2018

FCC sets rules on priority access licenses for CBRS spectrum After a protracted process, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission finalized rules governing priority access to the shared 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service band. Prior to its vote, the operative …

  Samsung confirmed the initial 5G test will be carried out in New Delhi in partnership with Indian carrier Reliance Jio Korean telecom gear maker Samsung Electronics announced plans to carry out 5G field trials in New Delhi, India, in …

  Google will apply IoT, big data and AI to the targeted smart city initiatives   Google has signed an agreement with South Korean firm LG Electronics to focus on the development of smart cities powered by the internet of …

IBM wants to maintain Red Hat “open source innovation” As it stands, IBM’s cloud customers have moved around 20% of their workloads to the cloud, according to CEO Ginni Rometty. She called that chapter one. Chapter two is moving the …

  Nokia used its AirScale Massive MIMO 5G base station for the trial Finnish vendor Nokia and test company Viavi Solutions have reached single-user downlink speeds of 1.6 Gbps in the last phase of China’s national 5G testing program. The …

President calls for long-term National Spectrum Strategy In a memorandum on national spectrum policy, President Donald Trump called out the importance of the U.S. being first in 5G and ordered government agencies to review their spectrum holdings and continue to …

Verizon 5G Home coming to Florida Panhandle As leading U.S. operators AT&T and Verizon continue to develop their commercial 5G plans, both carriers marked milestones last week with Big Red naming Panama City as the fifth city that will get …

Qualcomm updates on 5G spectrum allocations in key global markets As 5G moves from the lab to the real world with the activation of commercial networks and rapid advancements in bringing to market compatible devices, Dean Brenner, Qualcomm senior vice …

One question when considering the T-Mobile US, Sprint merger is whether it will result in job loss. The answer to that question is both yes and no. There was an event held at Sprint HQ for workers wondering about their …

JLL Spark, the Proptech investment arm of JLL, announced that it will invest $1.5 million in San Francisco-based VergeSense, a developer of a smart building sensor-as-a-service office utilization platform. VergeSense?s platform enables building owners and their enterprise tenants to collect …

IoT revenue opportunity is in analytics and applications ATLANTA–Whether the internet of things use case is smart cities or connected cows, the real value in IoT is not in the devices or charging for connectivity, but in analytics and applications, …

  Telus’s LTE-M networks already provides coverage across British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada   Canadian operator Telus has launched its LTE-M low-power wide-area (LPWA) network to strengthen its internet of things strategy in the country. Telus said …

  SK had previously selected the three vendors as its preferred bidders for 5G gear South Korea’s largest mobile operator, SK Telecom, announced that it has successfully tested interoperability between a 5G Non Standalone (NSA) core developed by compatriot company …

  The two companies said they aim to offer new 5G solutions through the integration of their current portfolios Swedish vendor Ericsson and Japanese company Fujitsu have entered an agreement to deliver end-to-end 5G network solutions and related services under …

  Merger and acquisition activity in the U.S. technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector will be robust at least well into 2019, driven by several factors, indicating higher M&A valuation for companies in this sector. Merger and acquisition activity in …

Nokia has been selected by Indian operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to supply, deploy, and manage its new ‘smart telecom poles’ in India, which will support 4G, 5G and IoT connectivity, as well as lighting and controls, and a …

It’s well accepted that quality of service (QoS) is essential in a network environment, allowing network managers to “provide different priority to different applications, users, or data flows, or to guarantee a certain level of performance to a data flow,” …

AT&T says 5G launch will come within weeks Amid higher revenues and profits following its acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T is preparing for a 5G launch that it says will come within “weeks” — and called out the strength of …

  Vodafone said it aims to trial 5G technology in seven UK cities this year U.K telecom operator Vodafone claimed to be the first carrier in the country to carry full 5G over a commercial network. The telco said that …

WeWork, the largest occupier of office space in Manhattan, has continued to rapidly expand in the enterprise market through innovative product offerings like Powered by We (PxWe), its office space ?as-a-service? offering. Now, the company?s white-label product is being led …

  Total IoT connections in the US are expected to expand by 25% year-over-year in 2018   Internet of things cellular connections in the United States grew 21% year-over-year in the first half of 2018, according to a new study …

CommScope’s director of network engineering talks CBRS, small cell concealment ATLANTA–With the finalization of the rules for the Citizens Broadband Radio service this week, CBRS is moving ever closer to commercialization. CommScope has been gearing up to support that commercialization …

  The Chinese vendor expects a net loss of up to CNY 7.2 billion due to the impact of the temporary U.S. ban this year Chinese vendor ZTE reported net profit of CNY 564 million ($81 million) for the third …

Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, has just upgraded 18,000 street lights in its city centre. The new lanterns are hugely efficient, and supremely smart. And yet the business case for them, or for their ‘smartness’, at least, is hardly …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy …