Tag: connections

December 22, 2023

SpaceX has been granted special temporary authority by the Federal Communications Commission for field testing of direct-to-cellular communications via its Starlink second generation satellites. The company said that it would be testing up to five devices at different power levels […]

January 24, 2023

A new study has identified 2023 as a huge turning point for 5G IoT (Internet of Things) connections globally, and the next three years are set to see those come into their own. Juniper Research estimates that, already, there are […]

May 23, 2022

Any tech enthusiast knows that once a new technology is launched, another one is already waiting around the corner. Wi-Fi 6 hasn’t been on the market too long, but it already outperforms the Internet service available to most people. Upgrading […]

January 13, 2021

2020 was a tough year for humans — and for networks. As daily lives were interrupted and people stayed home rather than travel or gather for work, school or entertainment, there was an accompanying flip-flop in network traffic patterns: Far […]

October 17, 2018

The unsung hero of today’s modern networks is the application program interface (API), the tiny programs and protocols that act as the bridges bringing users, networks, systems and information together. But they also make it difficult to connect legacy systems […]

October 7, 2016

Weather disasters like Hurricane Matthew are pushing wireless carriers to test drones and other unmanned aircraft that can act as wireless hot spots for 4G LTE connections to help emergency responders. Verizon announced Thursday it had just completed a simulation […]