Yearly Archives: 2020

Verizon, Corning launch commercial indoor 5G for enterprise customers

Verizon Business and Corning announced they have begun commercial installations of in-building 5G millimeter-wave cell sites for enterprise customers. The partners said that the launch...

Ericsson ignites legal battle with Samsung over royalty payments

Ericsson’s shares fell 8.2% after trading began in Stockholm Ericsson announced that it’s taking Samsung to court in the U.S., alleging that the South Korean...

Slovak Telekom launches 5G, two weeks after spectrum auction concludes

Slovak Telekom launched 5G in Slovakia’s capitol city of Bratislava At the end of November, Slovakia’s Regulatory Office (RU) closed out its spectrum auction for...

Taiwan’s Far EasTone Telecommunications reaches 300,000 5G subs

Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) said that it has reached 300,000 5G subscribers after the telco launched the new technology in July...

Bouygues Telecom’s 5G network reaches 67 French cities

French operator Bouygues Telecom announced the availability of 5G in Marseille and said that its coverage has already reached 67 cities with a population...

5G and edge computing: Why these complementary technologies will optimize enterprise businesses (Reader Forum)

5G deployments are starting to expand beyond the few city-wide showcases of the last couple of years. And new use cases for consumer and...

Ookla: 2020 saw ‘massive expansions and huge improvements’ in 5G networks

If there's a silver lining for 2020, Ookla may have found it: "Massive expansions and huge improvements" in 5G networks around the world during...

Hyundai buys robot maker Boston Dynamics from Softbank for $1.1 bn

Hyundai Motor Group has agreed a $1.1 billion deal with Softbank to acquire an 80 percent stake in US-based robotics company Boston Dynamics. Japan-based...

C Band auction nears $3.4 billion

The C Band auction has raised $3.385 billion after eight rounds of bidding.  Auction 107 (aka the 3.7 GHz service auction) shifts to four rounds...

FirstNet lands $92 million FBI contract; Verizon launches MC-PTT

As both Verizon and FirstNet-AT&T compete for public safety customers, FirstNet-AT&T has landed a $92 million communications contract with the Federal Bureau of Investigations...

Opening the C Band to accelerate 5G deployments (Reader Forum)

Opening the C Band for 5G networks frees up spectrum for a number of years and represents a major opportunity for mobile operators. At...

KDDI selects Ericsson cloud-native dual-mode 5G Core

Japanese carrier KDDI has selected Ericsson to deploy a cloud-native dual-mode 5G core in its 5G Standalone network in Japan, the latter said in...

Deploying and managing a private network: A Q&A with Quortus

Mark Bole, the CEO of Quortus, a private mobile network software provider, caught up with RCR Wireless News to discuss what enterprise decision makers...

India’s Reliance Jio aims to launch 5G in H2 2021: Report

Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm expects to launch 5G services in the second half of next year, Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani reportedly...

#TBT: BlackBerry Pearl tops popular handsets; MySpace takes video mobile; The MVNO, the merrier? … this year in 2008

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...

Editorial Webinar: Wi-Fi, public 5G or private network: What’s an enterprise to do?

With advances in Wi-Fi and cellular technology running parallel to each other, enterprises are encountering more and more options when it comes to building...

The planet needs tech but the tech needs fixing – new ‘global action plan’ to solve IoT

The world urgently needs new digital tech, but the new digital tech urgently needs attention. So said the World Economic Forum this week, as...

Nextivity Webinar: Introducing Cel-Fi QUATRA 4000 Fiber HUB

Need better cellular coverage in a multi-building campus, high-rise, or remote location? Historically, these facilities have required expensive traditional Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) with long...

With Simington confirmed and Pai to exit, FCC faces deadlock

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Republican nominee Nathan Simington, with a party-line vote, to a five-year term on the Federal Communications Commission. With Chairman...

Nokia boosts 5G private wireless ecosystem in Japan

Finnish vendor Nokia announced the ‘Nokia Local 5G Technology Partnership’, a new strategic alliance to accelerate adoption of 5G-based enterprise industry solutions in Japan. Members...

O2 tests O-RAN to boost connectivity for UK industries, businesses

U.K. operator O2, owned by Spanish telco Telefonica, said it has successfully piloted the integration and operation of Vilicom’s Open RAN (O-RAN) infrastructure, enhancing...

‘An exciting glimpse of America’s Wi-Fi future’: FCC authorizes first Wi-Fi 6E device

FCC Chairman Pai: 'The American consumer’s wireless experience is about to be transformed for the better' Earlier this week, the Federal Communications Commission authorized the...

Wilson Electronics to improve its solutions offering via new acquisition: CEO

  Cellular signal amplifier company Wilson Electronics expects the acquisition of SignalTeQ, the creator of the CellLinQ Meter + App will help Wilson improve its...

Private wireless podcast – 2020, the year everything changed (episode #3)

RCR Wireless News · Private wireless podcast – 2020, the year everything changed (episode #3) 2020; what a year! As society has sought new ways...

A10 Webinar: Security for the 5G Core

Mobile network operators are rapidly moving to 5G SA (5GC) networks. The vast majority of operators are expecting to deploy within the next 3...
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