Tag: wireless

December 16, 2020

After 2020’s twists and turns, here’s hoping that 2021 ushers in a restored sense of “normal.” In thinking about what the upcoming year might bring for industrial IoT, three key trends emerge. Trend #1: IT will take a bolder posture […]

December 15, 2020

The merits of Open RAN has become a topic of much debate in wireless circles. This is unsurprising since Open RAN will – or won’t – drive hundreds of billions of dollars of investment by telecom equipment manufacturers, mobile network […]

December 14, 2020

The Telecom Infra Project performed testing last year specifically looking at penetration losses in indoor environments at 28 GHz and 60 GHz. TIP’s testing gives some insights into the challenge of achieving outdoor-in coverage for 5G at millimeter-wave frequencies, but […]

December 9, 2020

Delivering indoor connectivity has long dogged mobile network operators (MNOs). Whether it be the location of a building or the construction materials used, it is frequently difficult for mobile subscribers to get a reliable wireless signal from the MNO towers […]

December 8, 2020

The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction has wrapped up, setting the stage for $9.23 billion in subsidies to be doled out over the next decade in support of high-speed rural broadband deployment. That deployment will come as a combination of […]

November 16, 2020

China has announced it has already installed nearly 700,000 5G base stations so far this year, exceeding the country’s original target of 500,000, South China Morning Post reported. According to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) vice-minister Liu […]

November 13, 2020

A new generation of cellular technology, operating in newly opened mmWave frequency bands, is promising a major shift in the in-building wireless space. Most cellular network traffic is generated indoors, and some of the early 5G use cases around sports, […]

November 9, 2020

It’s the year 1950, and I’m asking you what you imagine technology would be in 70 years; what would you say? My guess is you proceed to list out some science-fiction-like answers such as the existence of space exploration programs, […]

October 23, 2020

What’s the future of Dish Wireless? While I love the idea, I have to say we’ve been waiting for more than a decade since they started acquiring wireless data spectrum and what have we seen so far? More recently, during […]

October 14, 2020

Apple’s 5G iPhone is a sure sign that “wireless is the new fiber.” The pace of innovation is simply stunning. But it’s not your phone that will bring you this wireless revolution first. It will be in your network fabric, […]

October 12, 2020

Cable operators scored a big win in the race for 5G by diving into the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum auction. Three of the country’s largest cable companies – Cox, Comcast, and Charter – […]

September 30, 2020

For today’s everyday activities and work, wireless connectivity has shifted from a luxury to a necessity. More and more industries and public spaces require reliable, secure, and fast Wi-Fi for a growing list of use cases. The world’s needs have […]

August 26, 2020

Organizations today are facing unprecedented times, and the need to digitize physical spaces has never been more important. To adapt to these new challenges, enterprises must shift toward a new, open and unified ecosystem that both (1) supports delivering outcomes […]

August 25, 2020

China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 13.85 million 5G subscribers in July, the telco said on its website. The operator said it ended July with a total of 84.05 million 5G subscribers, compared to 6.7 […]

August 21, 2020

One of many questions I am asked frequently is, which new technology will be faster and better, and which should you choose, 5G or Wi-Fi 6? The truth is, this is a silly question. It’s like asking, which should you […]

August 10, 2020

Greetings again from Charlotte/ Lake Norman. Pictured is a double rainbow from July to celebrate a week of consistent market highs as well as a pretty darn good first earnings report from T-Mobile. We will analyze four key parts of […]

August 10, 2020

Over the last several decades, competitors in the wireless industry were all on the same path. However, over this last decade we have seen three completely different directions emerge. Let’s take a closer look at networks in the changing industry, […]

August 10, 2020

The government of South Korea aims to launch a pilot project for not-yet-standardized 6G mobile services in 2026, Korean press reported. The government expects 6G services could be commercially available in Korea between 2028 and 2030, according to a report […]

August 6, 2020

The total number of global DDoS attacks is expected to double from 7.9 million in 2018 to 15.4 million by 2023. In parallel, 70% of the global population is estimated to have mobile connectivity by 2023. Hence, the gargantuan ask […]

July 30, 2020

Quarterly revenues for Comcast dropped nearly 12% compared to the same time last year and its net income was down more than 4% as the company navigates the pandemic — but the cable company’s wireless segment saw strong growth of […]