A typical big-box store is about 180,000 square feet — enough to hold three pro football fields with room to spare. No wonder shoppers often get frustrated trying to find items, sometimes giving up and buying them online. The Internet of Things (IoT) gives retailers new options for eliminating those and other hassles to provide…

Most IT leaders are looking for the next angle or the do-more-with-less approach to spending money. Telecom services are one of the larger operational expenses on a company’s balance sheet. Customers have been looking for ways to creatively add bandwidth and cut costs. The market has responded, albeit slowly. Back around the year 2000, some…

LTE-U is a technology standard more correctly referred to by its 3GPP name of License-Assisted Access (LAA). The standard provides a framework for implementing carrier grade LTE services in unlicensed RF spectrum frequently used by Wi-Fi products (among others).  Specifically, the goal is to operate in the currently available 5GHz spectrum now relied on solely by…