Monthly Archives: November, 2020
Pai to leave FCC on January 20
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has announced his intention to step down as chairman on January 20, the same day that President-elect Joe...
Editorial Report: 5G Inside: Things to know in indoor 5G network design
The vast majority of mobile network use comes from indoors -- and providing good coverage will be a challenge for 5G, in millimeter-wave bands...
Ericsson: 5G is ‘entering its next phase’
'5G is no longer just a novelty,' according to the November Ericsson Mobility Report
An estimated 1 billion people will be covered by 5G networks...
South Korea’s 5G mobile base reaches almost 10 million subscribers
The number of 5G subscribers in South Korea stood at 9.98 million as of the end of October, up 735,113 from the previous month,...
UK bans new Huawei gear installations, starting in September 2021
U.K. mobile operators must stop installing any Huawei equipment in 5G networks, as of the end of September 2021, the Department of Digital, Culture,...
Real estate firms target investments to enable remote workforce in 2021: Study
Enabling a remote workforce is the most significant factor shaping real estate strategies for 2021, closely followed by social distancing and infection control and...
MTS and Ericsson team up on private LTE for Russian gold miner Polymetal
Russian mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) and Swedish network vendor Ericsson are to deploy a private LTE network for Anglo-Russian mining company Polymetal. The...
Kagan: Will President Biden continue to block Huawei, ZTE?
Will Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE, who have been blocked from doing business in the USA by the Trump administration because of security...
Bosch confirms private 5G rollouts with Nokia, targets 250 5G factory networks
Bosch has put live a private 5G network with Nokia at its factory in Stuttgart-Feuerbach, and confirmed another at its research campus in Renningen....
Nordic buys Wi-Fi assets from Imagination Tech to mix Wi-Fi with BLE and cellular IoT
Nordic Semiconductor has acquired Ensigma, the Wi-Fi division of UK-based semiconductor and software design firm Imagination Technologies Group, for an undisclosed fee. The deal...
Mobilitie to deploy 5G at Puerto Rico Convention Center
Wireless infrastructure provider Mobilitie and ASM Global are bringing 5G connectivity to the Puerto Rico Convention Center (PRCC) in San Juan, the former said...
The current state of 5G deployments in the UK
The U.K. is one of the most developed markets in Europe in terms of 5G deployments. The country’s four mobile operators have already launched...
Orange’s 5G network already reaches 45 Spanish cities
Spanish operator Orange is already offering 5G services in 45 cities across the country, the telco said in a blog post.
Some of the cities...
Nokia deploys 5G private network in Austria’s Graz
Nokia has been selected by Citycom Telecommunication Graz to deliver a 5G network covering the City of Graz and the entire province of Styria,...
Orange to launch 5G in 15 French municipalities in Decmeber
French operator Orange expects to launch its commercial 5G services in 15 municipalities on December 3, the operator said in a release.
Some of the...
The Sunday Brief: Three up and comers (Nov. 2020 edition)
Thanksgiving greetings from the Lake Norman, NC, home to the annual Hospice Regatta. As we get ready to trek across the country for the...
China Tower, Beijing Mobile complete 5G deployment at Beijing Capital Airport
Beijing Mobile and China Tower have recently completed the deployment of a 5G network at Beijing Capital International Airport, Chinese press reported.
The 5G network,...
German regulator has already awarded 88 licenses for private 5G networks
The German federal network agency Bundesnetzagentur said it has awarded 88 spectrum licenses for private 5G campus networks, one year after the start of...
Brazil expects 5G auction to take place by end-H1 2021: Report
The Brazilian government aims to carry out a tender to award 5G spectrum by the end of the first half of 2021, according to...
Dish-backed firms lose $3.3 billion in bidding credits, FCC confirms
The ruling "will no doubt complicate our efforts, but it will not affect our resolve," says Ergen
The Federal Communications Commission has affirmed an earlier...
Wi-Fi HaLow gets $13m funding boost in bid to upset the LPWA applecart
Australia-based semiconductor company Morse Micro, developing Wi-Fi HaLow for low-power mid-range IoT solutions, has raised $13 million in new funding. The latest Series A...
Casual, mobile gamers have the most to gain from 5G, cloud computing
While 5G and cloud might not solve massive online multiplayer issues, that isn't necessarily the target
In early November, RCR Wireless News spoke with Subspace’s...
UK government proposes new telecom security bill
The U.K. government proposed a new bill to increase its control capabilities over telecoms networks, which could result in operators being hit with large...
Vodafone bundles ‘every part of IoT’ for UK enterprises to kick-start IoT deployments
Vodafone has pulled together an enterprise bundled with the various component parts in an IoT stack to enable business customers in the UK to...
Spica develops workplace experience app for Mace?s London headquarters
U.K. company Spica Technologies is developing a workplace experience app for Mace, which will initially be available at the international consultancy and construction business'...