Forum)

Even though it may seem like we are living in a completely connected world, we’re not. And, as the Internet of Things dramatically expands the number and scope of connected devices, the traditional communications connectivity model no longer delivers the kind of flexibility and...

Analyst Angle: The benefits of managed Wi-Fi solutions for the healthcare sector

Imagine a hospital in which wireless technology enables visitors, healthcare professionals and patients to roam anywhere throughout the facility, while providing continuous, accurate, and real-time monitoring. This vision can only become a reality through the integration of Wi-Fi technology as an integral part of...

Three market / application use cases for LTE-M (as prescribed by AT&T)

At its ‘Business Summit’ in Dallas this week, AT&T put major focus on its LTE-M network. Use cases are multiplying, it said. “I hear about new possibilities every day. Use cases are taking off – from asset tracking to connected healthcare, vehicle solutions and more,”...