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Test and Measurement: R&S reports increased revenues, ‘strong demand’

German test and measurement company Rohde & Schwarz said that it ended its fiscal year with "increased revenue and strong order intake." R&S is privately held, but the company nonetheless reports a few of its financial and operating highlights each year. For its fiscal 2021/2022...

CommScope sees rising sales, continued supply chain pressures

CommScope reported higher sales and an improvement in profits compared to last year's third quarter, although the company said that it is being hampered by component and materials shortages that are impacted its lead times and prices. Net sales for the third quarter of...

Bharti Airtel tests 5G SA tech for enterprise use cases: Report

Bharti Airtel will cover all towns in urban regions as well as key rural areas in India by March 2024 Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel is currently testing 5G Standalone (SA) technology with the aim of using it to cover certain uses cases for enterprises,...

The ‘beachfront’ spectrum: ADRF on C-band

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 with RCR Wireless News to...

The FCC to establish a Space Bureau to better support satellite industry

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 Office of International Affairs. According...

Qualcomm’s quarterlies meet expectations, but lower guidance ahead

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 adjusted revenue. Revenue grew 22%...

FCC conditionally approves AFC systems for 6 GHz Wi-Fi operation

'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 6 GHz Wi-Fi operations. AFC...

Starry retains strategic advisors as part of cost-cutting efforts

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 and acquisitions, capital raising and...

TNS: Robocalls down 8%

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 small dent, to the tune...

Lumen to sell EMEA business to Colt for $1.8B

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 terrestrial and subsea networks, data...

Virgin Media O2’s 5G network reached 800 UK cities at end-Q3

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 third quarter of the year,...

5G FWA subscriptions to reach 58 million in 2026: Study

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 Research. The analyst firm noted that...

#TBT: Small cells and LTE-Advanced; Verizon expands LTE with rural partners; HSPA+ proliferates … this week in 2011

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 the memories! Small cells seen...

AMD offsets weak PC sales with strong data center growth

AMD sees strong continued demand for Xilinx embedded systems and Pensando data center DPUs, according to the CEO Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Tuesday issued fiscal third-quarter earnings that missed Wall Street expectations. The company reported Q3 revenue of $5.6 billion, gross margin of 42%, and...

Key takeaways from ITS’ C-Band interference report

Testing looks at "high C-Band" transmissions in the upper portion of the band Concerns over potential interference between legacy radar altimeters in aircraft and new terrestrial 5G deployments in the C-Band spectrum sparked several federal testing and evaluation efforts. Amid the open question of whether...

Telecom server market spend predicted to hit $14B by 2026

Edge computing will account for most of the telecom server growth, according to a new report The overall market opportunity for telecom servers is expected to reach $14 billion by 2026, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. Most of that growth is coming from the...

T-Mobile US, Sinch launch real-time emergency text capability

The real-time capability is currently available at the Emergency Communications Center in Hood County, Texas T-Mobile US has partnered with cloud platform provider Sinch to launch NextGen 911 Real-Time Text (RTT), a new service that allows customers to text for emergency assistance. RTT, which the carrier...

Bharti Airtel reaches 1 million 5G subscribers in less than 30 days

Last month, Bharti Airtel had launched 5G services in eight Indian cities Indian operator Bharti Airtel announced that it has already reached 1 million unique 5G subscribers in less than 30 days since it had commercially launched this technology in certain areas of the country. Last...

Vodafone Germany expands 5G network, trials O-RAN

Vodafone said that its 5G Standalone network is currently available to nearly 20 million people across Germany Vodafone Germany said its 5G network is already providing coverage to 60 million people across the country. In a release, the telco said it has already deployed a total...

5G fixed wireless access market to reach $21.7 billion in 2029: Report

According to JCMR, 5G FWA was valued at $296 million in 2021 In a new report, JCMR market research concluded that global 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) rеvеnuе will rеасh а vаluе оf UЅ$ 21,710 billion іn 2029. FWA, which is emerging as a primary...

Broadcom boss talks VMware acquisition

Hock Tan addresses Broadcom’s multi-cloud strategy, cloud-native apps and VMware pricing in a new blog post Broadcom announced plans to acquire VMware in May, in a cash and stock transaction valued at $61 billion. Ever since then, questions have abounded in tech circles about Broadcom’s intentions. To...

First boats, then planes, now Starlink comes to RVs

Flat High Performance Starlink brings satellite broadband to your camper  SpaceX has announced Starlink for RVs (Recreational Vehicles). The latest permutation of broadband internet service provided by Starlink’s constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) costs $135 per month, plus $599 in hardware fees — a...

Well, technically… carriers need to participate in the app economy: ironSource’s Melissa Zeloof (Ep. 83)

What is the app economy? And what role do service providers play in it? Tune in to hear Melissa Zeloof, VP of marketing at ironSource, answer these and other questions.

SRG: Progress on battery drain, efficiency evident in new mmWave 5G devices

New millimeter-wave 5G devices and chipsets have made significant progress in power use and compared to earlier iterations, according to new benchmark testing by Signals Research Group. SRG looked at the devices' electrical current drain in relationship to bandwidth consumption for both uplink and...