AT&T is working with Ericsson to deploy Cat-M and narrow-band-IoT 3GPP standards-based technologies. Ericsson will deploy Cat-M, narrow-band IoT and power-saving mode and extended DRX technologies for AT&T to support the millions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and services coming to market.
The announcement follows news earlier this month of a similar collaboration between Verizon and SequansCommunications to accelerate development of CAT M-capable LTE chipsets. The new Sequans CAT M capable chipsets will address a list of newer IoT applications, including wearables, asset trackers, smart meters, smart cities, and industrial sensors.
Lenovo has released a new set of devices at Mobile World Congress, including two new smartphones and three tablets.
The new smartphone releases include the 5-inch Lenovo VIBE K5 and VIBE K5 Plus. The K5 comes with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 415 processor running Android 5.1 Lollipop, 16 GB of internal storage, a 13 mp rear camera and a 5 mp front camera. The K5 Plus features Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 616 processor also running Android Lollipop and the same internal storage and camera specs as the K5.
New tablets include the 7-inch, 8-inch and 10.1-inch versions of Lenovo’s TAB3. The 7-inch and 8-inch versions of the device come with 16 GB of internal memory, a MediaTek 1.0 GHz Quad-Core, 64-bit processor running Android 6.0 Marshmallow and a 5 mp rear camera and 2 mp front camera
The 10-inch device comes with 32 GB of internal storage, a MediaTek 1.3 GHz Quad-Core, 64-bit processor also running Android Marshmallow, and an 8 mp rear camera and 5 mp front camera.
Panasonic added two new rugged handheld tablets to its enterprise portfolio – the Toughpad FZ-F1 and FZ-N1. These 4.7-inch devices feature a 2.3Ghz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running Windows 10 IoT and Android Lollipop, respectively, 16 GB of internal storage and an angled barcode reader.
The Android-powered Toughpad FZ-N1, will initially be available as a WiFi model in March of 2016 at an estimated price of $1,499, with a voice model to be introduced in summer 2016. The Windows 10 IoT Mobile Enterprise-powered Toughpad FZ-F1 will be launched as a data and voice model in fall 2016 at an estimated price of $1,599.
Radware, a provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, announced that its application delivery controller, the Alteon NG VA, can perform beyond 200 gbps in a single software-based instance. The tests prove that mobile operators, telcos, and internet service providers will be able to maintain the Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) architecture they have adopted for faster network provisioning, and still meet the bandwidth demands of customers.
Radware is partnered with Hewlett Packard Enterprise in their OpenNFV Partner Ecosystem, Radware’s Alteon NG VA for NFV is available on the HPE OpenNFV Platform.