WASHINGTON – Cisco Systems has become a household name based on the near-ubiquity of its networking equipment, and now the company is looking to evolve its strategy to keep up with the shifts in technology. Under the leadership of CEO Chuck Robbins, the company...
The list of wireless services is long and getting longer – public Wi-Fi services, the "Internet of Things," big data, converged services, smart cities and "5G" to name a few. A new report from Maravedisthe Wireless Broadband Alliance, shows businesses are becoming aware of the increasingly...
The FCC is overhauling RF rules for first time since 1998
WASHINGTON – The federal government is adapting policies to change with the times. Among those polices being updated are those designed to benefit the "Internet of Things" economy. Over the next decade, IoT is...
What companies do you trust with your personal data such as health details, credit card numbers and financial information?
Consumers all over the world are grappling with this question.
In fact, more than half (54%) of digital consumers are cautious about the personal information they share...
Sprint has some inroads into retail, logistics; T-Mobile US biding its time
WASHINGTON – The "Internet of Things" is quickly popping up on the radar of enterprises across verticals, and all four of America’s major carriers – AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile US and Sprint...
Richard Edgar, director of communications technology for Imagination Technologies, recently talked with RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney about the company's work in the wireless/IP space, as well as the research and development going into "5G" mobile networks and how the "Internet of...
Public-private partnerships will be a key component of meeting ICT-based sustainable development goals adopted by the United Nations, Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson told RCR Wireless News in an exclusive interview.
Ericsson, in conjunction with Columbia University's Earth Institute, conducted joint research highlighting the importance of ICT...
There was a time when sports fans brought transistor radios to games to listen to the play-by-play while they watched the game. Even then, fans were finding ways to get access to information to improve their in-stadium experience. Today, fans are engaged with smartphones.
Like...
Consumers want one security solution for all devices
WASHINGTON – Software firm Nominum has released a survey showing the recent spate of high-profile cyber attacks is making cybersecurity weigh heavily on the minds of consumers.
The survey was conducted in July and includes responses from 1,106 people.
The...
AT&T smart cities GM talks saving money and energy with technology adoption
The United Nations estimates that in the next 15 years the number of people living in cities globally will reach 5 billion. The first time in all of recorded history the urban population...
Agreement between the South Korean telco and the European vendor will run until 2020
Swedish telecom equipment vendor Ericsson and South Korean mobile operator LG Uplus, have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development of "5G" and "Internet of Things" technologies.
The terms...
Bob Metcalfe joins latest edition of RCRatx Speakers Series
RCR Wireless News was joined this week for the latest Speakers Series installment by Bob Metcalfe, networking pioneer and Ethernet inventor, to discuss the evolution of Ethernet, the "Internet of Things," the nature of innovation and...
The telco aims to deploy IoT projects across the UAE in the future
The United Arab Emirates’ second-largest operator Du has tested what it claims to be the first true "Internet of Things" network in the Middle East.
The telco said that the recently tested network...
The pace of change is accelerating across the public Wi-Fi ecosystem. Last year’s report on the state of the Wi-Fi industry detailed some quite significant shifts, but the contrasts being seen this year are even more dramatic. These are driven by several overall trends:
The increasing shift...
ZTE Mobley, powered by Qualcomm chip, now for sale in AT&T Mobility stores
LAS VEGAS – In the march toward fully autonomous driving, our vehicles are becoming increasingly connected. And while that self-driving future is still down the figurative road, current automotive connectivity is focused...
IDC forecasts that the installed base of the “Internet of Things” will be approximately 212 billion “things” globally by the end of 2020, and that these Internet-connected devices will generate nearly $9 trillion in annual sales.
Make no mistake; IoT is here and it’s here...
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This week we talk with Rob Bodor VP and GM of Proto Labs a 16 year old company in the US focused initially on prototype manufacturing. Today that has expanded to short run and...
The way NFL teams gather in-game statistics is about to change dramatically with the help of the “Internet of Things.”
When the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots take on the Pittsburg Steelers in Gillette Stadium to open the 2015 season, the teams will...
IoT traffic volumes can put mobile networks at risk
A digital transformation is now underway, which is impacting the way we live our lives. As the “Internet of Things” becomes more prevalent, communications capabilities will be extended to billions of objects making signaling traffic a...
South Korean telco has already signed deals with 25 firms in the smart home sector
South Korean operator SK Telecom has unveiled a cooperation agreement with compatriot companies Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics to interconnect its smart home platform with respective smart home platforms of...
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Today Chris Hare speaks with Morgan Kurk, SVP Wireless for Commscope. This discussion centers around the need for and development of advanced networks, from backhaul, towers, sites to...
Nokia Networks today announced its programmable "5G" multiservice architecture that is said has the capability to automatically and dynamically adapt both radio access and the core network in support of different services and traffic loads. This would allow operators to basically offer network-as-a-service business...
RCR Wireless News recently hosted the first installment of of its RCRatx Speakers Series, hosted in the company's production studios on the east side of Austin, Texas.
The inaugural installment featured Liam Quinn, a VP and senior fellow at Dell; and Franklin Flint, CTO at...
Form factor is key to market success for wearables
WASHINGTON – Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, a Cambridge, U.K.-based market research firm focused on emerging technologies, sat down with RCR Wireless News to discuss trends in the wearables market.
Das was joined by James Hayward, an...
