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The Realities of Rural 5G Deployment in the US

Forrester IT

Early last week, Ajit Pai, the Chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced his approval of the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. This will result in a third mega-carrier in the US mobile wireless market, which is a good move for consumers like you and me. I am glad this deal will now […].

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What is a network router? How AI networking driving its evolution

Network World

Other networking devices in a data center, as well as older desktop computers that do not have wireless functionality, will connect to a wired router. Wireless router: Similar to a wired router, these routers include a wireless radio that converts the digital signals into radio waves.

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Dow makes production more efficient through IT-OT collaboration

CIO Business Intelligence

Now, they access that information in a secure cloud via a safety-hardened device connected to a site-wide private 4G wireless network. For now, Dow’s private wireless network uses LTE, a 4G technology, but it will be ready for 5G when 5G is ready for it. Using an older and slower wireless technology hasn’t hurt the project, though.

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Making your enterprise architecture framework work for you

CIO Business Intelligence

She often writes about cybersecurity, disaster recovery, storage, unified communications, and wireless technology. She has extensive experience both as a researcher and a business and technology journalist, covering a broad range of issues and topics. Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA.

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Evaluating the relative cost of edge computing

CIO Business Intelligence

She often writes about cybersecurity, disaster recovery, storage, unified communications, and wireless technology. She has extensive experience both as a researcher and a business and technology journalist, covering a broad range of issues and topics. Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA.

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Can you have too many security tools?

CIO Business Intelligence

She often writes about cybersecurity, disaster recovery, storage, unified communications, and wireless technology. She has extensive experience both as a researcher and a business and technology journalist, covering a broad range of issues and topics. Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA.

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Yamaha subsidiary makes play for UC conference room market

IT Toolbox

Yamaha and Revolabs are launching a suite of unified communications products this month, particularly the CS-700 Video Sound Collaboration System, designed for huddle rooms. The new system is a networked AVB audio station with wired and wireless microphone