Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing...
The industrial “Internet of Things” is one of today’s biggest business opportunities in the electronics and high-tech industry.
Accenture defines IIoT as the convergence of intelligent industrial products, processes and services that communicate with each other, and with people, over global networks. Conservative estimates suggest...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be...
IoT: Connected device trends for 2015
A record number of people globally are now connected via devices. From smart homes to wearables to connected cars, and everything in between, more people are relying on connected devices to make day-to-day life a little easier.
Currently there are...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences.
Today’s wireless networks – AT&T Mobility, Sprint, T-Mobile US, Verizon Wireless and other regional operators – are designed and maintained...
Carrier aggregation helps Nokia Networks, Ooredoo Qatar, China Mobile achieve 4.1 Gbps speed
China Mobile and Nokia Networks, along with Ooredoo Qatar have announced a new LTE-A speed record with carrier aggregation. The three companies said they reached 4.1 Gbps per second over the hybrid TD-FDD LTE...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career the telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in the telecom, IT and security industries. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career the telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be...
"Internet of Things" is one of the hottest topics around today. The projected figures for the number of things to be connected and the revenue potential are huge. Gartner is predicting a 30-fold increase in IoT by 2020. In 2009 there were .9 billion...
Editor’s Note: Looking to bring a younger perspective to the mobile space, RCR Wireless News has tapped Jeff Hawn to provide insight into what’s on the minds of the tech-savvy youth of today.
Buying into the IoT
The “Internet of Things,” or IoT, is a simple...
Indonesia's largest mobile operator Telkomsel is partnering for IOT/M2M Cloud services
Telkomsel is partnering with Jasper to bring "Internet of Things"/Machine-to-Machine services to businesses across Indonesia. The partnership will allow Telkomsel business customers to use the cloud-based Jasper IoT Service Platform to launch, manage and...
Denmark ranks first in global ICT Development Index
The United Nations' International Telecommunication Union released its annual report on Monday. The ICT Development Index ranks 166 countries on their level of ICT access. South Korea ranked second in the report and almost every country improved their...
Slush 2014 took place this week in Helsinki, Finland. Started in 2008 with only around 150 attendees, this year’s attendee count clocked in at just over 14,000 showing amazing growth. The atmosphere was a mix of nightclub and conference, with participants from a range...
IoT, the "Internet of Things" is changing the way we consume technology, from wearables and connected cars to smart cities.
With 50 billion connected devices expected to be in service by 2020, large signal-processing technology companies such as Texas Instruments see many challenges and opportunities ahead...
As the "Internet of Things" (IoT) — devices automatically communicating with each other using wireless networks — gains momentum, enterprise efficiencies are already being realized, according to Brian Modoff, director of communications research for Deutsche Bank Securities.
Modoff led a panel discussion on IoT at...
Machine-to-machine provider Kore Wireless Group, fueled by a majority interest purchase by investment firm Abry Partners, announced an all-cash acquisition of M2M and "Internet of Things" services company Raco Wireless.
Kore focuses on machine-to-machine connectivity using GSM, HSPA, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, LTE and satellite services to industry...
Orbcomm, a New Jersey-based machine-to-machine network solutions provider announced a public offering designed to raise $72 million toward the company’s planned $130 million acquisition of SkyWave Mobile Communications.
Canada-based SkyWave provides M2M services using the Inmarsat global L-band satellite network; the company has some 250,000...
Yanzi Networks, in partnership with Intel, is preparing to launch a plug-and-play "Internet of Things" product that provides cloud-based monitoring of video cameras, temperature and humidity sensors, energy monitors and other data points.
Yanzi is located in Stockholm, Sweden, as is one of Intel’s IoT...
CHICAGO – Cisco Systems is a big proponent of the boldly dubbed “Internet of Things,” which was also the topic of its recent event in Chicago. As a company set to power many of these “things” expected to be connected through the IoT, it...
CHICAGO – This week’s Cisco Internet of Things World Forum was big on the potential of increased connectivity, as well as not shying away from the challenges that lay ahead for the industry. This was seen in a panel discussion on standards and interoperability,...
IoT gateways are of interest to wireless service providers who are looking to the "Internet of Things" for new revenue.
What is an IoT gateway?
An IoT gateway is a device that enables machine-to-machine communication by connecting appliances in the home, workplace or smart city to...
With a myriad of wireless technologies being utilized for "Internet of Things" applications, there might be an opportunity for cable companies to serve as a hub or bridge for an IoT ecosystem, according to cable research and development group CableLabs.
With more wearables entering the market seemingly every...
