New York City will be a wireless testbed, home to a research platform deployed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance wireless technologies beyond current capabilities. Many major wireless carriers have already made plans to roll out 5G services to...
Zayo has been selected by a major wireless carrier to expand mobile infrastructure, connecting “thousands of macro towers” to the carrier’s FTTT network. According to Zayo, the expansion will span 30 markets across 21 states. This contract is Zayo’s largest mobile...
AT&T just announced the launch of the dedicated network core for FirstNet, giving first responders access to their own specialized broadband network and communications system. FirstNet is the first and only network of its kind, offering first responders their own...
by Sarah Pereau | 23 Mar 2018 KT Corporation (“KT”), a South Korean telecommunications company, has confirmed that they will be launching a commercial 5G network in early 2019. KT had demonstrated its 5G capabilities to visitors at the 2018 Winter Olympics in...
Subsea cables provide a link for 99% of international networking and communications around the world. Over the past year, tech giants such as Google, Facebook, and Microsoft have announced plans to build new subsea cables in the upcoming year. Google alone will be...
by Sarah Pereau | 12 Mar 2018 Bristol, United Kingdom won the Smart City Award at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, in February 2018. Bristol has been leading smart city development in the United Kingdom since 2016. This year, the city’s efforts in smart...
by Sarah Pereau | 02 Mar 2018 Esri, a leading geographic information system and spatial analytics company, recently announced its acquisition of ClearTerra. ClearTerra is a geospatial and “activity-based intelligence” company that has already been partners with Esri...
by Sarah Pereau | 20 Feb 2018 Mapping and spatial analytics firm, Esri, has created stories mapping the 2018 Winter Olympics using data in a geographic information system (GIS). According to Esri, a geographic information system is a platform used to gather, map, and...
by Sarah Pereau | 15 Feb 2018 (updated 22 Feb 2018) SpaceX successfully launched their first pair of demo Starlink satellites on February 22, 2018, another historic milestone since the company was founded in 2002. The two broadband satellites, named Tintin-A and...