2023

Orange said the private networks offers benefits including real-time automation, improved productivity and enhanced worker safety Spanish operator Orange and Ericsson have signed an agreement to offer B2B customers in …

SpaceX has been granted special temporary authority by the Federal Communications Commission for field testing of direct-to-cellular communications via its Starlink second generation satellites. The company said that it would …

O2 Telefónica has added 5G technology to around 3,000 locations since the beginning of the year German telecom operator O2 Telefonica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, said its 5G network …

Deutsche Telekom highlighted that its 5G network currently covers 96% of the German population German telco Deutsche Telekom said it has achieved its targets in terms of fiber optic deployment. …

Three Ireland has partnered with Technological University Shannon (TUS) to trial 5G SA technology Irish telco Three claimed to be the first operator in Ireland to launch a 5G Standalone …

FCC’s auction authority has yet to be reinstated by Congress It literally took an act of Congress, but T-Mobile US will get access to the licenses the carrier won in …

Power distribution systems are rapidly evolving across the world in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and meet bold climate goals. Today, governments at the national, state and local levels …

What are some realistic ways that operators can increase the sustainability of their mobile networks, while reducing operational expenditures related to energy usage? At the recent Telco Sustainability Forum virtual …

The Spanish government will acquire the stake in Telefonica via state holding SEPI The Spanish government approved the acquisition of up to 10% of the capital of Spanish operator Telefónica, …

With the new launch in Canada, AWS now has 105 availability zones across 33 geographic regions Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched its second infrastructure region in Canada, the company said …

The country’s communications ministry said the 5G spectrum auction had raised more than 1.5 billion pesos ($380 million) Colombian operators Claro, WOM, Tigo and Movistar have all secured 5G licenses …

Nokia has agreed to sell its Device Management (DM) and Service Management Platform (SMP) businesses to Canadian telecom and media software company Lumine Group for $185 million euros (approximately $203 …

Jeroen Coussement, chief executive at Belgium-based industrial IoT scale-up Factry, sheds light on three hot Industry 4.0 topics for next year: creating a ‘unified namespace’, the shift towards user-centric production …

There are 2,900 private LTE/5G networks across the world at the end of 2023, including trial and pilot deployments. So says Berg Insight, which calculates a quarter (700; 24 percent) …

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 …

5G gained about 537 million connections around the world during the third quarter of 2023, according to 5G Americas, based on data from Omdia. That brings the global total to …

Iliad said its 5G coverage rate in France currently reaches over 94.4% of the population The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted French operator Iliad a new €300 million ($329 …

Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica Deutschland and Vodafone each covered an area of between 59% and 77% with 5G 5G networks covered 90% of Germany’s territory as of October, up from 5G …

SK Telecom said the innovation consists in upgrading the cryptography used to anonymize the user digital identity on the 5G network SK Telecom (SKT), the largest mobile operator in Korea, …

T-Mo, Verizon are gaining cable, DSL customers Fixed Wireless Access services offered by telecom carriers are succeeding in winning customers away from cable and DSL service providers, according to new …

As 2023 closes, and 2024 closes in, it seems the movement around ambient energy-harvesting battery-free IoT is stepping up. Scandinavian duo ONiO and Epishine have struck a deal, they have …

Semtech has enabled Sigfox ‘0G’ technology on its SX126x family of LoRa chipsets, for use with LoRaWAN or other LoRa-based networks. The SX126x series is the California firm’s ‘legacy hardware …

As we step into the new year, the shadow of ransomware continues to loom large over the digital landscape. Cyber attackers show no signs of relenting and 2024 is poised …

Holiday greetings from the Midwest, where we recently finished up a very productive trip through St Louis and several other towns.  Pictured are a few folks from the LB Networks …