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Nokia sues Amazon, HP over video streaming patents

Amazon and HP aren't "playing by the rules," said Nokia's chief licensing officer Nokia has filed lawsuits in the U.S., Germany, India, the U.K. and the European Unified Patent court against Amazon and HP for allegedly infringing several of its patents related to video...

Kagan: Poly Voyager Free 60 earbuds saved the day on recent flight

One thing I have learned over time and after so much traveling is that wireless connectivity is not consistent. At best, it is hit and miss. Part of the problem is the airlines themselves. Another part is the airports. However, there are solutions. On...

Smartest factories post 93% jump in output during ‘unprecedented’ Covid disruption

The World Economic Forum has added 15 new ‘smart’ manufacturing sites to its ‘global lighthouse network’, and claimed production output among Industry 4.0 leaders spiralled upwards by 93 percent in the past year, through the Covid-era. New joiners include factories owned by Bosch, Foxconn,...

Potentially billions of IoT devices at risk from Ripple20 attacks – major brands are flagged

Security experts have identified a series of 19 vulnerabilities, given the name Ripple20, in a small software library integrated into “hundreds of millions”, and potentially billions, of IoT devices that have been sold into consumer, enterprise and industrial markets during the past two decades. Israeli...

China moves to ban foreign computer equipment and software: Report

  The Chinese government has instructed all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign computer equipment and software within the next three years, The Financial Times reported. The decision by Beijing would certainly impact U.S. firms including Microsoft, Dell and HP, according to the report. The...

Tech Mahindra and Cisco devise 5G factory blueprint for Industry 4.0

Tech Mahindra and Cisco have come up with a new digital factory blueprint that puts 5G at the heart industrial operations. Tech Mahindra said the solution sets a model for IT-OT integration and security.  The solution covers certain factory functions, including wireless networking on the...

Siemens and HP join on 3D printing for Industry 4.0; sign up VW, Land Rover

HP and Siemens have combined to offer an “integrated” additive manufacturing solution for manufacturing companies, with the likes of VW and Jaguar Land Rover in the wings. The initiative, drawing on Siemens’ digital factory offer and HP’s additive printing systems, notably its new Jet Fusion...

#TBT: Germany bans Facebook ‘likes’, HP kills Palm, Google picks up Moto … this week in 2011

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! Germany gives Facebook...

Eight crucial technologies to drive the digital revolution in smart manufacturing

The move to a ‘lights-out’ factory has already begun, but the developing transition requires an overhaul of industrial facilities, equipment, systems and people if it is to go the distance. Transformation of the manufacturing industry, or ‘vertical’ in service-provider parlance, must also make way...

Computex: NXP securing the edge, Qualcomm pushing always-on PCs

Qualcomm pushing for acquisition of NXP As Qualcomm continues its bid to acquire Dutch silicon firm NXP, the two major global companies this week in Taipei, Taiwan, for the annual Computex event, made big product and partner announcements that highlight the reach, in terms of...

Leveraging LTE for an always-on PC

MAUI, Hawaii--Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 mobile platform is a fundamental part of most smartphones. Now that same technology is coming to personal computers. At the Snapdragon Technology Summit, ASUS and HP announced new PCs billed as always-on--no waiting for the OS to kick-in; open the...

HPE CEO Meg Whitman stepping down

Whitman to remain on HPE board of directors Meg Whitman took the reins of HP in September 2011, and navigated the company through a split into HP, which sells PCs ands and printers, and HPE, which focuses on enterprise technology enablement. Effective Feb. 1, 2018,...

Wi-Fi as a service helps future-proof enterprise networks

Enterprise IT departments have learned a lot about wireless in recent years, with one of the primary things being technology changes fast. While many corporate technology buyers are evaluating the costs and benefits of 802.11ac Wi-Fi, chipmakers are already touting their 802.11ad solutions that...

Verizon customers call on FCC, White House funds smart cities … 5 things to know today

5 things to know today 1. Verizon Wireless is investigating customer complaints of surging data-use charges. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Federal Communications Commission saw a 10-fold increase last month in customer complaints about Verizon Wireless cellphone bills. The FCC is referring many of...

Samsung and HP in $1B deal, Ericsson and Intel partner for video … 5 things to know today

1. Samsung is selling its printer business to Hewlett-Packard for $1.05 billion. HP's printer and cartridge businesses have been slipping as customers substitute files on mobile devices for printed documents. Samsung, meanwhile, has tried hard to position itself at the center of the mobile revolution,...

IoT-centric, usage-based insurance set to surge

IoT-centric, usage-based insurance is finally coming of age and it is turning the traditional car insurance sector upside down. "Internet of Things" adoption in various vertical markets is set to disrupt traditional industries by introducing new business models. IoT-centric, usage-based insurance, which uses real-time information...

IoT-centric usage-based insurance set to surge

IoT-centric usage-based insurance is finally coming of age and it is turning the traditional car insurance sector upside down. Internet of Things (IoT) adoption in various vertical markets is set to disrupt traditional industries by introducing new business models. IoT-centric usage-based insurance (UBI), which...

HP to target service providers with video optimization partnership

VoIP veteran Charlie Vogt sees $40 billion market for video optimization and delivery, partners with HPE Video optimization has received a bad wrap lately, but carriers and other service providers know it is the reality of IP-based video delivery. "Nobody's getting uncompressed video," explained Charlie Vogt,...

2016 Predictions: Security, devops, big data and mobile testing

HPE sees security, devops, big data and mobile testing changes ahead Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year. Hackers will truly embrace the ‘Internet...

NFV and SDN trends in 2015, and what to expect in 2016

On this week’s show we speak with Sonus on NFV and SDN trends we saw in 2015 and what to expect in 2016 For this week’s featured interview, we spoke with Myk Konrad, VP of go-to-market for Sonus, to get his insight into the major...

HPE and China Telecom launch NFV lab

Joint NFV lab focused on NFV, SDN research Hewlett Packard Enterprise and China Telecom Beijing Research Institute said they opened a joint lab in Beijing focused on network functions virtualization research with the intent of helping China Telecom plan for implementing NFV technologies. The joint NFV...

HPE and Microsoft partner on hybrid cloud platform

Computing giants tap respective specialties in powering hybrid cloud offering Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a deal with Microsoft to use the software giant’s Azure platform as the preferred public cloud partner for HPE customers, and in turn having HPE serve as the preferred infrastructure and...

Dell goes all in on IT

AUSTIN, Texas – This year’s Dell World opened with the buzz of Dell’s proposed $67 billion merger with IT giant EMC still ringing in everyone’s ears. The acquisition makes it clear the Austin, Texas-based company is all in on IT. At the opening press conference,...

HP CEO reacts to Dell-EMC enterprise move

Dell is a major HP competitor in the enterprise market; HP is approaching a split that will spin-off HP Enterprise as standalone company Dell has agreed to buy EMC in what could be the biggest tech takeover in history. The size of the buyout will...