More than nine million additional homes now have the option to subscribe to the T-Mobile US 5G Home Internet service
When T-Mobile US launched its 5G Home Internet service a little more than a year ago, it did so with a “5G for all”...
The FCC education funding will support more than 300 schools, 25 libraries and two consortia
Roughly 170,000 students across the U.S. will benefit from the more than $81 million in emergency connectivity funding announced this week by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The funding,...
Bharti Airtel aims to reach all urban regions in India with 5G coverage by the end of 2023
Indian operator Bharti Airtel expects to cover large Indian cities with its 5G network by the end of the year, the telco’s CEO Gopal Vittal said in...
The 6G Flagship initiative was launched in 2018
Finland’s 6G Flagship announced that Horizon Europe, the EU’s most significant investment initiative in European research and innovation, approved twelve new project proposals.
According to 6G Flagship, these twelve new projects include Terahertz (THz) integrated systems enabling 6G...
Initial roll-outs are already underway in Colorado, Georgia and Florida
Comcast has announced that it is in the midst of a major network upgrade that includes plans to offer multi-gigabit symmetrical speeds and Wi-Fi 6 to customers starting next year. The network and in-home Wi-Fi...
Globalstar confirmed itself as the service provider behind the new feature
Apple this week unveiled the iPhone 14. The company will begin taking orders for it later this month, with delivery of some models beginning in September and continuing through October. Confirming rumors which first floated...
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Singtel launches 5G...
Recent NI report identifies a performance gap between companies with "advanced" data strategies
Digital transformation as a concept has been floating around enterprise and industrial circles for some time. But it's still not necessarily a given that companies are successfully pursuing it and have a...
Samsung is also suppling 4G solutions to the operator's existing network in select locations to help enhance its network services
Samsung Electronics and Spark New Zealand first turned on 5G in select parts of Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand in March 2021. The pair have...
Extreme is now the official Wi-Fi solution, Wi-Fi analytics solution and WAN edge solution provider for Minor League Baseball
To address the decreasing interest in sports among younger audiences, Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is turning to advanced stadium and in-game technologies. As part of this...
In May, EE said that its 5G network had already surpassed 50% population coverage in the U.K.
U.K. telco EE says it has turned up 2.1 GHz frequencies on its network across 14 towns and cities to support the latest 5G smartphones.
EE said in a...
According to Lynk, only about 25% of the world’s landmass is served by terrestrial cell towers
BICS and Lynk Global have signed a satellite-direct-to-phone agreement to provide more robust cellular coverage, particularly in remote and rural communities.
“BICS firmly believes that connected communities are stronger communities,”...
The Federal Communications Commission's auction of 2.5 GHz overlay licenses wrapped up last week after about a month of bidding. Winning bidders have been announced, and as expected, T-Mobile US used the auction as a way to bolster its 2.5 GHz holdings at a...
Ian Wong, director of RF and wireless architecture at Viavi Solutions, said that future 6G systems should focus more on delivering new applications rather than just increasing the capacity for services already enabled by 4G and 5G
Although 5G is still very much a...
The city of Dar es Salaam will receive the first 5G sites, with coverage expanding to 230 locations across the country later this year
Vodacom Tanzania, part of Vodafone Group, has launched the first 5G mobile network in Tanzania. The city of Dar es Salaam...
Ericsson says Radio 6646 is capable of doing the job of nine radios, while cutting energy consumption by 40%
Ericsson has launched the Radio 6646, a new triple-band, tri-sector radio that the company claimed is capable of doing the job of nine radios, all while...
The new collab leverages Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service
International telco Orange and data center operator Equinix this week announced a collaboration that sees Orange deploying its New Generation International Network - eNGINe - using Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service.
The new partnership promises on-demand...
If the courts side with Arm, Qualcomm could be forced to destroy any designs it has produced with the licenses in question
Arm is suing Qualcomm and Nuvia, the startup that Qualcomm acquired in 2021, claiming that the companies violated the licenses they have to...
Congress is considering landmark data privacy legislation
Federal agencies are putting both carriers and data brokers on notice that they are looking more closely at companies' use and sale of consumer data—particularly location data from mobile devices.
Such data is often "anonymized" and meant to...
According to Ericsson, the number of 5G subscribers at a global level reached 690 million as of the end of Q2
Nearly 70 million new 5G subscriptions were added globally during the second quarter of 2022, the latest update to the Ericsson Mobility Report reveals.
The...
The National Spectrum Management Association (NSMA) issued a formal filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) detailing a “deep concern” regarding the regulatory change that opens up the 6 GHz band to unlicensed use.
In April 2020, the FCC opened up 1,200 megahertz of spectrum in the...
Harmoni Towers said that the combined company will own and operate towers across 41 states in the U.S.
Harmoni Towers, which is owned by investment company Palistar Capital, announced that it has agreed to acquire Parallel Infrastructure from funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global...
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!
5G 'close ......
Verizon and American Tower Corporation have announced a long-term lease agreement designed to support the carrier’s 5G network deployment across the tower company’s U.S. communications sites. According to the pair, the deal will “provide a simplified and efficient leasing process through a contractual framework...
