Sequans claims LTE Cat-1 products are first to be certified for VoLTE support, look to bolster Verizon IoT strategy
Verizon Wireless continues to find value in its chipset partnership with Sequans Communications, with the carrier recently certifying the chipmaker’s Calliope LTE Cat-1 product to support...
SK Telecom posted Q1 growth highlighting continued growth among LTE and smartphone users, with planned focus on IoT expansion
SK Telecom said it added 295,000 mobile customers during the first quarter, pushing its total customer base to 28.92 million subscribers. LTE customers numbered 19.52 million...
Here is a breakdown of the top 5 most interesting facts from T-Mobile US following release of its latest Q1 operating results
T-Mobile US this week posted another quarter of robust customer growth, especially in high-valued segments its rivals continue to struggle in. Following the...
The new facility will develop IoT products and apps
Chinese ICT solutions provider Huawei and Vodafone Group have launched a new Open IoT Lab to develop products and applications relating to Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology.
The lab will offer a pre-integration testing environment for...
Verizon and partners form LTE-B Alliance in move to bolster device support for LTE Broadcast technology beginning in 2017
Verizon Communications and a trio of international carrier partners have thrown their considerable might behind the LTE Broadcast standard with the formation of an alliance focused...
Smart city use cases highlight role of Internet of Things
We've all heard the term smart cities, but it covers a broad swatch of technologies and applications. To get a better idea of the underlying vision, let's take a look at three smart city use...
Nokia's return to the consumer market will not just be about smartphones. The company said today it plans to buy France's Withings, which makes connected devices to monitor health and fitness.
"With this acquisition, Nokia is strengthening its position in the 'Internet of Things' in...
Nokia's return to the consumer market will not just be about smartphones. The company said today that it plans to buy France's Withings, which makes connected devices to monitor health and fitness.
"With this acquisition, Nokia is strengthening its position in the Internet of Things...
Security issues connected with consumer uptake of wearable devices and the ‘Internet of Things’ remains a significant hurdle for the market
Wearable computing devices are changing the way humans interact with technology and that shift has security implications that must be addressed.
Wearable fitness tracking...
AT&T has been saying for months that satellites will be part of its "Internet of Things" strategy, and this week the carrier finally shared details. Globecomm will be AT&T's IoT partner for satellite services, enabling AT&T to better leverage DirecTV's satellite portfolio to connect...
AT&T has been saying for months that satellites will be part of its "Internet of Things" strategy, and this week the carrier finally shared details. Globecomm will be AT&T's IoT partner for satellite services, enabling AT&T to better leverage DirecTV's satellite portfolio to connect...
5 things to know today ....
1. A former T-Mobile US customer is trying to bring a class action lawsuit against the "Un-carrier." A man who bought four handsets from T-Mobile US and was paying for them in monthly installments claims the carrier's advertising campaign...
The Internet of Things is projected to connect billions of previously unintelligent objects to global telecommunications networks opening up the possibility of gaining new, analytics-based insight from machines with the goal of revolutionizing industry.
There are various market forecasts that place differing values on the...
A primer on 5G, when it will be deployed and what difference it is likely to make
The 5G future is closer than you think. That’s the headline on a recent article by Charla Rath, Verizon’s vice president of wireless policy development. Verizon isn’t the only...
With predictions of billions of new devices with wireless connectivity over the coming years, the "Internet of Things" is expected to have a major influence on multiple verticals and consumers' everyday lives. And it turns out that already, everything from dog dishes to stuffed...
Increase productivity with enterprise asset management cloud and data analytics tools
Companies of all sorts, particularly those working in physical plant-intensive markets, need to keep up with their equipment to understand maintenance needs, optimize process efficiency and, ideally, get more productivity for less money.
The practice...
Competitive Carriers Association Mobile Carriers Show highlights focus on 5G, IoT and spectrum challenges for carrier members
The Competitive Carriers Association managed to deftly pull off its rebranded Mobile Carriers Show, with a degree of additional difficulty in doing so in a new host city...
Intel shifting from PCs to data center, cloud and IoT businesses
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich on Tuesday told employees a company-wide "restructuring initiative" will involve cutting some 12,000 jobs, 11% of the company's global workforce, by mid-2017 as part of a shift away from the PC...
On this week’s carrier wrap we speak with CCA CEO Steve Berry on the trade organization’s MCS show and upcoming agenda, and with Ericsson on 5G, IoT and NFV
This week’s Carrier Wrap comes from the recent Competitive Carriers Association Mobile Carriers Show, where...
Enterprise mobility management is starting to include "Internet of Things" deployments as well as traditional mobile devices, according to MOBI, as companies get to a point where they want assistance in managing IoT devices and connectivity.
"I think it's at a tipping point in the market,"...
America needs to 'up its game,' Bill Gates writes in op-ed piece
In an opinion piece published April 18 by Reuters, Microsoft Co-founder and all around tech luminary Bill Gates called on The U.S. government to increase spending and other initiatives associated with driving research,...
Enterprise mobility management is starting to include "Internet of Things" deployments as well as traditional mobile devices, according to MOBI, as companies get to a point where they want assistance in managing IoT devices and connectivity.
"I think it's at a tipping point in the market,"...
Finnish vendor Nokia and Turkish mobile telephony operator Türk Telekom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the development of 5G radio access network technology.
Under the terms of the MoU, both firms will work together on testing 5G and Internet of Things...
Excelacom sees opportunity in using big data and ACM to bolster the customer experience
As systems become increasingly intelligent, companies are able to collect extraordinary amounts of data about their products and their customers. The term “big data” emerged several years ago to describe this...
