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Spanish operators have been accelerating 5G deployments during 2021 and all carriers already offer 5G in the country’s main urban areas as well as in medium-sized cities. In this article, we briefly describe the current state of 5G deployments by …

The Evolved Packet Core converges voice and data, but silos network functions (NFs). 5G’s cloud-native core makes NFs addressable services.

Network automation is essential to almost every use case for 5G, not only for telcos but also for enterprises.

Being able to locate 911 callers on wireless devices faster is a life-or-death use case for more precise indoor location—but it isn’t the only one. There are many potential commercial applications for being able to leverage better indoor location, whether …

This year was supposed to mark a major milestone in the ability to locate wireless devices indoors when callers dial 911, so that first responders can reach them faster. It didn’t quite pan out that way; development and implementation of …

NTT has tapped HPE and Microsoft Azure to provide hybrid cloud services to Japanese businesses looking for on-prem and edge solutions.

Japanese tech company NEC said it has provided packet core and base stations for the 5G Standalone (SA) services that compatriot operator NTT Docomo launched commercially earlier this month. NEC noted that its 5G core for Standalone architecture helps create …

Singapore operator Singtel and Ericsson have reached download speeds of 5.4 Gbps in 5G Standalone (SA) New Radio-Dual Connectivity (NR-DC), by aggregating Singtel’s spectrum holdings across mid-band spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band and 28 GHz mmWave frequencies. In a …

Starlink sees a 10 Mbps dip in median speeds for US users, compared to the second quarter of this year New data from Ookla shows a slight decrease in Starlink’s speeds during the third quarter of this year, which could …

Telco clouds were always private clouds. But a new generation of hyperscale-adjacent telecom services blur the lines.

Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 35.16 million 5G subscribers in November, according to the carriers’ latest available figures. China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 18.86 million 5G subscribers during November. …

The European Commission said it has earmarked around EUR 240 million ($271 million) for its first large-scale “6G” research and innovation program, with the first calls for proposals due in early 2022. Under the Work Program 2021-2022 adopted by the …

The Federal Communications Commission has approved another wave of Emergency Connectivity Fund program funds. The $603 million will help to connect more than 1.4 million students in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. According to the agency, this …

“Operators who have been rolling out 5G NR networks for some time have the coverage advantage,” SRG says For some time, Dish Network has been promising a beta launch of its much-anticipated 5G network in Las Vegas, amid delays. That …

The scalable and agile cloud architecture that governs both telco cloud and IT cloud is the same, even though service requirements are not.

Red Hat’s Ansible, its hybrid cloud and edge computing automation platform, is now available as a preview on Microsoft Azure.

IEEE plans to publish the WI-Fi 7 amendment sometime in 2024 According to Wi-Fi Alliance’s VP of Marketing Kevin Robinson, the Alliance is already working on the definition of Wi-Fi 7 (or 802.11be). While the majority of its features are …

The zero-touch network: a cloud optimizes and fixes itself without human intervention. Does it deliver the agility and scale operators need?

Keysight Technologies and Viavi Solutions touted their support of the most recent Open RAN Alliance global plugfest event, which was the third such event focused on testing the performance capabilities of O-RAN-compliant systems and interoperability across the O-RAN ecosystem. “Rigorous …

Using carrier aggregation, the companies achieved an upload peak rate of 986 Mbps in a live 5G demo Telstra, Ericsson and Qualcomm are claiming their third record-breaking data speed of late. In 2015, they broke the 1 Gbps barrier on 4G, followed …

The Federal Communications Commission has begun a proceeding to figure out the future of the Universal Service Fund, which is funded through a slice of telecom carriers’ revenues that is passed along to consumers through line-item bill charges. Congress directed …

FreedomFi co-founder: ‘Dish is working with us to enable the use of GAA CBRS spectrum to pioneer an entirely new way to connect people and things’ Dish is piloting the world’s first community-driven, neutral-host CBRS hotspot network in collaboration with …

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) infrastructure is being deployed globally, coordinating efforts between network operators and hyperscalers.

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 the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy …

There has been a long-running debate in network testing that basically asks, which is better: Highly controlled and repeatable drive- and walk-testing with special test set-ups to get deep RF and chip-level data, which shows what a network is capable …