AT&T has won a contract to modernize the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's networks, which is valued at $311 million over 10 years.
NOAA, AT&T said, wants to "modernize and transform its networking technologies and lay the foundation for 5G and multi-access edge computing capabilities."...
Nokia announced that Swiss operator Swisscom will deploy Nokia FastMile 5G receivers, primarily in rural areas in Switzerland to offer ultra-fast broadband services.
The Finnish vendor also said that it will be Swisscom’s exclusive supplier for 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA).
The Nokia FastMile 5G receiver...
The Huawei consumer business has been under "tremendous pressure”
Huawei has confirmed that it has made an agreement to sell its consumer smartphone brand Honor and related business, in a move that has been hinted at since continued U.S. trade restrictions have put substantial constraints...
The office space at the Corniche building in Lambeth, London, has recently undergone a substantial refurbishment that includes an entirely new Building Management System (BMS).
The new platform includes multiple Distech Controls products including the ECLYPSE Connected Terminal Unit Controllers (ECY-TU/PTU), which were used to...
Danish operator 3 Denmark announced it will launch its 5G network next month in selected locations in the capital, Copenhagen, the company said in a statement.
By the summer of 2022, 5G will be rolled out across the operator’s entire network. The carrier will initially...
During this presentation, you will hear about new use cases and features involving 5G mmWave, based on field testing that Signals Research Group has done in commercial networks in the United States.
Topics explored include mmWave in the enterprise, 4K multi-screen content, fixed wireless access,...
As service providers move towards 5G in order to realize improved service, operational agility, and greater revenue potential, there is a technology evolution in infrastructure to shift from monolithic, vertically integrated solutions to disaggregated models based on virtualization and the cloud for distributed networks....
Qualcomm is just one chip maker of many hoping to receive exemption from the Huawei ban
The U.S. government has granted permission for Qualcomm to sell 4G handset chips to Huawei. The news, confirmed by Qualcomm to Reuters, represents a slight exemption to U.S. trade...
Dish Networks has signed its first public infrastructure deal for its future 5G network, putting in place a multi-year anchor tenant agreement with Crown Castle to lease space on up to 20,000 communications towers across the U.S.
The agreement also covers fiber backhaul and...
Cigarette brand Philip Morris International has signed a deal with Italian tower operator INWIT to build a 4G LTE network at its new €1 billion research and production plant in Bologna, in Italy, to headline the firm’s developing Industry 4.0 agenda.
The facility makes combustion-free...
The Wireless Broadband Alliance announced the conclusion of five trial deployments of Wi-Fi 6 across diverse markets.
The WBA noted that these deployments show that Wi-Fi 6, with wider channels up to 160 megahertz, and capacity up to 9.6 Gbps, can enable nearly three-times faster,...
The new Corning Optical Communications headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina boasts a gleaming, modern exterior. But it may be even more modern on the inside, in its approach to technology and in particular, wireless connectivity.
“It’s really a vast departure from the way that...
China has announced it has already installed nearly 700,000 5G base stations so far this year, exceeding the country’s original target of 500,000, South China Morning Post reported.
According to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) vice-minister Liu Liehong, this figure is more...
Smart buildings specialist Johnson Controls announced the launch of a new flexible service suite to its customers in the Middle East and Africa.
The new service suite will leverage Johnson Controls OpenBlue digital technology to power remote and contactless services. With more than 20 customizable...
The demo featured a commercial end-to-end Open Fronthaul interface based on O-RAN specifications
In October, the O-RAN Alliance conducted its second Global O-RAN Alliance plugfest, an event that boasts the goal of testing and demonstrating “the growing maturity of the O-RAN ecosystem.” This week, Altiostar...
Huawei Technologies expects 5G users to account for 20% of total mobile users in China and South Korea by the end of June 2021, Ryan Ding, president of Huawei's carrier business group, said during a presentation at the company’s Global Mobile Broad Forum in...
A new generation of cellular technology, operating in newly opened mmWave frequency bands, is promising a major shift in the in-building wireless space. Most cellular network traffic is generated indoors, and some of the early 5G use cases around sports, entertainment and more are...
Wireless network equipment company Cambium Networks says that it has joined the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program to connect smart applications using its Gigabit wireless fabric solutions.
Cambium Networks delivers wireless broadband solutions to connect smart devices within enterprises, campuses, factories, and commercial and residential...
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile, a unit of e-commerce giant Rakuten, expects its 4G network to cover 96% of the population in Japan by summer 2021, the company said in a statement.
The operator said that the base station development rate is expected to increase from...
Djoliba is based on a terrestrial fiber optic network coupled with undersea cables
In an effort to address growing connectivity needs in West Africa, Orange and its subsidiaries have announced the commercial launch of Djoliba, a fiber backbone consisting of more than 10,000 km of...
In case you missed it, a Deutsche Telekom-backed 5G sky-network is gearing up for launch – offering country-wide 5G coverage for a decently-sized European country with just 60 masts – and no site rentals to speak of. As covered over on RCR Wireless last...
Giving a nod to the increasing importance that cellular Fixed Wireless Access is playing in operator strategies, the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has formed a new 4G/5G FWA advocacy group.
The GSA previously had a working group with founding members Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia, Samsung...
Ericsson equipment is bringing 5G to Estonia’s three largest cities — Tallinn, Tartu and Pärnu — on Telia’s existing spectrum. The partners expect that by the end of 2020, a total of 20 sites will be up and running.
Telia was able to launch 5G...
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) decided to put on hold a 5G spectrum auction scheduled to begin on November 10 after a court in Stockholm issued a ruling suspending parts of its decision that had excluded Chinese vendor Huawei from 5G networks.
“The...
