AT&T (T) says that it will partner with Cisco Systems (CSCO), Ericsson (ERIC), General Electric (GE), IBM (IBM), Intel (INTC) and Qualcomm (QCOM) to expand its “smart cities” initiative for Web-connected devices. Aiming to make a splash at the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, AT&T made several announcements related to the Internet of Things, including the smart cities partnerships. IoT refers to wireless technology that connects
Size and experience matter, but they’re not everything. Speed matters, too. Growth matters. Pressure matters. To illustrate the enormity — and modesty — of the partnership announced Nov. 9 by No. 1 networking gear maker Cisco Systems (CSCO) and No. 1 telecom gear maker Ericsson (ERIC) — they said it would hike annual sales by more than $1 billion at each company by 2018 — one might look at … Fitbit (FIT). The No. 1 maker of fitness trackers is a
Fresh off the thrill of announcing a megapartnership with Ericsson (ERIC) designed to grow sales instantly while the pair jointly develop cloud and 5G “networks of the future,” as they called it, networking gear leader Cisco Systems (CSCO) kicked off its fiscal 2016 with disappointing guidance. The networking gear leader, however, late Thursday posted earnings per share and sales that beat expectations for its fiscal Q1 ended Oct. 24. The San