All four Tier 1 U.S. carriers are offering a mobile 5G service AT&T With the June 27 addition of parts of Las Vegas, AT&T offers a millimeter wave-based mobile 5G service in 20 markets with observed speeds in excess of …
Hitachi sees traditional supply chain management as a road block to disruption The broad Industry 4.0 conversation focuses on how the internet of things and data analytics can add value to foundational sectors like manufacturing, transportation and retail. But linking …
Wireless/wireline network design and build specialist creates new Technology Division Increasingly complex and converged wireless and wireline networks are a key to operator’s ongoing investments in LTE and 5G. Deep fiber, small cell densification, the internet of things and macro-level …
AT&T 5G+ is now available in 20 markets AT&T’s millimeter wave-based 5G service, dubbed 5G+, went live on June 27 in part of Las Vegas, the operator’s 20th market. Other markets where the service is available include Austin, Los Angeles, …
Providence getting millimeter wave 5G on July 1 Continuing to work toward its goal of mobile 5G in more than 30 cities by the end of the year, Verizon today announced commercial 5G is live in Denver and coming to …
Throws shade at Verizon, AT&T in publishing 5G coverage maps T-Mobile US today announced it will use millimeter wave spectrum to offer up 5G services in parts of six cities beginning on June 28 to correspond with sales of the …
5G Home customers roughly even split of existing and new subscribers Verizon Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Kyle Malady, speaking June 20 at the 2019 Wells Fargo 5G Forum, said he’s pleased with company’s fixed wireless 5G Home …
As carriers push for more mid-band, FCC to take it up at July meeting While the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has pushed to open up millimeter wave frequencies for 5G deployments, the same level of focus hasn’t been placed on …
Don’t call Verizon 2.0 a simple reorganization, company CEO Hans Vestberg said this week during a “Sellside Analyst Meeting.” The goal, he said, is a company-wide “transformation” that starts with the network and aligns on top of that business groups, …
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has been bullish on millimeter wave spectrum for 5G, recently wrapping up auctions for 24 GHz and 28 GHz airwaves with plans to auction licenses for parts of the 37 GHz, 39 GHz and 47 …
Dish pushing to pick-up Boost Mobile if regulators approve Sprint/T-Mobile deal Looking to get the go ahead from federal regulators to merge, Sprint and T-Mobile US have agreed that T-Mo will divest its prepaid MVNO Boost Mobile. Amazon is rumored …
Verizon fixed and mobile 5G services currently focused on millimeter wave spectrum Verizon went to market with a millimeter wave-based fixed wireless access 5G service then expanded to mobile, also based on high-band frequencies. AT&T also used its millimeter wave …
RAN virtualization changes 5G network economics LONDON–“One of the challenges as we roll into 5G is thinking the old way. To change economics, to change the speed at which you can deploy, to change the way in which you can …
Open RAN development will change carrier/vendor dynamics, set the stage for disruption LONDON–For mobile network operators looking to upgrade to 5G, the vendor community is dominated by a limited number of end-to-end suppliers. Aside from the obvious economics this paradigm …
Operators will take 5G to verticals they’re already familiar with, analyst says LONDON–Right now, the focus on 5G monetization is all about delivering enhanced mobile broadband experiences to consumers. For meaningful entry into the enterprise and industrial segments, there’s still …
IT modernization for 5G key to hybrid, multi-cloud strategy With the shift to 5G, early investments in network functions virtualization are paving the way to what will ultimately be an IT-centric network that takes advantage of centralized and distributed compute …
IT-centric 5G networks require a new approach to architecture, organization With 5G, traditional mobile network operators need to draw from the hyperscale playbook to facilitate dynamic network management and rapid service development and delivery. This will require a new approach …
How does edge computing fit into a broader telco cloud strategy? The telco cloud conversation has been ongoing for some time as communications service providers look to build networks that provide the agility and dynamic service delivery generally associated with …
A recent survey found that that 42% of IT professionals spend too much of their time on troubleshooting tasks and that cloud environments were ranked overall as the second most-common place in which they encounter significant IT issues. A lack …
There’s no master list of smart city use cases primarily because, in the right context, nearly anything could contribute to a smart city. However, some of the major ones that have seen strong adoption include vehicular connectivity for police cars, …
How to move from limited smart cities pilots to scaled deployments “Smart cities” is most certainly a nebulous term. At a high-level, it refers to a collection of use cases, things like public Wi-Fi, information kiosks, responsive lighting, traffic management, …
Private network deployments seen as a key enabler of industrial internet of things for large enterprises The notion of a private network, whether it’s LTE or 5G deployed in unlicensed, licensed or shared spectrum, is a hot topic in the …
Verizon leveraging integrated wireless, fiber engineering process to hasten 5G deployment Editor’s note: This interview, based on a conversation during the Wireless Infrastructure Association’s Connect X show last month, has been edited for length and clarity. A video recording of …
NXP and Nvidia both investing in AI for edge use cases The vision for the combination of 5G and the internet of things revolves around leveraging the low latency of next-generation cellular networks with sensor data to create efficiencies through …
Following acquisitions and internal alignment, SQUAN is ready to provide turnkey network engineering and construction In May this year, during the Wireless Infrastructure Association’s 2019 Connect (X) event, SQUAN went through a rebranding of sorts. But announcing itself as a …
