BROWSING: Rio Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO – Payments using near field communication technology have been a promise for a while, but until now no application has been popular or good enough to replace plastic cards. With about 4,000 points of sale equipped with NFC, Visa is using the Rio...

TIM came out on top of recent testing of Rio de Janeiro carrier networks, but visitors should expect spotty coverage at some of the city's most popular tourist attractions, according to benchmarking by Global Wireless Solutions. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games start on Friday and as...

If you're planning to watch the Rio 2016 Olympics at work, fair warning – your employer will likely be keeping a closer eye on your network usage than usual, if it doesn't block you from watching altogether. Companies around the world expect their networks will be...

RIO DE JANEIRO--With the influx of people into Brazil for the 2016 Rio Olympics, mobile data use is expected to be 50% greater than in London for the 2012 games. In preparation for this, Linktel, operator of Brazil’s largest independent network of Wi-Fi hot spots,...

Telia Carrier will provide backhaul and interconnect to Ericsson’s device connection platform via a dedicated global IoT backbone. Ericsson has selected Telia Carrier for the provision of a global dedicated IoT backbone for its device connection platform (DCP). IoT operators will now be able...

In the approach to the Aug. 5 start of the Rio Olympics in Brazil, Ericsson announced it will work with NBC to support the network's broadcast of the summer games. Ericsson has provided technology support and solutions to NBC in its coverage of the 2006...