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Internet of Everything Networking Software Defined Network Wireless

Broadband Built Block-by-Block by Blockchain – Part 2 – 5G

“What Helium has created in this blockchain is truly a unique incentive. That is, the only incentive of its kind that can start a wireless network creation model without a lot of money. It is pretty cheap and simple to do. And, that hasn’t been done before…..It is something that can apply to all wireless […]

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Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment

A Force Multiplier – An Autonomous Mobile Sensing Device

“The K3 and the K5 we have been operating now over 180,000 hours and over 100,000 hours all across the country helping security guards and security professionals do their jobs more effectively,” said William Santana Li, CEO and Chairman of Knightscope, Inc. These mobile, autonomous data gathering machines, with sensors to measure and record things […]

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Alan Weissberger Wireless

VZW Challenges AT&T’s Claim to Fastest & Most Reliable 4G-LTE Network in the U.S.

AT&T’s Bold Claim: Ad in Sunday, July 21, 2013 NY Times (and other U.S. newspapers): “AT&T has the nation’s fastest and now most reliable 4G-LTE network.” And that follows the telco giant’s July 18th press release with almost the same title: AT&T’s Fastest 4G LTE Network Now Also Nation’s Most Reliable That press release states: […]

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Alan Weissberger Wireless

Infonetics Research: LTE Leadership in Wireless Infrastructure, IMS, VoLTE, and CAPEX

LTE and Wireless Infrastructure: Infonetics Research reports that LTE spending is up 128% from the year-ago first quarter, and the number of mobile operators committing to LTE continues to increase rapidly. The prestigious market research firm forecasts the LTE equipment market to grow to $17.5 billion in 2016.   In its 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE and WiMAX) Infrastructure and […]

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Alan Weissberger Wireless

Sprint to use Clearwire’s TDD-LTE to augment its own LTE network

The squabbles, break ups and make ups between Sprint and Clearwire have become worthy of a prime time soap opera.  Sprint has been reselling Clearwire’s mobile WiMAX network (CLEAR) and offering its own branded “4G” smart phones along with a Samsung tablet that works on CLEAR and Sprint’s 3G network.  But earlier this month, Sprint announced it wouldn’t be supporting […]