Yearly Archives: 2018

Is 5G really a race?

Operators pursuing 5G differently in the U.S., Europe and APAC LONDON—As with previous generations of cellular connectivity, there are many reasons for an operator to...

#TBT: Small cells in the Big Apple; Sprint steals a page (and spokesman) from Verizon; T-Mo binges on … this week in 2016

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...

Industrial transformation will put impact of consumer digital in the shade, says GE

The digital transformation of industry will be more dramatic than transformation of the consumer retail and media markets, reckons General Electric. “We have seen...

Key takeaways from the AT&T/Time Warner ruling

Judge Richard Leon called government's case against the merger "weak" “If there ever were an antitrust case where the parties had a dramatically different assessment...

JMA Wireless launches new solution for in-building connectivity

The TEKO Cell Hub is a fiber-connected node targeting the connectivity needs of enterprise buildings, JMA Wireless said   JMA Wireless has launched a new product...

Nokia completes 5G test as part of China’s national 5G R&D trial

Nokia said its end-to-end 5G new radio data call used the 3.5 GHz frequency band   Nokia has successfully completed an end-to-end 5G New Radio data...

Huawei releases new internet of vehicles platform, smart airport solution

Huawei expects its OceanConnect IoV platform to enable the digital transformation of automobile manufacturers Huawei announced the release of the OceanConnect "internet of vehicles" (IoV)...

How IoT is Changing the Future of Mobile (Reader Forum)

  According to Gartner, the Internet of Things (IoT) will grow to 26 billion interconnected devices by 2020. This means plenty of unchartered territory for a mobile carrier...

NXP releases 5G RF front-end portfolio for massive MIMO

NXP Semiconductors released a radio frequency front-end product line for creating massive multiple-input, multiple output (mMIMO) systems. NXP Semiconductors announced the availability of its 5G...

NI, NanoSemi get power amplifiers in line

National Instruments and IP-software startup NanoSemi are collaborating to add NanoSemi’s linearizer to NI’s PXI systems to help test 5G New Radio front-end designs....

Ericsson doubles five-year IoT forecast to 3.5bn LTE-M and NB-IoT connections

Cellular ‘internet-of-thing’ (IoT) connections will reach 3.5 billion by 2023, from around 0.6 billion million today, with compound annual growth of 30 per cent...

Analyst Angle: R&D to patents —The complex nature of 3GPP and standards

  The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) met this week in San Diego, California, to finalize Release 15, which includes 5G New Radio (NR), and...

Do you have a right-to-repair? Inside Apple’s repair saga

  It happens to everyone — despite your best efforts, your phone falls and the screen shatters. Or the camera lens cracks. Whatever the damage,...

Judge approves AT&T/Time Warner merger; closing expected later this month

AT&T plans to close the merger on or before June 20 to avoid break-up fee A federal judge has approved AT&T's $85 billion acquisition of...

Verizon joins newly formed public safety open standards group

The PSTA, the recently formed public safety open standards group, adds Verizon to its list of members. Verizon announced on Monday that it supports the...

Comba Telecom adds 600 MHz, 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz band support for DAS

Comba said the new cards and remote units will be commercially available during June California-based Comba Telecom has announced support for 600 MHz, 2.3 GHz ...

Comcast launches IoT solution for water utilities via new partnership

The new IoT-based solution combines Comcast’s IoT service machine with Neptune LoRa-enabled water meters Comcast’s internet of things service, machineQ, and U.S water technology company,...

LiveAction picks up packet inspection company Savvius

Real-time analytics and network monitoring company LiveAction is diving deep with its acquisition of packet inspection company Savvius. The acquisition combines Savvius' packet capture, deep...

Senators move to reinstate ZTE ban as Commerce waits for payment

Senators move to reinstate ZTE ban as Department of Commerce said ZTE must replace its entire board of directors within the next 30 days Adding...

London hatches five-step digital plan to be smartest city of them all

London has set out a five-point digital strategy to make it the smartest city in the world.  Among more than 20 initiatives, bucketed into five...

SK Telecom, DJI to add live streaming video to drones

Korea's top mobile carrier partners with drone maker DJI to add live- streaming high-def video to drones. Korean mobile operator SK Telecom and China-based drone-maker DJI...

Millimeter wave: Myths vs. realities

Millimeter wave cell density and building penetration LONDON—Millimeter wave frequencies will be a central part of delivering the ultra high capacity data throughput associated with...

How does energy harvesting enable the IoT?

Many of the sensors used in IoT are battery-powered and organized into mesh networks. Set to transmit anywhere from every few seconds to every...

Viavi launches new handheld tester

New handheld tester is aimed at fiber testing, service activation, network maintenance Viavi Solutions has introduced a new handheld network tester that it says is...

Analyst Angle: New horizons for the wireless industry

Among the lessons we can learn about where the wireless industry will head come from an understanding the past success.  At its roots, the...
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