Monthly Archives: September, 2019

Chinese telcos, Huawei move forward to create 5G Hospital Network Standard

  More than 30 hospitals in China, together with China Association of Medical Equipment (CAME) have joined forces with China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom,...

Orange Spain selects ZTE to deploy part of its 5G network: Report

  Spanish telecommunications operator Orange has selected Chinese vendor ZTE for the provision of 5G infrastructure in certain Spanish cities, local newspaper Expansion reported, citing...

Ericsson to deploy transport network for Russian carrier MegaFon

  Russian carrier MegaFon has selected Ericsson to develop a new nationwide transport network which will pave the way for the future deployment of 5G...

Ookla: Global mobile network speeds up, but fixed networks are accelerating even faster

5G is already boosting mobile network speeds in some small countries, Ookla Speedtest finds Both wired and wireless network speeds are getting faster, although fixed...

Verizon 5G goes live in 13 NFL stadiums in time for season kickoff

Verizon CEO: "We expect the impact on the sports entertainment industry to be massive" As the NFL’s 100th season approaches, Verizon is preparing to bring...

From 5G network automation to building a ‘self-operating network’

DevOps reorgs are consistent challenge to network automation efforts Operators around the world are rolling out commercial 5G services with a current focus on delivering...

Ericsson calls out dynamic spectrum sharing as key to nationwide 5G coverage

Dynamic spectrum sharing lets operators side-step the spectrum re-farming process Right now in the U.S., 5G availability is relatively limited. AT&T, T-Mobile US and Verizon...

Amid mixed wireless LAN market results, Wi-Fi 6 boosts sales

Soft Wireless LAN market results caused analysts to ask: is this the calm before the storm? The wireless LAN market showed mixed results in the...

Germany trusts in digital tech, and €40bn stimulus, as it winds down coal industry

Germany is to pump €40 billion into digital transformation of its old coal-mining regions, to drive enterprise and employment as coal mining is phased...

Maersk backs India trucking platform, as maritime sector spies $38bn in digital change

Digital transformation of the global maritime freight industry is gathering pace. A new report claims digital change in the shipping industry will expand in...

Intel AI firm signs LTE roaming deal with Orange to map streets, help drivers

Intel-owned vehicle tech firm Mobileye has signed a global 3G and 4G roaming deal with France-based operator Orange for its new camera-based advanced driver...

#TBT: Bluetooth for cellular ‘politeness zones’; parsing the PCS market; the wonders of web-based customer care … this week in 1999

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...

In the final countdown to CBRS, Federated raises $51 million in new funding

Federated Wireless gains backing from SBA Communications for CBRS-based private LTE Federated Wireless has raised $51 million in a Series C funding round, in the...

Huawei ships over 200,000 5G base stations globally

  Huawei Technologies has shipped more than 200,000 5G base stations globally, the company said in a statement. By the end of July, Huawei had shipped...

Neural networks address the challenges of CSI reporting in 5G NR (Reader Forum)

Introduction  The performance specification for 5G is much more demanding than for previous generations of mobile networks, requiring high data rates, (up to 20 Gbps),...

DoCoMo joins global alliance to promote use of 5G in manufacturing sector

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo announced that it has joined the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA), with the main goal of further...

Yanzi Networks launches new smart building offering

  Yanzi Networks, a Swedish provider of smart building solutions, announced the addition of a new offering for the smart building segment, dubbed "Hybrid Mesh". With...

As Dorian rolls in, network providers brace for impact

Hurricane Dorian continues to crawl along the coast of Florida, and communications providers along the Southeast coast are braced for its impacts. The slow-moving...

Sprint/T-Mo merger is ‘tremendous’ opportunity for network specialist SQUAN

Operators want turnkey solutions, SQUAN VP of biz dev says As operators pursue a co-engineering process that increasingly converges wired and wireless networks to support...

AT&T, American Tower sign new agreement for 5G

With big 5G plans, AT&T needs towers to enhance its network AT&T and American Tower Corporation’s new, long-term agreement aims to streamline wireless network deployments...

Samsung releases mid-range 5G phone with high-end features

Despite expected mid-range price, the Samsung A90 5G hardly seems like a mid-range phone as far as features go As expected, most 5G phones that...

NIB: Tech gains, chip approvals, contract wins for IoT makers Nordic, Altair, u-blox

Nordic Semiconductor release cellular IoT prototyping platform for asset tracking apps Nordic Semiconductor has released a cellular IoT prototyping platform that enables instant connectivity, both cellular and GNSS worldwide. The firm said...

Zigbee certified IoT products and platforms passes 3,000-mark with Amazon

The number of certified Zigbee IoT products and platforms in the market for smart homes and cities has passed 3,000, according to the Zigbee...

AT&T puts Jeff McElfresh in AT&T Communications CEO seat, expands John Stankey’s role

AT&T announced its pick for the new CEO of AT&T Communications: Jeff McElfresh, who has been with the company for nearly 25 years and...

KT, Tessares test 5G low latency multi-radio access in active 5G network

  KT has completed what it claims to be the world’s first 5G low-latency multi-radio access technology test in a 5G commercial network, in collaboration...
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