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    Carl Weinschenk

    Carl Weinschenk Carl Weinschenk Carl Weinschenk is a long-time IT and telecom journalist. His coverage areas include the IoT, artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence, drones, 3D printing LTE and 5G, SDN, NFV, net neutrality, municipal broadband, unified communications and business continuity/disaster recovery. Weinschenk has written about wireless and phone companies, cable operators and their vendor ecosystems. He also has written about alternative energy and runs a website, The Daily Music Break, as a hobby.

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    Small Cells Are the Great Enabler

    The unprecedented growth of demand for wireless data is radically reshaping the telecommunications landscape. The extraordinary thing is that...

    Ransomware Spiked Even Before WannaCry

    Ransomware, a threat that has been in the news in recent weeks, grew aggressively during the first quarter of...

    Vendor Action Increases in the SMB Segment

    The small- and medium-sized (SMB) market is a potential jewel to carriers. It’s always been that way, but legacy...

    5G Challenges: Let’s Get Physical

    Making 5G into a money-making reality is fraught with challenges. In most visions, the primary obstacle is figuring out...

    IoT Standards Battle Heating Up

    AT&T last week said that it has completed deployment of its Long Term Evolution category M1 (LTE-M) network. The...

    For Telework Proponents, Things Are Good, But Not Perfect

    Things were going well for proponents of telework and telecommuting. The practice was growing steadily. It was aided greatly...

    NFV and SDN Transitions Set to Hit High Gear

    Considering how fundamental the changes are, software-defined networks and network functions virtualization (SDN and NFV) are evolving quickly.The basic...

    Businesses Must Prepare as the Quantum Computing Era Approaches

    How computers actually work is a mystery to many people. How quantum computing works is a mystery to just...

    It’s Time for Smart Watches

    The evolution of bring your own device (BYOD) work structures was linear: As mobile devices grew in power and...

    Building Efficiencies in the Backhaul and Fronthaul

    The increase in data flow to and from small cells, macro base stations and residential and business users is...

    FCC Okays Charter Application to Test 5G in Florida

    Charter Communications will test 5G in Florida, according RCR Wireless. Last month, Charter asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...

    Creating Interoperable 5G Networks

    Mobile carriers want to be able to use equipment from multiple vendors in their networks. An attraction of open...