The connected home market is witnessing growth that is targeting the mass market. Security and alarm monitoring are the solutions that historically drove demand in this segment; however that is starting to slowly change. Leading the way is energy management. Companies, such as Nest...
Let’s begin with what we, the industry, accept as a truism: Sometime in the near future, the gadgets we see today that control and automate our homes will form the basis of an enormous market. Most people will be able to say that their...
AT&T Mobility replaces T-Mobile US for all Audi in-car cellular connections
AT&T Mobility picked up the rest of Audi of America’s in-car connectivity business, announcing at this week’s Mobile World Congress event that all U.S.-based 2016 Audi models equipped with its Audi Connect feature will...
For years we have been hearing about how virtualization has revolutionized the enterprise data center, providing a wide range of benefits from both a business and technology standpoint. With the advent of network function virtualization, the movement has moved to the mobile network, allowing...
As field-based work becomes increasingly complex and time-sensitive, more businesses are focusing on mobile solutions integrated with back-end field-service solutions to help manage field operations and provide their mobile workforces with the real-time knowledge to make better, more intelligent decisions in the field.
Recent research...
Self-driving cars are not a pipe dream – they are inevitable. When you count up the benefits, the value is huge: found time, increased safety, better energy use, much better traffic management and more dense utilization of each square foot of pavement. While the...
Editor’s Note: With 2015 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
Years from now, we may look back on 2014 as the turning point; the year the...
Editor’s Note: With 2015 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
With the “Internet of Things” exploding for both enterprises and consumers, the machine-to-machine market has seen...
Editor’s Note: With 2015 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
Who’s the biggest user of LTE technology in the world? Globe-trotting business executives? Think again. The...
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...
Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News has made many questionable decisions over the years. One of which is agreeing to let a long-time industry observer provide commentary on what is chapping his hide across the wireless industry. His name is Hunter Gates. We call him...
AT&T Mobility is targeting international travelers with its Passport packages, which provide a bucket of calling minutes, text messages and data access for a flat rate.
The packages begin at $30 and include unlimited text, picture and video messages, 120 megabytes of cellular data, unlimited...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News has made many questionable decisions over the years. One of which is agreeing to let a long-time industry observer provide commentary on what is chapping his hide across the wireless industry. His name is Hunter Gates. We call him...
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.
Corporate and industrial applications — rather than much-publicized consumer applications — will be the initial drivers of the wearable device...
Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...
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.
Successful monetization of the machine-to-machine market will take more than just connected devices working in harmony. It will require carriers...
The Internet of Everything
People. Process. Data. Things. Yesterday, they functioned independently. Today, the “Internet of everything” brings them all together by combining machine-to-machine, person-to-machine and person-to-person connections. Data extracted and analyzed from these networked connections creates new capabilities, richer experiences and new economic opportunities....
The wireless industry is quickly heading towards relying on LTE-based next-generation networks that offer superior performance and efficiency compared to legacy 2G and 3G systems. However, in order to fully support those LTE efforts, wireless carriers are beginning to seed the need to turn...
The other week I was skiing at Vail with three of my best mates, and we were using smart badges from the resort to track our runs. We’re all very competitive people, and we were all trying to go faster, longer, higher and catch more lifts.
It’s generally accepted that by the beginning of the next decade the machine-to-machine market, or, if you prefer, the larger-scope “Internet of things,” will have more connected devices
The “Internet of things” promises to usher in a new wave of technological evolution. In a few years’ time, billions of things – cars, utility meters, TVs and even furniture – will be linked
There's a lot of buzz these days surrounding the "Internet of things.” Unfortunately the term itself is fuzzy, leading to ambiguity and misunderstanding of what it actually means.
