Software-defined infrastructure focuses on using common hardware to support variable 5G workloads
As service providers increasingly take an IT-centric approach to building and managing increasingly complex networks, there's a move toward swapping out single-purpose hardware for more flexible infrastructure that uses software to virtually spin-up...
This week the Intel Board of Directors announced that Bob Swam, the former chief financial officer and interim CEO since mid-2018, has taken on the top job permanently. Vice President of Finance and Director of Corporate Planning Todd Underwood will take on the CFO...
AWS has launched a new open source machine learning project, Neo-AI, which makes the code for its key SageMaker Neo machine learning service available to developers for the first time. It is the second time in a few months the company has released source...
The Linux Foundation has started a new umbrella organisation, LF Edge, to establish an open, interoperable framework for edge computing that is independent of hardware, silicon, cloud, or operating system.
The launch “changes the IoT and edge computing landscape,” it said in a press note....
Given huge mobile gaming market, 5G and cloud could provide a big boost to on-the-go gamers
Spurred by mega-hit games like Fortnite and PUBG, mobile gaming is quickly becoming a massive market that operators and the telecoms ecosystem at large can not only support but...
Distributing compute closer to the end user opens up the latency benefits of 5G
The conversation about the relationship between 5G networks and edge computing has been going on for some time. The premise is relatively straightforward: To take advantage of the latency benefits that...
The new technology will use hardware from Intel and cloud computing capabilities provided by the Chinese firm
Intel and Chinese tech giant Alibaba say they are developing athlete tracking technology powered by artificial intelligence that is aimed to be deployed at the Olympic Games Tokyo...
Snow Ridge SoC designed for combo of edge computing and 5G
Taking advantage of the massive throughput and low latency of 5G requires a new approach to building telecom networks. Often described as born in the cloud, 5G will require not just workload support associated...
The industry announcement of the Open Retail Initiative (ORI), (see this blog as well), spearheaded by Intel and Dell, couldn’t have come at a better time. Pithy statements like “Data is the new oil” and “Data is the future” sound great, but the reality...
With support from Intel and Ericsson, T-Mobile US says it has completed the first 5G data and video calls using 600 MHz spectrum, as it aims to build out nationwide availability of 5G service by 2020.
The calls were conducted on a live, commercial network,...
TrailGuard AI cameras use Intel’s technology to protect wild animals from poachers
Intel's technology is powering non-profit Resolve’s new TrailGuard AI camera to detect poachers entering Africa’s wildlife reserves and alert park rangers in near real-time so the poachers can be stopped before killing endangered...
Qualcomm alleging infringement of intellectual property
In the past two weeks judges in China and Germany have, to varying extent, agreed with Qualcomm's allegation that some Apple iPhone models contain technology that infringes on Qualcomm intellectual property. Both courts ruled that Apple has to stop...
Have you heard the phrase “converting poison into medicine?” Well, that’s kind of what is happening to the PC industry now. Let me explain. Not too long ago, the rise of powerful smartphones and tablets, which were primarily powered by ARM processors, decimated the...
Huawei said the new test is based on the latest version of 3GPP Release 15 specifications
Intel and Huawei said they have completed 2.6 GHz 5G New Radio interoperability and development testing (IoDT) based on the latest 3GPP Release 15 specifications from September 2018.
Huawei claimed...
Early network launches are consumer-facing but 5G will drive value across the board
Wailea, MAUI—Qualcomm kicked off its third annual Snapdragon Tech Summit today in Maui with company President Cristiano Amon laying out how commercialization of 5G represents a transition much more significant than previous...
5G will cover 40% of the population in six years
The latest Ericsson Mobility Report projects 5G will achieve global scale more quickly than previous generations of cellular, reaching 1.5 billion subscribers by 2024 and covering 40% of the world's population in the same timeframe.
All...
In my stint as an analyst, as well as in my long career as an engineer and a marketer in large corporations, I have developed a believability yardstick: believe less than 50% of what you are told, about 60% of what you are shown,...
Viavi Solutions has introduced what it calls the first "true" 5G base station analyzer, designed to support large-scale network deployments.
CellAdvisor 5G brings Viavi's longtime CellAdvisor base station analyzer line for validating and troubleshooting the Radio Access Network into the 5G era. With early 5G...
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The City of San Diego has extended its smart street lighting network with another 1,000 sensor nodes, and new applications for parking, traffic and public safety.
San Diego has worked with Current, the GE-owned lighting firm, on the project. AT&T is providing the LTE connectivity...
AI/ML can provide location data used to optimize wireless performance
Wireless networks are becoming increasingly complex and, with 5G looming, that will only continue as the mix and density of devices, as well as variability in application requirements, grows. A key to managing this complexity...
Initial slate of Android-based 5G handsets will use Qualcomm X50 modem
Operators around the world are gearing up to launch commercial 5G networks throughout 2019 and beyond, and device makers are falling in line to support those efforts. A key piece of that is the...
URLLC key to autonomous 5G applications
A new report from industry organization 5G Americas highlights how some of the longer-term goals of 5G--supporting widespread automation in verticals like manufacturing and transportation--hinge on the maturation of ultra-reliable, low-latency communications, or URLLC.
“With the wide range of unique 5G services,...
To continue scaling, on-boarding for IoT devices needs to be simplified, accelerated
Internet of things devices connected to public, private or hybrid clouds for centralized management and data analysis can create wide-ranging business benefits for nearly any type of enterprise, industrial or public-sector stakeholder. But...
