Will 5G accelerate consumer device upgrade cycle?
AT&T invested big in video content with its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner and is hyping up the mid-year launch of the new HBO Max streaming platform. Speaking last week at the Citi 2020 Global TMT West...
Telefonica will deploy nodes of its Hyperledger-enabled blockchain at APTE’s 52 locations
Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica has revealed plans to work with Spain’s Association of Science and Technology Parks (APTE) to bring its blockchain-based platform to around 8,000 local companies in form of Hyperledger-based blockchain...
Greetings from Las Vegas, NV where 170,000 tech-hungry attendees gobbled up products and services from hundreds of exhibitors. Pictured is our motley crew at the first Sunday Brief CES dinner held this year at Gordon Ramsay’s Pub at the Caesar’s Palace. Everyone had a...
Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has reached a total of 63 commercial 5G contracts worldwide.
The company said that some of the customers include AT&T, KDDI, Korea Telecom, LG Uplus, NTT DOCOMO, O2, SK Telecom, SoftBank, Sprint, STC, T-Mobile US, Verizon, Vodafone Italy and...
Five to seven year goal of bringing 5G Home fixed wireless offering to 30 million customers
Verizon ended 2019 with it's millimeter wave-based mobile 5G network available in parts of 31 markets, and also grew the footprint of its 5G Home residential broadband offering from...
Delta plans to utilize some of the most transformative technologies, like machine learning and big-data analysis
LAS VEGAS – During a CES keynote address, Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian expressed his utmost belief that Wi-Fi should be free on all flights, and more importantly, his...
Comcast says its xFi Advanced Gateway is the 'fastest, smartest and most powerful Wi-Fi device on the planet'
LAS VEGAS - Comcast representatives took time out of the nonstop Consumer Electronics Show activity to sit down with RCR Wireless News to talk about the company’s...
Testing and assurance company Spirent Communications announced that it will collaborate with China Mobile to assure readiness of mission-critical 5G applications via network slicing transport standard testing and validation.
In a release, Spirent Communications said that the newly-launched Spirent FlexE-100 test module has been chosen...
The Chinese government has awarded a 5G trial license to state-owned cable TV operator China Broadcasting Network with the aim of accelerating the nationwide deployment of 5G in the country.
Through this license, the broadcaster will be allowed to run trials in the 4.9 GHz frequency...
U.K. telco O2 says it is providing 5G service in 20 cities across the country as of the end of 2019.
O2, which is part of Telefonica, initially launched its 5G service in October, in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, Leeds and Slough. It subsequently switched...
Greetings from the slopes of Fraser, CO (pic from the previous week) and Lake Norman, NC where we rang in 2020, toasted with friends and caught up on sleep. We hope each of you have a banner year filled with happiness and success.
About 170,000 of...
Dish Network is in-play in the T-Mobile, Sprint merger trial. Dish said they will become the number four wireless competitor, so the deal should be approved. While I love their commitment, spunk and confidence, they have absolutely zero wireless history and experience. So how...
Spanish wireless infrastructure operator Cellnex has reached an agreement with Altice Europe and Belmont Infra Holdings, to acquire the 100% of Portuguese telecommunications towers and sites operator Omtel for 800 million euros ($890 million), Cellnex said in a statement.
The acquisition also covers the rollout...
French communications regulator Arcep officially opened applications for the sale of 5G spectrum licenses, Arcep said in a statement.
Interested operators will have until February 25 to submit their applications.
This announcement follows the confirmation of pricing and terms released by Arcep in mid-December.
Arcep also confirmed...
Chinese vendor Huawei expects to reach total revenues of CNY850 billion ($121.6 billion) in 2019, which would represent an increase of approximately 18% year-on-year, Huawei’s rotating Chairman Eric Xu said in a statement.
“These figures are lower than our initial projections, yet business remains solid...
Vodafone Hutchison Australia announced a partnership with Nokia for the deployment of its 5G network in the country, the vendor said in a release.
Nokia confirmed that the 5G network rollout is expected to begin during the first half of 2020.
Vodafone’s Chief Executive Officer, Iñaki...
Zain planning 2,000 5G towers in initial rollout
Mobile operators in Saudi Arabia have been accelerating the deployment of 5G networks across the Kingdom during the second half of 2019 after the government awarded spectrum for the provision of this technology.
In November, Middle East telecom...
Japan's communications ministry confirmed it will start accepting applications for the deployment of local 5G networks next week, Japanese press reported.
Spectrum designated for local 5G will be released in Japan at the end of 2019.
Companies, local governments and universities are expected to apply to...
It seems that T-Mobile US and Sprint have been trying to get their merger approved for years. They have been changing who they are and still nothing. Today, T-Mobile is showing growth, as is Sprint, but to a lesser degree. However, when this merger...
The VoNR test used a commercial chipset from MediaTek deployed on a 3.5GHz TDD band
A successful Voice over New Radio (VoNR) interoperability test was conducted at the Ericsson Lab in Kista, Sweden. The achievement, which used a commercial chipset from MediaTek deployed on a...
Greetings from Charlotte, where the Holiday spirit is in full swing (picture courtesy of Alex Gerrard, a Davidson friend). We are focusing this week’s TSB on three foundational trends: a) Increased home broadband competition, b) Increased “channelization” of content thanks to Verizon and AT&T...
Boingo to focus on DAS, carrier offload, military and multifamily housing
According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and based on comment by the company, Boingo Wireless is dividing its business between “core” and “legacy” units. Along with this shift, the...
Vodafone New Zealand has launched commercial 5G services in parts of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown, the telco said in a release.
The operator has already installed a total of 100 5G sites across the country.
As part of an initial commercial offering, Vodafone New Zealand...
German carrier Deutsche Telekom has launched commercial 5G services in the city of Hamburg, according to local press reports.
The service is currently being offered through 18 5G antennas in the city. Deutsche Telekom expects to deploy another 40 5G sites in Hamburg in the...
