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CIO Mobile Mar 01, 2017 Before 5G, some mobile users may get almost-5G On Sunday, many of the world's biggest equipment vendors and mobile operators joined hands to accelerate the 5G NR (New Radio) specification that will define many elements of 5G. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Visa, Mastercard beef up mobile payment tech at Mobile World Congress • Smart cities at the center of Mobile World Congress • 5G is coming, but don't get carried away, T-Mobile USA's CTO says • Verizon and Cisco team to bring 5G network pilot program to the masses • Intel isn't yet done with x86 smartphone chips • Into HIIT and don't mind looking dorky? This activity tracker is for you • How to use your Android device as a mobile hotspot White Paper: Dynatrace A Billion Mobile Sites Spark No Joy Can you name any mobile sites you like? Probably not. Responsive design fails us in our mobile moments of need. That's a shame because global web traffic will be majority-mobile by 2019. eBusiness pros have to rethink mobile web strategy. This report give evidence for making your mobile site a top priority. Read More ▶ Visa, Mastercard beef up mobile payment tech at Mobile World Congress Visa on Monday announced one of the most unusual approaches, one that relies primarily on older QR code technology through its mVisa payment service. Read More ▶ Smart cities at the center of Mobile World Congress The city of San Diego has a project to equip 3,200 streetlights with LED lighting and sensors, expected to bring a $2.4 million reduction in energy usage annually. Read More ▶ 5G is coming, but don't get carried away, T-Mobile USA's CTO says T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray prescribed a dose of reality for the 5G mania overtaking Mobile World Congress this week, telling Ericsson's kickoff press briefing Monday morning he's still in the LTE business. Read More ▶ Verizon and Cisco team to bring 5G network pilot program to the masses The 5G hype from the World Mobile Congress started early as Verizon said it would roll out pilot 5G network services on the back of Cisco communications gear. Verizon said its 5G pilot will be one of the world's largest and will feature "several hundred cell sites that cover several thousand customer locations." Read More ▶ Intel isn't yet done with x86 smartphone chips Smartphones with Intel-based x86 chips aren't dead yet. Intel may have stopped making Atom chips for smartphones, but a partner is keeping that effort alive. Read More ▶ Into HIIT and don't mind looking dorky? This activity tracker is for you Moov HR Sweat puts a 21st-century twist on that staple of 1980s workouts, the headband. If you're into HIIT and want to up your game, though, the $100 device is worth considering. Read More ▶ How to use your Android device as a mobile hotspot Turning your Android smartphone into a Wi-Fi hotspot means you always have a secure, private connection on the go. Here's how to do it. Read More ▶ White Paper: Dynatrace Closing the Customer-Experience Gap with Digital-Performance Management Digital business accounts for nearly a quarter of the world's economy today, but many organizations still lack a complete view of the digital customer experience they're delivering. That lack of clarity impedes business success. In this report MIT Technology Review describes how DPM can help bridge that gap. Read More ▶ CIO Insider 1. Smackdown: Office 365 vs. G Suite productivity 2. State of the CIO 2017: More challenging, still complicated 3. 3 enterprise-strength file sync services to check out 4. Secrets of successful CISOs [Infographic] 5. How Google reinvented security and eliminated the need for firewalls Editor's Picks 1. Verizon plans 5G trial service in 11 cities this year 2. How to develop an internet of things strategy 3. 7 project management tools any business can afford 4. New CIO appointments -- February 2017 edition 5. What is the point of learning C?

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