WASHINGTON, DC, December 28, 2020—Commissioner Carr announced that the FCC is now selecting awardees for its $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program. The window for submitting applications to participate in this initiative closed on December 7, and the agency will…
AT&T and Japanese telecommunications provider KDDI have agreed to provide LTE-based auto entertainment connected vehicle capabilities to 2021 Mazda CX-5 and CX-9 automobiles and other unidentified models on an ongoing basis, according to AT&T. These vehicles will use the KDDI…
Verizon now has mobile edge computing (MEC) operational in two more markets. The company calls its MEC offering Verizon 5G Edge. The two new Verizon 5G Edge markets, Dallas and Miami, join five others previously announced. Verizon expects to have…
Many of the most promising use cases of IoT and edge-based 5G technology, including the autonomous car, involve operations in which fractions of an inch mean the difference between success or failure. Verizon autonomous car plans are getting a boost…
Audi, Qualcomm and the Virginia Department of Transportation said today that they will work together to deploy C-V2X connected car technology in the 5.9 GHz band with the goal of providing driver alerts, including some designed to enhance traffic safety….
“Select” customers in Dallas will get access to the Network Edge Compute offering that is the result of the collaboration between AT&T and Microsoft announced earlier this year. That offering makes Microsoft Azure cloud services available through AT&T’s edge data…
HAAS Alert, a company that seeks to make roads safer for emergency vehicles, has finished what Sprint characterizes as a “promising” vehicle-to-everything pilot using the Sprint 5G network in Chicago. The pilots used fleet cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) on the carrier’s…
A cloud-native approach will be critical to 5G infrastructure, explained Micaela Giuhat, vice president of market strategy for telecom software platform provider Metaswitch, in an interview with Telecompetitor. And with major wireless providers beginning limited 5G deployments, even some smaller,…
Verizon said it has successfully tested edge computing on a live 5G network, potentially paving the way for 5G to support low-latency applications such as immersive virtual reality. The Verizon 5G edge computing test used multi-access edge compute (MEC) equipment…
Sprint may be returning to a subsidized device pricing model for Sprint Drive, the company’s connected car offering. The company said it is offering a free wireless device that plugs into the car when customers sign up for a 24-month…
AT&T connected vehicles now number nearly 27 million, according to a company blog post. The 29 global brands covered collectively have more than 1 million Wi-Fi hotspot subscribers. The carrier’s mobile initiatives appear to be thriving in other ways as…
A report from Strategy Analytics’ In-Vehicle UX (IVX) team found rising popularity of smartphone mirroring for connected cars. These systems, which give passengers access to smartphone apps through the in-car human machine interface (HMI), are a must-have feature for many…
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