The Federal Communications Commission has announced two settlements with telecom service providers in regards to network outages during 2023. AT&T will pay nearly a million dollars as part of its …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">FCC settles network outage issues with AT&T, Altice >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Negotiations continue in Southeast AT&T union strike >
On August 16th, the Communications Workers of America accused AT&T of unfair labor practices, kicking off a widespread strike The latest from the scene of a week-long AT&T union worker …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Key takeaways from AST SpaceMobile’s quarter >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
AST SpaceMobile provided a business update this week, as it preps for the launch of its first five satellites to support a commercial direct-to-cellular service. That long-anticipated launch is expected …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Three large language models (LLMs)—and how they’re being used for telco AI use cases >
Whether telco AI applications are delivered by leveraging hyperscaler clouds or run on-premises, many are support by the multi-billion parameter large language models (LLMs) provided by the likes of Anthropic, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Oracle taps AT&T to connect its enterprise IoT application services >
Oracle is incorporating cellular IoT connectivity and network APIs from AT&T into its Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP), it has said. The move means Oracle’s enterprise customers can do away with …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The Sunday Brief: 2Q earnings review—when history rhymes (Part 1) >
July and August greetings from Nashville, Boston, Cedar Rapids, St. Louis, and Kansas City. Pictured is our wonderful view from the Cardinals-Royals game on Saturday No one complained about the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T told to come back to Earth with space coverage claims >
NARB concurs with recommendation that AT&T ‘discontinue or modify’ claims about the availability of NTN coverage The National Advertising Review Board (NARB) has agreed with the previous recommendation made by …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Editorial Webinar: How AI is being applied in network testing and assurance >
Artificial intelligence and machine learning has been moving into many aspects of network testing, from the field to service assurance, to fuel automation and increased efficiency. So where exactly is …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The Sunday Brief: 2Q earnings review—facts are stubborn things >
July greetings from Cedar Rapids, Kansas City and, by the time most of you read this, Nashville, the home of this year’s Fiber Connect conference. The schedule is full for …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T: Continued consistency, with FWA adding to the mix >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
CEO Stankey emphasizes “durable trends” for 5G and fiber growth AT&T reported wireless postpaid phone net additions of 419,000, with mobility service revenues up 3.4% year-over-year to $16.3 billion for …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">How to build a telco platform—four CTOs draw the blueprint >
Convergence, rejuvenation, transformation, sophistication…AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Telstra, Vodafone execs chart a course to growth at DTW24—Ignite There were a number of prominent themes this year at TM Forum’s Digital Transformation …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The Sunday Brief: the lowest quartile (2Q earnings preview) >
July greetings from Cedar Rapids, Kansas City and Washington, DC. Kudos to my brother-in-law, Andrew Ashcroft, for earning his promotion to Captain in the U.S. Navy. It was an honor …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T reveals major data hack, says arrest has been made >
An AT&T workspace cloud platform provided by third-party vendor Snowflake was ‘unlawfully accessed’ AT&T has revealed in a new filing that during a six-month period in 2022, it fell prey …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Seven cases and places where Wi-Fi HaLow works well for IoT >
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has claimed triumphant IoT trials of new Wi-Fi HaLow technology in different enterprise venues. Its ‘phase-two’ tests of the technology, listed as 802.11ah in the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Post-Beryl cellular network, power outages linger >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Roughly 30% of sites are impacted in six south Texas counties; carriers focus on refueling generators at hundreds of sites As mobile network operators work to restore service in the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The Sunday Brief: Where are they spending money? >
End of the month/ quarter greetings from Cedar Rapids, Kansas City, Nashville, and, by the time you read this, Washington DC. Pictured is one of the wonderful CellSite Solutions cranes …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T, T-Mo, Verizon; Audi, Ford, GM – five cases of 5G driving the auto industry >
Seeing as you enjoyed our last post so much, here is another entry based on the same report by the CTIA, the cellular industry association in the US, and the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The midband boost: 5G performance improving due to midband deployments, Ookla says >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Continued midband spectrum deployments by U.S. national carriers are further improving 5G performance, according to new analysis by Ookla of the 5G experience in the U.S. as of the first …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">With initial build-out complete, FirstNet looks ahead to more sites and ‘full 5G’ >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
FirstNet budget passes with more than $500 million for network improvements Now that the initial build-out of the FirstNet network has been completed, the First Responders Network Authority is turning …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The Sunday Brief: What’s artificial about Apple Intelligence? >
Father’s Day greetings from Atlanta, Kansas City, and, by the time you read this, Cedar Rapids. Pictured is a long-time colleague and friend Hunter Newby, along with Brent Legg of …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">#TBT: Verizon expands FWA; Bell Canada launches 5G; Gearing up for the CBRS PALs auction … this week in 2020 >
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">AT&T, Dell bring converged connectivity and compute to the enterprise edge >
From connected AI PCs to fully private on-prem networks, the combined AT&T and Dell portfolios deliver coverage solutions to meet customers where they are AT&T and Dell Technologies continue to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The ‘secret sauce’ for 5G monetization: FWA is reshaping markets, Opensignal says >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
High-penetration FWA areas actually have better performance than low-penetration FWA areas, Opensignal found 5G Fixed Wireless Access has “reshaped” the broadband market in the United States, moving into mainstream adoption …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AST SpaceMobile, Verizon strike deal for direct-to-cellular using 850 MHz >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Verizon makes a $100 million commitment to AST AST SpaceMobile has followed up a commercialization announcement with AT&T with the news today that the satellite company has struck a deal …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">In broadband analysis, cable generally outperforms telcos: Opensignal >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
Verizon outperforms T-Mobile US’ home broadband on a technology-agnostic basis: Opensignal Of the five internet service providers with the most extensive service footprints, Comcast’s Xfinity service wins in consistent broadband …