November 2020

Pilot in Wales scaling up to 2,600 Open RAN sites in Wales and England In August this year, Vodafone U.K. turned on its first Open RAN site at the Royal Welsh Showground in Powys, Wales. That particular project used software …

Netherlands-based engineering and design firm SODAQ has invented a solar-powered cellular IoT asset tracker which dispenses with a battery altogether, and runs by harvesting solar energy alone. It is the first of its kind, anywhere, reckons Nordic Semiconductor, which supplied …

The MulteFire Alliance has launched a certification program for the original 1.0 version of the MulteFire specification. A radio unit and device from Nokia are the first products to go through the process. The alliance said enterprises can now deploy …

Analysts pressed Verizon on millimeter wave 5G network coverage during sell-side analyst meeting T-Mobile US Vice President of Technology Neville Ray is confident in the carrier’s 5G “coverage leadership.” Speaking recently at the virtual BCG/New Street Research 5G Conference, Ray …

From tractor maker to network operator; should we be surprised Deere & Company, in charge of the John Deere machinery brand, has snapped up five mid-band CBRS licenses in five counties in the US? Not really; not at all, even. …

As 2020 is coming to a close, many are reflecting on a particularly challenging year. The COVID-19 pandemic forced much of the world inside, where we tried to continue our work, our schooling and our lives from inside our homes. …

At the end of the Obama administration, Dedicated Short-Range Communications at 5.9 GHz for intelligent transportation systems was on the cusp of becoming required in all new vehicles, setting a mandate for the use of spectrum which had largely lain …

79% of service providers, equipment manufacturers and enterprises have adopted or plan to adopt the WBA OpenRoaming standard The Wireless Broadband Alliance’s (WBA) OpenRoaming system was only introduced last May, and yet, a recent survey revealed that nearly four out …

French operator Bouygues Telecom expects to launch its comercial 5G network on December 1, the telco said in a statement. The company also said that it expects to reach nationwide coverage with its 5G network within a year. “Bouygues Telecom …

  Japanese company Hitachi announced that it has developed an IoT platform for the smart buildings space. Hitachi will launch the IoT platform in the Japanese market this year, the company said. Hitachi’s IoT platform for buildings was developed using …

Japanese company NEC announced the establishment of its Global Open RAN Center of Excellence (CoE) in the U.K. to accelerate the global adoption of Open RAN. In a release, NEC also said that the new facility has the aim of …

The vast majority of mobile network use comes from indoors — and providing good coverage will be a challenge for 5G, in millimeter-wave bands and even in the mid-band. How is the industry addressing this challenge? RCR Wireless News looks …

The coming year will see a marked acceleration in several key broadband network trends, brought on by global COVID-related changes to work, education, and entertainment as well as momentum in next-generation network investments.  As we wrap up the year and …

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 …

Private network operator and industrial connectivity specialist Citymesh has expanded its spectrum holding in Belgium to 100MHz of the 3.5 GHz band. It will use the new tranche of spectrum to bolster private 5G capacity in the North Sea, including …

A number of major IoT outfits are collaborating under the auspices of the Zigbee Alliance to develop a new application-layer connectivity standard for the smart buildings market. Members of the strategy group leading the work include the likes of Legrand, …

In a rare show of bipartisanship, the U.S. House has unanimously passed a bill that seeks to financially support a domestic 5G equipment market and Open Radio Access Network development with an influx of $750 million in funding over the …

Azure for Operators built on three principles: partnerships, ecosystem development and infrastructure monetization Microsoft, given its established position in distributed cloud computing, enterprise relationships, and massive developer community, sees the confluences of 5G, edge computing and an operator focus on …

Nokia, Elisa and Qualcomm Technologies have achieved what they claim are the world’s fastest 5G speeds on a commercial network in Finland by delivering 8 Gbps for the first time serving two 5G mmWave devices connected simultaneously, Nokia said in …

The 5G consumer market could be worth $31 trillion by 2030 globally, according to a new report from Ericsson. The report estimates that communications service providers (CSPs) could earn $3.7 trillion of that total – a figure that could increase …

Globe Telecom plans to cover 80% of Metro Manila by the end of 2020 Globe Telecom, a major telecommunications provider in the Philippines, first received the go ahead to deploy 5G small cells in the country’s capital city of Manila …

  Honeywell expanded its holistic Healthy Buildings Air Quality offering to help improve and measure commercial building indoor air quality with the introduction of Honeywell Electronic Air Cleaners (EACs) with ultraviolet light systems and a new line of indoor air …

Cambium Networks sees 6 GHz and 60 GHz as WISP growth drivers In 2017, we were seeking an independent view on the trends taking place in the global ISP industry and concluded no such assessment existed – which led to …

Sigfox has announced deals with Austrian logistics and postal provider Austrian Post and Australian keg rental provider Konvoy Group, via local Sigfox operators Heliot and Thinxtra, respectively. Between them, the deals are worth around 100,000 connections by the end of …

HUS Helsinki University Hospital is working with Finnish carrier Elisa to lay the ground for 5G-enabled ‘video robots’ to enable doctors and nurses to interact with coronavirus (Covid-19) patients remotely. The pair have already deployed a prototype video robot that …