Smart Cities

26 March, 2020

Nokia WING chief says it’s not too early to add 5G and edge capabilities for IoT

Nokia launched WING, its Worldwide IoT Network Grid, in 2017 to provide organisations with a single global supplier of connectivity, edge and other resources with the aim of accelerating and simplifying global deployments for communications service providers (CSPs) and their enterprise customers. George Malim recently spoke to Ankur Bhan, the head of the Nokia WING business, to catch up on the unit’s progress.

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16 March, 2020

Growing demand from Chinese telcos for 5G-enabling networking system, says Ethernity

Ethernity Networks reports it has seen growing demand from Chinese telecoms companies for its solutions based on FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array),a 5G-enabling network circuit. The increased demand marks a shift away from software-only User Plane Functionality (UPF) solutions and is said to demonstrate a growing movement towards disaggregation within the Chinese market. (more…)

03 March, 2020

Smart City Networks renews technology and telecommunications contract with charlotte convention center

Smart City Networks, the nation’s provider of technology services for the convention industry, has renewed their service contract with the Charlotte Convention Centre (CCC) extending their partnership to provide quality telecommunications and internet services. (more…)

20 February, 2020

5G to support over 10% of global mobile links by 2023, says Cisco

According to the new Cisco Annual Internet Report, 5G will support more than 10% of the world’s mobile connections by 2023. The average 5G speed will be 575 megabits per second, or 13 times faster than the average mobile connection. (more…)

13 February, 2020

Four in five CSPs will trial 5G network slicing by end of 2020

To understand whether network slicing is a major concern for communication service providers (CSPs), and to find out if their current approaches to 5G network slice management and monetisation, Amdocs, has disclosed the findings of a new survey of 50 CSPs worldwide. The survey found that 54% are already trialling a 5G network slicing solution, while 30% plan to trial one by the end of this year. (more…)

24 January, 2020

IDC predicts strong growth in spending on digital transformation and innovation

Investments in digital transformation and innovation will account for 30% of all IT spending in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) by 2024, up from 18% in 2018. That’s according to the latest predictions revealed by International Data Corporation (IDC) as it hosted more than 500 of the region’s most influential ICT industry figures at Dubai’s Atlantis, The Palm for IDC Directions 2020. (more…)

21 January, 2020

Connected cars, smart factories and 5G broadcast to be T&M specialist’s focus at MWC2020

While the company’s full test solutions for 5G devices and base stations, as well as for latest 5G mobile networks will be the main attraction, the connectivity specialist Rohde & Schwarz will also demonstrate its solutions for connected cars, smart factories and 5G broadcast technology. In addition, software-defined WAN and cybersecurity solutions will round out the display. (more…)

16 January, 2020

Global operators join forces to create Future Forum managing 5G specs and ops

Global 5G network service providers have banded together to create a forum that accelerates the delivery of 5G and mobile-edge computing-enabled solutions worldwide. (more…)

12 December, 2019

Nokia builds strategic ecosystem partnership to bring 5G and IoT to enterprises in Japan

Nokia announced that it is building out its strategic partnership ecosystem to bring local 5G/private wireless LTE to industrial and government customers in Japan. Spectrum designated for local 5G will be released in Japan at the end of 2019 for enterprise use. (more…)

26 November, 2019

Vodafone Qatar premieres 5G MiFi mobile hotspot from Inseego

Vodafone Qatar, together with Inseego Corp., a provider of 5G and IoT device-to-cloud solutions, introduced the 5G MiFi M1100, the commercially available 5G mobile hotspot in Qatar and the region. (more…)