Earlier this week AT&T withdrew 2020 guidance due to COVID-19 impact Following the companies first quarter earnings call this week, AT&T announced that CEO Randall Stephenson, 60, will retire from …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson retiring; COO John Stankey taking top spot >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Test and Measurement: AT&T boosting network speeds with 5CA, new sites, more spectrum, RootMetrics says >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
AT&T is seeing ‘excellent and improved’ download speeds across many cities, RootMetrics finds Despite new testing being on hold due to the pandemic, RootMetrics is moving ahead with carrier-specific reports …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T expands low-band 5G to 90 more markets >
AT&T low-band 5G coverage now includes 120 million people in 190 markets nationwide Just hours after reporting significant TV subscriber loses in Q1 2020, AT&T made headlines again, but this …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T withdraws all guidance as COVID-19 hits Warner Media revenue >
AT&T attributes approximately $600 million impact to COVID-19 pandemic AT&T this week withdrew all previous financial guidance based on uncertainty around the long-term impact the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will have …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Qualcomm confirms Q2 release of ‘world-beating’ Cat NB2 module for ‘new era’ of IoT >
Qualcomm has confirmed the releases of a new single-mode LTE-based Cat NB2 chipset for cellular narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) communications, which offers world-beating power efficiency, according to the San Diego firm. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">#TBT: Verizon makes an Oath; Spoiling AT&T’s Straight Path buy; Xfinity Mobile launches … this week in 2017 >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
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 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">COVID-19 crisis unlikely to slow 5G capex in the US: Fitch Ratings >
Verizon raised 2020 5G capex guidance as COVID-19 spread The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is unlikely to slow the pace of capital spending aimed at building out 5G wireless …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">#TBT: Sprint vs. T-Mo for third place; Better coverage, or else; mmWave eyed for 5G … this week in 2015 >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
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 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">FirstNet-AT&T supporting naval hospital ships in New York, Los Angeles >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
As the U.S. Navy sends its two massive medical ships to New York City and Los Angeles to provide additional hospital beds and free up local resources to treat COVID-10 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Kagan: AT&T offers low cost wireless plans during COVID-19 crisis >by Jeff Kaganby Jeff Kagan
It’s great to see how companies are jumping in to help battle this war with Covid-19 or coronavirus. It seems companies are helping in many different ways. AT&T is offering …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Test and Measurement: AT&T, Verizon’s latest COVID-19 impact updates >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Voice calls and virtual private network use continue to be far higher than usual, as people across the country navigate teleworking, distance learning and staying in touch with each other …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T, Verizon see voice calls rise 25% >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Voice traffic is increasing during the pandemic Voice traffic is seeing a resurgence during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as more people call into conference lines and reach out to stay …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">COVID-19 impacts carrier stores: Large-scale closings, reduced hours >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Carriers close stores, pledge to not cut off service during COVID-19 pandemic Mobile network operator retail operations are being hit hard, as carriers close down in efforts to help prevent …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">#TBT: ‘Mind-boggling’ infrastructure spending; Google Buzz-kill; RIP, FLO TV … this week in 2011 >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
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 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">#TBT: ‘Mind-boggling’ infrastructure spending; Google Buzz-kill; RIP, FLO TV … this week in 2011 >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
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 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Kagan: Can home and mobile internet handle increased COVID-19 usage >by Jeff Kaganby Jeff Kagan
CNN and others in the media have been asking me whether the internet can handle the increased load of residential, work-from-home usage due to the coronavirus. That’s a good question. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The three most innovative deployments of streetlighting-as-a-platform for smart cities >
What smart-city lighting deployments are particularly innovative? That was the question Enterprise IoT Insights put to market commentators, during its research for a new editorial report (available tomorrow), which considers …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Carriers respond as COVID-19 takes hold in US >
FCC Chairman sees traction with Keep Americans Connected Pledge As a growing number of people shift to working from home and officials at the local, state and federal level close …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The Sunday Brief: The domino effect of contagion and market turbulence >
Greetings from Davidson and Charlotte. Contrary to the cacophony of conjectures regarding the market impact of the convergence of cartels and contagion, we choose to place the inspiring “young guns” …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Is 5G a gamechanger for end-user experience? RootMetrics tests 5G in 5 cities >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
What’s 5G like? It depends a lot on a carrier’s spectrum strategy. As U.S. carriers expand their 5G networks’ reach, is 5G living up to the promise that it will …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T reducing 4G spectrum use ahead of low-band 5G launches, OpenSignal finds >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Where might AT&T launch low-band 5G next? OpenSignal has some guesses If a U.S. carrier wants to launch sub-6 GHz 5G service to establish a significant coverage layer, right now …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Google Cloud jumps into 5G and telco edge computing with a ‘GMEC’ vision >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Google Cloud’s vision for 5G and edge computing is called GMEC (because of course it is) Google Cloud is seeking to be the avenue by which telecom companies both transform …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T’s mmWave ‘5G+’ network commercially available >
AT&T now has low-band 5G coverage in a total of 80 cities across the country A few months ago, AT&T launched its 5G sub-6GHz 850MHz network, and now the operator …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Enabling millimeter wave 5G rollout focus of Ericsson’s US factory >
Lewisville, Texas, factory producing “Street Macro” 5G base stations In September last year, Swedish network infrastructure vendor Ericsson announced it would invest $100 million in a U.S. smart factory to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Crown Castle to deploy 10,000 small cell nodes this year: CEO >
Crown Castle expects to deploy approximately 10,000 small cell nodes in 2020, the company’s CEO Jay Brown said during a conference call with investors. “2019 was a terrific year, …