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ANSI CEO writes that abandoning US leadership roles in standards bodies to comply with Department of Commerce rules would have a “devastating effect” on US competitiveness The Trump Administration’s restrictions …

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles that explores the sometimes obtuse process of standardizing, patenting and licensing cellular technologies.  Answers to the questions you always …

The Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) network said that these mechanisms have been implemented in Antwerp, Manchester, Helsinki, Milan, and Porto, among others The Open & Agile Smart Cities …

  ETSI said the new standard establishes a security baseline for internet-connected consumer products The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has released what it claims to be the first globally-acceptable …

Japan’s communications ministry will start carrying out R&D to develop post 5G standards Japan’s Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry plans to start carrying out research and development activities for a …

OpenFog Consortium’s fog computing architecture becomes an IEEE standard The IEEE Standards Association has adopted OpenFog Consortium’s work on a reference architecture for fog computing, which extends cloud computing concepts …

The PSTA, the recently formed public safety open standards group, adds Verizon to its list of members. Verizon announced on Monday that it supports the newly formed Public Safety Technology …

Editor’s Note: SRG has been participating in 3GPP standardization meetings since September 2015 when the standards body held its first workshop on 5G.  Prior to that initial 5G workshop, SRG closely …

The millions of connected devices that make up machine-to-machine systems and are part of the “internet of things” need to be switched on, configured, provisioned for services, maintained, updated with …

The millions of connected devices that make up machine-to-machine systems and are part of the “internet of things” need to be switched on, configured, provisioned for services, maintained, updated with …

OPC, standards for the IIoT Making data actionable by moving it away from machines and onto software is a fundamental challenge for the industrial “internet of things.” Looking to tackle …

OPC, standards for the IIoT Making data actionable by moving it away from machines and onto software is a fundamental challenge for the industrial “internet of things.” Looking to tackle …

The Allseen Alliance earlier this month merged with the Open Connectivity Foundation with plans to operate under the OCF name in working towards interoperability in the “internet of things” market …

The Allseen Alliance earlier this month merged with the Open Connectivity Foundation with plans to operate under the OCF name in working towards interoperability in the “internet of things” market …

An industrial IoT automation standard may be within reach as three global automation standard leaders have started working together to advance the industrial IoT. Realizing the full potential of the …

Connecthings CEO: Smart cities can learn lesson from missteps of smart home market Can you believe that next year marks the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the first iPhone? …

3GPP IoT standards variants add to LPWAN confusion The 3GPP standardization group has introduced a number of LTE standards aimed at providing a network for the “internet of things”: Narrowband IoT, LTE …

3GPP IoT standards variants add to LPWAN confusion The 3GPP standardization group has introduced a number of LTE standards aimed at providing a network for IoT: Narrowband (NB) IoT, LTE Cat 1 …

AT&T teams with industry leaders for 5G AT&T announced it will be working with a number of technology companies and operators to expedite the deployment of “5G” technology. The telecom company …

Straight to millimeter wave? Not so fast It is becoming increasingly accepted that millimeter wave spectrum, the frequencies between 30 GHz and 300 GHz, will define “5G” networks. But there …

‘Extremely high frequency’ means extremely fast 5G speeds Millimeter wave spectrum is the band of spectrum between 30 GHz and 300 GHz. Wedged between microwave and infrared waves, this spectrum can be …

Straight to mmWave? Not so fast It is becoming increasingly accepted that mmWave (extremely high frequency), the frequencies in the spectrum between 30 Ghz and 300 Ghz, will define 5G …

“Extremely high frequency” means extremely fast 5G speeds Millimeter wave (mmWave), also known as extremely high frequency (EHF), is the band of spectrum between 30 gigahertz (GHz) and 300 GHz. Wedged between …

5G network testing There are several major players in the push to make 5G a reality: standards bodies, telecom operators and other organizations and enterprises are all testing aspects of …

What is massive MIMO? Before going into “massive MIMO,” a potential enabler of 5G, it is important to understand the technology behind the traditional, smaller scale MIMO (multiple-input/multiple-output). MIMO deployment …