Category: Wireless

September 23, 2022

Chinese vendor Huawei has started to commercially deploy its third-generation 5G massive MIMO outside China, with the Philippines being the first major market. In a release, the vendor said that the major product in the third-generation 5G RAN series, MetaAAU, […]

September 21, 2022

In the first article, we covered the impact of 5G on the public sector and education. Use cases for enterprises, however, are equally as profound and daunting. Let’s take a look at how 5G is poised to rapidly change how […]

September 21, 2022

There’s a new generation of wireless networking technologies that remove many of the barriers that previously made the adoption of private wireless networks unappealing to enterprises. Thanks to the disaggregation of wireless networking components and the introduction of cloud-native architectures, […]

September 20, 2022

Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) are feeling some of the same pain hurting the rest of the tech world, not to mention the global economy. According to Cambium Networks’ sixth annual WISP survey conducted this summer, optimism about the future […]

September 20, 2022

LG Electronics (LG) has reaffirmed its global leadership in mobile network technology, successfully testing the wireless transmission and reception of 6G terahertz (THz) data –at a frequency range of 155 to 175 GHz – over a distance of 320 meters […]

September 19, 2022

Satellite telecom service provider Lynk has announced that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted the company a commercial license to operate its satellite-based direct-to-mobile service. The company expects commercial services to begin later this year. Lynk claims to […]

September 19, 2022

Spectrum reallocation is only getting more complicated, as the airwaves get more crowded. There are certainly recent examples—the C-Band deployment delays and the ongoing dispute over Ligado’s spectrum use potentially impacting Department of Defense operations—where better and earlier collaboration between […]

September 15, 2022

The wireless industry is about to take the next big leap into the future with satellite connectivity. In the early days it was analog and voice. Then it changed to digital with 2G, 3G, 4G and now 5G bringing a […]

September 15, 2022

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) revealed today that a recent proof-of-concept trial that tested both Wi-Fi 6E and OpenRoaming achieved an impressive maximum download speed of 1.7 Gbps. The trial, which took place at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (IPV) […]

September 15, 2022

As space-based communications become ever more important and begin to converge with terrestrial wireless, the Federal Communications Commission is focusing on bolstering its staffing and updating regulations in order to support U.S. technology leadership in this area. “Satellite systems have […]

September 13, 2022

Verizon announced that it has now deployed over 8,000 virtualized cell sites with a goal of deploying over 20,000 by the end of 2025. This technology milestone allows Verizon to rapidly respond to customers’ varied latency and computing needs, and […]

September 12, 2022

5G calls for fundamental changes in network architecture and technician knowledge, as well as the deployment of fiber deeper into the network. To make sure those changes are successful and 5G transformations are done right the first time, operators and […]

September 12, 2022

Samsung Electronics and Spark New Zealand announced the expansion of 5G coverage to over 20 suburban regions across Auckland, after successfully turning on commercial 5G services in the urban areas of Auckland and Christchurch, two of the most populous cities […]

September 9, 2022

Keysight Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding with IBM focused on supporting Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) deployments in Europe. IBM plans to use Keysight’s tools for Open RAN testing and emulation at its Open RAN center of […]

September 8, 2022

Comcast has announced that it is in the midst of a major network upgrade that includes plans to offer multi-gigabit symmetrical speeds and Wi-Fi 6 to customers starting next year. The network and in-home Wi-Fi service upgrades could make the […]

September 7, 2022

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo in December activated a 5G Standalone (SA) network using both mmWave and mid-band frequencies. Users with compatible devices can now use 5G NR Dual Connectivity (DC) capabilities which aggregate the high- and mid-band frequencies providing a boost […]

September 6, 2022

Although 5G is still very much a work-in-progress with a good deal of continued evolution ahead of it, a range of stakeholders are already discussing and testing components and systems that very well could be included in what comes next–6G. […]

September 2, 2022

Although 5G is still very much a work-in-progress with a good deal of continued evolution ahead of it, a range of stakeholders are already discussing and testing components and systems that very well could be included in what will shape […]

September 1, 2022

American Tower Corporation’s U.S. Division has long-term facilities leasing deals with all four U.S. carriers with Verizon this week entering into a new arrangement to support its ongoing 5G deployment. Speaking earlier this month at Cowen 8th Annual Communications Infrastructure […]

September 1, 2022

After all the time and money that goes into deploying a new 5G network, network operators need to know that their investment will pay off quickly. Once the network has been deployed and turned up, the prospect of ‘rip and […]