LIVE FROM CES 2018, LAS VEGAS: Verizon CTO Hans Vestberg (pictured) insisted the operator will beat rival AT&T to 5G despite the latter’s plan to launch mobile service by the end of this year.

T-Mobile US is looking to steal a jump on competitors in attracting enterprises to its narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network, announcing a new business tariff it said significantly undercuts Verizon’s rival Cat-M1 plan.

Adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) into 2018 shows no signs of slowing down. If anything, adoption and implementations will only increase.

A consortium led by Japan-based SoftBank will acquire a 17.5 per cent stake in Uber Technologies in a deal that values the taxi-booking company at about a 30 per cent discount to a recent valuation of $68 billion, Reuters reported.

South Korea’s largest mobile operator SK Telecom (SKT) partnered with the Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KOTSA) to build a so-called 5G network for testing autonomous vehicles in K-City, the country’s pilot city for developing self-driving technologies.