BROWSING: IoT

SK Telecom works with Samsung, LG on smart home

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...

network and infrastructure – capability and storage – IoT Innovation Episode 14

IoT Innovation is brought to you by Anritsu. Download the free white paper: Understanding 5G. Watch the latest episode of IoT Innovation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWG2R6HjB4s 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...

RCRtv Weekly Recap: Warriors 4 Wireless, IoT and 5G

RCR Wireless News' weekly video shows touch on towers, IoT, 5G, NFV and SDN On this episode of Cell Tower News, host Joey Jackson talks with Trey Nemeth, VP of Operations for Stealth Concealment, about the growing concealed tower market. Towers are increasingly taking root...

5G, Wi-Fi and the IoT – HetNet Happenings: Episode 28

On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney is joined by industry experts to discuss the intersections of 5G, Wi-Fi and the Internet of Things (IoT). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaiYUkQ19jg   Kinney is joined by Franklin Flint, the chief technology officer for the Telecommunications Industry...

Real world view on NFV, SDN deployments

Nokia Networks provides some reality into NFV and SDN deployment plans The world of telecom network virtualization has been active as vendors, operators and standards bodies have been working feverishly towards equipment, services and technology taking advantage of network functions virtualization, software-defined networking...

PCTel: Testing airport cellular networks for RFID luggage tracking

PCTel was recently involved in a global project to assess carrier networks at more than 300 airports around the world, in order to help an airline determine which carriers would be the best local choice to support an RFID luggage-tracking system that utilizes cellular...

RCRtv Weekly Recap-Kontron, the Iron Yard and Ericsson

August 19 was the inaugural episode of Cell Tower News with host Joey Jackson, editor and production manager for RCR Wireless News. On this episode, site acquisition, towersource.com, and related topics are discussed by Jackson and CEO and president of Mosaik Solutions Bryan Darr. Jackson is...

Reader Forum: 4G LTE’s role in U.S. smart city development

Smart city development is on the rise. In fact, the smart city market is set to experience a compound annual growth rate of 22.5% between 2014 and 2019, growing from roughly $411 billion to $1.13 trillion during that five-year period, according to MarketsandMarkets. For example,...

How NFV bolsters voice, video

Kontron discusses the impact virtualization can have on network capacity, including how NFV bolsters voice and video efficiency Network capacity issues continue to impact mobile operators as consumer demand for voice and video services surpasses the billions of dollars spent on spectrum and...

The networked society – HetNet Happenings: Episode 27

This week on HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney learns about the networked society from Ericsson Head of Strategy and Technology Manish Jindal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEP3ojQSUSE   By 2020, projections suggest some 50 billion connected devices in the world. Kinney and Jindal look ahead at the...

Anritsu Webinar: Enabling Connectivity to the Internet of Things

Are you developing products with wireless internet connectivity? You cannot afford to miss this Anritsu webinar!  The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a catch-all term that brings together device connectivity, service provision and data analytics. In this webinar we will focus on device connectivity....

RCRtv Weekly Recap: Stratus Technologies, small cells trends, IoT

In case you missed the latest episodes of RCRtv, our weekly recap is bringing you insight on topics and guests featured on RCRtv’s weekly programing. Episode 11 of "IoT Innovation" aired on Aug. 13, featuring Jason Marcheck, service director for Current Analysis. This episodes focused on...

EMEA: Vodafone M2M Barometer – high or low?

Vodafone recently released its third annual M2M Barometer report, developed in conjunction with Circle Research to better understand how businesses are utilizing machine-to-machine and "Internet of Things" technology. In order to get at these answers, 650 business and IT executives around the world were surveyed. In...

Meeting carrier network service levels

How vendors are using virtualization technologies to meet carrier network service levels One challenge for telecom operators as they move towards the rollout of virtualized platforms using network functions virtualization, software-defined networking and cloud technologies is their need for carrier-grade platforms that can...

Small cells trends

This week on HetNet Happenings Sean Kinney, RCR Wireless News managing editor, discusses trends in the small cells space with Current Analysis Service Director Jason Marcheck. With major carriers like Sprint eyeing small cell rollouts that analysts predict could hit 70,000 units, Marcheck agreed that...

RCRtv Weekly Recap: NWSA, NI Week, ItsOn, GigTank

In case you missed the latest episodes of RCRtv, our weekly recap is bringing you insight on topics and guests featured on RCRtv’s weekly programing. August 7th was the series premiere of RCRtv’s newest edition, Wi-Fi NOW with host Claus Hetting. Wi-Fi NOW focuses on public...

IT is a key competency for any business

Big data analytics, cloud computing, IoT and other technology driving transformation WASHINGTON – The Business Performance Innovation Network released a report on the growing impact of IT in business. The report is based on a survey of business leaders from across the globe and makes...

Reality Check: Conducting the digital symphony of the industrial Internet

The “Internet of Things” is growing at a phenomenal pace. Estimates about how many connected devices will be in operation by 2020 range from 25 billion to 75 billion. Even conservative analysts expect the amount of connected devices to quintuple over the next five...

M2M, IoT crossover–real or imagined? – IoT Innovation: Episode 10

IoT Innovation is brought to you by Anritsu. Download the free white paper: Understanding 5G. Watch the latest episode of IoT Innovation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYl1Rdn8Lrc This week IoT Innovation host Chris Hare is joined by James Brehm of James Brehm & Associates, based in San Antonio, Texas. James and Chris talk about how the...

EMEA: Startup innovation drives tech giants in IoT

The "Internet of Things" is such a broad-reaching topic; it’s really what you make of it – cars, things, people, sensors, animals, tractors, highways, etc. With so much room to innovate and limited only by the imagination of the tech industry; how does one actually begin to determine...

Is network security the biggest challenge to IoT?

IoT is a hot topic at National Instruments' ongoing NI Week AUSTIN, Texas – National Instruments kicked off its annual NI Week on Aug. 3, and among the first round of presentations was a forward-looking panel discussion about the future of the "Internet of Things." Moderated...

RCRtv Weekly Recap: TIRAP, app data, densification

In case you missed the latest episodes of RCRtv, our weekly recap is bringing you insight on topics and guests featured on RCRtv's weekly programing. On last week’s episode of Coder’s features special guest, Haseeb Qureshi, CEO and Co-Founder of Audiohand. Audiohand is a mobile app...

Make it so … – IoT innovation Episode 9

"Internet of Things" Innovation is often started with the CEO or board expecting to add an IoT "theme" to their business – often not aware what that means – and that their business leaders will just "make it so." During this episode, Chris Hare and Nicholas Napp recap...

LatAm: Telefónica taps Jasper to enhance IoT

Telefónica is boosting its "Internet of Things" international strategy. The Brazilian unit of the Spanish telecom group said it has partnered with Jasper to expand the reach of its machine-to-machine platform. Bruno Pavan, manager of M2M business development at Telefónica Vivo, told RCR Wireless News...