Increasing demand for fast and secure bandwidth has resulted in a surge in transactions for fiber optic networks. Everything from smart devices to cloud services has accelerated the demand for …
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Verizon Communications has made a deal to sell the rights to lease, operate and manage more than 6,300 towers across the United States to telecom infrastructure company Vertical Bridge for …
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Data centers are a vital component of digital infrastructure, one that is expected to grow at a fast rate and require more land, power and interconnections. The United States doesn’t …
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The Federal Communications Commission plans to “reignite” the $9 billion Rural 5G Fund, moving forward with new rules for the program, which has been languishing since 2020. According to the …
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Infrastructure company Black & Veatch has sold its public carrier wireless telecommunications infrastructure business to Ansco & Associates, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of telecom engineering and construction services …
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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved the initial plans of the states of New York and Wyoming, for how they expect to use their respective portions of …
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BEAD progress: VA, NM plans approved; First middle-mile project breaks ground
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillThe states of New Mexico and Virginia recently had their “Internet for All” plans for the implementation of the federal Broadband Access, Equity and Deployment (BEAD) program accepted by the …
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Comcast added 322,000 wireless subscribers during the second quarter of 2024, with its wireless customer lines up 20% compared to the same time last year and reaching a wireless customer …
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Amphenol will buy CommScope’s outdoor and indoor cellular infrastructure units for $2.1 billion CommScope has struck a deal to sell its Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) business unit and its Outdoor …
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Nokia saw its (“comparable”) operating profit slide by 32 percent in the second quarter of 2024, finishing at €423 million, versus €619 million a year ago. Sales fell alongside, down …
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In modern networks, timing and synchronization are taking on increasing importance for several reasons: The widespread deployment of Time-Division Duplexing (TDD) midband spectrum for 5G, and because increasingly exact coordination …
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What does it take to cover rural America with 5G? UScellular’s CEO breaks it down
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillJust what would it take to actually get ubiquitous 5G in rural America? UScellular CEO Laurent Therivel walked through that scenario for just one county in rural Iowa at last …
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CTIA 5G Summit: Competitiveness, auction authority and closing the digital divide
by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill‘We are in the midst of a global battle over the future of wireless networks,’ said Commerce Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. global competitiveness, the ongoing lack of spectrum …
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The future of 5G: elevating connectivity with non-terrestrial networks (Reader Forum)
In today’s evolving telecoms landscape, providers are faced with mounting competition and growing pressure to provide the best, most reliable service. Many experts in this sector understand the limitations of …
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Nokia reported a 20% decline in Q1 2024 net sales Nokia has reported a “slow start” to 2024 but said this was expected, and that it anticipates things to pick …
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From emergency texting to revolutionizing agriculture, explore the promises and challenges of cellular coverage into space in RCR Wireless News’ new report. In the report we explore the intricacies of …
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Three major infrastructure efforts are wrapping up, but an ‘aggressive’ C-Band and mmWave build continues Verizon has decentralized its national organizational structure into 18 regions and is heavily focusing on …
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Verizon says it is laying the foundation for O-RAN Verizon says that it has already deployed more than 130,000 Open RAN-capable radios in its network as part of an ongoing …
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CEO Pekka Lundmark calls results ‘a resilient performance considering the challenging environment’ Nokia saw an expected decline in revenues during the fourth quarter and full-year of 2023, but the company’s …
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AT&T announced this week that it wants to have 70% of its traffic on open network platforms within the next few years and will spend up to $14 billion with …
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AT&T to spend $21-22 billion in CapEx in 2024 AT&T’s returns from its fiber investment have been better than expected—and it’s eying an additional 10-15 million incremental locations within its …
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Chinese vendor ZTE is taking advantage of the wave of growth in the computing infrastructure and server and storage market due to the rapid development of 5G, artificial intelligence, edge …
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A new report from Cisco found that a mere 14% of companies are ‘fully prepared’ for the arrival of AI In a newly released report which surveyed over 8,000 global …
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Greetings from Missouri, where, as our multi-color weather radar picture clearly shows, we are experiencing the “summer-to-winter” weather change this weekend. And just on time, the last two weeks have …
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Another $3.1 billion would fully fund eligible carrier requests The Biden administration has asked Congress for an additional $3.1 billion to fully fund small-and-medium-sized network operators’ efforts to remove and …