High-performance use cases such as Work From Home, industrial IoT, telehealth and 4K streaming video are driving adoption of a new generation of Wi-Fi connectivity. These use cases come with high expectations even as the complexity of Wi-Fi networks and the interoperability challenges surge. How can service providers and vendors ensure Wi-Fi 6/6E and beyond The post Spirent eBook: Testing Wi-Fi for High- Performance Use Cases appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

There have been nearly 300,000 written contributions for 5G UE-related technologies. Three big network vendors (Huawei, Ericsson, and Nokia) have been leading in both the number of contributions and approved contributions for 5G technologies to The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). This is particularly the case with standards related to User Equipment (UE) specifications and The post Huawei, Ericsson, and Nokia are the most active companies contributing to 5G 3GPP standardization (Analyst Angle) appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

So far, 15 vendors and 36 O-RAN products have collaborated with SONIC Labs U.K. digital accelerator Digital Catapult, working with telecommunications regulator Ofcom, has announced the opening of its new Open RAN (O-RAN) testing facilities as part of the SONIC Labs program. SONIC Labs is funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The post Digital Catapult, Ofcom unveil O-RAN testing facilities in the UK appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

Nokia said that Docomo deployed the vendor’s 7750 SR-14s core routers as part of this project Finnish vendor Nokia announced it will enhance Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo’s nationwide IP core backbone and enable transport network slicing as it rolls out new 5G mobile services. Nokia noted that the enhancement will allow granular SLAs, network scale, The post Nokia to enable transport network slicing for DoCoMo’s 5G network appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

China will formulate a specific 6G R&D action plan, and is encouraging local authorities to accelerate R&D activities around 6G-enabled industrial application Chinese carrier China Unicom expects to complete technical research and launch early applications for future 6G systems by 2025, Hong Kong-based newspaper South China Morning Post reported. The timeline was announced by China The post China Unicom to launch early 6G applications by 2025: Report appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

Alaska Communications debuted fiber service in 2022 Alaska Communications says that after a successful pilot of fiber-to-the-home service last year, it plans to extend its fiber network to another 14,000 homes over the course of 2023. Alaska Communications’ fiber network already serves some neighborhoods in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Soldotna. The fiber service offers three pricing The post Alaska to see fiber expansion appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

We get so excited about all the advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) from companies and developments like Chatbot and generative AI. This is a new and exciting opportunity for investors, workers, governments and individuals. That being said, there are two sides to every coin. While this may indeed help mankind reach new levels, the other The post Kagan: AI makes us smarter and dumbs us down at the same time appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

Cellular IoT module shipments rose by 14 percent in the 12 months to the end of 2022, with China leading the way for regional shipment volumes India leading the way for regional shipment growth, NB-IoT leading the way for low-power IoT volumes, LTE CAT1.bis leading the way for new growth, and Quectel and Qualcomm leading The post Cellular IoT module market jumps 14% – led by China, Quectel, Qualcomm, NB-IoT appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

Amazon has issued a clarion call to the IoT crowd to build IoT devices for Sidewalk, its nationwide LoRa-based low-power wide-area (LPWA) network in the US. It said the Sidewalk network, which links consumer smart home devices into a neighbourhood mesh infrastructure for public IoT tracking and monitoring, now stretches to 90 percent of the The post ‘The next billion devices’ – Amazon rallies IoT crowd around Sidewalk project appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

LitePoint’s Adam Smith on observations of trends at MWC While anticipation for the shiny new 5G tech on the block was the driving theme for the previous several years of Mobile World Congress Barcelona shows, this year there was a shift, arguably one with two facets. One, a very practical focus on how to monetize The post LitePoint: 5G at an ‘inflection point’ appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

Purdue University Airport recently announced a collaboration with Ericsson and Saab, in which the partners will create a unique 5G network that will serve as a “Lab to Life.” This network will be “a proving ground for academics, researchers and business to develop commercial solutions that can be replicated to improve operations and security at The post Purdue teams with Ericsson, Saab to build 5G network at Purdue Airport appeared first on Connected Real Estate Magazine.

Butlr Technologies, currently the world’s only anonymous people sensing platform, recently announced an additional funding round from Qualcomm Ventures. The funding round totaled $5 million, GlobeSt.com reports. Butlr also announced it is launching the next generation of its patented Heatic™ wireless sensors, data and analytics to shape the future of work and agetech. The company’s The post Butlr receives $5M funding round from Qualcomm Ventures appeared first on Connected Real Estate Magazine.

The uncertainty surrounding the economy has negatively impacted the commercial real estate industry, but the COVID-19 pandemic has also cast a long economic shadow on CRE, economics and investment, strategy consultant Milton Ezrati recently wrote for Forbes. Although the pandemic’s shadow over CRE is long, the impact is mixed, depending on the category. For example, The post Analysis: COVID-19 may be subsiding, but its impact on CRE remains appeared first on Connected Real Estate Magazine.

Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) recent collapse likely won’t upend the property technology (proptech) sector, but proptech founders and venture capitalists had a variety of opinions about, and emotional reactions to, the financial institution’s fall, Commercial Observer reports. Industry professionals criticized SVB’s lack of risk management, as well as Signature Bank, which also recently failed, for The post Proptech industry shares thoughts on SVB’s collapse appeared first on Connected Real Estate Magazine.

Many hotel operators have turned to property technology, or proptech, to help run their properties more efficiently, Maestro Property Management Systems (PMS) President and co-owner Warren Dehan recently wrote for Hospitality Net. The combination of limited labor and other industry trends has given hoteliers no choice but to embrace technology to assist in operating their The post Hotel operators investing in modern property management systems in 2023 appeared first on Connected Real Estate Magazine.

The combination of financial incentives and increased tenant demand has encouraged commercial real estate owners to find new ways to add electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to their properties as quickly as possible, Commercial Observer reports. While plug-and-play solutions are at the top of the wish list, per property technology (proptech) firms, it’s still too The post Incentives, tenant demand push CRE owners to add EV charging stations appeared first on Connected Real Estate Magazine.

Latest line designed to withstand challenging enterprise environments. Celona, an enterprise private wireless solutions innovator, recently announced it introduced a new line of industrial-strength private wireless access points that extend deterministic private cellular connectivity to some of the most challenging enterprise environments. This new line of access points helps sectors and enterprises such as factories, The post Celona unveils new line of industrial-grade private wireless solutions appeared first on Connected Real Estate Magazine.

The cloud of uncertainty surrounding financing and commercial real estate only grew larger following Silicon Valley Bank’s recent collapse. The federal government and the Federal Reserve have stepped in to attempt to steady the financial system, but what’s to come for real estate finance is unclear, Bisnow reports. “There were already two things going against The post What the SVB collapse means for the CRE industry appeared first on Connected Real Estate Magazine.

The commercial real estate industry has warmed to using machine learning technology as a tool that can handle various administrative tasks such as creating contracts and automating marketing campaigns, according to real estate data company ATTOM. CRE’s leveraging of tech looks like it’s only going to increase going forward. A little more than $13.1 billion The post Machine learning helps drive REIT investments appeared first on Connected Real Estate Magazine.

Wireless carrier Verizon recently announced that its 5G Ultra Wideband service is available to more than 200 million people. The carrier’s 5G service grants its customers across the continental U.S. faster download speeds and the ability to support data-heavy actions. Additionally, Verizon customers can use 5G Ultra Wideband to download large documents, seamlessly stream movies The post Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband reaches 200M people appeared first on Connected Real Estate Magazine.