RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Steve Papa, Parallel Wireless (Ep.5) Discussing open RAN as the conversation turns from tech to policy Parallel Wireless CEO Steve Papa discusses Open RAN momentum from the perspective of both network …
Open RAN group ties COVID-19 pandemic to RAN vendor choice, security and performance A new group of operators and telecom network hardware and software vendors announced today the formation of the Open RAN Policy Coalition. As 5G deployments continue around …
Microsoft confirmed acquisition of Affirmed Networks in March Microsoft made big telco moves ahead of its earnings call last week with the acquisition of Affirmed Networks and announcement of Azure edge products for both carriers and enterprises. And, on the …
Beyond the U.S., mmWave 5G auctions coming up in key mobile markets While U.S. operators AT&T and Verizon went to market with millimeter wave-based mobile and fixed 5G services, most other operators used mid-band spectrum in the 3.4 GHz to …
Expect more traction around mmWave 5G with upcoming auctions, activations Qualcomm was within its second quarter 2020 revenue guidance despite a significant downturn in handset demand related to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated business closures and quarantine regulations. While the …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Dean Brenner and Alice Tornquist, Qualcomm (Ep.4) Making roads safer with 5G V2X Qualcomm’s Dean Brenner, SVP of Spectrum Strategy and Technology Policy, and VP of Government Affairs Alice Tornquist explore …
Densifying mmWave 5G while managing deployment costs The U.S., both operators and regulators, have been bullish on the role of millimeter wave spectrum in 5G. Indeed, both Verizon and AT&T went to market with 5G using their mmWave holdings; the …
Dynamic Spectrum Sharing key to scaling 5G coverage If 2019 was the year of initial 5G rollouts and 2020 is the year of driving 5G to scale, then expect Dynamic Spectrum Sharing to continue having its moment in the sun. …
Earlier this week AT&T withdrew 2020 guidance due to COVID-19 impact Following the companies first quarter earnings call this week, AT&T announced that CEO Randall Stephenson, 60, will retire from his position but stay on as Executive Chairman of the …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Doug Mohney, Space IT Bridge (Bonus Episode) It’s a first! Someone finally tells me, “5G won’t change the world” Space IT Bridge Editor in Chief Doug Mohney discusses the intersection of …
Parallel Wireless CEO: “We have an all G world for a long period of time” U.S.-based OpenRAN provider Parallel Wireless this week announced it was selected by the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications to provide cellular systems to extend …
AT&T attributes approximately $600 million impact to COVID-19 pandemic AT&T this week withdrew all previous financial guidance based on uncertainty around the long-term impact the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will have on financial markets and consumer confidence. However, company President and …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Bobby Napiltonia, NEXT Trucking (Ep. 3) 5G as enabler of smarter, more connected transportation systems Bobby Napiltonia, chief revenue officer of NEXT Trucking, examines 5G through the perspective of an end …
T-Mobile President of Technology provides post-merger update on network integration The $26.5 billion merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint closed April 1 and this week President of Technology of New T-Mobile, Neville Ray, provided a video update on network integration …
All eyes now on MWC Los Angeles Following its at-the-time unanticipated but retrospectively lauded decision to cancel Mobile World Congress Barcelona in February, as COVID-19 gained a foothold in Europe, the GSMA announced it will cancel the companion event in …
Connecticut-based Frontier Communications on April 14 announced it was voluntarily entering chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after missing an interest payment on unsecured debt in March. Despite this development, Frontier said it would continue providing services to its customer base. Frontier …
CEO Rajeev Suri set to leave Nokia later this year According to multiple published reports, primarily sourced from an initial piece in TMT Finance, claim Finnish network infrastructure vendor Nokia has engaged Citi to “to defend itself from a hostile …
Will COVID-19 be the impetus for widespread telehealth adoption? As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic strains health care infrastructure the world over, some physicians and institutions are moving to telehealth models in an effort to help curb the spread of the …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Kelly Hill, RCR Wireless News (Bonus Episode) Separating 5G hype from reality with the benefit of hindsight Kelly Hill, executive editor at RCR Wireless News, discusses Dorothy’s heroics in L. Frank …
5G security is fundamentally better than LTE security but the attack surface is massively increased In the ongoing generational shift from LTE to 5G, network security is top of mind for carriers and governments, particularly as it relates to Chinese …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Steve Douglas, Spirent (Ep. 2) 5G as a driver of industrial efficiency, sustainability Steve Douglas, head of 5G strategy for Spirent, answers questions from Marcel Proust’s famous questionnaire; differentiates between delivering …
Cisco, Altiostar, WWT creating vRAN hardware/software/services bundle to drive 5G deployment Building a virtualized radio access network built of best-of-breed components made interoperable through the work of groups like the O-RAN Alliance and Telecom Infra Project is seen as a …
DSS key piece of operator plans to scale 5G Major operators around the world have tested and publicly discussed their plans to use dynamic spectrum sharing to rapidly scale 5G coverage by enabling simultaneous transmission of LTE and 5G New …
Being open to collaborative problem solving accelerates time to innovation, return Open radio access networks are a hot topic in telecom right now with major, multinational operators looking to break out of the big, end-to-end vendor ecosystem potentially in favor …
Rakuten’s virtual RAN and Elisa’s lights-out NOC The flexibility 5G enables requires a similar level of flexibility in the underlying network infrastructure. Proprietary, single-purpose hardware is giving way to general-purpose hardware running virtualized network functions. This allows operators to lower …
