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Comcast Business adds Direct Link to IBM Cloud platform

In a move said to support greater connection speed, reliability and security compared with an open internet connection, Comcast Business partners with IBM. Comcast is looking to take advantage of the latest in cloud technology, announcing that its enterprise-focused operation is now...

Sigfox selects LuxCarta for global IoT geodata requirements

The Sigfox IoT network currently reaches 30 countries French low power wide area network (LPWAN) operator Sigfox has selected LuxCarta to provide its latest countrywide geodata data sets. LuxCarta has provided geodata for more than 50 countries in the past two years in support of the...

IoT Cybersecurity Alliance to focus on security challenges

AT&T, IBM and Nokia part of founding group of companies targeting IoT security. AT&T, IBM, Nokia, Palo Alto Networks, Symantec and Trustonic formed the IoT Cybersecurity Alliance, with a focus on helping enterprises tackle security challenges tied to the internet of things. AT&T...

Ericsson and IBM announce 5G base station chip

Ericsson and IBM said they have created an integrated circuit designed for use in future "5G" base stations. The companies announced the first reported silicon-based millimeter wave phased array antenna module operating at 28 GHz. The 28 GHz band is being used by both AT&T...

Kagan: Is AI man versus machine?

Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest areas of growth and transformation we have ever seen. The next step is integrating itself and working with wireless and wireline networks. This is a huge growth opportunity and the sky looks bright for the investor, worker,...

What is open source software?

The term open source when connected to software may today seem like it’s been around forever, but you would be surprised how new of a concept it is. The transformational nature of the telecommunication industry’s march towards a software future should not be...

2017 Predictions: Mobile workforce to drive further enterprise change in 2017

Enterprises will be required to adjust operations in order to account for growing use and demand by an increasingly mobile workforce. Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on...

IBM partners with Delos to build healthier living spaces

IBM announced earlier this month it is collaborating with wellness and technology firm Delos to adopt IBM Cloud and cognitive technologies to speed the discovery of new insights in health and wellness and their connections to the design of indoor spaces. Designed to be a multi-year collaboration, Delos...

Top trends in the connected car market

BI Business Intelligence estimates more than 380 million connected cars will be on the road by 2021 – and the market is picking up speed faster than expected, even from a year ago. In the U.S., Parks Associates estimates the U.S. connected vehicle market...

IBM attempting to accelerate blockchain adoption with new ecosystem

IBM goes all in with blockchain. IBM this week announced a blockchain ecosystem designed to help accelerate the creation of networks using the technology. The ecosystem program is designed for large-businesses, startups, systems integrators, independent software vendors and enterprise developers. To support...

#TBT: Sprint touts LTE progress; AT&T puts numbers to NFV, SDN journey … this week in 2014

Sprint said its 2.5 GHz-powered LTE service hit 100M pops covered, while AT&T laid out its long-term NFV, SDN plans … 2 years ago this week. Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate...

EE, Huawei reach mobile broadband speeds of 2.1 Gbps

U.K. mobile operator EE and Huawei said they reached mobile broadband speeds of 2.1 gigabits per second over an LTE-Advanced network in a recent lab test. "We are committed to innovating and to be pushing the mobile industry forward by delivering ground breaking mobile speeds...

MQTT protocol minimizes network bandwidth for the internet of things

MQTT and the internet of things. MQ Telemetry Transport, invented in 1999 by Andy Stanford-Clark of IBM and Arlen Nipper of Eurotech, is an open standard messaging protocol created for constrained devices and low-bandwidth, high-latency or unreliable networks. Its design principles are to...

MQTT protocol minimizes network bandwidth for the internet of things

MQTT and the internet of things. MQ Telemetry Transport, invented in 1999 by Andy Stanford-Clark of IBM and Arlen Nipper of Eurotech, is an open standard messaging protocol created for constrained devices and low-bandwidth, high-latency or unreliable networks. Its design principles are to...

Kagan: IBM World of Watson left me breathless

After attending this year’s IBM World of Watson event in Las Vegas a few weeks ago, I was both stunned and overwhelmed by the advancements in artificial intelligence and cognitive. I have written about IBM and Watson several times over the last few years,...

Kagan: Will AI save the Samsung master brand?

The Samsung master brand seems to be exploding or imploding or something. What’s going on over there? We have all seen and admired the amazing growth story of the Samsung brand in many different industries. This has been a company firing on all cylinders. However,...

Telia Carrier expands European fiber network

The carrier completed a fiber network expansion, adding a DWDM route linking Frankfurt and Warsaw Telia Carrier extended the reach of its global IP backbone through the completion of the Frankfurt-Warsaw Express, a direct dense wavelength division multiplexing fiber network route from Frankfurt, Germany, to...

Kagan: Speaking at IBM World of Watson

IBM asked me to give a speech at its World of Watson event this week. In preparing my remarks, I realized what I will be talking about is so important, yet most don’t understand what is happening. It’s about artificial intelligence, the "internet of things," virtual...

AT&T strikes cloud deals with AWS, IBM targeting enterprise clients

AT&T cloud business now includes support from Amazon Web Services and deeper integration with IBM targeting enterprise customers AT&T bolstered its cloud efforts, announcing deals with Amazon Web Services and IBM. The multiyear deal with AWS calls for the delivery of integrated solutions using each company’s...

IBM invests $200 million in Watson IoT business in Germany

As part of its strategy to become a leader in the Internet of Things market, IBM announced a $200 million investment in its Watson IoT business in Munich, Germany. IBM announced it will invest more than $200 million in its global Watson IoT headquarters in Munich,...

5G deployment worth $127 billion per year to EU countries

A new European Commission-supported study details the expected costs and benefits of 5G deployment in the European Union’s 28 member states. The cost of 5G deployment in the European Union’s (EU) 28 member states could reach €56 billion ($63 billion) in 2020, according to a...

IoTS World Congress keynotes include GE, Intel, Microsoft, MIT, Red Hat, Schneider and the World Economic Forum

The factory of the future, artificial intelligence and security in industrial cloud hosting among key IoTS World Congress topics The new edition of the Internet of Things Solutions World Congress (IoTSWC) will gather once again the world’s leading industrial internet experts in Fira de Barcelona...

Top 10 industrial IoT cloud providers

In our article, Cloud computing 101: Advantages and disadvantages, we defined cloud computing and discussed some of the benefits and challenges that come with transitioning from local servers to the cloud. We also took a look at the top 5 industrial IoT companies, excluding...

Top 10 industrial IoT cloud providers

In our article, Cloud computing 101: Advantages and disadvantages, we defined cloud computing and discussed some of the benefits and challenges that come with transitioning from local servers to the cloud. We also took a look at the top 5 industrial IoT companies, excluding...