FCC Allocates $603M in Additional Emergency Connectivity Funding
FCC Allocates $603M in Additional Emergency Connectivity Funding The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) dispatched almost $603 million in the sixth wave of awards under its $7.2 billion...
View ArticleAugmenting the Human Worker with Cobots
Augmenting the Human Worker with Cobots Introduction: Most industrial experts agree that robotics will be essential to adapt to changes brought upon by automation of manufacturing, labor shortages in...
View ArticleFCC Chair Pai resigns; who will succeed him?
FCC Chair Pai resigns; who will succeed him? Following today’s expected [1.] resignation of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai, Washington insiders believe that President-elect...
View ArticleSurprising Findings from the American Customer Satisfaction Index Survey
Surprising Findings from the American Customer Satisfaction Index Survey Introduction: The latest annual American Customer Satisfaction Index (ASCI) report covering wireline broadband Internet &...
View ArticleRobots work to fight COVID 19; SK Telecom’s 5G Robot
Robots work to fight COVID 19; SK Telecom’s 5G Robot Robots are being used on a large scale to combat COVID-19 and that may continue for quite some time. Automation solutions that were unthinkable...
View ArticleOpenVault: Broadband usage +47% in Q1 2020; Power users are the new normal
OpenVault: Broadband usage +47% in Q1 2020; Power users are the new normal Introduction: Broadband analytics and solutions firm OpenVault reports that total broadband usage increased 47% in the first...
View ArticleDell’Oro: Cloud Services to benefit from COVID-19; CAPEX to increase
Dell’Oro: Cloud Services to benefit from COVID-19; CAPEX to increase According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, Cloud data center capex is forecasted to be higher this year despite...
View ArticleCORD-19 Initiative, AI, Data Science and Chatbots to Combat COVID-19
CORD-19 Initiative, AI, Data Science and Chatbots to Combat COVID-19 On March 16th, researchers from the Allen Institute for AI, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), Georgetown University’s Center for...
View ArticleSummary of IEEE Ethical Standards for Robotics and AI
Summary of IEEE Ethical Standards for Robotics and AI by Alan J Weissberger Introduction: Should robots and artificial intelligence (AI) be used to improve the human condition and enhance productivity...
View ArticleIs Lifecycle Services Orchestration (LSO) Ready for Large Scale Deployments &...
By Alan J Weissberger and Kaustubha Parkhi Introduction: The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is developing LSO (Lifecycle Services Orchestration) specifications in order to automate the entire lifecycle for...
View ArticleAssessment of Open Networking, Bare Metal Switches, White Boxes, and NFVi
The Vision and Reality of Open Networking: From 2012 to at least 2016, there was tremendous industry buzz about disaggregation of the network switch, transport equipment, and network appliances. Many...
View ArticleThe Dangers of WiFi/Internet Enabled Cameras and the IoT Connected Home
Introduction: Reports from across the U.S. indicate an ever-increasing problem of hackers accessing the Wi-Fi/Internet enabled cameras from Nest and other IoT security/surveillance device companies....
View ArticleRapidly Deployable WiFi Played Key Role in Thai Cave Rescue
A U.S. based company’s outdoor WiFi gear played an important role in the recent Thailand cave rescue. In a saga that gripped the world, 12 young Thai boys and their soccer coach were trapped for two...
View ArticlePuerto Rico & US Virgin Islands to receive up to $77 million from FCC to...
Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are in line to receive up to $77 million from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to restore communications after hurricane Maria made most of the...
View ArticleMicrosoft requests FCC to use TV White Spaces for Restoration of wireless...
Last week Microsoft asked the FCC for Special Temporary Authority to use TV white spaces (TVWS) to restore communications in areas of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands affected by hurricanes Irma...
View ArticleJEDEC Forum: Artificial Intelligence/ML/DL & IT Requirements for Edge Computing
Introduction: Several new ideas, concepts and forecasts were made at JEDEC’s Mobile & IOT Forum on March 26, 2018 in Santa Clara, CA. Those related To Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning/...
View ArticleNon-Board OCP Equipment Purchases Top $1.2B in 2017; 5 year CAGR forecast of 59%
Executive Summary: The OCP (Open Compute Project) commissioned IHS Markit to do a market study of who, besides OCP Board members, were using OCP specified hardware and to estimate/forecast the...
View ArticleAlexa Lost Her Voice on Friday and Isn’t Learning as Advertised
Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa went down on Friday while speaking the wrong error messages to customers. During a ½ hour span Friday morning, I heard the following from Alexa on my Echo device,...
View Article2017 Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Award Winners Span the Globe
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) announced its 2017 award recipients on December 7th after a late dinner in Santa Clara, California attended by over 1500 semiconductor industry executives. The...
View ArticleDeath Knell for Google Fiber? Parent Company Reduces Spending & Cuts Jobs
Google’s parent company Alphabet significantly scaled back its investment in its Google Fiber service in the third quarter. The company said it was curbing the expansion of its high-speed fiber optic...
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