Public Utilities, Telecommunications
August 5, 2022
Via: RCR Wireless NewsThe Federal Communications Commission’s 2.5 GHz auction has rounded up just $143 million in gross bids after nine rounds. The auction raised about $103 million in its first day, with six hours of bidding. IT has only brought that total […]
Public Utilities, Telecommunications
July 26, 2022
Via: RCR Wireless NewsOpensignal’s latest report digs into the mobile experience when connected to the top three U.S. carrier’s premium — or enhanced, as the testing firm puts it — 5G services: AT&T’s 5G+, T-Mobile’s Ultra Capacity 5G (5G UC) and Verizon’s 5G […]
Public Utilities, Telecommunications
June 20, 2022
Via: RCR Wireless NewsVerizon, AT&T, aviation industry players and federal regulators say they have come up with a series of steps that will balance continued protection of aircraft radio altimeters from potential interference by terrestrial 5G C-Band operations, but allow the carriers to […]
Public Utilities, Telecommunications
April 27, 2022
Via: RCR Wireless NewsAt the end of last year, an Ookla report positioned the U.S. as the world leader for 5G availability, but when compared to other early 5G adopting countries, it fell short in the category of 5G speed, ranking dead last. […]
Public Utilities, Telecommunications
April 25, 2022
Via: RCR Wireless NewsThe Federal Communications Commission has formally begun a proceeding to gather information about wireless receiver performance, and how it might encourage better performance in wireless receivers—an effort that has bipartisan support on the commission, and which could represent a turning […]
Public Utilities, Telecommunications
March 3, 2022
Via: RCR Wireless NewsAs discussions among operators turn to monetizing massive investments in 5G networks, Verizon today held an investor event that laid out in detail how it sees its network creating new service revenue in the near term. Key drivers of revenue […]
Public Utilities, Telecommunications
February 4, 2022
Via: RCR Wireless NewsAs the debate over whether terrestrial C-Band cellular networks can safely co-exist with aviation altimeters continues to play out — and carriers put off lighting up towers near some U.S. airports to accommodate concerns about interference — Viavi Solutions says […]
Public Utilities, Telecommunications
January 14, 2022
Via: RCR Wireless NewsDespite mobile network operators AT&T and Verizon working out a compromise solution with the Federal Aviation Administration to guard against possible C-Band interference in an attempt to avoid air travel impacts, the federal agency has issued more than 1,400 warnings […]
Public Utilities, Telecommunications
January 10, 2022
Via: RCR Wireless News50 U.S. airports have been given 5G buffer zones per an agreement between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and AT&T and Verizon. Following some back and forth between the two parties, the list of airports was published on Friday, and […]
Public Utilities, Telecommunications
November 5, 2021
Via: RCR Wireless NewsVerizon and AT&T have agreed to press pause on the rollout of their C Band networks following warnings issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that the 5G spectrum could interfere with aviation safety systems. Both carriers had originally planned […]
Public Utilities, Telecommunications
September 13, 2021
Via: RCR Wireless NewsWhat are technical and operational challenges in the midband spectrum for companies operating networks in the United States? In every spectrum band, there are some sort of challenges that wireless systems have to deal with: Limited channel bandwidth, passive intermodulation, […]
Public Utilities, Telecommunications
August 30, 2021
Via: RCR Wireless NewsThere have been two recent U.S. midband spectrum auctions for spectrum between 3-4 GHz: The shared spectrum of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum and the C-Band auction. How did those fall out in terms of spectrum won? The […]