Fiber broadband networks have joined transportation networks, the electric grid, and water supply networks as necessary infrastructure components that ensure a community’s meaningful participation in the 21st century economy. Communities all across the globe and their broadband provider partners are…
Verizon and NEC have conducted a successful field trial in which non-purpose built fiber was used as distributed sensors to collect a variety of traffic data. The proof of concept was designed to see whether existing fiber – and not…
Three Missouri companies and eight other rural telecommunications firms were recognized by the National Telecommunications Association (NTCA)-The Rural Broadband Association, earning Smart Rural Communities Showcase Awards. The awards are given as part of NCTA’s campaign to recognize projects that enhance…
Any day now, the FCC is expected to issue final approval for fixed and mobile service providers and end users to deploy service in the CBRS spectrum band. One company that has a rather comprehensive view on this is Federated…
Cincinnati Bell will be donating the upfront charges to deploy a smart city offering in a historic Dayton, Ohio neighborhood known as Oregon District. The Cincinnati Bell smart city deployment involves installing fiber to provide free public Wi-Fi in the…
The Peninsula Light Company in Washington, also known as PenLight, will use the Verizon Grid Wide Utility Services Intelligent Energy platform in a smart grid deployment. The carrier will provide PenLight with electric meters with cellular connectivity to 33,000 members…
Chicago-based rental, commercial property and condominium association management company Jass Management Services has deployed the Xfinity Communities’ Smart Communities platform at two Kass-operated, multifamily rental properties in the city, the platform’s first launch. A total of 50 units were outfitted…
Facebook’s Terragraph millimeter-wave technology will be incorporated in Siklu’s third generation 5G mmWave network equipment, according to the vendor. Terragraph technology uses V-band spectrum at 60GHz. The Siklu Terragraph 5G deal targets fiber extension through cities, including hard to access areas….
Verizon said today that it has launched its NB-IoT network nationwide, which it says now covers more than 92% of the U.S. population. The network complements Verizon’s ThinkSpace management platform, APIs, tools and partner ecosystem to provide NB-IoT-based solutions to…
AT&T said yesterday that it has completed upgrades to its 4G LTE network to support NarrowBand Internet of Things (NB-IoT) connectivity. AT&T NB-IoT service is now available nationwide, the carrier said. AT&T already is serving IoT with a LTE-M network,…
New Orleans, La., (April 29, 2019) –This morning during the opening general session of its Marketing + Sales Conference in New Orleans, La., NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association announced the launch of its newly redesigned Smart Rural Communities® national recognition and award program….
US Ignite and ATIS said today that they have completed phase one of the Smart Cities Data Exchange framework. The project working group has defined its area of focus and created an implementation plan aimed at improving methods for exchanging…
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