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The trend for amped-up cross-breed IoT – and tension with stripped-back pure-breed IoT

Note, this article forms the introduction to a new editorial report from Enterprise IoT Insights, Hybrid Low-Power IoT – How The IoT Industry Is Balancing Function And Efficiency. The report is available here, or by clicking on the image below. Is there a trend...

Boingo Wireless to deploy DAS network at Omni PGA Frisco Resort

U.S. distributed antenna system (DAS) and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless has been selected by Omni PGA Frisco Resort to design, build, and manage a neutral-host cellular DAS network for the golf resort, scheduled to open in 2023, the company said in a release. Boingo Wireless...

America Movil aims to launch 5G in 90% of its markets this year: CEO

Mexican telecoms group America Movil expects to launch 5G services in 90% of the countries where it operates during 2020, America Movil’s CEO Daniel Hajj said during a conference call with investors. "I don't have a specific date, but all over the year we're working...

EXFO works with Red Hat on service assurance

Network testing company EXFO has announced a new collaboration with Red Hat, focused on adaptive service assurance for a 5G world. Specifically, EXFO's Nova Active μ-Verifier service assurance solution is now available as a Red Hat-certified container, which can be deployed on Red Hat's...

StarHub supplies University of Singapore with 5G for connectivity and IoT co-creation

The National University of Singapore (NUS) is working with operator StarHub to leverage 5G and IoT as part of a two-year trial to build a ‘smart campus’ infrastructure to bring intelligence and automation to its facilities management operation, as well as to drive its...

Project aims to use 5G, IoT to smarten Australia’s waste trucks

5G will connect IoT sensors, including cameras, on waste trucks A collaboration between Swinburne University of Technology and Brimbank City Council in Australia will result in an interconnected network of garbage trucks that will use the 5G network and the Internet of Things (IoT). The project...

Swisscom ends 2021 with almost 2,000 5G+ antennas

Swisscom plans to double FTTH availability by 2025 Swiss operator Swisscom said it closed 2021 with 1,975 antennas in 888 locations with its mid-band-based 5G+ technology. The telco said that its 5G service using 3.5G Hz spectrum currently reaches 62% of the Swiss population. Swisscom also...

Nokia says ‘reset’ is behind it, acceleration and scale are ahead

NEM impacted by Verizon 5G snub, has a 'new baseline' for its North American business Nokia reported fourth-quarter and full-year earnings in line with analysts' expectations, although its business did see an impact from Verizon's choice of Samsung 5G equipment over Nokia's. Pekka Lundmark, president...

Rakuten Mobile reaches coverage target for its 4G network

Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile announced that the population coverage ratio for its 4G network has reached 96%. Rakuten Mobile noted that the goal had been reached four years ahead of the target set when it initially outlined its deployment plan. This plan had been approved...

Mexican regulator confirms 5G spectrum auction for 2022

Mexican telecommunications regulator IFT has confirmed that the 5G spectrum auction for mobile services will take place during 2022. The 5G auction was included in the watchdog's 2022 work plan, which outlines the bidding process for spectrum blocks in the 600MHz, 3.3GHz and 3.5GHz bands,...

Blocking out the negative 5G noise: Why the fifth generation finally started to live up to the hype in 2021 (Reader Forum)

Over the last two years, 5G has dominated discourse throughout the telecom industry. Promises of higher data rates enabling users to download, stream or process content faster, lower latency to facilitate less lag and delay when accessing networks, and improved network capacity have industry...

‘Rivals are going the wrong way’ – Cisco teases Wi-Fi-friendly private 5G bundle

Cisco is readying a Wi-Fi-style pay-as-you-go private LTE and 5G offer for enterprises, and particularly for industrial enterprises, which comprises Cisco-led pre-sale network-design consultancy and post-sale network management support. Details about the in-between build-phase, in terms of sale-side network parts and ownership, are less...

5G accounts for nearly 30% of mobile subscribers in South Korea: report

Nearly 30% of mobile subscriptions in South Korea were on 5G networks at the end of last year, Korean news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. The total number of 5G subscribers amounted to 20.92 million as of the...

Comcast Business, Nokia partner to target 5G private wireless networks

  Comcast Business recently announced a non-exclusive partnership with Finnish vendor Nokia to extend its enterprise connectivity portfolio to deliver 5G private wireless networks. For this purpose, Comcast will use Nokia DAC (Digital Automation Cloud) industrial-grade private wireless solution and digitalization enabler platform. The first Comcast Business...

Parallel Wireless opening O-RAN lab in Canada

U.S.-based Open RAN company Parallel Wireless announced the opening of a research and development (R&D) lab and testing facility in Ottawa, Canada to further develop 5G radio access equipment and expand the firm's global presence. Maxime Dumas, general manager of Parallel Wireless in Canada said,...

Digital Industry Solutions | Hybrid low-power IoT – how the IoT industry is balancing function and efficiency to drive massive IoT

The penny has dropped – IoT is not a winner-takes-all market. Increasingly, IoT solution providers are looking to mix and match low-power IoT technologies to serve complex use cases and drive efficiencies.   This report discusses the combination, variously, of wide-area IoT (LoRaWAN, Sigfox, NB-IoT, LTE-M),...

Orange announces 700 MHz 5G deployment in Spain

Spanish operator Orange announced what it claims to be the largest deployment of 5G in the 700 MHz band in Spain. The European carrier said it will offer this technology progressively over the course of 2022 in more than 1,100 towns and cities, 820 of...

In Pursuit of Touchless Telecom

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) understand the complexity and enormity of a telecom network. The size and breadth of these networks alone makes them a serious undertaking to deploy, commission and assure. With the added implications of technical complexity and aging technical debt, growing service...

InfoVista White Paper: 7 critical building blocks of true cloud-native customer experience assurance

Modern experience assurance platforms must deliver real-time, per-subscriber, per-service, per-device intelligence; predictive diagnostics; and automated troubleshooting right down to the individual packet level – whether across 5G/4G/3G/2G, fixed, enterprise, IoT, cloud-hosted or hybrid networks – as well as support advanced service monetization and rapid...

SureCall announces record speed with 5G booster on Verizon’s network

5G signal booster vendor SureCall has announced the results of a field-based study of its Horizon booster on Verizon’s 5G mmWave Ultra Wideband (UWB) network. In a release, SureCall stated that the field study consistently produced near 3 Gbps of data speed. The team tested download...

Reducing network energy consumption with AI-based solutions is low-hanging fruit

With 5G upgrades continuing to accelerate, communication service providers (CSPs) around the world are facing increased energy consumption driven by accelerating capacity demand due to the increase in traffic, especially in 5G networks. 5G is 90% more energy efficient than LTE, but this gain...

Nextivity 4.0: 5G and Enterprise Growth the Focus for 2022

There is a level of excitement and optimism brewing in the telecom space, especially around 5G and the massive potential it offers. We expect to see tremendous growth in the number of 5G networks installed and more widespread adoption of 5G applications. This will...

Vodafone supplies 5G and IoT to health-tech firm with ‘access’ to 90% of operating rooms

Vodafone has formalised a partnership with health-tech platform provider Proximie to supply sundry 5G networking, IoT sensing, and edge computing componentry for its surgical software, which is being deployed in hospital operating theatres and diagnostic rooms to help with training and operations. Proximie says...

ZTE’s profits, operating revenue expand in 2021

Chinese vendor ZTE reported that its net profit attributable to holders of ordinary shares of the listed company reached CNY6.5-7.2 billion ($1.02-$1.13 billion), an increase of 52.6% to 69% year-on-year. “During the year, the company, confronted with complex external environment, continued to solidify its position...