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Dish launched its new greenfield 5G service in Las Vegas. Customers will need a Motorola Edge Plus until other phones are qualified.

Orange said it expects its 5G network to reach 1,500 localities by the end of 2022 Spanish operator Orange ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 1.11 million 5G subscribers after adding 228,000 in the period, …

VMware’s new Atos and Wipro partnerships are aimed at cutting through EU red tape and simplifying cloud conversion.

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 Federal Communications Commission has authorized nearly $200 million from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund for broadband deployments in 26 states and the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory. The agency said that the funding, which will be extended over …

The MDT solution taps user equipment (UE) to collect field measurements Introduced in 3GPP Rel-10, Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) is a standardized mechanism designed to enable operators to use user devices in a network to collect mobile network data, …

Carriers face a number of operational challenges as 5G continues to evolve and mature, both in terms of deploying and running new 5G networks as well as in managing the relationship of those new networks to existing 4G networks. In …

This MoU is the first to be signed between the Beyond 5G/6G related organizations from Japan and Europe Japan’s Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium (B5PC) and Europe’s 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to …

The FCC has cleared AST SpaceMobile to test its satellite-based service, which it says will work with regular cell phones.

Dell is offering cyberattack recovery as a service for its Apex cloud service customers, and will add support for data warehousing Snowflake.

Local regulator TRAI has recommended a cut in the base price of 5G spectrum by nearly 39% compared to the initial recommended price The government on India may further reduce the base price of 5G frequencies for the upcoming auction, …

ENDC has been described as a bridge between 4G LTE and 5G cellular technologies ENDC, or E-UTRAN New Radio – Dual Connectivity, is a Non-Standalone (NSA) feature that makes it possible for mobile devices to access both 5G and 4G …

Dish Network also said that it is currently testing its 5G network using the Samsung Galaxy S22 Dish Network has selected Samsung to provide its 5G Open RAN-compliant virtualized RAN (vRAN) solutions and radio units across its U.S. markets. The …

5G networks were activated at a rate of almost two cities per day during 2021, according to Viavi Solutions 5G continues its deployment momentum around the world, while the shift toward Standalone is picking up, according to newly released figures …

Twilio’s Head of Communications Policy discusses the importance of having a global business outlook even if you’re not a global company.

Microsoft CEO: ‘In the past year, subscribers have played billions of hours of games on the platform’ During Microsoft’s most recent earnings call, CEO Satya Nadella revealed that more than 10 million users — or 40% of the 25 million …

Comcast activated the first 5G radios during the first quarter  Comcast expects to launch an employee field test of 5G in June, the company’s president and CEO Brian Roberts said during a conference call with investors. The executive also noted …

One of the O-RAN principles stipulates open disaggregation, allowing elements of the RAN to be sourced from different suppliers The U.K. government announced a set of principles for the development and deployment of Open RAN (O-RAN) equipment. In a statement, …

Private networks are expected to be one of the primary ways in which 5G services are monetized. A recent IDC forecast estimated that on a worldwide basis, private LTE/5G wireless infrastructure revenues will reach $8.3 billion by 2026, compared to …

There’s still no clear winner among hyperscalers when it comes to enterprise cloud migration, though a new report shows some trends.

Nokia reported a better-than-expected first quarter, but CEO Pekka Lundmark warned investors that the company is being impacted by rising input prices and the global chip shortage. While Lundmark said that Nokia’s first-quarter results were a “strong start to the …

Oracle exec: ‘The 5G standalone core network was always the main act in this show’ Andrew De La Torre, group vice president of technology at Oracle Communications, expressed some disappointment that the industry hasn’t moved faster on 5G Standalone (SA), …

As network operators navigate a multi-pronged transformation that encompasses 5G, fiber proliferation, increasingly cloud-based and virtualized networks, one of the challenges that they face is that of radio frequency interference. RF interference is not a new issue in wireless networks, …

5G coverage in Japan stood below 40% as of the end of fiscal 2020 The government of Japan expects 5G coverage to reach 99% of the population by the end of fiscal year 2030, the Japan Times reported. Prime Minister …

US Cellular expects to expand the new service to additional cities in urban and rural areas of the country US Cellular, in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies and Inseego, has launched its 5G mmWave high-speed internet service in parts of 10 …