The country’s telecom regulator IFT initiated a public consultation on this 5G spectrum auction on May 7, 2024 Mexico’s 5G auction faces hurdles as high spectrum fees deter operator interest, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mexico’s 5G auction faces limited interest due to high fees: Report >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T strikes commercial D2C agreement with AST SpaceMobile >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
The new agreement for a commercial direct-to-cellular service is the latest step in the two companies’ relationship AT&T has officially inked an agreement with satellite direct-to-cellular company AST SpaceMobile, which …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T offers a ‘Turbo’ boost for user experience, for $7 per month >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
AT&T has debuted a new service option that will enable customers to buy better network performance for an extra $7 per month, and indicated that the new capability is a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">FCC levies fines against carriers for LBS information misuse >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
FCC fines the three major carriers $200 million The Federal Communications Commission has levied fines of $200 million against the three national operators, saying that AT&T, T-Mobile US and Verizon …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">“Good progress” – China Mobile, NTT, SK Telecom ranked top for tech-co transformation >
Analyst house Omdia has ranked the top mobile network operators in the world for their various progress with ‘tech-co’ reinvention, and placed a trio of Asia Pacific (APAC) firms in …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Implications for DISH’s big win in jury trial verdict against its primary tower collocation provider Crown Castle >
New entrant 5G facilities-based national mobile network operator (MNO) DISH Wireless selected Crown Castle to provide up to 20,000 tower collocation cell sites for a fixed monthly rental fee in …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Ericsson: US consumers are ‘primed’ for FWA and prefer 5G over 4G >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
‘Convenience is the clear advantage’ U.S. consumers are primed to accept Fixed Wireless Access service as a primary connectivity option, and those who have it don’t intent to switch any …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">#TBT: iPhone comes to Canada; Testing AT&T’s MediaFLO service; Does the world need a wireless web? … this week in 2008 >
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">‘We’re growing the right way’: AT&T’s Q1 delivers solid mobile, fiber numbers >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
5G, fiber continue to drive the telco’s results in Q1 AT&T beat expectations on its customer growth, with revenues off just slightly from the same period last year as CEO …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The Sunday Brief: The dirty (earnings) dozen >
Greetings from Atlanta and the Midwest. Pictured is a vintage t-shirt (from the Royals 2003 season) proclaiming what die hard fans are saying as team continues to be a contender …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AST SpaceMobile streams an AT&T commercial from space to a smartphone >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
The commercial highlights an AT&T satellite-to-cellular service In the most recent of a series of ongoing tests with AT&T, AST SpaceMobile streamed one of the carrier’s commercials from space to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">America Movil expands 5G network to 125 Mexican cities >
America Movil currently has over 10 million 5G subscribers nationwide Mexican operator América Móvil, which operates under the Telcel brand, reached 125 cities with its 5G network, América Móvil’s deputy …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">‘Beautiful end-to-end automation’ — How will operators infuse AI into their networks? >
Examples of how operators are using AI today include network anomaly detection and root cause analysis Telecom companies have been using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in their …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Deals, demos, delays and disappointments in 5G NTN (Part 1) >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
The interest in cellular non-terrestrial network technology and the business opportunity is reflected in the amount of activity in the space in recent years, as 3GPP 5G standards work has …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The Sunday Brief: Will Verizon be the most valuable telecom company after Q1 earnings? >
Greetings from the Carolinas and the Midwest. Our Davidson dinner included local telecom/ tech leaders as well as many Davidson students. A great way to get caught up with several of …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">ASTSpaceMobile, AT&T to conduct more direct-to-device testing >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
The Federal Communications Commission has granted permission for AT&T and ASTSpaceMobile to test direct-to-cellular capabilities using FirstNet and 800 MHz spectrum in Texas and Hawaii. According to a filing with …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">What is the role of CI/CD in cloud-native and edge environments? >
In a more open and flexible network environment, the attack surface has been ‘opened up’ Emerging technologies like cloud, edge and AI represent serious opportunities for telcos when it comes …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">73 million customers impacted by AT&T data breach >
The data set included personal information such as Social Security numbers, said AT&T AT&T confirmed this weekend that roughly 73 million current and former customers have been impacted by a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">#TBT: AT&T’s Project Angel; A mobile e-commerce gold rush; Telecom players pick tech sides … this week in 2000 >
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">FCC approves rules for NTN direct-to-device service >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously approved a new rules framework on satellite-based, cellular communications directly to end-user devices—or “supplemental coverage from space” (SCS). The new rules provide guidance to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The Sunday Brief: Global growth outlook, FCC ‘bulk buy’ rule making, and the Morgan Stanley Conference >
Greetings from Spain, Florida, and the Midwest. Pictured is Jim wearing a replica Roman emperor helmet while visiting filmmaking friends in Madrid. This has been an action-packed two weeks with …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">At MWC Barcelona, eyes on 5G NTN >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
BARCELONA—As 5G continues to evolve, the telecom industry is setting its sights on a new frontier: achieving global service ubiquity through a combination of cellular terrestrial networks and space-based, non-terrestrial …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T takes Ericsson’s 5G Cloud RAN commercial >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
AT&T says this is the ‘next milestone’ in its Open RAN journey AT&T says that it has commercial traffic running on Ericsson Cloud RAN sites in its 5G network. The …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T users experience widespread outage >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
AT&T users reported a widespread mobile network outage on Thursday morning, with tens of thousands of users reporting online that their phones showed no received signal and they were unable …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Network APIs and the path to 5G monetization >
AT&T, Verizon, Vonage all pushing network APIs and software developer outreach ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona While talk of network APIs and the value these open interfaces could …