November 3, 2022

The C-band auctions raised a staggering $81.17 billion in 2021 On the back of two important product releases — the ADXV DAS C-band solution and the SDRX C-band repeater — Advanced RF Technologies’ Chief Operating Officer Arnold Kim caught up …

The FCC has received applications for 64,000 new satellites, said Chairwoman Rosenworcel The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reorganizing to better support the growing satellite industry by transforming the International Bureau into two entities: The Space Bureau and a standalone …

Partnership is continuing with Drei Austria and ZTE commercializing 5G Standalone Internationally-recognized mobile network performance benchmarking firm Ookla has recognized Hutchinson Drei Austria as having the fastest 5G network in the country for three consecutive quarters. In the latest period, …

An inventory glut and weak handset demand will impact the current quarter, the company said  Qualcomm on Wednesday reported Q4 results in line with Wall Street consensus estimates: The company recorded adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $3.13, with $11.39 billion in …

Okay, so not a new use case, as such; it is just another connectivity-in-manufacturing case. But still, it is process manufacturing… at a giant paper mill! Swedish pulp and paperboard company Holmen Iggesund has commissioned local system integrator Combitech to …

‘This is good news and real progress’: FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Office of Engineering and Technology announced the conditional approval of thirteen proposed automated frequency coordination (AFC) database systems in preparation for the testing phase of …

Starry has already reduced its workforce by approximately 50% and withdrawn from the FCC’s RDOF program U.S. fixed wireless technology developer and internet service provider Starry has hired PJT Partners to advise the company in several strategic areas including mergers …

Spam texts are on the rise, TNS says Broader implementation of the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework, coupled with enforcement efforts, have put a dent in robocall volumes compared to last year, according to a new report by TNS. It’s a …

Lumen retains multinational enterprise customers under the terms of the deal Lumen Technologies announced Wednesday plans to sell its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business to Colt Technology Services in a transaction valued at $1.8 billion. The deal includes Lumen’s regional …

Virgin Media O2 launched services in June 2021 as a JV between Liberty Global and Telefónica in the U.K U.K. operator Virgin Media O2’s 5G network reached 800 towns and cities across the country as of the end of the …

Despite some protections, robocalls continue to be a problem As we have all learned the hard way about spam. Robo-calls, robo-texts and robo-emails are impacting every one of us. And this problem is only getting worse, year by year. RoboKiller …

Israeli private cellular security startup OneLayer has opened a network security lab in Tel Aviv for telecoms and security companies to test threats to private LTE and 5G networks, currently rolling out in enterprises across the globe. The firm has …

The 6G fund will aim to provide financial support for 6G research and development for a number of years The government of Japan is setting up a fund to foster research activities into future 6G communications systems, according to Nikkei …

ABI Research highlighted that the U.S. is currently driving the number of 5G FWA connections with major carriers aggressively expanding their FWA business 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technology will reach 58 million subscriptions globally in 2026, according to ABI …

We are still discovering how 5G will transform our lives. With unprecedented speeds and decreased latency, society will benefit from innovative connected experiences, the Internet of things, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. While many have the luxury of reacting to …

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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy …

5G Advanced, or as some vendors call it, 5.5G, is the next iteration of cellular standards and promises to enhance current 5G networks with not just organic updates, but also introduce major new functionality primarily targeting enterprise networking. These new …

In the wake of Hurricane Ian, service providers continue to work at getting networks and cell sites back online in both Florida, which took to brunt of the storm, and in South Carolina, where it also made landfall. According to …

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is foundational to 5G services to drive the next wave of innovation in enterprise and manufacturing: low-latency, massive device density, and more. Optimizing the telco cloud to deliver these new services starts at the 5G Core …

Tata Communications already has two centers of excellence (CoEs) in Delhi and Mumbai   Indian tech firm Tata Communications announced the launch of a dedicated private 5G global center of excellence (CoE) in Pune, India to accelerate Industry 4.0 applications …

The telco initially launched 5G in Delhi, Mumbai, Varanasi and Bangalore Indian operator Bharti Airtel launched 5G services in major eight cities with plans to progressively cover the entire country by March 2024, local newspaper The Economic Times reported. The …

Only 56,000 people live in Greenland’s 2.16 million square kilometers. 5G will help them connect over these ‘vast distances’ Ericsson is helping Greenland’s sole telecommunications provider Tusass launch a Non-Standalone (NSA) Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) 5G pilot with an initial rollout in …

Open RAN one of many vectors of network transformation focused on service differentiation, operational efficiencies In the process of building out, expanding and advancing its 5G network, Verizon has for several years gone through a very material network transformation. In …

The UK division of Spain-based tower company Cellnex has acquired indoor cellular connectivity provider Herbert In-Building Wireless (HiBW) for an undisclosed fee. The deal will see the creation of a new Cellnex business unit, called Cellnex UK In-Building Solutions (CUKIS), …

Who has been buying midband 5G spectrum, how much and what did it cost them? Operators will be making return-on-investment calculations based a combination of spectrum prices plus the operational and capital expenditures involved in deploying the spectrum. Here are …