Monthly Archives: October, 2020

Australia trials LoRaWAN smart lighting in bid to save turtle hatchlings

The wellbeing of turtle hatchlings appears to have swung the case for smart lighting along the coast in Queensland, in Australia. A short strip of...

#TBT: McCaw-AT&T merger is a blockbuster; Qualcomm’s first PCS phone; Mandating e911 … this week in 1994

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...

From vehicles to vaccines (and BLE to NB-IoT): five key asset tracking use cases

1 | FedEx + BLE – for tracking vaccine shipments FedEx has introduced a new Bluetooth based asset tracking system in time for anticipated shipping of...

How operators can prepare for a post-pandemic 5G world (Reader Forum)

What would happen if global smartphone usage shot up by 70%, almost overnight? Many mobile network operators met this question head on earlier this...

The much-anticipated 5G iPhone has finally arrived

The latest iPhone supports both millimeter wave and sub-6 5G It’s finally here: Apple announced the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone Pro Max and...

With a 5G iPhone and a nationwide low-band launch, ‘5G just got real’ Verizon says

Will the new, 5G-capable iPhone be a tipping point for adoption of 5G? Carriers seem to be betting on it, particularly Verizon, which used...

The 5G sweet spot is not the iPhone (Reader Forum)

Apple's 5G iPhone is a sure sign that “wireless is the new fiber.” The pace of innovation is simply stunning. But it’s not your...

PCTEL Webinar: Transitioning to 5G: RF testing and optimization for NSA, SA and DSS

As operators worldwide expand their 5G network deployments, the transition to 5G Standalone (SA) networks is already beginning. The success of 5G during this...

Rogers’s 5G network reaches 130 towns and cities in Canada

  Canadian operator Rogers Communications has expanded its 5G network to reach 130 towns and cities across the country, the carrier said in a release. In...

China’s Guangdong province reaches almost 100,000 5G sites: Report

  A total of 98,613 5G base stations have been built in major cities in China’s Guangdong region, Asia Times reported, citing a report published...

KDDI, Orange Business Services partnership drives in-vehicle IoT services

Japanese mobile operator KDDI has partnered with Orange Business Services to provide customized IoT services for Toyota and Mazda. The Orange solution will allow the...

PassiveLogic secures $16 million in new funding round

  U.S. firm PassiveLogic, a startup developing a building controls platform, raised $16 million in a funding round. Venture capital funds Keyframe Capital and Addition led...

AT&T channels Ericsson to offer private LTE and 5G in CBRS spectrum

AT&T is offering localised private LTE and 5G in CBRS spectrum using Ericsson’s pre-packed radio access and cloud-based core networking products, along with its...

Open RAN Forum: Policy, collaboration and driving competition in an Open RAN ecosystem

There's a lot of explaining to do around Open RAN, both in terms of what it is and what it is not, even as...

Printable NB-IoT tracking labels: Vodafone, Bayer and the deal to make IoT ‘massive’

Note, a version of this article appears in a new report on the asset tracking sector, called Asset Tracking – and the March Towards...

Open RAN Forum: Tackling questions of scale, integration and trust

As Open RAN technology -- and one might venture, an open RAN mindset -- becomes more intriguing for telecom companies around the world, some...

Students around the country need Congress and the FCC to act (Reader Forum)

  The coronavirus pandemic has placed schools across the United States in unprecedented circumstances. Thousands of schools are offering instruction exclusively online. Thousands more are...

Ericsson, China Telecom complete SA 5G spectrum-sharing data call

  Ericsson and China Telecom said they have successfully completed what they claim is China’s first 5G Standalone (SA 5G) data call on a commercial...

Rakuten Mobile signs deal with STC to boost OpenRAN tech

  Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Telecom Company (STC) with the aim of collaborating in the field...

Seeking to drive North American 6G tech leadership, the Next G Alliance debuts

The 5G race may still be in its early days, but international maneuvering over who will shape 6G and other technologies over the coming...

Mobilitie deploys 5G infra at Charlotte?s Spectrum Center

  U.S. wireless infrastructure firm Mobilitie recently announced that it is bringing 5G and next-generation wireless technology to the fans and visitors of Spectrum Center...

Bosch, Mercedes team up on autonomous valet parking at Stuttgart airport

Bosch and Mercedes-Benz have teamed with garage operator Apcoa to test out a new automated driverless valet parking at Stuttgart airport.  The new automated valet...

US Army signs up 72 bases for FirstNet

The U.S. Army's public safety personnel will use AT&T-FirstNet services at 72 bases around the lower 48 states, plus Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. AT&T-FirstNet...

Siticom, Airspan target German private 5G market, starting with Fraunhofer installation

System integrator Siticom is to deploy a private 5G network using standalone (SA) 5G at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) in Germany....

Well, technically… we need a sustainable method for deploying small cells: Kelly Richards, Raycap (Ep. 14)

Kelly Richards, senior vice president of sales at Raycap, talks the importance of future proofing our networks and of incorporating sustainable products into network architecture. We also discuss how mysteriously short the women's restroom lines at telecom trade shows tend to be.
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