5G, smart cities and IoT were significant themes at the recent CTIA Super Mobility 2016 event and collocated Tower and Small Cell Summit
At CTIA Super Mobility 2016, the entire expo floor was transformed into a fully connected smart city with the entire wireless...
From dumpster to smart home
AUSTIN--Jeff Wilson, CEO and founder of KASITA, moved from a modern, comfortable, 3,000 square-foot home to a 33 square-foot dumpster.
His inspiration for the drastic, unconventional change came from a UCLA study that tracked the movements of 32 middle class families throughout...
Amazon said Alexa, Echo and the Echo Dot services are available in Germany and the United Kingdom
German operator Deutsche Telekom (DT) confirmed its non-proprietary platform for connected homes Qivicom will be integrated with the Alexa app from Amazon. With this new service customers will soon...
Mobile operators claim 20M users, adding 17,000 per day, while the connected car market begins to take shape … 22 years ago this week
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from...
Use cases for analyzing data
ATLANTA – Ron Bodkin, founder and president of Think Big, hosted a panel titled "The key to unlocking value in the internet of things? Managing data!" at the Teradata PARTNERS 2016 conference in Atlanta, and emphasized that a variety of data...
With AT&T’s plans to shutter its 2G network set for year-end, T-Mobile is offering free SIM cards and service in attempt to lure connections
T-Mobile US is looking to exploit AT&T Mobility’s upcoming plans to shutter its 2G network in an attempt to bolster its...
Use cases for analyzing data
Ron Bodkin, founder and president of Think Big, hosted a panel titled "The key to unlocking value in the internet of things? Managing data!" at the Teradata PARTNERS 2016 conference in Atlanta, Georgia, and emphasized that a variety of data is...
InterDigital, ZTE, KPN join Ericsson and Qualcomm in group called Avanci to license standard-essential, patented tech to IoT companies
The idea behind Avanci, comprised of telecom companies with vast (and essential) patent holdings, is to create a one-stop marketplace where a single license buys access...
Innovation in cellular and other supporting technologies as well as in applications will sustain the rate of smartphone improvements
Press and industry analyst response to the recent announcement of the iPhone 7 has been lukewarm. For example, The Economist notes the “main novelty” is it...
IoT accelerators focus on deployment and maintenance
ATLANTA--Teradata highlighted the company’s late August release of four accelerators built to speed up the transformation of IoT data to actionable insight during its PARTNERS 2016 conference. The company’s “Analytics of Things Accelerators” (AoTAs) were created from successful...
Teradata analytics easily transferable to leading clouds
Teradata today announced Teradata Everywhere at its PARTNERS 2016 conference in Atlanta. Teradata Everywhere brings the massively parallel processing analytics database to multiple public clouds, managed cloud and on-premises environments including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Teradata Managed...
Teradata analytics easily transferable to leading clouds
Teradata today announced Teradata Everywhere at its PARTNERS 2016 conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Teradata Everywhere brings the massively parallel processing (MPP) analytics database to multiple public clouds, managed cloud and on-premises environments including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure,...
What is the internet of nanoscale things?
Nanoscale technology is enabling the development of devices as small as one to a few hundred nanometers (10^-9 meters). To give a sense of scale, a strand of human DNA is roughly 2.5 nanometers in diameter. At this scale, a...
Leading train producer uses big data
Train operators are expected to never be late, having acute service and availability targets to meet. To fulfill those requirements, an efficient maintenance program is important, and data-enabled functionality is a must, according to Siemens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5lr57Vzro
Reactive maintenance, as well as...
The alliance includes internet of things players, corporations and government
An alliance of internet of things (IoT) industry players, corporations and government, has officially launched Hypercat Australia as a technology standard to support the development of smart cities.
Hypercat is a U.K.-developed alliance and standard that...
What is the internet of nanoscale things?
Nanoscale technology is enabling the development of devices as small as one to a few hundred nanometers (10^-9 meters). To give a sense of scale, a strand of human DNA is roughly 2.5 nanometers in diameter. At this scale, a...
Verizon plans to integrate Sensity’s LED lighting work that includes embedded sensors and connectivity to boost ThingSpace IoT work in smart cities
Verizon Communications said it plans to acquire privately held Sensity Systems in a move to bolster its ThingSpace “internet of things” platform. Financial...
Leading train producer uses big data
Train operators are expected to never be late, having acute service and availability targets to meet. To fulfill those requirements, an efficient maintenance program is important, and data-enabled functionality is a must, according to Siemens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5lr57Vzro
Reactive maintenance, as well as...
Confused by the various categories of cellular IoT connection options? Altair looks to provide some clarity
Recent developments in standards and changes in terminology have made cellular “internet of things” confusing for many, even industry professionals. The confusion about the different technologies isn’t surprising considering...
Antenna design and measurement are at the heart of the race to 5G
In a world where mobile devices have outnumbered people, it is easy to forget we lived without smartphones 15 years ago. From 1G to 4G, each new generation of mobile networks has...
Saving money and creating a connected beer center
Del Papa is a beer distribution company founded more than a century ago, and the company today distributes 10 million cases of beer annually from 30 suppliers. More than 375 employees work at their headquarters in Texas City,...
Panel discussion involving carrier network execs from Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular digs into 5G standards, spectrum challenges and software
LAS VEGAS – Few events at this week’s CTIA Super Mobility show allowed for greater insight into current mobile network operations than a...
Verizon exec John Stratton laid out hurdles still facing the telecom market in cracking the IoT space, but noted benefit awaits
LAS VEGAS – Verizon Communications is looking to expand its position in the expansive “internet of things” space, which was one of the main...
Smart trains and the connected railway
The industrial "internet of things" has had a major impact on the transportation industry, with the advent of autonomous vehicles and improved cargo management. One area that has seen less coverage is the connected railway. The fact that trains...
