5G deployments are starting to expand beyond the few city-wide showcases of the last couple of years. And new use cases for consumer and enterprises are being developed all the time. But it will take the parallel implementation of edge computing in the next...
Opening the C Band for 5G networks frees up spectrum for a number of years and represents a major opportunity for mobile operators. At 280 megahertz, the C Band is the largest chunk of mid-band spectrum the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has made available...
Mark Bole, the CEO of Quortus, a private mobile network software provider, caught up with RCR Wireless News to discuss what enterprise decision makers should keep in mind when deciding if, how and where to use private cellular in their facilities and how enterprises...
RCR Wireless News · Private wireless podcast – 2020, the year everything changed (episode #3)
2020; what a year! As society has sought new ways to work amid the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the telecoms industry has accelerated deployments of cellular-based LTE and 5G...
Delivering indoor connectivity has long dogged mobile network operators (MNOs). Whether it be the location of a building or the construction materials used, it is frequently difficult for mobile subscribers to get a reliable wireless signal from the MNO towers located outdoors. High-bandwidth wireless...
The past year has most of us yearning for a more ‘normal’ year ahead. Fortunately, the future is bright in the IoT marketplace. Consider this: IoT Analytics predicted in 2018 that we’d see 21.7 billion active connected IoT devices in 2025; that forecast was...
Once seen as an “emerging” technology, Open RAN is evolving and maturing. Open RAN, which has been touted as one of the most significant trends to transform the telecom industry, took off in ways no one ever expected in 2020. The consolidation of the...
How is Nokia doing with private networks for enterprises? Pretty well, and probably better than Ericsson, choruses the analyst community in response. Except its strategy is too narrow, its offer is too inflexible, and its competition – beyond its traditional vendor peers, and beyond...
The world of enterprise networking is evolving, and CSPs must evolve with it
Enterprises are looking to bring their digitalization plans to fruition by adopting cloud, IoT and edge technologies, and 5G has the potential to accelerate these plans and provide the quality of service...
As Will Rogers once said, “You’ll never get a second chance to make a good first impression.” This statement alone sets the bar for Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings that all successful enterprises should strive to meet. SaaS companies are all around us,...
The main priority of any Communications Service Provider (CSP) is to consistently meet the demands and concerns of its customers, but this is becoming more difficult to do as the rate of new technologies continues to expand. To address this accelerating rate of change,...
As enterprises grow in sophistication, they are increasingly demanding next-generation services such as IT automation, Internet of Things (IoT), hyperconverged infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI), container technology and edge computing. A recent survey from Spiceworks indicates that although the large enterprises are leading the charge,...
While 5G and cloud might not solve massive online multiplayer issues, that isn't necessarily the target
In early November, RCR Wireless News spoke with Subspace’s CEO and Founder Bayan Towfiq who argued that when it comes to online multiplayer games, 5G and edge computing might not...
Investment in the edge enables ISPs to offer a wide range of new services while creating more efficient network operations and infrastructure. But, with the attack landscape more volatile than ever, service providers will need to evolve their security strategies in 2021.
Over the past...
Since the rise of cloud computing, the public internet has been the default connectivity network that carried data and resources between business offices and cloud data centers. These internet connections worked well enough for organizations that maintained adequate firewall protections or weren’t subject to...
The coming year will see a marked acceleration in several key broadband network trends, brought on by global COVID-related changes to work, education, and entertainment as well as momentum in next-generation network investments.
As we wrap up the year and look ahead to 2021, there...
Cambium Networks sees 6 GHz and 60 GHz as WISP growth drivers
In 2017, we were seeking an independent view on the trends taking place in the global ISP industry and concluded no such assessment existed – which led to our first global industry survey. ...
5G NR (New Radio) wireless mobile communications will bring higher data rates, reduced latency and greater system capacity. The first implementation of 5G NR will utilize existing 4G LTE infrastructure in a non-standalone (NSA) mode, while a full standalone (SA) mode that does not...
Ask consumers about how they store and access their photos, videos, documents and more in the cloud, and chances are they will mention providers such as iCloud, Amazon Drive, DropBox, Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive. This is not surprising, considering the fact that telecom...
In less than a year, COVID-19 has upended lives around the globe. The need for social distancing and avoiding in-person activity as much as humanly possible has forced people everywhere to become increasingly reliant on networks to get work done and keep in touch...
Introduction
As an eventful 2020 draws to a close, the telecommunications industry is looking forward to building a future in which connectivity is truly ubiquitous and accessible for all. To help achieve this goal, operators will continue to accelerate their rollouts of 5G networks across...
From remote work to home-based education, wireless connectivity allows us to quickly adapt in an ever-changing world
You may have just finished an online videoconference from your home office, helped your kids log in for a remote class at the kitchen table and are taking...
The launch of commercial 5G services is accelerating around the world, and the expectations for new use cases and opportunities they will drive are high. Much of the promise of these new use cases will come with the implementation of new 5G core technologies...
Sarah Yost, NI’s senior business development manager, discusses why it's too soon to get excited about 6G, as well as how the company’s software-defined radios are supporting the PAWR program, which is, among other things, exploring how to build drone applications on top of...
