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Intelligent RAN Forum 2026
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NTN Integration Forum 2026
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Webinar: Building 6G — aligning technology, policy and purpose
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The 2021 Major League Baseball (MLB) season kicks off in just a few days and this time around, 16 ballparks — beginning with Boston’s Fenway Park — will be outfitted …
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U.K. operator Three UK currently operates 1,250 5G sites in 193 towns and cities across the country, the company said in a release. At the end of December 2020, the …
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New video services-focused company valued at $16.25 billion AT&T has struck a deal with private equity firm TPG Capital to spin out thec carrier’s U.S. video services into a new …
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In conversation with Rakuten Group CTO Tareq Amin Q: In describing your vision for network automation, you’ve used the analogy of Level 4 autonomous driving for vehicles. Could you give …
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Brazilian telecommunications services regulator Anatel has approved a set of rules that will pave the way for the government to award spectrum for the provision of 5G services. The regulator …
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Finnish company elevator and escalator company Kone has strengthened its partnership with Orange Business Services by moving its global contact center solution to the cloud. Kone said that its customer …
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Among the many things we’ve learned during the era of Covid-19 is the importance of efficient, reliable, and always-available healthcare services. The urgency of the pandemic has not only spurred …
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Seattle-based industrial analytics company Seeq, a star of industrial IoT on the venture capital scene, is targeting the power and utilities, oil and gas, semiconductor, chemical, and process manufacturing industries, …
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Verizon has expanded access to its high-band 5G network in parts of Sacramento, Seattle and Pensacola, with customers in parts of Sacramento also receiving access to the carrier’s 5G Home …
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Sony Semiconductor Israel has released a new cellular IoT chipset for NB-IoT networks. The firm’s low-power Altair ALT1255 chipset is designed for LTE Cat NB2 devices, running the Release 14 …
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China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 3.97 million 5G subscribers in January, according to statistics published on the carrier’s website. The operator said it ended …
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The Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation announced it has awarded the remaining two 10-megahertz blocks of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band to local carriers Orange and …
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Nokia and Huawei joined Ericsson on Gartner’s list of 5G leaders In its latest 5G “magic quadrant” assessment, Gartner labeled Ericsson as the standout network infrastructure and communications service provider, …
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Verizon dominated the C Band auction, spending $45.45 billion for 3,500 licenses
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillVerizon won spectrum worth $45.45 billion in the C Band auction, to build itself a nationwide footprint of midband airwaves for 5G. That sum is nearly double the amount spent …
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Zome Energy Networks announced its plans to deploy its technology strategically into the Austin energy market. In 2019, Zome began its entry into the Texas market, and the …
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Shipping ports can make money back on key private 5G-based automation systems in less than two years, reckons Ericsson, and make valuable gains (178-percent returns) within five. The Swedish vendor …
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ZTE expects to work with Chinese mobile operators to construct and commercialize 5G ATG networks in China in 2021, according to Liu WeiWei, ZTE’s ATG product manager. ATG is short …
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The European Commission has published a major review of funding for 5G-based and 5G-related industrial transformation, including €10 billion of new public-private partnership (PPP) funding to drive the region’s digital …
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#TBT: Microsoft eyes Windows-enabled phones; 700 MHz guard-band auctioned; Un-wiring the workforce … this week in 2001
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillEditor’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 …