Monthly Archives: February, 2020
Viavi report shows ‘rapid surge’ in global 5G deployments
Viavi Solutions CTO: 'The race for the best 5G network has only just begun'
As of January 2020, commercial 5G networks have been deployed in...
For enterprise 5G, be a ‘partner, not just a provider’, EY says
Enterprises want end-to-end 5G-IoT solutions and vendors who are partners, EY survey finds
Enterprises are looking for a "coherent 5G-IoT vision" from their suppliers and...
SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom to ensure 5G in-building coverage with 5G repeater
Korean telecommunications company SK Telecom announced that it will provide its 5G repeaters to support Deutsche Telekom?s customer trial for 5G indoor coverage in...
Sprint inks IoT access agreements with Telia, Swisscom
Sprint announced collaborations with Swiss operator Swisscom and Nordic carrier Telia to extend the Sprint Curiosity Internet of Things (IoT) platform to Europe.
Sprint said...
Huawei to invest $220m in 4G/5G factory in France
Chinese vendor Huawei has announced that it will build a new wireless communications product factory in France.
In a release, the company said that the...
Test and Measurement: Keysight reports record quarter, revenues up 9%
Keysight credits strength in global 5G ecosystem for its growth
Keysight Technologies reported a record first quarter of 2020, with revenues up 9% to $1.095...
Telit ME910G1-W1 Module AT&T Certified for LTE-M and NB-IoT Use
Telit, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), announced that its ME910G1-W1 module has been certified for use on AT&T's LTE-M and...
Lufthansa doubles-down with second private 5G trial – with help from Vodafone
More detail has emerged about the private industrial 5G operations Lufthansa has pegged to its new holding in the 3.7-3.8 GHz spectrum in Germany,...
Nine operators join forces on global edge computing, with GSMA’s support
Nine operators will collaborate on the GSMA's Operator Platform Project
Nine telcos in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region said today that they are working together...
Honeywell intros new solution for energy efficiency in smart buildings
Honeywell has announced the launch of its new Forge Energy Optimization, a cloud-based, machine learning solution for smart buildings.
The solution "continuously studies a building?s...
Nokia launches end-to-end 4G and 5G NR slicing
Nokia announced the launch of its new end-to-end slicing network functionality for 4G and 5G New Radio (NR), claiming to the first vendor to...
Ericsson launches its dynamic spectrum sharing technology
Ericsson announced that its Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) solution is commercially available, stating that the new technology is already live in a number of...
Itron wins contract to upgrade local Swedish smart grid and meters
US-based industrial networking company Itron has signed with local electricity provider Borås Elnät in Sweden to swap-in 46,000 smart electric meters and layer-in sensors...
Irish delivery service An Post recruits Sigfox for “thousands” of logistics trackers
Irish postal company and fleet operator An Post Mails & Parcels (An Post) has contracted Irish Sigfox operator VT Networks to equip and monitor...
Lufthansa gets spectrum licence, deploys Nokia private 5G for remote engine checks
Note, this story has been referenced and updated in a new post, Lufthansa doubles-down with second private 5G trial – with help from Vodafone,...
#TBT: Virgin Mobile comes to Canada; American Idol SMS voting expands; Bringing wireless email to the masses … this week in 2005
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...
With US Cellular launch, Wisconsin city gets a 5G network
The Wisconsin launch represents the first phase of a multi-year 5G network expansion
In October, U.S. Cellular announced plans to rollout 5G technology for customers...
Rounding up what would’ve otherwise been Mobile World Congress news
BARCELONA--As we're all acutely aware, Mobile World Congress 2020 was cancelled due to concerns around the spread of coronavirus. However, a small handful of...
VMware, Deutsche Telekom collaborate on virtual RAN Platform
Virtual RAN solutions are critical in a 5G world, says VMware
VMware, Inc. and Deutsche Telekom are collaborating on an open and intelligent virtual RAN...
Broadband Forum adds to the ‘5G jigsaw’ with new standards
The Broadband Forum CEO: 'We are still working to define the jigsaw pieces of 5G'
As part of its work to “provide a practical roadmap...
Vodafone increases speed of existing 5G sites in Germany
German telecommunications operator Vodafone said it is increasing the speed of existing 5G sites following the decision by Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) to...
Rohde & Schwarz carries out 5G live broadcast test in Barcelona
Rohde & Schwarz, together with European telecoms infrastructure provider Cellnex and Spinner, a specialist in radio frequency technology, is carrying out a trial of...
Resonant filters out the 5G hype
One of the unsung but critical components that enable wireless communications are the filters which reside in the smartphone, and which are expected to...
Verizon 5G carrier aggregation trial achieves speeds of 4.2 gbps
The trial aggregated 800 MHz of 28 GHz band spectrum
Verizon, Samsung, Qualcomm and Motorola have released the results of their joint carrier aggregation trial...
Ahead of Japan launch, Rakuten CEO teases global ambitions
CTO calls it a first-of-its-kind "Wi-Fi like" deployment; espouses benefits of open RAN
BARCELONA--In the two years since being allocated mobile spectrum by Japanese regulators,...