2018

FCC sets rules on priority access licenses for CBRS spectrum After a protracted process, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission finalized rules governing priority access to the shared 3.5 GHz Citizens …

  Samsung confirmed the initial 5G test will be carried out in New Delhi in partnership with Indian carrier Reliance Jio Korean telecom gear maker Samsung Electronics announced plans to …

  Google will apply IoT, big data and AI to the targeted smart city initiatives   Google has signed an agreement with South Korean firm LG Electronics to focus on …

IBM wants to maintain Red Hat “open source innovation” As it stands, IBM’s cloud customers have moved around 20% of their workloads to the cloud, according to CEO Ginni Rometty. …

  Nokia used its AirScale Massive MIMO 5G base station for the trial Finnish vendor Nokia and test company Viavi Solutions have reached single-user downlink speeds of 1.6 Gbps in …

President calls for long-term National Spectrum Strategy In a memorandum on national spectrum policy, President Donald Trump called out the importance of the U.S. being first in 5G and ordered …

Verizon 5G Home coming to Florida Panhandle As leading U.S. operators AT&T and Verizon continue to develop their commercial 5G plans, both carriers marked milestones last week with Big Red …

Qualcomm updates on 5G spectrum allocations in key global markets As 5G moves from the lab to the real world with the activation of commercial networks and rapid advancements in …

One question when considering the T-Mobile US, Sprint merger is whether it will result in job loss. The answer to that question is both yes and no. There was an …

JLL Spark, the Proptech investment arm of JLL, announced that it will invest $1.5 million in San Francisco-based VergeSense, a developer of a smart building sensor-as-a-service office utilization platform. VergeSense?s …

IoT revenue opportunity is in analytics and applications ATLANTA–Whether the internet of things use case is smart cities or connected cows, the real value in IoT is not in the …

  Telus’s LTE-M networks already provides coverage across British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada   Canadian operator Telus has launched its LTE-M low-power wide-area (LPWA) network to strengthen …

  SK had previously selected the three vendors as its preferred bidders for 5G gear South Korea’s largest mobile operator, SK Telecom, announced that it has successfully tested interoperability between …

  The two companies said they aim to offer new 5G solutions through the integration of their current portfolios Swedish vendor Ericsson and Japanese company Fujitsu have entered an agreement …

  Merger and acquisition activity in the U.S. technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector will be robust at least well into 2019, driven by several factors, indicating higher M&A valuation …

Nokia has been selected by Indian operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to supply, deploy, and manage its new ‘smart telecom poles’ in India, which will support 4G, 5G and …

It’s well accepted that quality of service (QoS) is essential in a network environment, allowing network managers to “provide different priority to different applications, users, or data flows, or to …

AT&T says 5G launch will come within weeks Amid higher revenues and profits following its acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T is preparing for a 5G launch that it says will …

  Vodafone said it aims to trial 5G technology in seven UK cities this year U.K telecom operator Vodafone claimed to be the first carrier in the country to carry …

WeWork, the largest occupier of office space in Manhattan, has continued to rapidly expand in the enterprise market through innovative product offerings like Powered by We (PxWe), its office space …

  Total IoT connections in the US are expected to expand by 25% year-over-year in 2018   Internet of things cellular connections in the United States grew 21% year-over-year in …

CommScope’s director of network engineering talks CBRS, small cell concealment ATLANTA–With the finalization of the rules for the Citizens Broadband Radio service this week, CBRS is moving ever closer to …

  The Chinese vendor expects a net loss of up to CNY 7.2 billion due to the impact of the temporary U.S. ban this year Chinese vendor ZTE reported net …

Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, has just upgraded 18,000 street lights in its city centre. The new lanterns are hugely efficient, and supremely smart. And yet the business case …

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 …