Verizon continues to reign supreme in RootMetrics' testing, with the mobile network operator winning or tying for first in all of the company's testing categories on a national basis with performance that the testing specialist called "outstanding across the board, with the strongest combination...
EXFO reported sales were up 1.9% year-over-year to $73.6 million, with sales for the nine months of the fiscal year so far up 8.2% over the same period last year.
Net earnings for the quarter were $21,000, compared to a net loss of $6 million...
Verizon and AT&T aim to launch commercial 5G services in certain US markets before the end of this year
North America seems to be leading the race to launch commercial 5G services, according to a new study by IHS Markit.
The study revealed that 82% of...
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...
Private LTE market expected to see substantial growth in the next few years
The private LTE market is expected to see significant growth in the next few years, as a mature LTE ecosystem makes LTE an increasingly attractive network technology choice for enterprises in a...
Incoming 5G technologies will put industrial applications front and centre, and enable new functionalities in critical communications, according to IHS Markit.
The research house told Enterprise IoT Insights at Critical Communications World (CCW) in Berlin last week 5G will impact industrial space in the way...
The Asia Pacific region led the small cell market last year, mainly due to large deployments in China and India
A total of 2.3 million small cell units were shipped during 2017 globally, an increase of 39% year over year, according to a new study...
The most significant challenge for the internet of things (IoT) is device security. Without question, devices represent the weakest link in the IoT technology stack, the industry reckons.
“This is because devices are constrained in battery and computing power,” notes Carlos Carazo, director of...
The internet of things is new territory for many companies, but one brand that millions of people interact with each day has been relying on the IoT for years. Coca-Cola started connecting vending machines to computers long before its customers ever heard of the...
In an effort to protect the U.S. government from hackers, a group of senators has introduced a bill that would legislate specific security measures for all connected hardware purchased by government agencies. The bill is called the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act...
By now, we've all read and heard about the internet of things. Cars that drive themselves will carry us to buildings that recognize us when we enter, and unless our jobs have been taken over by robots we will be able to do them...
Which industries will be transformed the most by the internet of things? Not computing, communication, or even consumer devices, according to the analysts at IHS Markit. Manufacturing and heavy industry will see more connected devices than any other part of the economy, according to...
Building on research published in January, IHS Markit Chief Economist Nariman Behravesh, writing in a op-ed piece published May 13 by The Hill, shares his view that 5G "will be a technology platform for innovation in virtually every industrial sector, from automotive to healthcare. As...
Panel discussion: Connected and automated vehicles
Sam Lucero, Senior Principal Analyst, IHS Markit moderates a panel of experts including Richard Soja, Senior Principal Engineer, NXP Automotive,
Dave Sparks, Senior Research Scientist, Transportation Operations Group, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Steven Shladover, California PATH Manager, Partners for Advanced Transportation...
Smart Cities, Vehicles, & Transportation: Opening Comments
Sam Lucero, Senior Principal Analyst, IHS Markit provides opening comments for the Day 2 of the Vertical IoT track at the Enterprise IoT Summit in Austin, Texas.
https://youtu.be/7Whih7eNuyQ
Sam Lucero is a seasoned industry analyst with over 15 years of experience...
Bharti Airtel set to receive nearly $950 million for the stake in Infratel.
Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel sold a 10.3% stake in its tower business Bharti Infratel for $948 million to a consortium of funds advised by KKR and the Canada...
Panel: View from the Top: IoT - Things to come
Moderator Tom Hackenberg, Principal Analyst, Embedded Processors | Technology, Media & Telecom at IHS Markit is joined by Daniel Cooley, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Internet of Things Products, Silicon Labs; Thierry Klein, Head of Innovation...
A recent report from IHS Markit predicts the private LTE network market will hit $2.6 billion in device and equipment revenues by 2020.
The private LTE network market is set to see significant growth over the next few years, with a new forecast...
Industrial sector will account for nearly 50% of new IoT devices between 2015 and 2025.
The total number of connected internet of things devices globally is expected to reach 20 billion units by the end of this year, climbing 15% year-on-year, according...
An IHS Markit survey of service providers found a slow down in the adoption of live SDN into data centers, with lab trials continuing to dominate.
The integration of software-defined networking technology into data centers is taking longer than expected as service providers...
New research commissioned by Qualcomm suggests the broad commercialization of "5G" mobile technology will have the same impact on global order as the printing press, electricity, the steam engine, the telegraph and the internet.
Produced by IHS Markit, Penn Schoen Berland and the Berkeley Research...
Operators and enterprise customers are increasingly turning to small cells to provide pinpoint coverage and capacity in both indoor and outdoor settings. Specific to outdoor small cell deployments, IHS Markit tallied a 200% year-over-year growth in 2016 revenue associated with outdoor small cells. The...
Faction looks at evolving world of multicloud environments, and AT&T chairs OPNFV advisory group to provide tech guidance to NFV community
On this week’s show we have a featured interview with Faction to discuss some advantages of multicloud environments for telecom operators and enterprises.
First...
A new report from IHS Markit showed NFV deployments beginning this year, with 81% of service providers surveyed on track for next year
A vast majority of service providers remain on track to begin network functions virtualization deployments beginning next year, according to a recent...
