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Public Utilities, Telecommunications

FCC focuses on the ‘second space age’

September 15, 2022

Via: RCR Wireless News

As space-based communications become ever more important and begin to converge with terrestrial wireless, the Federal Communications Commission is focusing on bolstering its staffing and updating regulations in order to support U.S. technology leadership in this area. “Satellite systems have […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

Kagan: When will 5G actually change our lives?

June 23, 2022

Via: RCR Wireless News

We have such high expectations on how 5G will change our lives. This fire is being stoked by marketing and advertising from so many companies in the wireless space. Let’s dive into the world of 5G and take a closer […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

GSA reports 180 mobile carriers have already deployed 5G in 72 countries

October 13, 2021

Via: RCR Wireless News

A total of 180 operators in 72 countries had already launched one or more 3GPP-compliant 5G services as of the end of September, according to the latest update from the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). Also, 465 operators in 139 […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

Viaero Wireless selects Ericsson for 5G upgrade

September 21, 2021

Via: RCR Wireless News

U.S. regional telecommunications company Viaero Wireless has selected Swedish vendor Ericsson to replace and upgrade its existing LTE equipment to end-to-end 5G-ready products and solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Ericsson will replace existing core, radio access network (RAN), […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

US Cellular selects Nokia for 5G SA core network

September 10, 2021

Via: RCR Wireless News

Finnish vendor Nokia has been selected by US Cellular for the deployment of the latter’s Standalone 5G core network. The European vendor said that the 5G SA deployment is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. The new […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

AT&T deploys mmWave 5G testbed at University of Tennessee campus

August 18, 2021

Via: RCR Wireless News

AT&T said it is working with the University of Tennessee (UT) to carry out research activities using 5G millimeter wave spectrum and Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) technology. The AT&T 5G+ network being installed at the UT campus will enable the […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

Kagan: AT&T going back to the future for growth

July 12, 2021

Via: RCR Wireless News

Let’s take a look at the present state of AT&T and take a look at their plans for growth moving forward. The AT&T brand name has been around forever as a leader in telecommunications, wireless and internet. Investors have seen […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

Dish selects Dell for 5G network infrastructure

June 18, 2021

Via: RCR Wireless News

Dell Technologies and Dish have formed a strategic infrastructure agreement to support the latter’s Open RAN-based 5G network in the U.S. Under this partnership, Dell Technologies will provide Dish with network and edge-compute infrastructure. “By collaborating with Dell Technologies, we […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

Nokia opens O-RAN test facility in Texas

June 17, 2021

Via: RCR Wireless News

Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has opened its first Open RAN (O-RAN) Collaboration and Testing Center at its offices in Dallas, Texas. The new facility is designed to support the development of partnerships among O-RAN vendors that will help […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

GSA reports continued growth of 5G device ecosystem during May

June 11, 2021

Via: RCR Wireless News

The number of announced 5G devices has surpassed 800 for the first time and now stands at 822 announced 5G devices, according to the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). This is an increase of 8.7% over the last month and […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

T-Mo has ‘huge ambitions’ in rural America

June 7, 2021

Via: RCR Wireless News

T-Mobile US has grand ambitions for making in-roads in serving customers in rural America with both mobile and fixed wireless services, as the company’s President of Technology Neville Ray laid out at the UBS Future of 5G virtual event. Ray […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

Dish selects Oracle to enable SBA for its 5G core

May 17, 2021

Via: RCR Wireless News

Dish has selected Oracle to enable a Service-Based Architecture (SBA) for its 5G core, the former said in a release. SBA, part of the 3GPP 5G standard, enables network services to be rapidly incorporated into new applications by Dish or […]


Public Utilities, Telecommunications

American Tower to sell 30% of its European business to CDPQ

May 6, 2021

Via: RCR Wireless News

American Tower Corporation (ATC) and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group, announced that the latter will acquire a 30% stake in ATC Europe. ATC said that the transaction is valued at over 1.6 billion […]


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How will 5G impact big business?

August 7, 2017

Via: TNW

Both businesses and individual consumers are already eagerly awaiting the 5G roll-out somewhere around 2020; existing mobile connections are often not sufficient for their needs, let alone whatever it is they’ll be doing with devices that are evolving at a […]