The FCC  announced a total of 62 bidders will take part in the forward auction portion of the FCC’s spectrum incentive auction, the commission.  Only 62 of the 99 bidders with approved applications submitted qualifying upfront payments by the July 1 deadline. Those bidders will move on to participate in the forward auction starting on August… Read more →

An AT&T executive offered an update on the carrier’s “smart city” program, in which the company is competing against other providers in the Internet of Things space.  ‘Secure connectivity’ is the common thread in smart city technologies Matt Foreman, lead product marketing manager for the smart cities business unit, discussed the differences between selling to governments… Read more →

Introduction: IoT (Internet of Things) is a mega technology trend that could very well be the next big marathon (or ultra marathon)! If the IoT marathon has a good finish, it will not only be an endurance test for legacy systems but will also shape the fate of small and big companies in many different… Read more →

Introduction: This is the third and final article reviewing the super charged and ultra hyped IoT World Conference which this author attended on May 10-11, 2016 in Santa Clara, CA.  It is by far the most important for any outdoor IoT market segment (e.g. Industrial IoT in the field), because some form of wireless WAN… Read more →

Introduction: This article reviews the IoT connectivity options (wireless PANs and wireless LANs) discussed and debated at the IoT World conference IoT Technical Architecture track on Wednesday, May 11, 2016.   Surprisingly, no wireline technologies, e.g. Power over Ethernet or Automotive Ethernet for connected cars (e.g. Broadcom offering) were mentioned.  Some wireless WAN issues (e.g. licensed vs… Read more →

Introduction: For many years, we’ve heard tremendous hype about the Internet of Things (IoT) with its immense promise and potential, influence and impact, and how it will radically change our world.  Consulting companies like McKinsey, research firms like Gartner Group, and large multinational equipment companies like Cisco, Ericsson and GE, have all predicted from 20 to… Read more →

Introduction: Speaking at Thursday’s April 21, 2016 NFV World Congress in San Jose, CA, Geng Lin, Head of global engineering in emerging markets at Google Access (part of Google parent company Alphabet), described his division’s strategy in improving Internet access and affordability in developing countries.  He then cited India RailTel WiFi as a real world “case… Read more →

Introduction: Brad Booth, Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Cloud Networking,  presented an enlightening and informative keynote talk on Thursday, April 14th at the Open Server Summit in Santa Clara, CA.  The discussion highlighted the tremendous growth in cloud computing/storage, which is driving the need for hyper network expansion within mega data centers (e.g. Microsoft Azure, Amazon,… Read more →

Details of the new FCC plan hadn’t yet been made public as of Thursday evening. The agency said it would vote on the plan at its April 28th meeting.  Yet even before the proposal emerged, industry groups began battling each other over how far it should go and which sectors should be swept up. Smaller… Read more →

Introduction & Backgrounder: Over the past decade, Verizon (VZ) had acquired GTE and MCI Worldcom’s wireline networks and also built out its own fiber to residential customer premises for triple play services (FiOS for true broadband Internet, pay TV and voice).  In February 2014, VZ bought out Vodafone to be the 100% owner of Verizon… Read more →