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Nokia and Sonera test 5G, new copper cable technologies

Nokia and Sonera, the Finnish arm of Nordic telecoms operator Telia Company, carried out a trial of 5G mobile networking and new copper cable technologies capable of delivering data speeds of up to 10 Gbps. The trial in August was built around a 5G-ready network...

The four layers of a smart city

Municipal leaders across the U.S. are quickly aligning around the concept of how to elevate their city to be a smart city. In its most basic form this means leveraging technology to make cities more effective, efficient and sustainable. Around the world, urban areas...

Ahead of 5G, Nokia pushes 4.5G Pro and unveils 4.9G

Nokia says 4.5G Pro solutions support five-channel carrier aggregation; future 4.9G meant to complement 5G services Nokia on Thursday continued to push toward 5G with new and future platforms designed to help operators maximize LTE investments as the research, development and standardization of 5G progresses. "4G...

Huawei presents new network architecture, cloud services

A network in the digital age should be "a network in the cloud for the cloud", said Huawei as it announced a new SDN-based network architecture. Huawei has launched Agile Network 2016, a SDN-based network architecture that promises to offer a network that is on-demand,...

Ranking the world’s top smart cities

Mass urbanization is straining resources in metropolitan areas and having a direct impact on quality-of-life for residents. This global trend is prompting increasing investment in solutions designed to transform high population density areas into smart cities. Smart cities is a somewhat nebulous term--it can include a...

5G connections to reach 690 million by 2025 – report

Despite likely fragmentation on the road to 5G, the number of 5G connections is expected to reach 690 million by 2025, says Strategy Analytics. The number of 5G connections will reach 690 million by 2025, according to a new forecast by Strategy Analytics. This means 5G...

Telstra upgrades wireless core ahead of 5G trial

Telstra plans to conduct a 5G trial in September using Ericsson’s 5G radio test bed. Here is how the Australian operator is preparing for it. Australia-based operator Telstra has started upgrading its Australian network’s wireless core with network function virtualisation (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN)...

What is blockchain and what does it mean for IIoT?

Just about everyone is familiar with Bitcoin, or at least knows of its controversial history. Behind the most popular and polarizing cryptocurrency in existence is blockchain, a framework that could revolutionize the internet of things. Blockchain differs from most IoT solutions in that it...

What’s next for Ericsson?

Whoever takes over as CEO of Ericsson will have their work cut out as the telecoms infrastructure vendor faces multiple challenges. The board of director of Ericsson announced yesterday the company’s CEO Hans Vestberg was to leave his position with immediate effect. The decision to oust Hans...

Reader Forum: But what about smart buildings?

  People have always sought to make sense of the environment and utilize resources to enhance their safety, comfort, and wellbeing. It is no different in the growing world of IoT and the evolution of how brick-and-mortar buildings are moving from solely providing shelter to...

IoT operator Sigfox: No one can match our offering

IoT operator Sigfox is confident that competing LPWAN technologies are no match to its own offering at this point. An exclusive interview with Thomas Nicholls, executive vice president of communication at Sigfox. We can count the days without an announcement on Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN), a...

Telefonica signs 5G agreements with ZTE, Huawei

In addition to 5G, the deals cover IoT, cloud, network virtualization and CloudRAN Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica has signed 5G development agreements with Chinese vendors ZTE and Huawei. The European telco inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ZTE for the development of 5G and the transition...

Smart Cities, Smart Buildings, Smart People

The Smart Cities Innovation Summit in Austin, Texas brought together a broad spectrum of professionals, each with their own experiences and perspectives. The result was a fascinating menagerie of conversations that spanned lessons from the past and provided speculation on the future of Smart...

IoT operator Qowisio launches disruptive IoT price plan

France-based IoT operator Qowisio launched its IoT network in France this week and presented a rather aggressive IoT price plan. Just about $0.11 or €0.10 per connected object per year: this is what it will cost businesses to connect their IoT devices to Qowisio ’s newly-launched...

IBB Consulting discusses outlook for 5G

5G coverage and capacity means new infrastructure With early use cases taking shape as carriers begin trials, RCR Wireless News caught up with IBB Consulting Partner Hillol Roy to get his insight into the likely phased commercialization of "5G" mobile networks. Roy was on hand in...

5G breakthrough with new millimeter wave transmission record

Scientists in Germany broke a new millimeter wave transmission record, opening new possibilities for 5G. The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF in Freiburg, Germany, has set a new world record in millimeter wave transmission, transmitting at a data rate of 6 Gigabit...

Hitachi creates Internet of Things unit

The Japanese firm generated $5.4 billion in "Internet of Things" revenues from products and services last year Hitachi formed its Hitachi Insight Group in a move to drive the firm’s unified "Internet of Things" business and go-to-market strategy worldwide. The newly group is set to...

Smart city solutions: India’s presidential estate selects IBM

The official home of the President of India is to deploy IBM’s smart city solutions to become a smart township. Tech companies are set to pay growing attention to India’s booming smart city solutions market. The Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official home of the President of...

Show me the Industrial IoT Money – Opportunity for investment

Within the telecoms industry, views differ widely on the scale of the IoT investment opportunity Asked at a recent conference when the Internet of Things (IoT) will make a material difference to his company’s financial performance, the CEO of one major telecoms operator replied: “Not in my...

Dish to FCC: XO acquisition will give Verizon 5G advantage

Verizon 5G plans could be bolstered by 39 GHz spectrum The pending Verizon Communications acquisition of XO Communications has drawn the ire of satellite-TV provider Dish Network, which in a Federal Communications Commission filing claims the deal will give Verizon an unfair advantage as "5G"...

Austin Energy eco-district showcases smart city tech

AUSTIN, Texas – The 2016 Energy Thought Summit, geared toward innovative approaches to energy management and sustainability, highlighted an important aspect of the growing smart city trend. Representatives from Austin Energy and the City of Austin showcased the local initiatives at the Seaholm eco-district. The...

ZTE, Hutchison Drei Austria to deploy pre 5G trial site

ZTE said pre 5G tests will take three to four months BARCELONA, Spain – ZTE signed a memorandum of understanding with mobile operator Hutchison Drei Austria to deploy what it's calling the first “pre-5G” trial site in Europe. In 2010, the Austrian telco selected ZTE as...

SK Telecom, Nokia demonstrate 20 Gbps speeds

Korean telco plans to unveil 5G device prototype BARCELONA, Spain – Korean operator SK Telecom and Nokia Networks claimed a network test resulting in over-the-air transmission speeds of 20.5 gigabits per second at this week's Mobile World Congress event. SK Telecom said the test meets...

Feature Report: The path to 5G: Smooth sailing or speed bumps along the way – VoLTE, 4.5G

This report will look at the current Global State of the Union of LTE as a baseline for discussion of VoLTE deployments. The topics that are helping and hindering VoLTE becoming more widespread will be covered along with interim generations of LTE on the...