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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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    Municipalities, Wireless Companies Prepare to Face Off over Small...

    The race to 5G dominates the wireless news for good reason: 5G will use an array of new techniques...

    MEF to Push Ethernet Across All Boundaries

    Last month, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) released "MEF 3.0 Transformational Global Services Framework." It defines, delivers and certifies...

    Mobile Networks Stressed by Unlimited Plans

    The spread of unlimited data plans is a marketing bonanza for wireless companies. After all, it is giving customers...

    The Mixed Reality of the FCC’s Move on Net...

    Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai in mid-November set a December 14 vote on a proposal that would drastically...

    Pay Attention to SD-WAN Security

    Software-defined wide-area networks (SD-WANs) are the hottest new approach to networking. They are seen as a way to link...

    The Supreme Court Takes on Cell Phone Privacy

    Though it only occasionally will affect business directly, telecommunications executives should track a case about cell phone privacy that...

    A Consequential Week for Telecom in Washington

    On Monday, The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of...

    Computer Vision Sets Its Sights on a Bright Future

    The highest-profile use case of computer vision to date is autonomous vehicles (AVs). Clearly, the ability to stop, change...

    The FCC Moves to End Net Neutrality

    President Barack Obama famously said that elections have consequences. That self-evident reality will be proven once again as Federal...

    Three J.D. Power Studies Show Changing Attitudes and a...

    Telecommunications carriers and service providers spend millions of dollars researching how people feel about their products. Some of the...

    FCC Mulls Easing Copper Retirement Regulations

    One of the promises of the Trump administration, and indeed any Republican administration, is to stimulate business by reducing...

    Smart Guns Are a Smart Solution, But Not for...

    The tragic run of gun violence of the past couple of months calls for strong measures. One promising tool,...