Yearly Archives: 2020

EE expands 5G to 12 new cities in the UK

  U.K. carrier EE, part of telecom group BT, announced it has switched on 5G technology in 12 new cities and towns across the country. The...

Boingo Wireless deploys Wi-Fi 6 networks at Sao Paulo international airport

  DAS and Wi-Fi infrastructure company Boingo Wireless announced the deployment of an airport-wide Wi-Fi 6 network at Sao Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil. Boingo designed,...

Nokia to migrate its entire IT infrastructure onto Google Cloud

Nokia has been focused on transitioning to a “cloud-first IT strategy” Earlier this week, Nokia said it will be migrating its entire on-premises information technology...

Dutch telco KPN selects Ericsson for 5G core network

  Dutch communications service provider KPN has selected Ericsson as its mobile core network vendor, the latter said in a release. Under the five-year agreement, Ericsson...

Senet offers RAN planning to help newbie LoRaWAN operators into IoT game

US IoT provider Senet has released a suite of radio access network (RAN) planning and management tools to support rollout of LoRaWAN networks by...

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...
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