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Personal communications safety was also addressed standards bodies and open source communities to this month by Smith Micro Software, which announced achieve complete integration between mobile and it has acquired iMobileMagic and its comprehensive fixed networks and maximize 5G potential. Deutsche platform for family locator and parental controls Telekom’s 5G Executive Program Manager, Antje enhancing the company’s portfolio with more location- Williams, called for true convergence between fixed and based services and consumer apps. The Portugal-based mobile networks so that a seamless experience could be company offers consumer applications on smartphones, delivered to consumers. According to Williams, access- tablets and wearables to ensure the safety and agnostic networks are a vital component in realizing protection of children, elderly, and other family members the full potential of 5G and for this to happen, more who require extra care. collaboration is needed between different standards The call to end robocalls bodies, including open source communities.

The YouMail National Robocall Index released this month Samsung Electronics America (SEA), Inc. announced this reveals that 79 million robocalls were made every day month that it has signed on to the Advanced Wireless in June, infuriating millions of Americans tired of having Research Initiative (AWRI) in the U.S. and will contribute their dinners interrupted and highlighting the need for expertise in 5G network architecture and mmWave solutions to block this barrage of unwanted calls. U.S. radio access to help accelerate next-generation phones were hit by an estimated 2.37 billion robocalls communications. The company will participate as a in the month of June, a 4.7% decrease over the total for board member of AWRI, a public-private partnership May and just the second time that the YouMail National spearheaded by the White House to accelerate the Robocall Index has posted a monthly decline since it was development of next generation 5G wireless networks. launched in September 2015. In conjunction with the initiative’s member companies and more than 400 university researchers, Samsung will As a result, AT&T announced that it would provide contribute its expertise to help lead in the research and customers with robocall-blocking technology, causing testing of next-generation mobile networks. FCC chairman Tom Wheeler to release a statement on the progress of this initiative. “I am gratified that AT&T Verizon announced completion of its 5G radio will lead an industry strike force to develop an action specification - the first U.S. carrier to do so. The plan for providing consumers with robust robocall- specification is the product of collaboration within blocking solutions,” said Wheeler. “I (have) asked all the Verizon’s 5G Technology Forum, a group that is working major phone companies to develop just such a plan; I to define parameters for 5G specifications in advance of strongly urge industry participants to join the effort and future standards. to produce conclusions within 60 days.” Meanwhile, north of the border, Bell and Nokia The rising 5G tide announced completion of the first trial of 5G mobile technology clocking speeds six times faster than top 4G The development of next-generation wireless network mobile speeds in Canada. Conducted at Bell’s Wireless Not for distribution or reproduction. or distribution for Not technology, commonly known as 5G, continues to gather Innovation Centre in Mississauga, the trial leveraged speed. spectrum in the 73 GHz range to achieve sustained data speeds more than 6 times faster than top 4G mobile At the Broadband Forum quarterly meeting, held speeds now available in Canada. in Berlin, Deutsche Telekom called on Broadband Forum members to support more collaboration among To help make room for 5G, the FCC adopted new rules

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To keep track of increasing 5G deployments, Mobile new rules for wireless Experts LLC announced it is releasing a new report broadband operations that provides a specific forecast for pre-standard 5G deployment by frequency band. According to the in frequencies above 24 company, American operators already have spectrum GHz, making the United and are pushing to move quickly to use 5G for fixed broadband services. Mobile Experts added that the States the first country size of these early deployments is predicted to be much in the world to make this larger than typical trials, expecting numbers that are more consistent with a wide commercial deployment. spectrum available for next generation wireless The continued growth of IoT services. Technavio released a new report in July that indicates the global M2M market as part of the Internet of Things (IoT) will experience robust growth over the next five years with the Americas remaining the largest market through 2020. The global cellular M2M connections market is expected to grow at a CAGR of close to 30%, ENGIE and UnaBiz to connect Singpore to the global IoT whereas the global cellular M2M services market is network. The partners expect SIGFOX’s cost-effective, expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 33% during the energy-efficient connectivity to find receptive markets as forecast period, according to the report. Singapore implements its Smart Nation Initiative. This To help handle the growing demand for IoT connectivity, “whole-of-nation” program will include infrastructure, AT&T announced it will be testing CAT-M1 technologies policies, ecosystem and capabilities to bring Smart in November that will help companies cut IoT Nation benefits to all citizens across many sectors. deployment costs and boost performance. The company also released its software-defined network (SDN) development platform into open source to help service providers and cloud developers better meet exploding network data demands as data-hungry technologies like autonomous cars, augmented and virtual reality, 4K video and IoT take off.

In a related development, AT&T and IBM have announced they are combining cognitive computing and global connectivity expertise to create open standards-based tools enabling developers to more easily create a wide variety of IoT solutions.

SIGFOX continues to grow its global IoT network, starting Not for distribution or reproduction. or distribution for Not this month with Mexico. The company announced that it has partnered with Mexican national operator IoTNet Mexico and SIGFOX Latin American partner WND to launch the IoT network’s deployment in Mexico City and soon the rest of the country. This was followed by the announcement that SIGFOX has joined forces with