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GE Healthcare opens 5G lab in India

GE Healthcare said that the 5G lab will serve as a testbed to develop future-ready products and solutions   GE Healthcare announced the inauguration of its 5G Innovation Lab in Bengaluru, India, the company said in a statement. Located at the John F. Welch Technology Centre (JFWTC),...

China’s telecom sector revenues reach almost $100bn in Jan-May

China ended May with a total of 899.3 million subscribers in the 5G segment China's telecommunication industry recorded revenues of CNY 665 billion ($99.46 billion) in the first five months of the year, up 8.5% compared to the same period the previous year, local news...

Software AG intros new TrendMiner client for industrial AI in process manufacturing

Belgium-based advanced analytics firm TrendMiner, part of German software vendor Software AG, has released an upgraded production client for industrial analytics in process manufacturing industries. The new TrendMiner release – literally, for mining analytics trends in time-series data – caters to OT-side industrial operators,...

Google unifies data lakes and warehouses with BigLake

Google promises to help enterprises get big data costs and security under control with BigLake, its BigQuery-based data lake storage system.

Telefónica Tech buys UK analytics firm and Microsoft favourite Incremental for £175m

Telefónica Tech, the digital change unit of Spain-based operator Telefónica, has acquired UK-based digital transformation and data analytics company Incremental for £175 million. Incremental, a major Microsoft partner in the UK, will be integrated into Telefónica Tech business in the UK and Ireland. In the...

What you need to know about IoT and how it works (Reader Forum)

The Internet of Things refers to millions of physical devices that are connected to the internet and share data. These devices are embedded with sensors, internet connectivity and hardware to allow control and communication via the web. Connecting these different objects together and adding...

Nokia to migrate its entire IT infrastructure onto Google Cloud

Nokia has been focused on transitioning to a “cloud-first IT strategy” Earlier this week, Nokia said it will be migrating its entire on-premises information technology infrastructure onto Google Cloud, including all of its data centers, servers and software applications, marking a massive win for the...

Microsoft plans $1 billion data center investment in Greece

'Greece has the sun and now it’s getting a cloud,' said Greek Prime Minister Microsoft plans to build three data centers in Greece, resulting in an investment of approximately $1 billion into the Greek economy. The country’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, along with Microsoft, announced...

Telefónica pitches rejigged IoT and AI portfolio for post-Covid retail

Telefónica’s new digital-change unit, Telefónica Tech, has adapted its existing catalogue of IoT and big data solutions for the post-coronavirus recovery of the retail, tourism, hospitality, transport, and mobility sectors, it has said. The Spain-based operator revealed a five-point reinvention plan at the end of...

Nvidia acquires Mellanox in a data center dream come true

Nvidia CEO: 'This is a home run deal' Nvidia’s $7 billion acquisition of computing networking company Mellanox Technologies has been finalized following delayed regulatory approval, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang couldn’t be happier. “This is a home run deal,” Huang told CNBC. "Man, I've been dreaming...

Survey predicts pandemic-driven innovation in workplace, health, big data

  The novel coronavirus may drive new innovation in the workplace, healthcare and in the application of big data analytics and artificial intelligence, according to a new survey of technology executives by the Atlantic Council think-tank. The Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center surveyed 100 tech experts about...

Verizon Media launches open source, big data COVID-19 search engine

The Verizon Media search engine has become a potentially life-saving COVID-19 tool  Last month, the White House unveiled its COVID-19 Open Research Data (CORD-19) initiative, an open source, big data processing program to aid treatment and vaccine research. But, as you might expect, there is...

Telefonica to allow 8,000 companies to pilot its blockchain-based platform

Telefonica will deploy nodes of its Hyperledger-enabled blockchain at APTE’s 52 locations Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica has revealed plans to work with Spain’s Association of Science and Technology Parks (APTE) to bring its blockchain-based platform to around 8,000 local companies in form of Hyperledger-based blockchain...

Shanghai smart city project to include ‘high-tech roads, autonomous buses and a 5G Network’

Automotive technology company Human Horizons is conducting a smart city project called the Vehicle-Road-City Integrated Smart City in the artificial intelligence hub of the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai, China. Part of the company’s larger strategic blueprint, called '3 Smart,' the project will combine...

#TBT: Small cells are gonna be big; Rise of the new tech giants; Early days of LTE … this week in 2012

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Small cells: They're...

Intel, Lenovo collaborate on AI as 5G complicates data management

Amid 5G rollouts, 53% of carriers expect to be using AI in their networks by the end of next year Intel and Lenovo have entered a multiyear, global collaboration that will accelerate the convergence of high-performance computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address some...

The Value of Transparency for Network Operators (Reader Forum)

  Knowledge is power, but are you collecting the full array of data points you need to guide supply chain and network management decisions? Chances are, you’re not. There are organizational and market-driven reasons why important facts about network infrastructure, maintenance, and overall operations are often...

On heels of record-setting year, Intel names new CEO

This week the Intel Board of Directors announced that Bob Swam, the former chief financial officer and interim CEO since mid-2018, has taken on the top job permanently. Vice President of Finance and Director of Corporate Planning Todd Underwood will  take on the CFO...

Is big data more like oil or sunshine?

Metaphors aside, big data is the key to AI development We've all heard the comparison, perhaps too often, but here it is: big data is the new oil that business needs to run. But what exactly does that mean? IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, speaking to...

McKinsey opens industrial IoT hub in Taiwan

The new IIoT center will allow local firms to adopt new technologies such as AI, big data and IoT   Global management consulting firm McKinsey has expanded its presence in Taiwan, with the opening of its North Asia Industrial IoT hub, Taiwanese press reported. The new hub,...

Google, LG Electronics ink agreement to target smart city projects

  Google will apply IoT, big data and AI to the targeted smart city initiatives   Google has signed an agreement with South Korean firm LG Electronics to focus on the development of smart cities powered by the internet of things, big data, and artificial intelligence, Korean...

Mobile networks want to use your data for social good—should you let them?

The use of mobile network ‘big data’ can play a key role in tackling infectious disease, disasters and environmental crises, but the privacy of individuals remains paramount, says Mats Granryd, Director General of the GSMA. The ways in which our personal data is used...

Verizon to open four new 5G Labs by the end of 2018

  The new facilities will be located in Washington DC, Palo Alto, Waltham and Los Angeles   Verizon will open four new 5G Labs this year, with the aim of accelerating the development of 5G use cases. The carrier said that the new 5G Labs – to be...

Las Vegas applies AI to smart city operations to detect faults and outages

Las Vegas, in Nevada, is using artificial intelligence to detect and fix issues within its IT systems, including those underpinning its various smart city projects. California-based FixStream said its deal with Las Vegas is the first implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) for IT operations...