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Nokia has agreed to sell its Device Management (DM) and Service Management Platform (SMP) businesses to Canadian telecom and media software company Lumine Group for $185 million euros (approximately $203 million). Nokia said that its Device Management software capabilities help communication service providers...

Wi-Fi has transformed connectivity since Wi-Fi 1 in 1999, continually evolving to meet dynamic connectivity needs of the consumer and enterprise market. With the latest generation of Wi-Fi on the horizon, understanding its evolution and potential impact is crucial. In RCR Wireless News latest report, we...

Each year, there are a selection of new technologies that are expected to be the NBT - “next big thing.” As we prepare to enter 2024, I expect that private cellular networks will see a sharp uptick in adoption as the next generation of...

Wi-Fi 7 was built from the ground up with the 6 GHz band in mind, promising increased speed and capacity. With the latest generation of Wi-Fi on the horizon, this report explores the current and near-future standard and device ecosystem and potential consumer and...

Wi-Fi 7 might be stealing the spotlight, but that's certainly not the only thing unfolding in wireless With the certification of the Wi-Fi 7 just around the corner, the wireless industry is abuzz with excitement around what the new standard will enable. However, Wi-Fi 7’s...

The 2023 World Radio Conference (WRC-23) will take place in Dubai from November 20 to December 15, and one key agenda item is the consideration of the identification of the 6425-7025 MHz and 7025-7125 MHz frequency bands for either International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) or...

Private cellular networks offer tremendous benefits for enterprises: better security than Wi-Fi, smooth handovers between radios, improved throughput and latency, and future-proof support for a diverse set of use cases. An expert partner is necessary to bring private networks to their full capabilities and tailor...

Telefónica and Siemens are to provide Spanish battery manufacturer Basquevolt with the “best technological and connectivity solutions” to launch a new “prototyping line” at its plant in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country region in northern Spain. The project specifies an ultra-fast and...

In today's technology-driven landscape, the reliance of organizations on their technological infrastructure is nothing short of absolute. While some may make do with conventional Wi-Fi setups, others will find that off-the-shelf solutions simply fall short of meeting their unique and complex needs. Private wireless networks...

Home broadband, Wi-Fi speed and reliability guarantees and speed testing/diagnostics were among the most popular services that providers plan to offer Omdia and Broadband Forum have published a new report that shows global broadband service providers are focused on introducing technology that directly improves bandwidth...

Federal E-Rate funds can be used to outfit school busses with Wi-Fi access points, the Federal Communications Commission has declared. The declaratory ruling was supported by the Commission's three Democrats, and opposed by its two Republicans. Commissioners Brendan Carr and Nathan Simington argued both that...

Editor’s note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with Snapdragon Summit.  HAWAII—With the launch of its ambitious Oryon CPU for PCs and plan to embed the 12-core powerhouse across its business segments, Qualcomm is changing. Whereas previous iterations of the annual Snapdragon Summit...

Wi-Fi OpenRoaming allows for seamless Wi-Fi onboarding from location to location without the need for logins or passwords Systems integrator TecExpert Brasil has introduced OpenRoaming Wi-Fi hotspots at the Teatro Gazeta theater in São Paulo, announced the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). OpenRoaming, developed by Cisco and now controlled by WBA, allows for seamless Wi-Fi...

Earlier this year, BAI Communications and its familiar wireless and infrastructure brands  including Mobilitie, ZenFi Networks, Transit Wireless and Signal Point Systems came together under the new Boldyn Networks brand. From the show floor at Mobile World Congress Las Vegas, Boldyn Networks’ US CEO...

In today's fast-paced business world, connectivity is king. Enterprises, especially those with sprawling outdoor operations in agriculture, transportation, sporting venues, and campuses, depend on seamless communication. These businesses require expanded coverage, rock-solid reliability, scalability, and unwavering performance to support business-critical applications that require readily...

No two private networks are exactly alike, as each is configured to serve different network environments and industries. In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, businesses increasingly focus on modernizing their enterprise systems to do more for their business. This focus creates more resilient systems...

The edge has always existed, as any bull-headed IT wizard will tell you; but it has not always existed like this. The edge-cloud continuum is well travelled by enterprise IT technicians, taking powerful advantage of the economies of hyper-scale afforded by cloud-based compute engines....

Wireless communications have transformed nearly every application space, from smart home security and personal computing to mobile phones, audio, and video streaming, and factory-floor automation. Benefiting from decades of rapid innovation, almost every electronic product on the market today is a connected device. The technologies...

Broadband and Wi-Fi have become synonymous when it comes to the in-home connectivity experience. However, consumers continue to struggle with Wi-Fi reliability and management, and communication service providers (CSPs) are still in need of better paths to broadband monetization. According to Laszlo Gyalog, who leads...

Celona Marketing Director David Callisch goes through the idea that private cellular is a software and access play, and looks at the rise of cellular for use cases where Wi-Fi is not sufficient. He also highlights Celona's expansion into the red hot European private...

Comcast has debuted a new internet option for Wi-Fi with cellular back-up using Verizon's mobile network, so that customers don't have to lose their home Wi-Fi access in a service or power outage. For $7 a month for 36 months or an upfront payment...

Cloud-based AIOps take Wi-Fi from a best-effort art to a highly reliable network science, which is essential for meeting the stringent service-level requirements of digital-age applications. Wireless networks have evolved into an indispensable part of daily life. Sophisticated enterprise use cases are driving up both...

While private 5G is poised to deliver major benefits to enterprise users, there are a number of complexities to deploying 5G alongside existing connectivity mediums, including 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi. In the context of private 5G for the shop floor rather than a carpeted...

The open and disaggregated movement, pioneered by OpenRAN, has become a well-known concept. It is driven by the principles of opening mobile networks to a broader range of suppliers and disaggregating software from hardware components in the network. These are the same principles that...