February 2021

End of February greetings from Charlotte/ Davidson/ Lake Norman, where spring is in the air.  Featured is our dog Abby, sporting her brand new T-Mobile pet bandana (free through their …

More than 1,330 cities around the world now have 5G networks, according to a new report from Viavi Solutions — a 350% increase over the past year, in spite of …

The 2021 Major League Baseball (MLB) season kicks off in just a few days and this time around, 16 ballparks — beginning with Boston’s Fenway Park — will be outfitted …

U.K. operator Three UK currently operates 1,250 5G sites in 193 towns and cities across the country, the company said in a release. At the end of December 2020, the …

New video services-focused company valued at $16.25 billion AT&T has struck a deal with private equity firm TPG Capital to spin out thec carrier’s U.S. video services into a new …

In conversation with Rakuten Group CTO Tareq Amin Q: In describing your vision for network automation, you’ve used the analogy of Level 4 autonomous driving for vehicles. Could you give …

Brazilian telecommunications services regulator Anatel has approved a set of rules that will pave the way for the government to award spectrum for the provision of 5G services. The regulator …

Finnish company elevator and escalator company Kone has strengthened its partnership with Orange Business Services by moving its global contact center solution to the cloud. Kone said that its customer …

Among the many things we’ve learned during the era of Covid-19 is the importance of efficient, reliable, and always-available healthcare services. The urgency of the pandemic has not only spurred …

Seattle-based industrial analytics company Seeq, a star of industrial IoT on the venture capital scene, is targeting the power and utilities, oil and gas, semiconductor, chemical, and process manufacturing industries, …

Verizon has expanded access to its high-band 5G network in parts of Sacramento, Seattle and Pensacola, with customers in parts of Sacramento also receiving access to the carrier’s 5G Home …

Sony Semiconductor Israel has released a new cellular IoT chipset for NB-IoT networks. The firm’s low-power Altair ALT1255 chipset is designed for LTE Cat NB2 devices, running the Release 14 …

China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 3.97 million 5G subscribers in January, according to statistics published on the carrier’s website. The operator said it ended …

The Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation announced it has awarded the remaining two 10-megahertz blocks of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band to local carriers Orange and …

Nokia and Huawei joined Ericsson on Gartner’s list of 5G leaders In its latest 5G “magic quadrant” assessment, Gartner labeled Ericsson as the standout network infrastructure and communications service provider, …

Verizon won spectrum worth $45.45 billion in the C Band auction, to build itself a nationwide footprint of midband airwaves for 5G. That sum is nearly double the amount spent …

    Zome Energy Networks announced its plans to deploy its technology strategically into the Austin energy market. In 2019, Zome began its entry into the Texas market, and the …

Shipping ports can make money back on key private 5G-based automation systems in less than two years, reckons Ericsson, and make valuable gains (178-percent returns) within five. The Swedish vendor …

ZTE expects to work with Chinese mobile operators to construct and commercialize 5G ATG networks in China in 2021, according to Liu WeiWei, ZTE’s ATG product manager. ATG is short …

The European Commission has published a major review of funding for 5G-based and 5G-related industrial transformation, including €10 billion of new public-private partnership (PPP) funding to drive the region’s digital …

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 Federal Communications Commission is considering opening up a “formal conversation” on how it can support development and deployment of Open Radio Access Network technology. At the commission’s March 17 …

China is expected to have 822 million 5G subscribers by 2025, up from 202 million subscribers at the end of last year, according to a recent report by the GSMA. …

Globe Telecom launched 5G services in June 2020 Nokia has secured a three-year 5G contract with the Filipino operator Globe Telecom. Globe, the largest operator in the country, is looking …

The Federal Communications Commission is considering an auction of additional midband airwaves as soon as October of this year, for 100 megahertz of spectrum at 3.45-3.55 GHz. Acting Chairwoman Jessica …