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#TBT: Qualcomm’s first PCS phone; Southern Company gets into wireless; the wacky world of the ‘we-way’ … this week in 1994

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! Qualcomm launches its...

US senators say the FBI could provide more evidence over Huawei theats

Letter to Microsoft lists off Huawei "evidence" A group of Republican senators sent a letter to Microsoft President Brad Smith stating that the FBI could share classified information with U.S. companies demonstrating threats the Chinese vendor Huawei poses to national security. The letter comes after Smith complained last...

Kagan: Galaxy Fold vs. Surface Duo, battle of folding screen

This is an exciting time in the wireless industry as a new folding screen smartphone category is just beginning. The initial two heavy hitters are the Microsoft Surface Duo and the Samsung Galaxy Fold. They have entered this space and this new horserace has...

Vodafone joins up with Microsoft for 4G, 5G mobile gaming

Forecasts show that the value of the U.K.'s mobile gaming industry will reach nearly $2 billion by 2023 Vodafone and Microsoft have entered a technical partnership focused on optimizing mobile gaming technology in the U.K. As part of the arrangement, Vodafone customers will have the...

NHS trust signs £25m deal with Hitachi for digital twin and control centre

An NHS trust in Manchester, in the UK, has agreed a £25 million deal with Hitachi Consulting to use advanced data analytics and IoT tools to digitise its processes and optimise its staff resources, in what is billed as the “UK’s first fully integrated...

AI on the line – three cases of digital pyrotechnics on the production line

“It's like a secret recipe,” says Bernd Gross, chief technology officer at German firm Software AG, when asked about why the car industry is not crowing, yet, about its paint-shop analytics solution, developed with German robot maker Dürr, and rolled out by at least two...

The Sunday Brief: Dominate, divest, dedicate, deliver –The Elliott memo appendix

Greetings from the Windy City, where yours truly (and the Editor) spent some time sightseeing, working, and enjoying the architecture (the Trump Tower is “huge”).  This week, we have space to cover two key events - the September 10 Apple product announcement and the...

Microsoft, SK Telecom team up to tackle 5G-based cloud gaming

The global cloud gaming market size is expected to reach $740 million by the end of 2025 SK Telecom has been deemed Microsoft’s “exclusive operating partner” for its cloud gaming service, xCloud, in Korea. The pair have partnered up to deliver the streaming service to...

AT&T on multi-cloud strategy and why it’s important for 5G

Cloud underlies NFV, SDN and automation capabilities On the heels of a series of cloud-related announcements, AT&T's Chris Rice, senior vice president of network cloud and infrastructure, pulled the lens back and explained the company's larger strategy around cloud computing, automating network management processes and...

Carriers missed the boat on cloud but 5G can change that

SAN FRANCISCO--With a call out from VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger during his opening keynote and numerous mentions from Dell Technologies-family executives, 5G was most certainly a topic of interest during VMworld this week. And with 5G commanding an IT-centric approach marked by highly varied...

Microsoft Q4 boosted by cloud services and strategic partnerships

Microsoft cloud revenue surges 39% in fourth quarter Microsoft experienced a record fiscal year, reporting revenue of $33.7 billion and net income of $13.2 billion. Q4 showed that commercial cloud revenue increased 39% year-over-year to $11.0 billion, which,  according to Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, represents the...

Microsoft report reveals state of enterprise IoT adoption

Microsoft: "If not addressed, industry challenges may compromise benefits to IoT" Microsoft Corp.’s new research report IoT Signals is designed to provide a global overview of the IoT landscape. The vendor-neutral report surveyed over 3,000 IoT decision-makers in enterprise organizations in order to give the industry...

Microsoft reports record Q4 on multi-year cloud deals

AT&T and Microsoft see mutual benefits to 5G, cloud combo Mobile operators are in a unique position when it comes to digital transformation. Carriers need to simultaneously embrace internet of things, virtualization and distributed cloud computing to drive internally efficiencies and cost savings. These same...

Meaningful AI needs edge and cloud computing

NXP and Nvidia both investing in AI for edge use cases The vision for the combination of 5G and the internet of things revolves around leveraging the low latency of next-generation cellular networks with sensor data to create efficiencies through lightning fast data processing in...

SK Telecom, Microsoft ink deal to cooperate on AI, cloud and 5G

Korean telco SK Telecom and Microsoft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to carry out cooperation activities in the fields of artificial intelligence, cloud and 5G. Under the terms of the agreement, SK Telecom and Microsoft will combine their technological capabilities in areas such...

Microsoft CEO: Hyper-connected world ‘being driven by software’

MS Build developer conference keynote: "Go for that moonshot" Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella kicked off the company's annual MS Build developer conference this week in Seattle by describing the opportunity available to software developers as connectivity changes not only the consumer world but also drives...

Telensa teams with Samsung on 5G, AI and blockchain for smart cities in APAC, US

Samsung and Telensa are to collaborate on smart city projects around streetlighting and data governance, with work slated in South Korea, followed by wider deployments across Asia Pacific and in the United States. The pair will also bring Samsung’s knowhow in 5G, artificial intelligence...

Telensa ramps-up Urban Data Project with new tech partners, new smart cities

UK smart street-lighting firm Telensa has appointed Belfast-based digital services provider Kainos as lead partner in the ramp-up and rollout of its Urban Data Project to additional smart cities. The Urban Data Project initiative launched in Cambridge, in the UK, in February, and brings...

Microsoft snaps up IoT firm Express Logic to “unlock billions of new endpoints”

Microsoft has acquired embedded computing software firm Express Logic for an undisclosed fee, with an aim to “unlock access to billions of new connected endpoints” in the internet-of-things (IoT) space. The San Diego outfit is behind the ThreadX real-time operating system (RTOS), for managing highly...

Microsoft and BMW corral industry around open platform for digital factory solutions

Microsoft and the BMW have combined to foster easier, cheaper, faster innovation in the manufacturing sector. The pair have launched an ‘open manufacturing platform’ (OMP) to “break down” barriers with complex, proprietary systems that create data silos and slow productivity. The initiative, built on...

Cubic Telecom inks connected car deal with Škoda

  Škoda drivers will have access to a wide range of connected cars services across Europe Cubic Telecom has signed a contract with Czech automobile manufacturer Škoda Auto to enable connectivity for Škoda drivers across Europe. The new IoT solution will be available first in the new...

SAP intros Leonardo IoT, tightens integration with Azure IoT Hub

German software company SAP has launched a new internet of things (IoT) suite for its Leonardo platform, as well as closer cloud integration with Microsoft’s Azure IoT Hub. SAP Leonardo IoT enables customers to combine business process data with IoT data garnered from machines...

Microsoft mixes gaming and industry to make HoloLens 2 the king of MWC gadgets

Mobile World Congress (MWC) is an operator show, run by the GSMA operator group, that has always looked and sounded like a handsets show, dominated by device makers. On Sunday night at MWC 2019, as Samsung and Huawei gathered the blogger world in cavernous...

Telefónica inks strategic AI partnership with Microsoft

Under the deal, both companies aim to develop innovative services for the telecom sector BARCELONA -- Telefónica and Microsoft have put in place a strategic partnership to collaborate on projects to accelerate innovation in the telecommunications field. The new agreement, announced during the Mobile World Congress...