Monthly Archives: April, 2020
HAPS partners aim high for a ‘rare, untapped commercial opportunity’
HAPS Alliance includes Ericsson, Nokia, SoftBank, DT, Telefonica, China Telecom, Bharti Airtel and Loon, among others
A coalition of companies are aiming for the stratosphere...
Singapore awards two licenses to construct standalone 5G networks
Singtel and a joint venture between StarHub Mobile and M1 were awarded licenses to build two nationwide standalone (SA) 5G networks in Singapore, ,...
Veritas Solutions Group launches operations to target New York buildings
Veritas Solutions Group,?a provider of smart building infrastructure solutions, has officially launched operations.
Veritas said it will unify the engineering branch of MIH Systems Group, a...
How wireless operators have risen to the COVID-19 challenge (Reader Forum)
Chief among the many shockwaves stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. is the country’s rapid transition to remote work. And with this...
What’s the global outlook for mmWave 5G in 2020?
Beyond the U.S., mmWave 5G auctions coming up in key mobile markets
While U.S. operators AT&T and Verizon went to market with millimeter wave-based mobile...
Samsung sees lower 5G investments in Q2 due to COVID-19 impact: VP
South Korea tech giant Samsung Electronics expects to see a slowdown in 5G investments in the second quarter of the year due to the...
Ericsson awarded China Mobile 5G RAN and core contract
Ericsson will provide 5G core network equipment in two major regions
While it appears that Chinese companies Huawei, ZTE have obtained majority of China Mobile's...
Vodafone, Metaswitch conduct 5G wireless/wireline convergence tests
Vodafone: 'This trial more than justifies our faith in the value, practicality of broadband convergence'
Yesterday, Metaswitch announced that its Access Gateway Function (AGF) solution...
Handset demand down in Q2 but Qualcomm still bullish on 5G in 2020
Expect more traction around mmWave 5G with upcoming auctions, activations
Qualcomm was within its second quarter 2020 revenue guidance despite a significant downturn in handset...
#TBT: Bell Atlantic buys Nynex; PCS competition lowers prices; Wall Street gets paging jitters … this week in 1997
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...
White Paper: Airspan and Gogo develop 5G air-to-ground (ATG) broadband for aviation
The 5G networks of tomorrow will need to strike the right balance of products and solutions in order to address the complexities of rolling...
Rohde & Schwarz White Paper: IEEE802.11ax Technology Introduction
IEEE 802.11ax is intended to improve the user experience and network performance in dense deployments in the unlicensed bands.
Download this white paper to explore...
New editorial report out now: ‘Industrial AR – and the rise of the workers’
The trick with AR in industry is to keep lights on and services flowing even during periods of absence, as enforced in extremis by...
Nokia keeps business on track with 19% enterprise surge on private LTE sales
Nokia’s enterprise business showed growth of almost 20 percent during the first quarter of 2020, compared with a year ago, on the back of...
Inseego Webinar: Rise of the remote worker: Securing company networks in the time of Coronavirus
Due to COVID-19, remote working has become a huge talking point; but even before the pandemic, remote working was trending upwards. While having employees...
Federated Wireless Q&A: ’10 Gbps over Wi-Fi 6 or 5G – that’s the opportunity at 6GHz’
The decision last week by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make 1,200MHz of spectrum in the 6 GHz band in the US available...
Huawei Webinar: COVID-19, Connectivity and Community
The coronavirus pandemic has transformed how many around the world work, learn, and live. Now more than ever, access to secure, modern connectivity is...
China sets new regulations for the procurement of tech equipment
The Chinese government has set new regulations for critical information infrastructure operators to buy tech equipment, which could potentially represent new obstacles for foreign...
FirstNet hits 1.3 million customers, sees accelerated pace of additions
AT&T execs say that the pandemic is building awareness of FirstNet services
FirstNet now has 1.3 million connections, AT&T executives say, which reflects a 30%...
Kudelski, CoreKinect launch tracking solution amid COVID-19 crisis
The Kudelski Group, which specializes in digital security, and hardware designer and manufacturer CoreKinect announced the launch of a joint solution enabling hospitals, government...
Fujitsu unveils new smart building management platform
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu has launched RunMyBuilding, a smart building integration and management platform for all physical and digital services across a building or...
Bharti Airtel deploys Altiostar’s Open vRAN solution
Bharti Airtel is a member of the O-RAN Alliance and TIP
Bharti Airtel has deployed Altiostar’s open virtual radio access network (vRAN) solution across multiple...
Wi-Fi Alliance expects more than 300 million Wi-Fi 6E devices in 2021
Wi-Fi Alliance exec: 'Think about what we can accomplish with what we’ve just been given with Wi-Fi 6E'
Wi-Fi Alliance’s Senior Vice President of Marketing...
Quarter of private LTE and 5G networks will be managed by smart cities in 2025
By 2025, almost one quarter (23 percent) of all private LTE and 5G networks will be deployed by smart cities, either at local or...
Bosch ramps-up production after 17% COVID reverse with focus on efficiency, innovation
Bosch is preparing to ramp up production again after shutting down production at nearly 100 facilities globally in the COVID-19 pandemic, on the back...