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To Fiber or To Filter, That Is the Question
“To fiber or to filter” is the decision that operators will have to make later this year, according to Ross Lieberman, Senior Vice President of Regulatory for ACA Connects. Speaking at NCTC’s WEC 2020, Lieberman was referring to one of the choices that operators will have to make as they participate in the FCC’s plan…
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A Holistic Power View of 5G
Could the billions and billions of devices IoT promised by the rollout of 5G have an unintended impact of destabilizing or even taking down the grid? That was a question that bothered Brian Zahnstecher last year. Zahnstecher, Principal at PowerRox is well-positioned to answer this question, as he and his firm consult on power electronics…
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Why Charge When Wireless Will Work? #CES2020
Using infrared optics that are invisible to the human eye, Wi-Charge demonstrated wireless power transfer of up to 2.25 Watts from a central hub to remote devices across a room. Using beam steering, they are able to dynamically direct the power and optimize efficiency, as evidenced by the moving train in their CES Unveiled booth.…
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Telehealth Apps & Devices Abound at #CES2020
Products that improve health and well-being seem to be an ever-increasing part of CES and CES2020 was no exception. Here is an overview of some of the solutions we saw at this enormous tradeshow that promise to improve the quality of life for people of all abilities. Diagnosing concussions, internal bleeding and other brain injuries…
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Collecting More Than Data
“There is a lot of value of the data that exists in the network,” stated Open Vault CEO and Founder, Mark Trudeau at NCTC’s WEC2019. Trudeau was speaking about the idea of using data to understand where to invest to create the biggest impact for both an operator’s customers and to maximize return. He explained…
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An Experimental App & More from an Innovative Provider – #WEC2019
“We needed to provide a platform that could rate-shift down, could go up in quality, could go down in quality, to fit what the customer had,” said Matt Weller, president of All West Communications. Weller is speaking of the challenges of delivering video over multiple access technologies and All West Communications has virtually all of…
